Danielle wanted to see more of the fruit blocks so here are three of them done on silk and made into cushions. The top picture is one of cherries which I did for my niece and the bottom two are of pears and apples which I did for my sister, again on silk. I also have these patterns done on the turquoise cotton to form part of the wall hanging I'm doing. As well as these fruits I've also done lemons, oranges, plums, gooseberries, grapes and strawberries. I hope never ever again to have to do piping in silk as it did my head in being so slippery! And also because I covered the piping cord in wadding so that it wouldn't show the twist and this made it harder to control as well. So no more piped cushions! At least not until I've forgotten my angst over them.
Thank you Sue and Debs for your kind comments. They were much appreciated as were Danielle's. Occasionally I get these attacks of the dismals and this must have been one of those days. On the whole I'm quite happy to send into the unknown and make no contact! Is there life on Mars? Probably not!
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At the moment I am faced with tidying up my workroom and hiding up my bits and pieces in the spare room as my daughter and children will be visiting at the beginning of February. I am looking forward to this and it is a good incentive for looking at the clutter and sorting it out. My biggest problem is room and I know that once things are put out of sight they go completely out of mind! The next big project is to make journals so I shall have to look out all the stuff I need and have it handy. At least this will use up a considerable amount of saved 'I'm sure this will come in useful' stuff! You all know exactly what I mean!
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Well I must now actually go and do something. I have only ten pages more to finish my book and it is going to be hard to actually do something until I've read it but I'll try! I'm feeling really good as I managed to copy a VHS video onto DVD last night and it worked! This evening I'm going to try putting my Husqvarna instructions onto DVD. As I don't have TV or a video player this is a real break through for me. I knew giving my mum a new digital recorder a couple of Christmas's ago would come in useful. Why has it taken me so long to actually do it!
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At the moment I am faced with tidying up my workroom and hiding up my bits and pieces in the spare room as my daughter and children will be visiting at the beginning of February. I am looking forward to this and it is a good incentive for looking at the clutter and sorting it out. My biggest problem is room and I know that once things are put out of sight they go completely out of mind! The next big project is to make journals so I shall have to look out all the stuff I need and have it handy. At least this will use up a considerable amount of saved 'I'm sure this will come in useful' stuff! You all know exactly what I mean!
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Well I must now actually go and do something. I have only ten pages more to finish my book and it is going to be hard to actually do something until I've read it but I'll try! I'm feeling really good as I managed to copy a VHS video onto DVD last night and it worked! This evening I'm going to try putting my Husqvarna instructions onto DVD. As I don't have TV or a video player this is a real break through for me. I knew giving my mum a new digital recorder a couple of Christmas's ago would come in useful. Why has it taken me so long to actually do it!
those are lovely and cheerful!
ReplyDeleteI get a bit dismal at times too, my aches and pains are affecting me currently, but hopefully once the weather has turned, we'll all start feeling brighter!
Sue
Val, I've nominated you for the Kreative Blogger (Award) pick it up from my blog and pass it on if you feel inclined.
ReplyDeleteSue