Saturday, November 28, 2015

Free Motion Practice

As a relaxing activity after two days of Thanksgiving hubbub,  I decided to take a pieced block and do some free motion quilting play.  So I layered the square with backing and batting to make a mug rug.  I left the backing larger to use as binding (but I didn't make it wide enough.)
I did some good and some not so good free motion quilting.
Then I pulled the backing around and attempted to make a nice binding with it.....Oh well!  I think it could look a lot better. But I did get that FMQ practice done and made into a usable piece.

I have also been weaving on a warp I got in an exchange.
Pink is so not a color I love - but this piece is helping me love to work with pink.  When I got the warp, I thought it was mostly red and yellow.  But there was a lot of pink in it also.  So I decided to embrace the colors of the warp and try to stay with the warp colors for weaving. I have added a little and used a few deeper versions of the warp colors.  The truth is this: I love how this looks.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Tulips Chose the Colors

Back at the end of August,  I attended a weaving event in North Georgia.  One of the fun things we did was prepare a warp to bring.  The person was to use a picture or painting as the inspiration for choosing the colors. These warps were swapped - although not a direct swap.  Each person went up (by random drawing) and got to grab one from the pile.  I chose what I thought was a mostly red and yellow one.  (I continued to think that until I started putting it on the loom!)  Here is the picture that the person who made my warp chose as her inspiration photo.

As you can see, there is pink, yellow and orange in this photo.   Hmmm......
So yesterday, I decided to put this warp on my loom to weave it into fabric.  The note with it said "doubled warp threads." That means you use two threads in each slot. Of course, I don't always play by the rules.  So I have some with only one thread, some with two, some with three and even one slot with four threads through it.
Here is how it looks on my loom.
Mmm, this looks so happy and warm.  I am excited  to get started weaving this beauty and see what happens. I don't normally use a lot of pink in my weaving.  I do have a few cones of pink yarn though.   So I will be using pink in this.  I am thinking I need to add some greens for the leaves.  Of course I am itching to add some purples and blues also.  I am sure this fabric will be very bright and happy.
And the Craftsy Black Friday sale on supplies and classes just might be live already!
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Literacy - It Matters

Here is an infographic on literacy.  One of my grandparents was illiterate - although she was a smart woman.  Consider what you can do to help with this problem.

Global Literacy Infographic
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

A Glorious Day

Today I got to see one of my woven works being worn.  I politely asked permission to take a photo.  She agreed that I could take pictures and post them here.  I think this piece looks perfect on her.



She LOVES it. 

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