If you've been reading here for a long time, you may remember this project.
When I first had the idea I wanted to make it all out of beads with no backing so the light could come through it like a stained glass window (in fact, I'm still fascinated with that idea, but haven't yet figured out how to carry it off).
Anyway, this is finally quilted and complete.
It's intended to be a wall hanging (I stitched in loops on the back so it can be hung from a rod or a wire).
As I've worked on it I've thought of it as a kind of worship piece --- something to contemplate about angels as I've stitched.
Now that it is complete, I'm not entirely sure what I will do with it (after I enter it in the State Fair, that is).
I'm hoping some inspiration for that will occur.
The last dog toy of this style stood up pretty well to those super sharp teeth of my daughter's "terrior-izer", so I whipped up another one yesterday.It will go in the box I'll be sending them soon
All of the components are now stitched together!The idea of using the twisted cord to put the leaf on really worked well, and I've got the crystals all arranged and connected together
There at the top is the beginning of the rest of the cord that will make up the necklace. I'll be making 2 of these and "zipping" them up then attaching them to each side to make the rest of the necklace.
Lookin' good!
Lookie what came in the mail yesterday.Nice stuff -- not so difficult that a semi accomplished knitter like me can't figure it out -- hopefully
And of course as soon as I saw some of the patterns I immediately began to think "hmmm, this one could be made into ___ (insert something other than what the original pattern is for here)"
Guess we'll never escape that whole "a pattern is just a suggestion" thing
Speaking of knitting, the back legs of the zebra are slowly taking shape. For some reason, each knitting session is an ordeal of *knit one row, purl one row, untangle 4 strands of yarn, repeat from * It's enough to make one contemplate the virtues of bobbins --- like the kind I used once when I knit a pair of argyle socks (never mind, it's too ugly to return to). It also makes me think that those bobbin thingies will be REQUIRED when I start into the great giraffe project.
Yesterday we did shopping and I worked on taxes, so I never did get to the bird house project, and today I need to make the living room look like something other than a warehouse as we have someone coming by to visit this evening, but I'm hoping to get some project work done!
time to roll out!!
1 comment:
Hi Bev, since I guess we were the ones that you felt you had to clear out the living room for I needed to let you know how much we enjoyed our visit with you and Nick. Your both amazingly talented in so many different forms of art. Next time we visit don't feel you need to move anything. I love your blog. It has been fun reading through it this morning.
You should have seen our little dogs going over me sniffing out your beautiful labs scent. It was funny the Chi was very interested. I will check back ofen. If you have time and any interest you can check out my blog even though it is not very exciting, mostly family stuff and a few projects. Keep on creating your beautiful work.
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