After a lovely weekend – the dreaded tummy bug is back. Middle DS vomited during the night, but at 9y old (!) just cleaned it up and made himself a bed on his sofa without telling us! His oldest brother is also not flash today, so I had to postpone my arrival at school camp to tomorrow.
Our postie had my stitchworks parcel ready when we left for school for the youngest, and this morning I have been cutting and washing, and pegging out and cursing the rain (and baking bikkies and bread). I also finished this little project, my first attempt at the feathers, by turning it into a place mat:
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I had to add a strip to the left – just right to try out the QUAYG instructions from Quilting Edge |
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The backing fabric is NZ landscape but not my favourite colour way – my garden looks different! |
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| Detail of the feather on the side – the binding chopped some plumes off unfortunately. The stippling is larger in scale than the one in yesterday’s post, worked much better. |
Weather improved after lunch time which means the washing - incl. my fabrics - dried again nicely, and I couldn’t resist skipping more practice for working on the real thing, and I am quite proud of the result:
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Stitch in the ditch around the squares – next time I will cross my lines over! – plus feathers in the white parts. Not sure if I will stipple yet or not. |
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Again I went with Leah Day’s matching threads on top and bottom, quite obvious on the back, but at least the details are visible on the pics! |
I’ll keep on feathering…
Monika - I love your feathers. Excellent work. Sorry to hear your boys are not well - it's horrible when they're ill. Hope they get back to full health soon :)
ReplyDeleteThe stipple makes such a big difference in making the feather design pop - I think it will depend how much impact you want the feathers to make, also how heavy and stiff you want the finished quilt to be. I have never, ever stippled - it may be something I need to look at practicing :0)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by to comment on my feathers Monika....I appreciate it.....yours are fantastic!!
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