we had a wonderful rain storm yesterday and it's still raining here today...a nice steady rain. my little garden is oh so happy. look at the difference the rain has made in just 5 days.
CLICK ON THE IMAGES FOR CLOSE-UPS...
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| this is what it looked like on Monday | |
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| and here it is today, Saturday...and it's still raining |
i have enough projects going so that i don't ever get bored. still working on lace making with fabric as learned in Karen Ruane's class.
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| hand dyed cloth, knitted scrap, sheer fabric all joined and embellished with embroidery |
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| close up of french knots and bullion knots and open blanket stitch above |
Karen's Simply Stitch class starts on June 17th. check it out
here.
a bobbin lace friend showed a quilt she made using the
'disappearing nine patch pattern' and i had to try it.
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| click the link above to see how this started out as a nine patch |
decided to use this pattern in the making of a quilt. i have had these redwork hat blocks for many years and have collected some fabric to use for the quilt and it seems this is the right time.
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| there are 2 each of 6 different hat stitchings |
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| these are the fabrics i'll be using |
it will take a while but i'll be making the blocks little by little. you already know that i like working on many different projects at once.
hope you are all enjoying your weekend and i know some of you are celebrating Memorial Day weekend with family and friends (here in the US), so enjoy.
