tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72804240630123731772024-03-01T22:13:08.087+00:00Knotted CottonAdventures and experiments in creativityCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.comBlogger388125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-66074159586272916372022-02-01T12:35:00.000+00:002022-02-01T12:35:20.574+00:00The Endeavourers # 16 - Feelings/Emotions - 'The Patchwork Heart'<p>Today <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Endeavourers quilt group </a>reveal our latest quilts, made for the theme of Feelings/Emotions.</p><p>While I was thinking about this theme, and wondering which of emotion or feeling to represent, I thought a lot about the impact of the pandemic on the feelings of all of us. I did wonder about making a quilt in different shades of grey! But of course life is not really like that all the time and I started thinking about more positive feelings. A recurring thought in my head was "and the greatest of these is love".</p><p>Love is, hopefully, one of the biggest, most optimistic, and most important emotions we have. It comes in many forms and is directed towards many things. I decided to make a patchwork heart, with pieces representing all the different loves. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLIqUN95iRI76suemYUnlsmAlI-CBrEWKY5HmnusOVa2tAQCvhTk690AWI0Cz9Rq7ad5oENzVL-V6TNS-8JhkOFy0-6OPWCCFx3_cg7olshsVc_EuIJ9w4EwcmmbVUZYHH77wVdhPLRjCXk-nKRCXrKZw7Lmjq8NsZYawSdiyKqJ-qPWiquZ-buUP1=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLIqUN95iRI76suemYUnlsmAlI-CBrEWKY5HmnusOVa2tAQCvhTk690AWI0Cz9Rq7ad5oENzVL-V6TNS-8JhkOFy0-6OPWCCFx3_cg7olshsVc_EuIJ9w4EwcmmbVUZYHH77wVdhPLRjCXk-nKRCXrKZw7Lmjq8NsZYawSdiyKqJ-qPWiquZ-buUP1=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Inevitably at some point, a heart might be broken and put back together, so one of the pieces is a patch to mend it. Also in my thoughts though was a line from e e cummings' poem - <i>I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)</i>, and perhaps the patch is also a little pocket.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbhUWcmjOZwkbX0IT-4t_PIjmOGGOOFt682lxI_qVD9Kly7WwQrKM4ljdaOiWQo3ztFf8I95egUgTtE7qv2z5isXkjLs1NLWOJ8bGZH5ttOpe6W0DVdavZCqFDbZinCfn7Vm1hJ8OyPqwtfqO6LOpKFOpu1EQeCvltSedDbPN8p9AJ63sCkz5ewyNY=s3707" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3707" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbhUWcmjOZwkbX0IT-4t_PIjmOGGOOFt682lxI_qVD9Kly7WwQrKM4ljdaOiWQo3ztFf8I95egUgTtE7qv2z5isXkjLs1NLWOJ8bGZH5ttOpe6W0DVdavZCqFDbZinCfn7Vm1hJ8OyPqwtfqO6LOpKFOpu1EQeCvltSedDbPN8p9AJ63sCkz5ewyNY=w522-h640" width="522" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I wanted the heart to stand out, so I left it unquilted, then I quilted loosely round it to make a kind of aura round it, and then very tightly in the rest of the quilt.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOmJ2edIBRsgMMrey-GQ1nEDFUST6u10UxndzmbEcT3_W2lsqb0RbDl3J_UXA3KLKKUoabHNhdnqUe_I1minve04LcSjx0C-dEAeZZvRECLOWQfgakJu457ceJ3wPlu0pNTFaS4X46dY332-_3gyb-m6Fu-rgkTygpxh0ERk5y3TVNKOCXyEbVRGJh=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOmJ2edIBRsgMMrey-GQ1nEDFUST6u10UxndzmbEcT3_W2lsqb0RbDl3J_UXA3KLKKUoabHNhdnqUe_I1minve04LcSjx0C-dEAeZZvRECLOWQfgakJu457ceJ3wPlu0pNTFaS4X46dY332-_3gyb-m6Fu-rgkTygpxh0ERk5y3TVNKOCXyEbVRGJh=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVqpcYzlKk2RVXQBNZu08JHGf8TMEZ02F7h_Hvwb3-J6FnwGaVp3ooCwXi4fR3YqnvTzdsaKczIbz12kiQ1LqxwSwCjTPWDFiDrydnZX_ZHiUQbx3-HgtiRam-Hk84ZpA1-dtUEYio9TfpBcIFVQMIH0jNHbqPX2tya30gkKZi9zPvpjL5bz4Zm9qS=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVqpcYzlKk2RVXQBNZu08JHGf8TMEZ02F7h_Hvwb3-J6FnwGaVp3ooCwXi4fR3YqnvTzdsaKczIbz12kiQ1LqxwSwCjTPWDFiDrydnZX_ZHiUQbx3-HgtiRam-Hk84ZpA1-dtUEYio9TfpBcIFVQMIH0jNHbqPX2tya30gkKZi9zPvpjL5bz4Zm9qS=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Do have a look at the other quilts <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com/">on our shared blog</a> - it's amazing to see how different members treat a theme - and you can find also find links to each member's individual blog.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-69205697862435148822021-11-02T10:00:00.005+00:002021-11-02T10:06:08.796+00:00A square for the Forthline project<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I realise that I never posted about the piece I made for the <a href="https://edinburghshoreline.org.uk/forthline-project/" target="_blank">Forthline Project</a> - where each maker got a 40cm square piece of calico on which to make a piece inspired by their one particular stretch of the coastline of the Firth of Forth. The line of shoreline (black cord on my piece) had to be included just as it is on the map so that each piece can be linked on either side with other works but there were no constraints on style or content. I chose a piece of coast which took in North Queensferry and the Railway Bridge. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivX9aEvftCQab8by38-ez1h0yxpwxdMTcFuwe-8KkNj-iIeEfkU_K4tkaWbUPhHWiMR5xNJFTBSUVVR6FyUZ-RyuwhaY6z0gZEP_CmT7qfsFEaE8c3QdXM0GYXfhJcA2GWmRzP1IBZcS2_/s2984/IMG_6130.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2978" data-original-width="2984" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivX9aEvftCQab8by38-ez1h0yxpwxdMTcFuwe-8KkNj-iIeEfkU_K4tkaWbUPhHWiMR5xNJFTBSUVVR6FyUZ-RyuwhaY6z0gZEP_CmT7qfsFEaE8c3QdXM0GYXfhJcA2GWmRzP1IBZcS2_/w640-h638/IMG_6130.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>This small piece of land has a very rich history and is full of interesting things, including the remains of a Munitions pier from WW1, and the concrete gun emplacements from WW2, which really highlight how important it was strategically. I was really interested in the impact that humans have had on the environment and wanted to get <i>everything</i> in, but I settled for contrasting the abstract shapes of the man-made bridge, with the nature found at Carlingnose Point Nature Reserve.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0U7UO_scbrnGvJDYg5Kw-xPU0kawMvsMUwX8wbP48UCH0NY0nyA0qnh-CEVcRZLTQBP09Fkkbsyjigjth7ag3cbOg97RLdTfom_Sv92mAjkKM3PzFBTWHY6mC__VAljEnMO8p0FvDdByv/s3024/IMG_6127.heic" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0U7UO_scbrnGvJDYg5Kw-xPU0kawMvsMUwX8wbP48UCH0NY0nyA0qnh-CEVcRZLTQBP09Fkkbsyjigjth7ag3cbOg97RLdTfom_Sv92mAjkKM3PzFBTWHY6mC__VAljEnMO8p0FvDdByv/w640-h640/IMG_6127.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The nature reserve has gorse scrub, and rare limestone meadow. I included both of these, together with dropwort, cranesbill and harebell, and a little Lesser Whitethroat, which are all found there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl7ME_sF7a6nlm2q62EP1asdcX_OUKjT8LOiskQPMmrqB4yT5HF2HUMv-Tm1hrmK8kSLsXtTsUtroRYeQ3Y5Bf39vVX05t5Q8nQOlBGtCWQFnGNYKyIdB_gTTnD6wIFcNKGfPWLzZKXUi/w480-h640/IMG_6131.HEIC" style="text-align: center;" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WlX-wt7HWBS-I_WjcG1_mh3Rx3QjjLMqtch8C4RIMsocYx1e-vNPv2s9C5xzMDmsyAL_PPpIAKcCWa2cvB_Qz8Y9_VwBT-jIMmQp6k0Pv-U0vUeTotjOKpqMV2t-oz5qD2-Vl3PdFiWR/w640-h480/IMG_6136.HEIC" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6565mH3nofyaKCX_f1d6Ji8YK8VGkB4H1rqtA1HrMGUsVpWccbwXG0Rw942O6K1BBOqROBEKMXe2Du4ktYxqQuPG6X0c9WfiGUjVFWoEtL0AGyerxoU5IieBZkcmbWkClHKA4ALe_IJnq/s4032/IMG_6121.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6565mH3nofyaKCX_f1d6Ji8YK8VGkB4H1rqtA1HrMGUsVpWccbwXG0Rw942O6K1BBOqROBEKMXe2Du4ktYxqQuPG6X0c9WfiGUjVFWoEtL0AGyerxoU5IieBZkcmbWkClHKA4ALe_IJnq/w640-h480/IMG_6121.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My work is painted, appliquéd, hand- and machine-embroidered. I left a tiny margin of calico round the edge of my piece because I wanted to reflect the fact that this was the base on which everyone constructed their very different works, but in retrospect I'm not sure this was the right thing to do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is a really wonderful project and I am grateful to have been involved. You can read more about it <a href="https://edinburghshoreline.org.uk/" target="_blank">here</a> and see all the marvellous pieces that other contributors have made. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-10174126082794203582021-11-01T11:01:00.006+00:002021-11-01T12:28:49.008+00:00The Endeavourers #15, A quilt inspired by a newspaper headline - "B****y Covid"<p>This is my quilt for the latest quarterly challenge from <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com" target="_blank">The Endeavourers</a>. Our challenge was to make a quilt inspired by a newspaper headline.</p><p>My quilt doesn't need much explanation - it represents the majority of headlines at the moment, and pretty much sums up my feelings!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8taaWV60-UT9_ZPkZpo0Sh0IStH84kLcLjo-U7IEhQCK8CHurjI9vSBjG1UClXpERJ5PCxjKbMgBEWxPvbhr37qOCaDwnqUyBLC6tk66wQM6IQUCT7sfg54PVmVpy-OJpoO63Xsxr_Y/s4032/IMG_3476.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8taaWV60-UT9_ZPkZpo0Sh0IStH84kLcLjo-U7IEhQCK8CHurjI9vSBjG1UClXpERJ5PCxjKbMgBEWxPvbhr37qOCaDwnqUyBLC6tk66wQM6IQUCT7sfg54PVmVpy-OJpoO63Xsxr_Y/w640-h480/IMG_3476.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">As the current situation drags on we're probably all getting a bit fed up so I had wanted some way of adding a small bit of hope to my quilt. When I dug this newspaper print out of the drawer it seemed perfect because it is actually full of positive thoughts. I'm not always keen on fabric like this but I thought that the message 'be gentle with yourself' and references to the good things in life - beauty, friendship, family, home and garden, etc, - were a good reminder that although Covid sometimes occupies centre stage, as it does in my quilt, the things that make life worthwhile are still there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWfu9OXnLqtzjgTpQFSb4si3M1wBdIyEP8SKb61f7XKrFIYMc9Qhb7QZPpLKiCCQZ3t8CeXvxJGGXCD7LlIgrbmzuVI08CncOw09ejwOJxp6ZQQfdBwJ3SSB5ELJPGXqG6JOLr_N3xBg/s4032/IMG_3483.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWfu9OXnLqtzjgTpQFSb4si3M1wBdIyEP8SKb61f7XKrFIYMc9Qhb7QZPpLKiCCQZ3t8CeXvxJGGXCD7LlIgrbmzuVI08CncOw09ejwOJxp6ZQQfdBwJ3SSB5ELJPGXqG6JOLr_N3xBg/w480-h640/IMG_3483.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p>My 'headline' is painted with fabric paint and I quilted in black round the letters, which are based on a font called Impact. There is a double layer of batting under the white 'paper' which is stipple quilted. The background newsprint is quilted in random geometric shapes inspired by the print. I liked the way that the asterisks look vaguely like the Covid virus under the microscope!</p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQOW1YtrD3Cx7ZLFiqbxImrdIIiLsvdmo7MzGMKEPC2x7qVWf5XPm7KavOk72DUaHpaxhjRLQveX7dObuxfJg75gsp0NttMaxR-pqbr-QIL8R8Z1ZkfpG49ah9ksZ_P15eqoMXZpq7wA/s4032/IMG_3482.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQOW1YtrD3Cx7ZLFiqbxImrdIIiLsvdmo7MzGMKEPC2x7qVWf5XPm7KavOk72DUaHpaxhjRLQveX7dObuxfJg75gsp0NttMaxR-pqbr-QIL8R8Z1ZkfpG49ah9ksZ_P15eqoMXZpq7wA/w640-h480/IMG_3482.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I'm sure I'm not alone in feeling uninspired to be creative recently, and it was very good to have this challenge! As usual I'm looking forward to seeing what has inspired the other members of the Endeavourers. You can check them out on the <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com" target="_blank">group blog</a> where you can also find links to each individual member.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTsHjh7XuaqONt3UAuJ2baAnnsA4mD3fA4hhn4BeMvGaUqUae-R44XgfCqJPoeyMeKZNyWeD5GmxJPN_bHOysisL8o11iMY1-VswSv71HWqfSvdSQkfo0IzZ29d0MFssBqAzajMnLlDU/s4032/IMG_3484.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTsHjh7XuaqONt3UAuJ2baAnnsA4mD3fA4hhn4BeMvGaUqUae-R44XgfCqJPoeyMeKZNyWeD5GmxJPN_bHOysisL8o11iMY1-VswSv71HWqfSvdSQkfo0IzZ29d0MFssBqAzajMnLlDU/w640-h480/IMG_3484.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-44468277275148461842021-05-01T10:00:00.058+01:002021-05-01T12:38:25.013+01:00The Endeavourers #14, Colour Theory: The Spirit of Summer<p>The theme for this quarter's piece was Colour Theory, and what a massive and complicated subject that is! </p><p>Essentially it's about describing and explaining relationships between colours and why we find some satisfying. As quilt makers most of us have probably come across the 'Colour Wheel' at some point - we often use it as reference when considering which colours might go well together. The particular wheel we are familiar with - the subtractive colour wheel, which is based on mixing pigments, and uses the primary colours red, yellow and blue - only represents one way of describing the relationships between different colours. There are other models which depend, for example, on whether you are considering the properties of light - the additive colour wheel - or the physiology of the human eye. </p><p>As I was feeling my way round the enormity of the subject, and at a bit at a loss, I thought about making an abstract quilt using two colours with a particular relationship. However I couldn't get away from a picture in my head of pink blossom against sunny blue skies and I really wanted to make that quilt. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p>The Spirit of Summer</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSE7Lzy8pZjqYedfHCexSWGEpG7MPTfZs76-GmsOfiJ5C5jWkBN9oIC0kyhMc4e5vhj8n1pceCckROvYjhULBPSlPMpfRxBgCmldC9WoN_QyRs3jbtnQH7EF_n1-W0D6JhhledRiUvONW3/s4032/IMG_7166.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSE7Lzy8pZjqYedfHCexSWGEpG7MPTfZs76-GmsOfiJ5C5jWkBN9oIC0kyhMc4e5vhj8n1pceCckROvYjhULBPSlPMpfRxBgCmldC9WoN_QyRs3jbtnQH7EF_n1-W0D6JhhledRiUvONW3/w640-h480/IMG_7166.heic" width="640" /></a></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For me, this is a really exciting combination of colours. If you look at my header you will see another quilt in my header which uses it. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhftfGaK9Pbu9rT0U-DXBz3WgdhAWxWeagYa-h9Wfa4xdKecGyl2JjvH-eboblwv8TM1HrOKlo9Y1y2Ab5U0iXZx-JkceIGeuDd55LbC3YdHHNnBmJPvd0US8E4ezox5ugr2yjhmf4b9x/s4032/IMG_7167.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhftfGaK9Pbu9rT0U-DXBz3WgdhAWxWeagYa-h9Wfa4xdKecGyl2JjvH-eboblwv8TM1HrOKlo9Y1y2Ab5U0iXZx-JkceIGeuDd55LbC3YdHHNnBmJPvd0US8E4ezox5ugr2yjhmf4b9x/w480-h640/IMG_7167.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Using the quilters' subtractive colour wheel, red, of which pink is a tint, and this green-blue are split complementary colours (Interesting that unlike most tints, pink is significant enough to have its own name, instead of being 'pale red'.) Green is red's complement, the colour with the highest contrast - and blue-green is an analogous colour to blue, which makes it part of a split complementary colour scheme with red. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Using the additive colour wheel, the blue here is close to Cyan, which is directly opposite red, and is its complement. If we think about how the human eye works, red and cyan stimulate different photoreceptors and together they are visually exciting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So this quilt doesn't address the theme of Colour Theory head on but it illustrates two colours which have a particularly strong relationship with each other. We don't have to know why we find a particular colour combination appealing but Colour Theory helps us to explain and describe colour relationships we like and to put other combinations together. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2DlddG011DZuAyr2Jn2f_ViYi7jn3sA3vwlUNb4tMcPAki_HzXbikNIa1ayEioyCiQcIlH3_SaZVy9pZmj-GI0bw3MWZZ6mK030fP2zyoIJPlyt70cusceogC_yapIne8jZoKeOQQTaw/s4032/IMG_7184+2.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2DlddG011DZuAyr2Jn2f_ViYi7jn3sA3vwlUNb4tMcPAki_HzXbikNIa1ayEioyCiQcIlH3_SaZVy9pZmj-GI0bw3MWZZ6mK030fP2zyoIJPlyt70cusceogC_yapIne8jZoKeOQQTaw/w640-h480/IMG_7184+2.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78KVZxJPpVeCqOyunbxG8b150wkvi0RvvGafrDhl_mLFI7jL8rJ3u4Isc78t68Kn-YK5Z8r-K4MjrWxH5WJgwlM2WENVkQvq7LsclQm_5e2WER8fD_2abOFUDr33a1oSYdV-B7sQrwZ0l/s4032/IMG_7183.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78KVZxJPpVeCqOyunbxG8b150wkvi0RvvGafrDhl_mLFI7jL8rJ3u4Isc78t68Kn-YK5Z8r-K4MjrWxH5WJgwlM2WENVkQvq7LsclQm_5e2WER8fD_2abOFUDr33a1oSYdV-B7sQrwZ0l/w640-h480/IMG_7183.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Edited to add: colour theory is a useful way of describing colour relationships when making decisions about what to use, but the theme and mood you are conveying is just as important. If you look at the other members' posts on our <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com" target="_blank">group blog</a>, you can see all the wonderful and very different results.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div><div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com0Edinburgh, UK55.953252 -3.188267-20.612471876980756 -143.813267 90 137.436733tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-76655656525629070712021-02-01T10:00:01.314+00:002021-02-01T10:00:00.832+00:00The Endeavourers #13, Memories - "Treasure box"<div style="text-align: left;">Today is the reveal date for the latest piece for <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com" target="_blank">The Endeavourers art quilt group</a>; our theme for this quarter is <i>Memories</i>. It's a broad subject covering a lot of possibilities so I am excited to see what my fellow Endeavourers have done! You can find out <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As usual, it was lovely to have such a thought-provoking theme to mull over! To begin with I wondered about making a scene illustrating a particular memory, then about trying to represent the biochemistry of memory and the way it depends on synaptic connections between neurons. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Finally, I started thinking about the relationship between our memories and who we are - the way they contribute to who we are as a human being. We can have experiences but it is the memory of those experiences that allows us to learn and change and develop as a person. Memories are layered and stitched together, colouring and shaping our personalities, and our attitudes to the world. </span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">While I was wondering how to translate this idea into a piece, I thought about the treasure box I keep under my bed, as I'm sure many people do, and about the way the objects in a collection like this represent their owner's individual memories. The collection as a whole is more than the sum of its parts too and also reflects the owner as a person. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>In fact a person is like a treasure box - we are all treasure boxes! </span><span>Together the box and its contents symbolise us as</span><span> the keepers, and the product, of our memories. </span><span>So here is my imagined 'Treasure Box'.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicoOc9BttqTXJCJViMBeAW53xbE9MJKKe9Mpvbrq0RcDbRPETcpw3EVpRWKAOhcHEXseR_2jxAVa5EOG7Eo_kMJmGgudAUZTEtvy66LcuYC1aQTswStAR9a6d20eL_p3i3JFPYNFpUImE/s3918/IMG_6800.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3918" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicoOc9BttqTXJCJViMBeAW53xbE9MJKKe9Mpvbrq0RcDbRPETcpw3EVpRWKAOhcHEXseR_2jxAVa5EOG7Eo_kMJmGgudAUZTEtvy66LcuYC1aQTswStAR9a6d20eL_p3i3JFPYNFpUImE/w640-h494/IMG_6800.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And it is not a quilt! This is my first 3D textile work for the Endeavourers, and I have made what is supposed to look like a precious lacquerware box, full of treasures. The box is stitched together and the lid is made using crazy patchwork to represent the layering and stitching together of memories into a person, with different shapes and colours representing the variety of memories.</div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHEQ7y5wuwAOExYTCRsBZWQLtG1UusvOpFU_CaRw-0xG7HXxrSMeZTwR09ChQZWDluxq3elSy3S6kUYo02PAQzOcsGy4M2sldoVolr8wfGycMHDE2OxQNl7o9_EymglPejb4AgBHuADVd/s3232/IMG_2205.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2139" data-original-width="3232" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHEQ7y5wuwAOExYTCRsBZWQLtG1UusvOpFU_CaRw-0xG7HXxrSMeZTwR09ChQZWDluxq3elSy3S6kUYo02PAQzOcsGy4M2sldoVolr8wfGycMHDE2OxQNl7o9_EymglPejb4AgBHuADVd/w640-h424/IMG_2205.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;">This variety of memories is also shown by the treasures on a bed of tissue paper inside; a couple of shells, a baby shoe, a dried corsage or buttonhole, some old pine cones, a fossil, and a conker, while the choice of objects gives some clues about the person it belongs to. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0L9eM9ENHMmfR6DnUaPw5kvS_aPBcC3-MWBG-ifvc9TR0RhZcbpSOPCDvveVaRzT6ILhjT5kT6WuPQxlTTvCr0l5Mn-g1ZA2inBRLo0RXERk5nylCFWb1Eqbu858_t2C6ZBAhwipteavv/s3264/IMG_2208.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0L9eM9ENHMmfR6DnUaPw5kvS_aPBcC3-MWBG-ifvc9TR0RhZcbpSOPCDvveVaRzT6ILhjT5kT6WuPQxlTTvCr0l5Mn-g1ZA2inBRLo0RXERk5nylCFWb1Eqbu858_t2C6ZBAhwipteavv/w640-h480/IMG_2208.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is a closer look at the contents of the box and the pieces (all made of fabric) that I made to represent what is important in the imagined life and personality of a particular human being. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />: a little Douglas fir cone and a larger Scots pine cone. My own treasure box has a cedar cone which is a reminder of a very long ago family picnic with my Grandma, during a sunny summer holiday. I thought that a fir cone might seem like a trivial thing, but in terms of memories represent something very significant.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3V0DpJQSs895LUBw1pGflxzZeJerPP7CCqMWK9OsBEd2N0ldj3-AscHqMBkIjETUPLe2FGqLxD-EsvFwloNoLQ_kyE4rmvetbijMDqik8OSw8XONGmfAbpTRnUop0tJOKvYtWqNWbdQa/s2430/IMG_2213.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2195" data-original-width="2430" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3V0DpJQSs895LUBw1pGflxzZeJerPP7CCqMWK9OsBEd2N0ldj3-AscHqMBkIjETUPLe2FGqLxD-EsvFwloNoLQ_kyE4rmvetbijMDqik8OSw8XONGmfAbpTRnUop0tJOKvYtWqNWbdQa/w640-h578/IMG_2213.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">: a couple of shells, kept as a general reminder of jolly walks on the beach, or of one special trip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">: a fossil, since they are treasures in themselves, but also represent many happy hours of fossicking.</div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Pa4FR4kzWFAjRKiZntxmBuQ_GDXSIhbZ9eAXrfsN5sxiPrDU3aeK7rwPxAMoUvfMfXlK5Sq4Xs15LUUWThNlZymgfc9kCxRu2ztRosJ_50DBMLygi2z1V2ym85ELFg_JG7bkMjmn0ERM/s2448/IMG_2231.JPG" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Pa4FR4kzWFAjRKiZntxmBuQ_GDXSIhbZ9eAXrfsN5sxiPrDU3aeK7rwPxAMoUvfMfXlK5Sq4Xs15LUUWThNlZymgfc9kCxRu2ztRosJ_50DBMLygi2z1V2ym85ELFg_JG7bkMjmn0ERM/w640-h640/IMG_2231.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">: an old conker on a string. Maybe a reminder of childhood games, but also, like fossils, times spent scuffling around looking for them and the magic of finding a good one.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />: a dried corsage/buttonhole saved from a happy or romantic occasion - a wedding, or an important dance, maybe. </div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURfJXM0TTMTl6ezGaVOzIGWbJNTvDd3mzMiFz-Tv7BbkzRqHgkBoHMpUT0limP3FWeaMmueWHGk4Dc_yS2e6V_QPVG4fvQNKcuFAJLUcD4gf3xwVnkC_dX_j-D3QAOed9oy7YYYqGqmsM/s3863/IMG_6752.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3863" data-original-width="2583" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURfJXM0TTMTl6ezGaVOzIGWbJNTvDd3mzMiFz-Tv7BbkzRqHgkBoHMpUT0limP3FWeaMmueWHGk4Dc_yS2e6V_QPVG4fvQNKcuFAJLUcD4gf3xwVnkC_dX_j-D3QAOed9oy7YYYqGqmsM/w428-h640/IMG_6752.HEIC" width="428" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div>: a baby's shoe. (When my oldest daughter was very tiny, she seemed to grow much bigger during the day by force of personality, and it was only when I saw her shoes after she had gone to bed that I remembered how little she was!). This shoe is made from satin silk. Perhaps the owner made it from scraps of a wedding dress. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMvBuQgIGbQ0YQEBfmrGeP_aeD4QaEXHIRRtLHK0yY315e20KwbqImbofsVicRXirFpL0AXnDmwCQrrmV7NPijpfMmVChDh5-3_QJxUkNTPmNHUouUNvVtPJnGh1IGiTlsvsUwZwDpPae/s4032/IMG_6783.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMvBuQgIGbQ0YQEBfmrGeP_aeD4QaEXHIRRtLHK0yY315e20KwbqImbofsVicRXirFpL0AXnDmwCQrrmV7NPijpfMmVChDh5-3_QJxUkNTPmNHUouUNvVtPJnGh1IGiTlsvsUwZwDpPae/w480-h640/IMG_6783.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BQK1M856m51wNTt1XVmLbqaOjIGXfqwXfmqWRHbJ9xWmu9qz7AwpHExNod21veqTEM-n5_Q3b5uhkCIqn810hwz4N2rlAA2813acacXDiwO-CuHXOnEKdN-yJM1YiZq1TnwcnBa9j3q-/s3024/IMG_6753.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BQK1M856m51wNTt1XVmLbqaOjIGXfqwXfmqWRHbJ9xWmu9qz7AwpHExNod21veqTEM-n5_Q3b5uhkCIqn810hwz4N2rlAA2813acacXDiwO-CuHXOnEKdN-yJM1YiZq1TnwcnBa9j3q-/w640-h640/IMG_6753.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">: and hidden away inside, there is a tiny box (Treasure Box's mini-me) because there are some memories locked away that we perhaps don't take out very often, or share with other people. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwAbg4u7RTHXRWR_abOU27PY6fIn-S4d_jptEqHItxKbcmn0GkfSxgS6VhJc3KXu1OIXbFpbwzQe9wqZLowPIsOm1fP8y8_YxE1U7I14qEmCgZMvhw4_30S3tJEM82PCAaxKYNjhozljV2/s2448/IMG_2199.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwAbg4u7RTHXRWR_abOU27PY6fIn-S4d_jptEqHItxKbcmn0GkfSxgS6VhJc3KXu1OIXbFpbwzQe9wqZLowPIsOm1fP8y8_YxE1U7I14qEmCgZMvhw4_30S3tJEM82PCAaxKYNjhozljV2/w640-h640/IMG_2199.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><div><br /></div><div>For some treasures, the significance of the memories might be common to many people, but for others we can only guess at their importance and the effect that they have had on their owner. </div><div><br /></div><div>When I was working on this piece I thought a lot about the film Blade Runner - as an exploration of how memories contribute to your identity and what it actually means to be human, you can't get much better! The replicants in the film began their 'lives' programmed with a set of someone else's memories, but they have also made their own (they have 'treasures' too), so they feel, and want to be understood as, human. I love Rutger Hauer's final speech - more of a poem really - which makes it clear that he is no less human or important than anyone else. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. </div><div style="text-align: center;">All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.'</div><div><br /></div><div>When our memories are lost, part of who we are begins to fade away. But even at the end of our lives we live on for a while in our 'treasures' and in other people's memories until eventually these are lost too.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtWTMYK40vd1Kssmu_ZzuH4CILV1r42mHtNpIQNM2AQchzJWrQqwJBSUaEmVGPEs9Shv91hDVF1QnNBh7EXMRW0AzHoQTAkzcdpQ4-fuv7p2iYBeBijN3l66JSCGAkYfQUyAc7u6NLDWQ/s4032/IMG_6770.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtWTMYK40vd1Kssmu_ZzuH4CILV1r42mHtNpIQNM2AQchzJWrQqwJBSUaEmVGPEs9Shv91hDVF1QnNBh7EXMRW0AzHoQTAkzcdpQ4-fuv7p2iYBeBijN3l66JSCGAkYfQUyAc7u6NLDWQ/w640-h480/IMG_6770.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">....</div><div><br /></div><div>Making the Treasure Box has been such a distraction from current events. I really enjoyed thinking about the imaginary owner of the box, and what might be in it. </div><div><br /></div><div>I set myself two challenges: 1. to make a piece that was constructed only using textiles and stitch, and 2. to only use materials I had rather than buy anything new. The first was partly to fit with the aims of our group as a textile art group, but both of these also seemed very important to fit in with the idea behind the piece. </div><div><br /></div><div>Apart from some jewellery wire in the stems of the corsage I nearly managed the first challenge. Almost everything is textile and sewn together, but I had to resort to using some glue to secure the padded lining inside the lid and to fix the hinges and key plate. I just couldn't work out a stage in the construction when I could sew them on/in and be sure they would end up where they were supposed to be, and I couldn't force a needle through them afterwards! </div><div><br /></div><div>The second challenge was very satisfying! I was able to use up some tiny scraps of flimsy interfacing to make the carnations, and fabric 'crumbs' went into stuffing other objects. The fir cones were made out of a piece of furnishing material reclaimed from a sample book. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdd3KmK38TzqUMhuhjdeLfwMcZ2mSWUNKRTipqn-he3QwI19lER_0J-WGY7e8unLIqGBBk4ObhQeaMT1IKfWXs9c9HhgSJUaN0IdPRbsPfossOBFgZx1MM2BQArcIXOdP9a9P8hFFiJ-xQ/s4032/IMG_6771.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdd3KmK38TzqUMhuhjdeLfwMcZ2mSWUNKRTipqn-he3QwI19lER_0J-WGY7e8unLIqGBBk4ObhQeaMT1IKfWXs9c9HhgSJUaN0IdPRbsPfossOBFgZx1MM2BQArcIXOdP9a9P8hFFiJ-xQ/w640-h480/IMG_6771.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br />The box is reinforced with some stiff tapestry canvas, which I happened to have in exactly the right quantity, and is made from black velvet cut from a torn old favourite jacket. Sewing it all together was crucial to the idea but I did occasionally wonder why I was putting myself through this torture when it would just have been an awful lot easier to wrap fabric round a cardboard box!</div><div><br /></div><div>The hinges and lock are made of scraps of suede painted with metallic fabric paint. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JJwQ443-lfEPLKN4rWMzrHTTifjPdGZFEZ7Ac6nwM0rrltqKSDII904oCUhXHL-iT2243AZSL8fBkvW-1OUN5gRMJOwGu99LF33Gsj62hANpmYZ4Fro5HL3TyvXNJry61RHsO9FhSB4D/s2448/IMG_2203.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1790" data-original-width="2448" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JJwQ443-lfEPLKN4rWMzrHTTifjPdGZFEZ7Ac6nwM0rrltqKSDII904oCUhXHL-iT2243AZSL8fBkvW-1OUN5gRMJOwGu99LF33Gsj62hANpmYZ4Fro5HL3TyvXNJry61RHsO9FhSB4D/w640-h468/IMG_2203.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />For final decorative details I used cold tea to age the corsage (dipping in the carnations, and then putting some of the damp tea leaves on the fern and leaving to dry) and I used watercolour on the rosebud and shells, and to add shadows to the quilting on the fossil. It took a while to think about how to make each object but as the box and its contents symbolise a human being and their memories it felt very important to try to make everything look as precious as possible. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdbNGjxT1-o_sXkSbnUgwZhJPpRXn617WWCivbJZGuUC1QEbdwYLfnxyKJ7OAK1f-hHBT-zfWjeI6ay2evYVxtrx03bMELnAygBDlYSd06RAmtSa93_Z6ZrNC26OEhTL3P8Sf3764-bD1/s4032/IMG_6774.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdbNGjxT1-o_sXkSbnUgwZhJPpRXn617WWCivbJZGuUC1QEbdwYLfnxyKJ7OAK1f-hHBT-zfWjeI6ay2evYVxtrx03bMELnAygBDlYSd06RAmtSa93_Z6ZrNC26OEhTL3P8Sf3764-bD1/w640-h480/IMG_6774.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes I wonder about the point of making things (me, not anyone else!). Occasionally it does seem a bit pointless, but putting a rather obsessive, and possibly rather mad, level of effort into this box was a lot of fun and I decided that that is really the point, it shouldn't matter about the circumstances or the result, or what anyone thinks, and anything is a worthwhile endeavour if it makes you think about and see the world in a different way.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfbDz5Z-eOS86HKQwvFgYJqeU3w5i9movsFVNYuoXuyTNzuGKxB37i4f4SfLO0sCNo4ef-Yui7wSrrsTHG_Qu40gk9CpC_1Mw3K-U_LBYw_6wI4RgYS-WxnhLXfBL0H8QgAcNsTxsFpDV/s4032/IMG_6795.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfbDz5Z-eOS86HKQwvFgYJqeU3w5i9movsFVNYuoXuyTNzuGKxB37i4f4SfLO0sCNo4ef-Yui7wSrrsTHG_Qu40gk9CpC_1Mw3K-U_LBYw_6wI4RgYS-WxnhLXfBL0H8QgAcNsTxsFpDV/w640-h480/IMG_6795.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymIvDE5Qx9iiuIgcorh9V2NXXQyz08BfnuowNUf3Fw87PqeoFY-Jlw6vfAJH7TZrEV07Ztdwg-hSZs5D8RXNTzDceEzIAhFrVCfW1nnnnTG0OX1zc6djx7EERwRGbwCEpOih3oggLDLdB/s4032/IMG_6791.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymIvDE5Qx9iiuIgcorh9V2NXXQyz08BfnuowNUf3Fw87PqeoFY-Jlw6vfAJH7TZrEV07Ztdwg-hSZs5D8RXNTzDceEzIAhFrVCfW1nnnnTG0OX1zc6djx7EERwRGbwCEpOih3oggLDLdB/w640-h480/IMG_6791.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>So thank you very much again to all the other Endeavourers for making this such a great group to belong to, and do please<a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com" target="_blank"> have a look at what they have come up with</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><h3><br /></h3></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><div><i style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></i></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h3><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com6Scotland, UK56.490671199999987 -4.202645825.552223467390753 -39.3588958 87.429118932609214 30.9536042tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-65973850786495003202020-11-20T12:32:00.003+00:002020-11-20T12:32:20.496+00:00A Life on the Ocean Wave<p>Having finished my Sea themed quilts for<a href="https://theendeavourers.com" target="_blank"> the Endeavourers</a> after rather a long period of creative drought, I suddenly felt inspired again. I do think that the sea, as a theme, offers up so many possibilities and I am going to keep going. I've just finished another little quilt.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLTvJfkD0rPPIbPMyGYMwHhHlySS7XtRfn_O5_bzgPcHlu7i-pDp2wYf7dPsfAEE9poxw-9Gpo_Jvv41AsQCZJPSiKK6bMiy0opM-WKPS6dm7pkLvC8OzzhiH5DOCjmAp3JX9BYuvLDyx/s2048/IMG_1874.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLTvJfkD0rPPIbPMyGYMwHhHlySS7XtRfn_O5_bzgPcHlu7i-pDp2wYf7dPsfAEE9poxw-9Gpo_Jvv41AsQCZJPSiKK6bMiy0opM-WKPS6dm7pkLvC8OzzhiH5DOCjmAp3JX9BYuvLDyx/w640-h640/IMG_1874.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Life on the Ocean Wave<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Inspiration for this quilt came from an unusual source - my coffee pot! I suddenly saw a beautiful wave, and an idea came into my head pretty much fully formed. It is lovely when that happens. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEt7WLHzLFDDOawq5CVf7BlUUWRC0ZBvNHBZ8wdzuos-EUNnZGzJgT0vFVt9Bsw2n9n3OufaiQHGKVzK3Bk9xXTCSffv30soUH_bALXe1HV3-pGcW7-c5iFGWVrABjgJDo4WslE7MaWEn/s4032/IMG_7975.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEt7WLHzLFDDOawq5CVf7BlUUWRC0ZBvNHBZ8wdzuos-EUNnZGzJgT0vFVt9Bsw2n9n3OufaiQHGKVzK3Bk9xXTCSffv30soUH_bALXe1HV3-pGcW7-c5iFGWVrABjgJDo4WslE7MaWEn/w300-h400/IMG_7975.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I had such fun making little silver fish out of the metal from tea lights (thanks to <a href="http://celticthistlestitches.blogspot.com/2020/02/if-wishes-were-horses.html" target="_blank">Fiona</a> who used this metal for her beggars' tokens)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86IipYwuUcR7k4X__SgCTZosV20diGZ5W1MINJuBtM5vrhyOg2x2cxq-y7WGKFO9q3tfAdTENxVgMmAEFq7EuZX_NL86c_z2anCI8TqbFEhUoa0zZDt0SvdMta05Xy46QCnDqBx_IrOfA/s2448/IMG_1868.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86IipYwuUcR7k4X__SgCTZosV20diGZ5W1MINJuBtM5vrhyOg2x2cxq-y7WGKFO9q3tfAdTENxVgMmAEFq7EuZX_NL86c_z2anCI8TqbFEhUoa0zZDt0SvdMta05Xy46QCnDqBx_IrOfA/w640-h640/IMG_1868.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and seagulls out of modelling clay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dILmddHI1hROvpN-rU7US3Mq3OIsaLqzsrFeXrGrIVSIl5u7SZoIhF6TfqXPuAk0tXdCHHTpoOfjEG5EMAJrLIG66mHfTJJVOIyX1jRZfDvCh6y86NcaeE-gCzNKNdvueIKZV1-KHDfy/s3264/IMG_1865.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2382" data-original-width="3264" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dILmddHI1hROvpN-rU7US3Mq3OIsaLqzsrFeXrGrIVSIl5u7SZoIhF6TfqXPuAk0tXdCHHTpoOfjEG5EMAJrLIG66mHfTJJVOIyX1jRZfDvCh6y86NcaeE-gCzNKNdvueIKZV1-KHDfy/w400-h293/IMG_1865.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKl0IEgmNnQP-tCHgbBZTLX3uvWAfeBPRLAGmxQJe-4mWURZvlYSBcYzPtPrebfJ2xXUyImyGXXQSGhjltal11SySC1ZV_X7emlCX8JUgI6lNZGN3YtD3ra1rfcQRRh4VOEwZfj_muvGfX/s2448/IMG_1857.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0eEZQS2GPbSnH0QAa4KOvTXIbfmKwADpf9FYeyd9bDwR3EmFjTsk0jn2538ENVdhXK49Z_DbJvTmWaJvFkUldjcx5zZrOxyAEbadLAlL9UEVR8m5rZ1SbO_Vl9j-5_8zx5E8s7AMGNA8/s2448/IMG_1805.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0eEZQS2GPbSnH0QAa4KOvTXIbfmKwADpf9FYeyd9bDwR3EmFjTsk0jn2538ENVdhXK49Z_DbJvTmWaJvFkUldjcx5zZrOxyAEbadLAlL9UEVR8m5rZ1SbO_Vl9j-5_8zx5E8s7AMGNA8/w400-h400/IMG_1805.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6XHtc-w88LyNRbmQObQRqML7qx1_lF9GYH0tBu84vIpaJeHU2Vc_ThooeOloQ5NOylfBTCZKfnliwATO65-9L9wyRhglax6u2SlFNc7aTg3hdQve1CarKlcC8QFEMFaWBvJt7YrT7n-O/s2448/IMG_1870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6XHtc-w88LyNRbmQObQRqML7qx1_lF9GYH0tBu84vIpaJeHU2Vc_ThooeOloQ5NOylfBTCZKfnliwATO65-9L9wyRhglax6u2SlFNc7aTg3hdQve1CarKlcC8QFEMFaWBvJt7YrT7n-O/w400-h400/IMG_1870.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've hung the quilt on a piece of driftwood</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikg9u6xExUr6chXtuugJlg5k0MrAukdHeI2r500ikcqTmIcrmcsmirzP1LbtZ7K3FaAYKZX3IZ_x2j11aOUGF7uPvxr6BxM5BQNFjS0XBwlr9jK-J2pBDhDO6YcavE-iKL4iTPKdDxLNE/s3264/IMG_1883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikg9u6xExUr6chXtuugJlg5k0MrAukdHeI2r500ikcqTmIcrmcsmirzP1LbtZ7K3FaAYKZX3IZ_x2j11aOUGF7uPvxr6BxM5BQNFjS0XBwlr9jK-J2pBDhDO6YcavE-iKL4iTPKdDxLNE/w300-h400/IMG_1883.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and am just waiting for a less wintry day so I can take even more photos.</div><p></p></div></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-74819671867848520532020-11-07T21:10:00.165+00:002021-02-01T08:34:09.485+00:00The Endeavourers #12, The Sea<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Endeavourers art quilt group have been working on the subject of the sea this quarter, resulting in a beautiful collection of quilts featuring all kinds of different techniques - check them out <a href="https://www.theendeavourers.com" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm arriving late to the party. The last few months have been difficult for us all and, like many people I'm sure, I haven't felt much creative enthusiasm but as people say in motivational books I gave myself permission to play for a bit! This subject is very close to my heart as I grew up near the sea, and still live near to it albeit in another part of the country further down the coast. I find the colours and textures endlessly fascinating and it was these that I decided to think about to begin with, concentrating first of all on wave forms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHF5auX3qGkKCpREVblBA18w0xNaL60NSqRsA7IZOBT0624jxhOdICfPCsf2OYNNX8j7vp3AfUCAkSioHZkch-C9a3RshFcMW782ynMW6i2WFGVJIoHrxt6GJLKtx8wi0ZN1qw-KLniER/s2048/IMG_6649.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHF5auX3qGkKCpREVblBA18w0xNaL60NSqRsA7IZOBT0624jxhOdICfPCsf2OYNNX8j7vp3AfUCAkSioHZkch-C9a3RshFcMW782ynMW6i2WFGVJIoHrxt6GJLKtx8wi0ZN1qw-KLniER/w400-h400/IMG_6649.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7ulQfiIWJFR6pp5FjAksiiqX4CN5c5lrMZVRz8aam-m9qYJgIfjWsrMdU_JoGO_-PHYRUq7fMByKPw1m4jje3k3XLUHqB3dpwnEfk8KJj8ms_1a17S_BIorVCPntX0WVzT0gYpay9ia-/s2048/IMG_6679.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7ulQfiIWJFR6pp5FjAksiiqX4CN5c5lrMZVRz8aam-m9qYJgIfjWsrMdU_JoGO_-PHYRUq7fMByKPw1m4jje3k3XLUHqB3dpwnEfk8KJj8ms_1a17S_BIorVCPntX0WVzT0gYpay9ia-/w480-h640/IMG_6679.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I started with the simplest wave quilting on calico. It's a very peaceful and meditative exercise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyDjM7s_V5EIc7-3gTdtXLeEqpjVJGtK9ufgQjEjX3F_P8IQh0zwj1lNvXB_oU_AuyGnOcIAruT4825k4Ua7w-5WAdOi-c9Y5jXK93GDC5NVKrgcGKXRy0N6he7cJl6GXgMSuG6UlNI_w/s2048/IMG_1680.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyDjM7s_V5EIc7-3gTdtXLeEqpjVJGtK9ufgQjEjX3F_P8IQh0zwj1lNvXB_oU_AuyGnOcIAruT4825k4Ua7w-5WAdOi-c9Y5jXK93GDC5NVKrgcGKXRy0N6he7cJl6GXgMSuG6UlNI_w/w400-h400/IMG_1680.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then I pieced some waves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjte4x8aC215ebOuzos9ttO-gR4ifDERGu2__sTyRswIRHkxx-_p9fewVUC2q8aXiONHW_48Lm7Q0Y-tgJGTd9HrJfvgR-WA5JqldiiIK6UTdKNzdix48M-Lt5GonmkP96dsUkTgIMEjIdw/s2048/IMG_1687.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjte4x8aC215ebOuzos9ttO-gR4ifDERGu2__sTyRswIRHkxx-_p9fewVUC2q8aXiONHW_48Lm7Q0Y-tgJGTd9HrJfvgR-WA5JqldiiIK6UTdKNzdix48M-Lt5GonmkP96dsUkTgIMEjIdw/w400-h400/IMG_1687.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love that this piece almost looks carved in stone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After that I progressed to colour</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjxfpxIf6m8iUlpnfzjNqxuhVMlovMFSea165ga_3BeXmX88JmmxmJcfswQsly_gcKCGFjTqRq6J9OO3fuZmsRk38P3Wwf6el2g03PEnHP70nLTEYM8TYV3AIkQvsVg8nA0Op14Z2zDmWd/s1835/89230D2E-D6D1-4E27-BB9E-E340EC163021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="1835" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjxfpxIf6m8iUlpnfzjNqxuhVMlovMFSea165ga_3BeXmX88JmmxmJcfswQsly_gcKCGFjTqRq6J9OO3fuZmsRk38P3Wwf6el2g03PEnHP70nLTEYM8TYV3AIkQvsVg8nA0Op14Z2zDmWd/w400-h400/89230D2E-D6D1-4E27-BB9E-E340EC163021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>and then combined piecing, quilting and colour.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShaV2tRGYrMpc0VaIuFis41vpyVG3LpJyMTpbC8oeIjj19QkbzwIlYLuHKq0bAKo2D64pUQkC4ms_y4RkTejw-KmX6OsQ_7mWegM25l4czV2pwlwGlzTfVcl2nmC1nJEEH1bEzuLAubX8/s2048/IMG_1700.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShaV2tRGYrMpc0VaIuFis41vpyVG3LpJyMTpbC8oeIjj19QkbzwIlYLuHKq0bAKo2D64pUQkC4ms_y4RkTejw-KmX6OsQ_7mWegM25l4czV2pwlwGlzTfVcl2nmC1nJEEH1bEzuLAubX8/w400-h400/IMG_1700.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I realised that I loved the unfinished edges of this piece and will have to find a way to use this in future.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FuWdTZ6G2-VK-RthQJ5_Jc_BTMRLodisV1KqwNiggE0XykM5K5o-UDQGY0T_qgXhtIpDXNaW4NEsuESgHHGJ-19qhq-Alc1GoEcVPvO6o0ZwihPut55N4hI1QYZo5ndrg_zoOL32LQ6g/s2048/IMG_1667.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FuWdTZ6G2-VK-RthQJ5_Jc_BTMRLodisV1KqwNiggE0XykM5K5o-UDQGY0T_qgXhtIpDXNaW4NEsuESgHHGJ-19qhq-Alc1GoEcVPvO6o0ZwihPut55N4hI1QYZo5ndrg_zoOL32LQ6g/w400-h400/IMG_1667.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I made a copy so I could play with some seagulls</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnUWuEHqSmFwzHVBdt6ytuJW1mu-0Mi8txEprwmu54OCWMCYjnEqyeMPltgBVrahmSVv2yTGD1UuXPZvTmNZaAlIGQfbB4YHIs2iMzdBRDXBQh1OCOYN3hKRYbDFaZDZHx53WeHL-bWMH/s2048/IMG_1699.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnUWuEHqSmFwzHVBdt6ytuJW1mu-0Mi8txEprwmu54OCWMCYjnEqyeMPltgBVrahmSVv2yTGD1UuXPZvTmNZaAlIGQfbB4YHIs2iMzdBRDXBQh1OCOYN3hKRYbDFaZDZHx53WeHL-bWMH/w400-h400/IMG_1699.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>but this was just a diversion because I wanted to concentrate on making abstract pieces.<div><p>Finally, I wrapped three finished pieces round canvases - separate works which are also supposed to work together. As things sometimes take on a life of their own, the pieced quilt became a kelp forest (and by the way, if you have not seen the film <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0LTDhqe5A">My Octopus Teacher</a></i>, with its stunning photography, it is worth looking up as a lovely and gentle antidote to the state of the world.) The other two pieces reflect waves and ripples in sand. Unifying all the quilts is a fairly heavy natural (and seeded) calico which I used for its lovely sandy colour and texture. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Kelp Forest</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQ4985btDCXeKoJTzgyziIBxL7gsfQ8wUySSgBQ4v1QyWsK4PXM-PfEih0qFGrvVstGn6FWGon-fHvd0QuxE2YqxMqi43RCEE8Vvct4oqPW6iKK_ENfXmYodAsaOjoWWiUuBmD93CUqe8/s2048/IMG_1727.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQ4985btDCXeKoJTzgyziIBxL7gsfQ8wUySSgBQ4v1QyWsK4PXM-PfEih0qFGrvVstGn6FWGon-fHvd0QuxE2YqxMqi43RCEE8Vvct4oqPW6iKK_ENfXmYodAsaOjoWWiUuBmD93CUqe8/w640-h640/IMG_1727.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Wave</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmLVXEiGIovP6P4oIWmbFcjaQloMovPRc6rfjRw60ddf8JXNPzkLsAQZkahmkU2iwC9YuVnfM82ay0n-5NI2qGLYrZ6VvaeaaRBcdjCNLQk9y7deO5sDPPHbVdqVaMY2gS9krh6PDK82Q/s2048/IMG_1739.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmLVXEiGIovP6P4oIWmbFcjaQloMovPRc6rfjRw60ddf8JXNPzkLsAQZkahmkU2iwC9YuVnfM82ay0n-5NI2qGLYrZ6VvaeaaRBcdjCNLQk9y7deO5sDPPHbVdqVaMY2gS9krh6PDK82Q/w640-h640/IMG_1739.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Shore Line</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwl6XZXTboocylLEqRqMqb5WSD_sMqrzr8mPsZx-W9nKqH3QW8rg_J9RC5W1qWrVxx0K8y1AUMcORUtWjEYQtOawAOAWfBVLw3lsbkNJ6_CQOBs8yWGmYmJjGd0FA63uENncWlBzUl0EE/s2448/IMG_1750.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwl6XZXTboocylLEqRqMqb5WSD_sMqrzr8mPsZx-W9nKqH3QW8rg_J9RC5W1qWrVxx0K8y1AUMcORUtWjEYQtOawAOAWfBVLw3lsbkNJ6_CQOBs8yWGmYmJjGd0FA63uENncWlBzUl0EE/w640-h640/IMG_1750.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Sea</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HkyQX1jwWTw_dOjHvivKF2ViKSTj8cQbfVpBGKSgKqEW-uMHuqvRCfL0pFTqkSarwDOfLPsfpfRkuPHk-xNh_gq1IPilLAZK0P813476RpI0m6sinfK9hQuy0WWUH-SZl9vfMoSnCWS1/s3264/IMG_1753.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HkyQX1jwWTw_dOjHvivKF2ViKSTj8cQbfVpBGKSgKqEW-uMHuqvRCfL0pFTqkSarwDOfLPsfpfRkuPHk-xNh_gq1IPilLAZK0P813476RpI0m6sinfK9hQuy0WWUH-SZl9vfMoSnCWS1/w640-h480/IMG_1753.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Although we have chosen our new theme - Memories - to work on in the coming quarter I think I will carry on working on sea-themed pieces as well. I don't think I've finished my exploration of this subject: getting these works finished has got me thinking again and I'm really looking forward to trying out some more ideas. As a subject it opens up fairly limitless possibilities!</p><p>As always, I'm very grateful to be part of such a lovely group of creative and supportive members. Please check out the other quilts on the <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com" target="_blank">group blog</a> where you can also find links to each individual quilter.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-60081842289417119612020-08-01T11:36:00.001+01:002020-08-01T11:36:31.962+01:00The Endeavourers #11, An Imaginary Voyage of Discovery in the South PacificToday <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com" target="_blank">The Endeavourers qui</a><a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com" target="_blank">lt group</a> reveal their quilts for the quarter. This time we did not have the usual quarterly theme but were to make quilts inspired by a prompt sent to us by our partner - a poem, a picture, a piece of fabric, etc. My partner, Janine, sent me this wonderful compass as my inspiration piece for this quarter's quilt. I was quite overwhelmed to receive it. <div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCwZYEv9BlopAvHbH6cxLCpPJo3GZ89BTiAZoTCDBWWhLJfJvNECqP0zrYh3J9giI5NZpfwAbQ_6UPmabOFGTnLD6KILPBRmm7EWXaqmn8wI46g9JaWRc2tOxih_cS6ix_HBn1xTdcME/s3024/IMG_6184.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCwZYEv9BlopAvHbH6cxLCpPJo3GZ89BTiAZoTCDBWWhLJfJvNECqP0zrYh3J9giI5NZpfwAbQ_6UPmabOFGTnLD6KILPBRmm7EWXaqmn8wI46g9JaWRc2tOxih_cS6ix_HBn1xTdcME/w513-h512/IMG_6184.HEIC" width="513" /></a></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Knowing that all my fabric was, at the time, in my studio where I couldn't get it during lockdown Janine also very kindly and generously sent me some fabrics, including the marvellous piece of map which went into the quilt.<div><br /></div><div>The compass immediately set me thinking about great endeavours. I love the stories of Scott and Shackleton, and sea-going adventures, like Darwin's on the <i>Beagle. </i>A couple of years back, we visited the <i>Discovery</i> in Dundee, and I was really taken with the laboratory and its portholes.<i> </i> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgANS_JR02zy38y-Lx1a-vpBjPdH86Aej80zkfwSieIhu8IOocxVrfpwHJn-dI9EB7nR8LjdK0QCazQN17XWXiuEiMr1sMmk8hA8Tng4PWMKTwOeGII0AE8Mk76x-OUc5F-RqYnH1ZQQ/s2048/IMG_7227.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgANS_JR02zy38y-Lx1a-vpBjPdH86Aej80zkfwSieIhu8IOocxVrfpwHJn-dI9EB7nR8LjdK0QCazQN17XWXiuEiMr1sMmk8hA8Tng4PWMKTwOeGII0AE8Mk76x-OUc5F-RqYnH1ZQQ/s640/IMG_7227.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDAu6H1_p6g_7ZDjqPV0zABgKBOX5EcCmTB2jD4e3A3lek484Apw0T-Xtr2_VrvQtshF-NMqNmCsVITXK0Mu_-E7Ud8aHSjObxNhys6HIi-xDrslQuPfDaux6mG3QdQkMPtJa5lpB5PM/s2048/IMG_7279.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDAu6H1_p6g_7ZDjqPV0zABgKBOX5EcCmTB2jD4e3A3lek484Apw0T-Xtr2_VrvQtshF-NMqNmCsVITXK0Mu_-E7Ud8aHSjObxNhys6HIi-xDrslQuPfDaux6mG3QdQkMPtJa5lpB5PM/s640/IMG_7279.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Then, having a particular interest in plants and horticulture, I read up about some of the great plant hunters who travelled the world bringing back new (to us) species from round the world. In my head all these things finally came together in this quilt, combining science and adventure.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0Dcg4YeyBqz8LvonwU0ce9IIEQCJ7fGiZxrAXTPMIeggCtVczd5OGfJsrp180tlotWkcnAVb1lU-dzsDKUQIfQMkTCgie0Dr4maNz2v3frrXJe1jPH_ddTdloKbTx2j3uFJMLAfnehU/s4032/IMG_6172.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0Dcg4YeyBqz8LvonwU0ce9IIEQCJ7fGiZxrAXTPMIeggCtVczd5OGfJsrp180tlotWkcnAVb1lU-dzsDKUQIfQMkTCgie0Dr4maNz2v3frrXJe1jPH_ddTdloKbTx2j3uFJMLAfnehU/s640/IMG_6172.HEIC" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The story goes...</div><div><br /></div><div>It is sometime in the 1800s. The occupant of this cabin, the Scientific Officer of HMS <i>Persevere </i>(Leith), has gone on deck to watch as the tiny South Sea island they have just visited recedes out of view as they head further south. On his bench are some shells he picked up there, and a piece of <i>Ipomea pes-caprae - </i>named Goat's foot morning glory because of the shape of the leaves - which grows on beaches throughout the world. Its seeds are dispersed in salt water. It is not a great discovery as it is already well known, but it was beautiful to see and he may paint it later - he is a competent botanical artist. A <i>Monarch</i> butterfly has found its way on board and will hopefully evade the killing bottle. The Scientific Officer has been delighted in the last month to receive a letter from his wife, enclosing a studio portrait of his three little girls who he hasn't seen for a year. He hopes to find more letters from home next time they reach a port visited by packet ships. He misses his family very much, but until then he will be busy examining rocks and barnacles under his travelling microscope (currently in its box away from the salt air), and writing notes for posterity about beetles of the South Pacific.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGzbcG_CAXTpx9VScwV5tvKQmH488nRhQtOnUaGqxA8u37ZwrZ81SD3l6Oago4CUYUfW2RE6h9dZTdtoi1KrHomXeDbqxeJ1WJvZzSxdFSSpfUE0Oxlmo0Kxwf03YEej7NMgtiAEyk2k/s3978/IMG_6179.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3978" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGzbcG_CAXTpx9VScwV5tvKQmH488nRhQtOnUaGqxA8u37ZwrZ81SD3l6Oago4CUYUfW2RE6h9dZTdtoi1KrHomXeDbqxeJ1WJvZzSxdFSSpfUE0Oxlmo0Kxwf03YEej7NMgtiAEyk2k/s640/IMG_6179.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Porthole view<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_KalsjyLg562AVLboDgkK0DjmnD4crf7ce63n8CX6hCQ2AoCn7TRlhg5PBJiyzNAEj8NYeEXGpv2vcaADWFbHal5n9IoFRIuNPVQS1C01jJbRdvNwEQ2oeC1i2avu8Yl8-TqZFMKZjY/s4032/IMG_6180.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_KalsjyLg562AVLboDgkK0DjmnD4crf7ce63n8CX6hCQ2AoCn7TRlhg5PBJiyzNAEj8NYeEXGpv2vcaADWFbHal5n9IoFRIuNPVQS1C01jJbRdvNwEQ2oeC1i2avu8Yl8-TqZFMKZjY/s640/IMG_6180.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8WvDWyadClxH4IWMOkSwOmIUuLDPM4U6lUYUV41I29SXdkfglTTh3xqh1CGbHCQIO1Nn4kRQrYknUpZChNNPnkdastKYJAaCtp98RkMk3_NJIYBjmlRGCZKGw0xi2_EmHzNOhOahwd4/s4032/IMG_6181.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8WvDWyadClxH4IWMOkSwOmIUuLDPM4U6lUYUV41I29SXdkfglTTh3xqh1CGbHCQIO1Nn4kRQrYknUpZChNNPnkdastKYJAaCtp98RkMk3_NJIYBjmlRGCZKGw0xi2_EmHzNOhOahwd4/s640/IMG_6181.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monarch butterfly<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-09jKqg585KrP1vD0BxH9YvvX4cJu8Tqz37IHqLzUGExA_xknqE-XdUaS24C1LL7B5M3HU_tz-5BpLmrD8r5YQ17xB9WZcOdAcWv2B8oWMhAwQqD40_3RGPOKjD0nMQvF_-b5iWBUg0/s4032/IMG_6178.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-09jKqg585KrP1vD0BxH9YvvX4cJu8Tqz37IHqLzUGExA_xknqE-XdUaS24C1LL7B5M3HU_tz-5BpLmrD8r5YQ17xB9WZcOdAcWv2B8oWMhAwQqD40_3RGPOKjD0nMQvF_-b5iWBUg0/s640/IMG_6178.HEIC" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A family picture<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxSU4xyciVb1h8KNeTp5AHjdQpOLHfa3kaSEhP2xGtUUvMCGQkAN0vmhm5LceC2QIIokZA7HbjNjMVSECOPySwyAtHT28wziJc7Z73F2bjfN49zuU-37_1Wfc8dH44wyPtK_5C_nQTZI/s4032/IMG_6177.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxSU4xyciVb1h8KNeTp5AHjdQpOLHfa3kaSEhP2xGtUUvMCGQkAN0vmhm5LceC2QIIokZA7HbjNjMVSECOPySwyAtHT28wziJc7Z73F2bjfN49zuU-37_1Wfc8dH44wyPtK_5C_nQTZI/s640/IMG_6177.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyiUtZiH4tknPx08frRSaCqBCaM9Unie8RTRDov9RLL5X1EQyVNHPu2cBxJSsV02nKEtOj24W6FTC5dqy7-TTpZ_PyAaN98ImA428DkpAs8wf3UpQgmiO5r2HyyPpn1x3IiMKohcUba4/s4032/IMG_6174.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyiUtZiH4tknPx08frRSaCqBCaM9Unie8RTRDov9RLL5X1EQyVNHPu2cBxJSsV02nKEtOj24W6FTC5dqy7-TTpZ_PyAaN98ImA428DkpAs8wf3UpQgmiO5r2HyyPpn1x3IiMKohcUba4/s640/IMG_6174.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZ2nHF5CqCA7f9HXiiFfFLjxj8sH94B4c08lYsfXpKxa8-0mEXwitDSUGXbeVOJK6LNwmjl9cI9c6zLalB9ujPfQBhC-XDyEWL2xZj68QkVElN8hBTJtG1PU8TUgORhslB3EItbATzRs/s4032/IMG_6173.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZ2nHF5CqCA7f9HXiiFfFLjxj8sH94B4c08lYsfXpKxa8-0mEXwitDSUGXbeVOJK6LNwmjl9cI9c6zLalB9ujPfQBhC-XDyEWL2xZj68QkVElN8hBTJtG1PU8TUgORhslB3EItbATzRs/w480-h640/IMG_6173.HEIC" title="A real, and a stitched shell" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A real, and a stitched shell</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I had a lot of fun making this quilt and imagining the life of its subject has been a hugely therapeutic bit of escapism. Thank you so much Janine for such a lovely prompt! Please check out the other quilts on our <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com" target="_blank">group blog</a> where you will also find links to the other members' personal blogs. </div><div><br /></div><div>[Note: Leith is part of Edinburgh where I live, and contains a large port. The motto of Leith is 'Persevere' - a good motto for the times! The little Victorian girls in the photograph are actually my great grandmother and her sisters in the 1800s. The butterfly is a tribute to my grandfather, an entomologist. I still plan to use a picture of my other great-grandmother as a stand-in for the Scientific Officer's wife, but she is currently in a box somewhere at the back of the attic! The woman of this era who were not fortunate enough to be adventurers themselves deserve a lot of sympathy and recognition.]</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Quilt details</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Size: 18 x 24 inches</div><div><br /></div><div>Techniques used: watercolour and acrylic paints, textile pens, trapunto, raw edge appliqué, free-motion embroidery, printing on fabric, free-motion quilting</div><div><br /></div><div>Fabrics used: Quilting cotton, Oakshott cotton, gauze, interfacing</div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-2629559267047860022020-05-01T10:00:00.000+01:002020-05-01T10:00:01.622+01:00The Endeavourers #10, A Scene From a Book, 'My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun'<div style="text-align: justify;">
Today is the 10th quarterly reveal of <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com/">the Endeavourers</a>, and our theme for the Quarter is A Scene From A Book. <span style="text-align: start;">You can find all the members' works on our </span><a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: start;">group blog</a><span style="text-align: start;"> and I'm looking forward to seeing what scene everyone chose, and how they've represented it. </span>I feel especially grateful to be a member of the group just now. While we are all locked down it's reassuring to feel part of something that involves such positive human contact. But whenever I get the chance to communicate with anyone I'm talking far too much, so be prepared for a long post!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
At the beginning of lockdown I didn't feel in any way creative, and was concentrating on doing practical things to prepare for all eventualities. However I did spend a lot of time thinking about the theme. I initially struggled to think of a scene from a book because I've already turned some of my favourites into quilts, but finally decided on Shakespeare's sonnet No 130 which I love. (Not really a scene from a book, but a scene from a poem in a book...)</div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Coral is far more red than her lips' red;</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have seen roses damasked, red and white,</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">But no such roses see I in her cheeks;</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And in some perfumes is there more delight</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love to hear her speak, yet well I know</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">That music hath a far more pleasing sound;</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I grant I never saw a goddess go;</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As any she belied with false compare.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I love the way Shakespeare is poking fun at other contemporary poets and their flowery and somewhat ridiculous use of metaphor to describe the objects of their desire. But while he is doing that he also manages to builds up a picture of <i>his</i> mistress - a real woman who doesn't float about but treads on the ground - who he loves to hear speak and thinks as rare as anyone described with false comparisons. With social media placing so much emphasis on conforming to a particular, idealised and often artificial idea of beauty this poem has quite a contemporary relevance.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Incidentally, out of curiosity I looked out images of woman of Shakespeare's time. Being wealthy and important enough to have their portraits painted, decked out in their finest, and on their best behaviour, they often look rather bland and lifeless. The poets Shakespeare teases, with their unrealistic, idealised view don't seem to properly see the real woman, and I didn't get much feeling of the person underneath in these pictures. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
However I came upon some paintings by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_Gentileschi">Artemesia Gentileschi </a>and it is worth looking them up. (I was just now adding the link to the Wikipedia article and realised that there was actually going to be an exhibition of her paintings at the National Gallery this year but it has been cancelled because of Coronavirus.) She used herself as the model for several paintings and her intelligent face is beautiful and full of character, though somewhat sad as she had a rather terrible life which is reflected in some of her grimmer pictures. I like the way she confronts the viewer.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6Qfv-86Uc5ZdmBXUpW_-tpHqQYqjta9CgP9ZN8KJFuFXSvCJ8i1oa4ZGCvW8vuJ1cisAgGsXBSBEAgIwssZn1DYjju01T3N_q2brSoyvB6fDQN2uVvDN8Anmseornbm6i0BQwMYlQ_I/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-04-29+at+08.40.37.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6Qfv-86Uc5ZdmBXUpW_-tpHqQYqjta9CgP9ZN8KJFuFXSvCJ8i1oa4ZGCvW8vuJ1cisAgGsXBSBEAgIwssZn1DYjju01T3N_q2brSoyvB6fDQN2uVvDN8Anmseornbm6i0BQwMYlQ_I/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-04-29+at+08.40.37.png" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, that was a digression. I began by thinking about what I could make with a rather ragtag collection of bits and bobs I had at home. It was an interesting challenge to use up some of it in my quilt, just as I'm getting creative at making dinners out of what's left in the fridge because of course you can't just casually pop out to the shops. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">My plan was to throw these odd scraps into the pot and make a mosaic quilt using them to build up a picture of the woman in the poem. That seemed to fit the times and to fit the poem which also builds up a picture with each line. I thought I would make something quite colourful and down to earth. </span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOKQLrgJCRaFynj_bdu6vRsEij916XaYrSEBh6t-q0cuWSYLj8m-4WfrzIt0a_aZCvy7T-fxLEF7P_1ESWmJS5QNkUKRmfh7BzOycWzT7a4YEQuhgVdenXBGOj1DgpDloYk217SHK9Oo/s1600/IMG_0226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOKQLrgJCRaFynj_bdu6vRsEij916XaYrSEBh6t-q0cuWSYLj8m-4WfrzIt0a_aZCvy7T-fxLEF7P_1ESWmJS5QNkUKRmfh7BzOycWzT7a4YEQuhgVdenXBGOj1DgpDloYk217SHK9Oo/s320/IMG_0226.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
However, when I started laying out fabric, another quilt started to take shape by itself. It moved totally away from the original colourful mosaic idea. I like this about making pictorial quilts - it's a fairly leisurely process and you're not committed until you sew. Things sometimes take on a life of their own.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7OEA0FndgsalTYTGnCPj4zao-810gY6IAx3YUQDsYfR43l97RN8nk36TSvkWeUwfwV-NtXGab4rX83AKSXef8nqU1djCUlYOoJcsclc6ePGx5GmuISNh4_qh3XAc5gB5F5s4G1DUU5g/s1600/IMG_0292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1395" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7OEA0FndgsalTYTGnCPj4zao-810gY6IAx3YUQDsYfR43l97RN8nk36TSvkWeUwfwV-NtXGab4rX83AKSXef8nqU1djCUlYOoJcsclc6ePGx5GmuISNh4_qh3XAc5gB5F5s4G1DUU5g/s640/IMG_0292.JPG" width="556" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><i>My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
My black-haired woman was cut from one small piece of black Oakshott cotton, which was fused to another piece of cream Oakshott, then the whole thing was machine appliqued to a pieced and quilted panel I had made for another project and not used (the section in the middle of this quilt).<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKXZYfZwgpaid4K7NTnGtyX7r55lafKUkGoup7OA5kV_qk1cYIZeylSW7IoSkhxOsUwhUfyIrbdGlJKRuLrsOSJ1Hl9rbsCVZfKwzudGE6W6Y_MlJnk9JX3VToUcxZxK3rrZ4m9lRJfs/s1600/IMG_0283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKXZYfZwgpaid4K7NTnGtyX7r55lafKUkGoup7OA5kV_qk1cYIZeylSW7IoSkhxOsUwhUfyIrbdGlJKRuLrsOSJ1Hl9rbsCVZfKwzudGE6W6Y_MlJnk9JX3VToUcxZxK3rrZ4m9lRJfs/s320/IMG_0283.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
I found a bag of scraps of batting in a drawer under my bed (yay!) and 'frankenbatted' them together to extend the size of the panel by sewing them round the edge. I had cut some calico from the back of a mini quilt, which I had planned to use as a substrate for scraps in the mosaic quilt plan, and that turned into the border. I had a tiny piece of gold silk, only just enough for the sun.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayhYMtDIT9-NUFRFYE6-2Irpp-R5ACV-CS-YLqM3VvxlXk33b7TudotR-K22oTDrhthhcLHs6Y7-ZJNXXWombKZtF6l3ARhce0MFOiXqG1-10dAYxtqtqt7UfxlYJUlgGZCWXck4QFRk/s1600/IMG_0274.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1390" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayhYMtDIT9-NUFRFYE6-2Irpp-R5ACV-CS-YLqM3VvxlXk33b7TudotR-K22oTDrhthhcLHs6Y7-ZJNXXWombKZtF6l3ARhce0MFOiXqG1-10dAYxtqtqt7UfxlYJUlgGZCWXck4QFRk/s320/IMG_0274.JPG" width="277" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><i>My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I took the above photo in the sun outdoors so that the shadows would show up the quilting. She's not the colourful earthy woman I intended to make, but there you go! I wanted to make an image of a woman who asserted her personality into the picture, so she is framed by the border around her but is not constrained by it. She has a direct gaze and I tried to make her to look as if there's more to her than what you initially see. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieje48Tp8FUCzS7ph3T7z_3j7Dpn78vKSX41wTi0G1AcilFad7SVqugYFcVoGQpMSOkMY7Pr4GEz9o3slToulpHCgstCmb3Ph8xf-HqSewfUM94CXVfsubMqfj4grmMqp9kXNpGvcqlbg/s1600/IMG_0237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieje48Tp8FUCzS7ph3T7z_3j7Dpn78vKSX41wTi0G1AcilFad7SVqugYFcVoGQpMSOkMY7Pr4GEz9o3slToulpHCgstCmb3Ph8xf-HqSewfUM94CXVfsubMqfj4grmMqp9kXNpGvcqlbg/s320/IMG_0237.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><i>My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
___________________________________________<br />
<br />
Crafting during Coronavirus. The dining room is now also for sewing, online pilates class, and growing sweet pea seedlings in toilet roll tubes.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlymKcZwvzEnDmLdQuaVvMwk_Xx_wLT6shOHcweHqEE9nhq2ysalPSQLFY1ef1-jx8K2Oi5aAhMF2cT0zS_E5ojekROdkwAzlIEhZQ7_oxyBiNQVfPa3yuqBt33gq4hbkUvAXKWhos4V8/s1600/IMG_0239.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlymKcZwvzEnDmLdQuaVvMwk_Xx_wLT6shOHcweHqEE9nhq2ysalPSQLFY1ef1-jx8K2Oi5aAhMF2cT0zS_E5ojekROdkwAzlIEhZQ7_oxyBiNQVfPa3yuqBt33gq4hbkUvAXKWhos4V8/s640/IMG_0239.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br style="text-align: start;" />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">
</div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">
</div>
Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-20400337642817129112020-02-26T12:38:00.000+00:002020-02-26T12:38:31.367+00:00Mr and Mrs Blackbird<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphgLICMGjhzQspYtgr6NVjQD8Xb8e6rkR6DBh9yvdLRLFWZnL9gXj6-c3jFwL3ezmjtTtqS1gb6CCrhUKHXnGjtuY48gz2HXp9SdsoHskm2jQsHvb9RxbySbCyoL4akdf7FRPjggwMwNf/s1600/B4429F96-58C6-4562-A74F-5EA864C5ECBF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphgLICMGjhzQspYtgr6NVjQD8Xb8e6rkR6DBh9yvdLRLFWZnL9gXj6-c3jFwL3ezmjtTtqS1gb6CCrhUKHXnGjtuY48gz2HXp9SdsoHskm2jQsHvb9RxbySbCyoL4akdf7FRPjggwMwNf/s640/B4429F96-58C6-4562-A74F-5EA864C5ECBF.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I've just finished working on this quilt, which is the fourth in a <a href="http://www.knottedcotton.com/search?q=blackbird">series of blackbird quilts</a>, though the third is still waiting for a few finishing touches.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Like my other blackbird pictures this has a curve-pieced background which is quilted before I start to lay on the applique.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNsuTRqikNEx3ok0iEqrmLIWHWJZTimeY9809dBKrTiv8FRuv2MJQ3yyxcy_j0cdAJ0_SqMGORuosEQYUQyJcbd5n0cakEfAjNx_7cMOWHwS0wVCmxeq3jR5cAzpbfoQcpmwnwdLexkqH/s1600/IMG_9794.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNsuTRqikNEx3ok0iEqrmLIWHWJZTimeY9809dBKrTiv8FRuv2MJQ3yyxcy_j0cdAJ0_SqMGORuosEQYUQyJcbd5n0cakEfAjNx_7cMOWHwS0wVCmxeq3jR5cAzpbfoQcpmwnwdLexkqH/s400/IMG_9794.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Then, as usual I sketched out various elements on pieces of paper, and tinkered with the composition until I felt it was right. This part of the process takes ages.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjQIy3ZW3QeEYoHoihw1Wy729VUwNE3Yd6rMKuQYywAPQSN0Uju8IyUsROJ58xI5dDgToRqkIJ_PZQQJmZ1DuMYEtR9bT4VOGlyVJeoMncUGaTFigCM88W-sn3bPhtu4YpY3CgvhmMSYt/s1600/IMG_9916.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjQIy3ZW3QeEYoHoihw1Wy729VUwNE3Yd6rMKuQYywAPQSN0Uju8IyUsROJ58xI5dDgToRqkIJ_PZQQJmZ1DuMYEtR9bT4VOGlyVJeoMncUGaTFigCM88W-sn3bPhtu4YpY3CgvhmMSYt/s400/IMG_9916.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I use Oakshott shot cottons a lot, as you can see if you look for the label in my side bar. The different warps and wefts create a feeling of dimension, and the colours are extremely beautiful, so they are ideal for applique. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Only the brown was difficult to get right and so I used a single French General fabric (front and reverse) for Mrs Blackbird. This turned out to be very fortuitous because I have run out of the second-hand black beads I used for the eyes of previous blackbirds and I couldn't believe my luck when I looked at the colour test circles on selvedge.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtRxlA3BAZThQyrGTElNDipR6kvbsuCByFxypJxriS-v8d9UeiljXJCUITaFyEKhqVjf_T2LSLc7ZUMR4Qz9P2SoS4rzy8knwltujqTsK3c5QfcszmDO4LdbyZ_picrgs8l2RbCRy5TFU/s1600/E6B40C23-EC10-49E7-A1F9-C7B28D6A6EF3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtRxlA3BAZThQyrGTElNDipR6kvbsuCByFxypJxriS-v8d9UeiljXJCUITaFyEKhqVjf_T2LSLc7ZUMR4Qz9P2SoS4rzy8knwltujqTsK3c5QfcszmDO4LdbyZ_picrgs8l2RbCRy5TFU/s400/E6B40C23-EC10-49E7-A1F9-C7B28D6A6EF3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I added a shine to the eyes with a french knot.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDnNbyu_4LcwxQFnYyIMljcLHI4Ia3Jok2sYhEfgcAM4mddpwBcdKdj7-tjAqQ-JcxgVnJH1KF84o2M5iuzjknimUQo-xEOYSrqgrF5xa48WLBJDws9HT5rSsUGI0arnHJazuHUbaLa4G/s1600/IMG_9978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1523" data-original-width="1600" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDnNbyu_4LcwxQFnYyIMljcLHI4Ia3Jok2sYhEfgcAM4mddpwBcdKdj7-tjAqQ-JcxgVnJH1KF84o2M5iuzjknimUQo-xEOYSrqgrF5xa48WLBJDws9HT5rSsUGI0arnHJazuHUbaLa4G/s400/IMG_9978.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This piece is a commission, and I wanted to give it a bit of clout so, rather than binding, I finished it by wrapping round a homemade wooden 'stretcher'.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Mr and Mrs Blackbird</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Shot cotton and quilting cotton</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Curve piecing, raw-edge applique, free-motion embroidery</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
38 x 38 cm</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-19891349550130227902020-02-03T14:00:00.000+00:002020-02-20T12:58:37.122+00:00Poppies by the SeaI've just finished a quilt inspired by a miraculous sight last summer when there was a beautiful flush of poppies by the sea near where I work in East Lothian.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4yyDeOlyZpLM0K-Tlp7a1co0emdOjcDMca4yAixTiq8yk2pclaJWFDI6XfgH0CgWe7v_hdGnNGy7YKLkY-4dvNHFegaB2CZu9sBsaUeNkxX_l-yFepvNcdi5qdUw-xpK51shyphenhyphenNVrFtl8/s1600/IMG_9876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4yyDeOlyZpLM0K-Tlp7a1co0emdOjcDMca4yAixTiq8yk2pclaJWFDI6XfgH0CgWe7v_hdGnNGy7YKLkY-4dvNHFegaB2CZu9sBsaUeNkxX_l-yFepvNcdi5qdUw-xpK51shyphenhyphenNVrFtl8/s640/IMG_9876.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />
They were such a surprise as they are not what I usually associate with coastal flora.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHuiZF8aqZlBfDh0zAnzN3pHQG471IwP8sXqqTx_0whINnhPkoeaxKXiwYvu0ut0nzlnJ2CC9HyaWgFY3LOHRuve_kMG-og8o7mcwWXmYpa8UbNoQRbp4ck9i3RelcaKmOMAL7ECNsk4u/s1600/IMG_8374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHuiZF8aqZlBfDh0zAnzN3pHQG471IwP8sXqqTx_0whINnhPkoeaxKXiwYvu0ut0nzlnJ2CC9HyaWgFY3LOHRuve_kMG-og8o7mcwWXmYpa8UbNoQRbp4ck9i3RelcaKmOMAL7ECNsk4u/s640/IMG_8374.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Although they look so delicate and fragile, with their silky petals, they seemed to stand up surprisingly robustly against the wind and rain.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3k87zshcOPIVJV6Fk3AvJ7kcPLMRFU0HW2AsdGVpAAk5P1uCztCHiF19r0Ks9zjblTc4x2I7q7r_R-9l2APwd-wjhYSTq6BzY_KjGF1A_04faoIe3W4rfMLVEaNbUBQzfjkZiXwgqEMQ/s1600/IMG_8307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3k87zshcOPIVJV6Fk3AvJ7kcPLMRFU0HW2AsdGVpAAk5P1uCztCHiF19r0Ks9zjblTc4x2I7q7r_R-9l2APwd-wjhYSTq6BzY_KjGF1A_04faoIe3W4rfMLVEaNbUBQzfjkZiXwgqEMQ/s640/IMG_8307.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8j8ukELK9hIjZT-TYCdaxNAywvWCW1onfKOnxn7n3xlf1-xlwKWtav4xGWcRImltgEuefd4jtYr8Yd_p91MwfK8fhzWySb3hLJfJTw4hGM3EnYw8doFO4hlI_eM0I9MHN_o40LBAKfeIa/s1600/IMG_8302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8j8ukELK9hIjZT-TYCdaxNAywvWCW1onfKOnxn7n3xlf1-xlwKWtav4xGWcRImltgEuefd4jtYr8Yd_p91MwfK8fhzWySb3hLJfJTw4hGM3EnYw8doFO4hlI_eM0I9MHN_o40LBAKfeIa/s640/IMG_8302.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVCChC534EfrvFu17lsL-6eRo8kzYIHbZl38XDGKHsf0Ic_90simjV-uImaXv9ivZWwCms_XmE7Q0HaF97FzzHXm69MIWCVqqvqZJ-Tw6kF7OUtnh7LVt8SsY0g9ePO1waCgvAAmEGjcW/s1600/IMG_8305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVCChC534EfrvFu17lsL-6eRo8kzYIHbZl38XDGKHsf0Ic_90simjV-uImaXv9ivZWwCms_XmE7Q0HaF97FzzHXm69MIWCVqqvqZJ-Tw6kF7OUtnh7LVt8SsY0g9ePO1waCgvAAmEGjcW/s640/IMG_8305.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
I love those colours against the sand and sea.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVbKBLG9mRciPdM4eBsNdD_xth1mVjWRW5tWS0hDa9bZyszD6eUUBtaiJp6eeT0MB3a03kKh7_RVrpWfuTEtT_zLIuLjU6BwuXFAhWsqg6-5ijto3irObpbZc9LnARxEhbccF933MOOij/s1600/IMG_8373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVbKBLG9mRciPdM4eBsNdD_xth1mVjWRW5tWS0hDa9bZyszD6eUUBtaiJp6eeT0MB3a03kKh7_RVrpWfuTEtT_zLIuLjU6BwuXFAhWsqg6-5ijto3irObpbZc9LnARxEhbccF933MOOij/s640/IMG_8373.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This little quilt is at about 12 inches square. It is pieced, quilted, appliqued using Oakshott shot cottons, and embroidered.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5cwWv_f7BxXCpwo7qVwwqB_3kX2dk8UThK6PjmXEgq6zbor-njSq0MtgH6yXr76zkb9ZmOKfu-5V1ven9D8v64F5VhwAiRswp6lEhwtiB1k8Stt0XwKVFqCLpYJ5pQWMQNTsj1TneQXF/s1600/IMG_9875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5cwWv_f7BxXCpwo7qVwwqB_3kX2dk8UThK6PjmXEgq6zbor-njSq0MtgH6yXr76zkb9ZmOKfu-5V1ven9D8v64F5VhwAiRswp6lEhwtiB1k8Stt0XwKVFqCLpYJ5pQWMQNTsj1TneQXF/s640/IMG_9875.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLHGVzRG2Sp0wKHENcl9nSfP5Cw_QeeV7-TMcorPVRCO2Y2w4UdZdmLsvGMhvHKTFufRY00PM5-T8bWwG51shXVh3Wd_xkIBL7LrNqv_86VKHtJs7sQnhAcwA04oexE2abqBzPDdu79GFm/s1600/IMG_9722.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLHGVzRG2Sp0wKHENcl9nSfP5Cw_QeeV7-TMcorPVRCO2Y2w4UdZdmLsvGMhvHKTFufRY00PM5-T8bWwG51shXVh3Wd_xkIBL7LrNqv_86VKHtJs7sQnhAcwA04oexE2abqBzPDdu79GFm/s640/IMG_9722.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
P<i>oppies by the Sea at Cockenzie, East Lothian</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
12 x 12 inches</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Pieced, quilted, appliqued, embroidered</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Oakshott cotton, quilting cotton</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Mounted on canvas</div>
Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-84771060301713666702020-02-01T11:21:00.001+00:002020-02-20T12:59:36.951+00:00The Endeavourers #9, Wishes: Say it With FlowersToday is our quarterly reveal for The Endeavourers quilt group, and our theme this quarter was 'Wishes'. For some reason I found this theme a very difficult one. I couldn't think how to express it. I had lots of thoughts about what 'wishes' might be about but none of them would settle into a quilt. Eventually I set on what I would wish for someone else - happiness.<br />
<br />
We often express our hopes and wishes to other people in the form of flowers - either as a bunch of flowers or as a symbolic bunch of flowers on a card - so this became my plan. I wanted to make a really jolly, happy and exuberant quilt as my quilts are usually more restrained, and maybe subconsciously I was wishing for a bit of colour at the end of a long grey January!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7PoqZUmrZuPZdrpxe5dugb1QlaNaw2SjoHitLjikMBvjCSHi9bgM-bEKsNMb15DmVE0xc6cLotEOIomS2eRWDycimXx9iM0JtuqwWwj5HkGJRqAu7Lq-kBSQf5YUjGKECtK-6UUjo8Y/s1600/IMG_9820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7PoqZUmrZuPZdrpxe5dugb1QlaNaw2SjoHitLjikMBvjCSHi9bgM-bEKsNMb15DmVE0xc6cLotEOIomS2eRWDycimXx9iM0JtuqwWwj5HkGJRqAu7Lq-kBSQf5YUjGKECtK-6UUjo8Y/s640/IMG_9820.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
<br />
I was going to add a little banner at the top of the quilt, saying "Be Happy", but when I tried it out I didn't like it and although it would have made the quilt more obviously relevant to the theme artistic vanity won over.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPonqCEGb92oT2YyvquGR41MfU9Sh39jQmM8unJvQKouG85ZTLGU08GdjuwKqRDHrFPsmQch6SFUqDsLn6HwUPLzgBx0RU1BQIR1HXPC1w_J-LY3tCKIbkklnAJXosZIB9B1sy_kiO5ZY/s1600/IMG_9815.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPonqCEGb92oT2YyvquGR41MfU9Sh39jQmM8unJvQKouG85ZTLGU08GdjuwKqRDHrFPsmQch6SFUqDsLn6HwUPLzgBx0RU1BQIR1HXPC1w_J-LY3tCKIbkklnAJXosZIB9B1sy_kiO5ZY/s640/IMG_9815.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
The vase and table cloth are pieced, and the flowers are raw-edge applique, with quilting to make parts of the flowers stand out. I thought a couple of the flowers needed a bit of extra pop so added buttons to the centres - the largest amount of time was spent in fussing with the composition. Finally I bound the quilt round a canvas and stapled it in place. I had a lot of fun making it!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-TZUQppjgY7qcBFniW3KUzakF3eZV3OQS9p8EOm81RYY3FjKnkgux-LxND4OFC7P9z6HpuJDsuFhqg3W25Pn6pyeuwwFyGdKJzHOWaqNw8mwhPQNJE3qznn9JG2lZkz_8GxvzWYFetg/s1600/IMG_9737-ANIMATION.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1009" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-TZUQppjgY7qcBFniW3KUzakF3eZV3OQS9p8EOm81RYY3FjKnkgux-LxND4OFC7P9z6HpuJDsuFhqg3W25Pn6pyeuwwFyGdKJzHOWaqNw8mwhPQNJE3qznn9JG2lZkz_8GxvzWYFetg/s320/IMG_9737-ANIMATION.gif" width="315" /></a></div>
<br />
Please check out the fantastic work of my fellow Endeavourers on our<a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com/"> group blog.</a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcv_de3xkOEsJE8lyM1nUrYz3q7tBPpiWUkpRBgGKN6VKcd9G1sCfTCm0E9_LiOYif_0FMcEyKhfkzVOp0p9TDpXwJRF4Z8EE-uI2kYGEVKrXaAF-3dpMcVlV_TQvEQwTuWb8T9FPK04/s1600/IMG_9812.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcv_de3xkOEsJE8lyM1nUrYz3q7tBPpiWUkpRBgGKN6VKcd9G1sCfTCm0E9_LiOYif_0FMcEyKhfkzVOp0p9TDpXwJRF4Z8EE-uI2kYGEVKrXaAF-3dpMcVlV_TQvEQwTuWb8T9FPK04/s400/IMG_9812.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-55163500110933713112020-01-23T15:56:00.000+00:002020-02-20T12:58:52.564+00:00Positivity: A quilt gets a second lifeFour years ago I made a quilt. It was very difficult to make but I had a particular vision of how I wanted it to be. At the time I was looking for a bit of optimism, and though I'm not religious the quilt was a symbol of my faith at the time that everything would be alright. <br />
<br />
The quilt was pieced with tiny squares - each one finished at one quarter of a square inch, ie the sides are a half-inch long - in Oakshott cotton and gold silk, and had on it a red cross under which I laboriously pieced the words 'Help Will Come'.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYbnsUi1UMiAlaoseLXY-hThqL3MjlV56Kvh7QvjJPbeFFFL534Q8un38ecui-CGGACijtOg-1i0GxSsq6IDoZQdupYEeSaZwBRBfSIf6IGfQY1BcS5O3ylRecoDuMscNLwsoXC3Jlv1y/s1600/IMG_0623.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYbnsUi1UMiAlaoseLXY-hThqL3MjlV56Kvh7QvjJPbeFFFL534Q8un38ecui-CGGACijtOg-1i0GxSsq6IDoZQdupYEeSaZwBRBfSIf6IGfQY1BcS5O3ylRecoDuMscNLwsoXC3Jlv1y/s320/IMG_0623.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
It was a kind of personal marching banner and when I was finished with it I was really happy with it, but looking at it I suddenly realised (duh!) that although it <i>was</i> a very personal quilt it might be taken to refer to an international aid organisation - not what I intended at all.<br />
<br />
This realisation was a bit of a blow and I kept it under my bed for the next four years trying to decide what to do with it. Yesterday I got it out again and, holding my breath, cut the bottom off.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjkEW7myT6xuoAPDigrmrt-wPsvIRxNUIEYfRFIKVyG2or0PsNGL_bBk7MHqdiZ9rUWHH4zc8t4jXlmWC4haaoOQSkTZvgI6utXes40K7yrNqUsQWRhWITN4sjNsgNpWejfUAzitohoJ_/s1600/IMG_9689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjkEW7myT6xuoAPDigrmrt-wPsvIRxNUIEYfRFIKVyG2or0PsNGL_bBk7MHqdiZ9rUWHH4zc8t4jXlmWC4haaoOQSkTZvgI6utXes40K7yrNqUsQWRhWITN4sjNsgNpWejfUAzitohoJ_/s640/IMG_9689.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFpAzHLsS3zGLSe30ujYhf5ztYbzcULU7et-xfoISVdtf2rpM80B4m737VoRLKrreosHFzaNlyysJ9MpO3vIu0Gh7jOKfAQ6ws-M2IeAmuzCzcC6AXfqCyV1K3Guv13Q4cF-nn7tM1fJV/s1600/IMG_9671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFpAzHLsS3zGLSe30ujYhf5ztYbzcULU7et-xfoISVdtf2rpM80B4m737VoRLKrreosHFzaNlyysJ9MpO3vIu0Gh7jOKfAQ6ws-M2IeAmuzCzcC6AXfqCyV1K3Guv13Q4cF-nn7tM1fJV/s640/IMG_9671.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lRMLhTz2SYz3w6OR43y4otwA4nRl_hXDwtRxSe2PpMJKhwa_C1GQXnmBRgMfL5A_uwD2Lw3Tip_mgG8vYnDYk0FmWaI0wsKLfb19Xh9miGgcVoS3EafLfIJLMd5ZR8ZhVPuP6OAxzA2n/s1600/IMG_9688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lRMLhTz2SYz3w6OR43y4otwA4nRl_hXDwtRxSe2PpMJKhwa_C1GQXnmBRgMfL5A_uwD2Lw3Tip_mgG8vYnDYk0FmWaI0wsKLfb19Xh9miGgcVoS3EafLfIJLMd5ZR8ZhVPuP6OAxzA2n/s640/IMG_9688.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8GQDxjE_ZdjuCggN3tW8d4FHVA3Y1OQ7KHMmdhs_5xuBDSU8wiInMx7lLrsVLvaiJX-Mk9Q_ef52S5Oy_x902h8SXtj5Thdcy0DzZ9Bo213BZPZn1TE2DVd_5iNn_rCQ3ZTH437TEwCe/s1600/IMG_9704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8GQDxjE_ZdjuCggN3tW8d4FHVA3Y1OQ7KHMmdhs_5xuBDSU8wiInMx7lLrsVLvaiJX-Mk9Q_ef52S5Oy_x902h8SXtj5Thdcy0DzZ9Bo213BZPZn1TE2DVd_5iNn_rCQ3ZTH437TEwCe/s640/IMG_9704.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Without the wording it is very reminiscent of Victoria Gertenbach's "<a href="https://thesillyboodilly.blogspot.com/2012/07/oversized-nine-patch.html"><i>9 Patch Quilt in Red and White</i></a>" but I am still proud of it because it really was a beast to make and although I am its mother, so to speak, I think it is still beautiful even if it is in a different way to what I originally intended. In fact its transformation rather matches my evolving attitude to life - I don't feel any more that help will necessarily come from external sources but that we have try to stay positive and make our own changes to the world.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHp-f-c2M-8mr1_l8RmqPl0LJO_38h_e6HWQT2p8UQ3YkLK3dr3EVzd4zPM3YIcLnVD0w7fvYmzK1xMQ80OFf1djwmt5WVZJEP8GRCzbYtViUR-vYCGcQhKZxSiahznlQh5ApvKM43bKiQ/s1600/IMG_9686.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHp-f-c2M-8mr1_l8RmqPl0LJO_38h_e6HWQT2p8UQ3YkLK3dr3EVzd4zPM3YIcLnVD0w7fvYmzK1xMQ80OFf1djwmt5WVZJEP8GRCzbYtViUR-vYCGcQhKZxSiahznlQh5ApvKM43bKiQ/s640/IMG_9686.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-89928984661888941882019-11-01T08:11:00.000+00:002020-02-20T12:59:28.014+00:00The Endeavourers #8, Dreams, "Moonlit"Today is the 8th reveal for the Endeavourers art quilt group. <br />
<br />
Our theme this quarter was 'Dreams' and I knew straight away that I wanted to make a quilt about the moments between twilight and dawn when your senses become really acute but at the same time the natural world takes on a magical and rather dream-like quality. <br />
<br />
One of the best things about being involved in a quilt group like ours is being inspired by all the other members. In this quilt I borrowed a technique from Fiona who is always so adventurous in trying out something different. In <a href="http://celticthistlestitches.blogspot.com/2019/08/quiet-counting.html">her last piece for the group</a> she used cyanotype (solar-printing fabric) and the colour and effect of this technique fit perfectly with what I envisaged.<br />
<br />
My initial plan was to use a bit of cyanotype along with overprinting and painting but once I got started I fell so in love with the process and the result that I did not want to add any further colour or techniques, so my quilt owes a far bigger debt to Fiona than I first intended.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCqWJ4XaP2XfLYNFSWpuTj4F0QclRPu50SsmgPdN-sZkbWQdfUFmXAjszqH9lI_0_h9lIbOYNCCkRBmkWehYcYNJc82AzYudWM_BtieIU8gcYrfW_SWdy6qU6TbnvHlRNm9TOcY6DhnDLK/s1600/IMG_9490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCqWJ4XaP2XfLYNFSWpuTj4F0QclRPu50SsmgPdN-sZkbWQdfUFmXAjszqH9lI_0_h9lIbOYNCCkRBmkWehYcYNJc82AzYudWM_BtieIU8gcYrfW_SWdy6qU6TbnvHlRNm9TOcY6DhnDLK/s640/IMG_9490.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibh_13XzUjZ762KvMgJsLukkFQg8kNnjlSFDTcB8FxGG4Y7zRwIfSLSJC_99kjdox3CcWlNnwb8ZOCyuQ_0ERtjKyYMFkTQdRvvNre_xmhC28uAtOEoAA-bHa1uKjSiZjblw1_Ujt1iZzT/s1600/IMG_9491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibh_13XzUjZ762KvMgJsLukkFQg8kNnjlSFDTcB8FxGG4Y7zRwIfSLSJC_99kjdox3CcWlNnwb8ZOCyuQ_0ERtjKyYMFkTQdRvvNre_xmhC28uAtOEoAA-bHa1uKjSiZjblw1_Ujt1iZzT/s640/IMG_9491.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
You can buy the chemicals required to create cyanotype fabric yourself but I bought ready-to-use fabric. You use sunlight to 'expose' it, masking out the shapes you want by placing found or made material on top. I used flowers, grasses and foliage along with moth shapes which I drew and cut out of card. I also tried drawing on acetate but the result was too faint.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLvm0NiQFHvEpF0NETEugdFCglm2fs6vhQHwDBgdDka9PYtMfA-gKFPoFiFjkG9BVYJclHsiGjKVeZSj2Jcfo1wiFINkdjU79gFzMHRXyFrTGRLgbB0TvwTJm21h1qoBn9n_V9aYk8J4l/s1600/IMG_9433.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLvm0NiQFHvEpF0NETEugdFCglm2fs6vhQHwDBgdDka9PYtMfA-gKFPoFiFjkG9BVYJclHsiGjKVeZSj2Jcfo1wiFINkdjU79gFzMHRXyFrTGRLgbB0TvwTJm21h1qoBn9n_V9aYk8J4l/s640/IMG_9433.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Once you have taken your piece of cyanotype fabric out of its lightproof packet you obviously have to work quite quickly to compose your image but it was not cheap so I was careful to plan my images first. I took some glass out of a couple of picture frames and placed it on top of each piece to stop my materials blowing away - the sun doesn't make it over the roofs into my garden at this time of year so I laid out my work first on the pavement outside, and then on the roof of my car in the street!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
The glass also helps to hold your material flat and in contact with the cyanotype fabric, resulting in a crisp image without any 'shadows' where the light has got in round the edges, but I liked the more blurry and ambiguous results best as they are far more ethereal, delicate and dreamlike and I stopped making any effort to weight the glass down completely flat. I also really loved the differences in colour according to how long each piece was exposed, and how sunny it happened to be at the time. I exploited this for the section that is supposed to look lit by the abstract moon. <br />
<br />
Having assembled images into a composition (which took ages of faffing) I wanted the stitching to add texture and interest without dominating in any way, so the only thing I did was to add some barely-there embroidery (seed stitch and french knots) to the moths and fennel flowers, in off-white Aurifil wool because I love the matt and organic look and feel of it. I also took advantage of the pattern showing through the 'moon' from underneath and highlighted it with some machine quilting.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdB54VK6rJ2JmxZXiGkFgEivNHDP5n_TtGucu6NB7RNMIdGBhSlNE-DbL3cEWRBC9ZcxF1F6wPhy13fKoSicuVdB8uzx_Icl9NBjeleA6qWhVCdgCP5QyuPABYEBrR3bcIkoDIRk3bF02/s1600/IMG_9478-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdB54VK6rJ2JmxZXiGkFgEivNHDP5n_TtGucu6NB7RNMIdGBhSlNE-DbL3cEWRBC9ZcxF1F6wPhy13fKoSicuVdB8uzx_Icl9NBjeleA6qWhVCdgCP5QyuPABYEBrR3bcIkoDIRk3bF02/s640/IMG_9478-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
It's always very exciting to read how the other members of the group interpreted the theme, and to see how this was translated into their quilts! Please check out all the quilts on our <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com/">group blog</a>, where you'll also find links to members' individual blogs.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaJbWYZ3Ak7NRG-CSC4pYOP5ugN_IeHN63zaSjfqJ0_vwmZuwZ85jsw12UoHRRNV2oE-ncgeFlcQTRwPZPVhKAbvYcMPw3aa835b3WNp0qUzbLkfLHbCpkCswLuTJ2CxuohtrEJXp5N9t/s1600/1220112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1338" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaJbWYZ3Ak7NRG-CSC4pYOP5ugN_IeHN63zaSjfqJ0_vwmZuwZ85jsw12UoHRRNV2oE-ncgeFlcQTRwPZPVhKAbvYcMPw3aa835b3WNp0qUzbLkfLHbCpkCswLuTJ2CxuohtrEJXp5N9t/s640/1220112.jpg" width="534" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Things I learned:<br />
<br />
The colour in cyanotype fabric is only on the surface - and stitching left tiny white puncture holes. These show in my seams if you looked closely, and also where I tried and took out some additional machine stitching, and I would try a very sharp needle and very fine thread (eg Aurifil 80?) next time in case that helped.<br />
<br />
The texture of the fabric is more open than quilting cotton and there is a lot of fraying.<br />
<br />
The colour of the fabric after washing and drying keeps developing over the next several hours, becoming deeper.<br />
<br />
I don't know why it didn't occur to me to cut at least some of the fabric sheets into smaller pieces to play and experiment with first!<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x-_fPMSiGGjS6auit9ofIxySH1mCn-9HbepIaYfP0BvSjbfD4RDiHtVDo9z9grOjJr276Q8iuDItuO6xwZOrS6YyQfFCdB-Kh1Tu78n6TAjSdXQK2CixzqvPwCHzUPC5EDqm0KqfILEB/s1600/IMG_5014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x-_fPMSiGGjS6auit9ofIxySH1mCn-9HbepIaYfP0BvSjbfD4RDiHtVDo9z9grOjJr276Q8iuDItuO6xwZOrS6YyQfFCdB-Kh1Tu78n6TAjSdXQK2CixzqvPwCHzUPC5EDqm0KqfILEB/s640/IMG_5014.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLTaH4DAyGCqPlRewGlAcUgmcXsOH4EaLFbsqCdiLS9jEuKkMv5x1wOKneZWBvp4XhVh-l-RBFfLBgvlM_ecYzTk9FSi6ooNkTzKrLtc4n2QMCHLleJDMQqp2TUgr-TAVgvFWJ9PB09Mo/s1600/IMG_9481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLTaH4DAyGCqPlRewGlAcUgmcXsOH4EaLFbsqCdiLS9jEuKkMv5x1wOKneZWBvp4XhVh-l-RBFfLBgvlM_ecYzTk9FSi6ooNkTzKrLtc4n2QMCHLleJDMQqp2TUgr-TAVgvFWJ9PB09Mo/s640/IMG_9481.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-59002448037977225832019-08-01T16:34:00.003+01:002020-02-20T12:59:27.979+00:00The Endeavourers #7, A Walk In the Park, "Taking a Lion for a Walk"Today is the seventh quarterly reveal of quilts made by <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com/">The Endeavourers</a> and our theme for inspiration this quarter was "A Walk in the Park".<br />
<br />
As usual it was a lot of fun thinking random thoughts about the theme, which suddenly went in the direction of a doodle we used to do at primary school called 'taking a line for a walk' - maybe you know the one; you do a squiggly line and then fill in all the intersecting loops with different colours or patterns, preferably using your best felt-tip pens.<br />
<br />
For no real reason I thought perhaps I could take a <i>lion</i> for a walk (ho ho) and so here is my quilt.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BCD3ueBqBcedIETzoxgwYL_4JPN9zxMpCI0qbdQY8ALLfw6bH9vj-8uyvszoP2hD3Vtf_pHM9Tk_d2E8pe48CTKiTqizhcVLRM-qol8TpEQiAMlotSMDWHumgDcocuDF7Nyr67Z1K7qH/s1600/IMG_9177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BCD3ueBqBcedIETzoxgwYL_4JPN9zxMpCI0qbdQY8ALLfw6bH9vj-8uyvszoP2hD3Vtf_pHM9Tk_d2E8pe48CTKiTqizhcVLRM-qol8TpEQiAMlotSMDWHumgDcocuDF7Nyr67Z1K7qH/s640/IMG_9177.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
My little lion has just taken a wander through a park filled with flower borders, and is now sitting down smelling the flowers and enjoying a rest.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzyOxEv-mMMwD1zCJHT5iI5DKMDBafl75fhAU9gb7Lef8dH1toYHIVQxOu7yHOHHTm8SF8y6LTwNBrHpUYqQwWKwrKaqDRImW1qqqHuXeuL9dVIyyq1E1aphJtLCBbrGtWpcBPmg9bNbxp/s1600/IMG_9172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzyOxEv-mMMwD1zCJHT5iI5DKMDBafl75fhAU9gb7Lef8dH1toYHIVQxOu7yHOHHTm8SF8y6LTwNBrHpUYqQwWKwrKaqDRImW1qqqHuXeuL9dVIyyq1E1aphJtLCBbrGtWpcBPmg9bNbxp/s640/IMG_9172.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
My quilt is approximately 26x24 inches. The flower borders are made from Liberty scraps. The lion's mane and tail are accentuated with lazy daisy stitches in perle thread, and I used 28 weight aurifil for the stipple quilting. I used fusible bias binding for the line, and carved a stamp for the paw prints - the first time I've used either in a quilt and now making me think of other possibilities. <br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHMHR5MYzDNDFcjguTDxY7J0sK0un0dgdABu_LWainGAdIUGZKJEfHwM5WPT4eOHnKQPomu4_2gwtdfCjHxSeaF8k3A-2s5JRKbZta40xt4N4UkcghfqgWL90RXfBEGhwtEoTWwdZFHj5/s1600/IMG_9110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1566" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHMHR5MYzDNDFcjguTDxY7J0sK0un0dgdABu_LWainGAdIUGZKJEfHwM5WPT4eOHnKQPomu4_2gwtdfCjHxSeaF8k3A-2s5JRKbZta40xt4N4UkcghfqgWL90RXfBEGhwtEoTWwdZFHj5/s640/IMG_9110.JPG" width="626" /></a></div>
<br />
I wanted a binding that looked like a picture frame so attempted a faux-flanged binding and have to admit that it took me two goes to get it right. So although my quilt is really just a bit of fun I tried to use some 'new to me' techniques. I enjoyed making this one a lot and am quite pleased with the result!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAilUkRPCXPvY8j9qMgutgVS7woOnQTGY-eW3L9gfSxFPXMmaOAYPl05D3yUBysJ-5gZdw6lNsG09zuvojt7w0qXWYmKaElVIQLcGhvStF14fLwkNZJhVyExnYqbQaxrQsU40_sv3CCjc/s1600/IMG_9141.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAilUkRPCXPvY8j9qMgutgVS7woOnQTGY-eW3L9gfSxFPXMmaOAYPl05D3yUBysJ-5gZdw6lNsG09zuvojt7w0qXWYmKaElVIQLcGhvStF14fLwkNZJhVyExnYqbQaxrQsU40_sv3CCjc/s640/IMG_9141.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
I'm looking forward to seeing how the other members have treated the theme and, as usual, learning from their adventurousness! You can find their quilts on the <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com/">group blog </a>today where there are also links to their individual blogs.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAn3qT28HPjmFRYyLLpIaRWC-FJLtTndbyIRFehB5aGmirZtUPUj1_wItUmJ0Na91713TnGFLvA_iaIFtcZSdWgivO_NZHUf8NrEvVoJJEwLBwxqpK6lIYElSE6FAGZOeYzxHA2xzILuF7/s1600/IMG_9175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAn3qT28HPjmFRYyLLpIaRWC-FJLtTndbyIRFehB5aGmirZtUPUj1_wItUmJ0Na91713TnGFLvA_iaIFtcZSdWgivO_NZHUf8NrEvVoJJEwLBwxqpK6lIYElSE6FAGZOeYzxHA2xzILuF7/s320/IMG_9175.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-88291231032676546112019-05-01T09:09:00.000+01:002020-02-20T12:59:28.003+00:00The Endeavourers, #6, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, "The Pond"Today's the day for the sixth quarterly reveal of <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com/">The Endeavourers</a> art quilt group, and 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head' is the theme of our reveal.<br />
<br />
When I first learned this was our theme I initially felt a bit despairing as nothing came immediately to mind except Paul Newman on his bicycle and the song in <i>Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid</i>, but luckily we have a whole quarter and I started to really enjoy thinking about it.<br />
<br />
Once I'd got <i>Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head</i> <u>out</u> of my head it quickly got replaced with Chopin's <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_6APTb3RNQ">Raindrop</a> </i>prelude, which is a beautiful piece of music evoking the kind of lovely, peaceful, heavy but gentle rain you sometimes get (except where I live where more often than not it is accompanied by a high wind and coming at you horizontally). It really makes me think of rain falling on greenery, on a still dark day, and so eventually I settled on the idea of rain falling on a pond and its surrounding plant life. Since the raindrops also had to be falling on someone's head I added a frog, who is making the most of the wet.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09ZO1Q3LkIA8pg7eYZMLR4hpUC7CjCJD2EXjry4gjy2UxBjZpE3YWDc_4kAkMZtX2LgxZUxF4NVvFrNf-caGYDrV1R0zJAc-MLvBeTZQWEYerOYtuSlwl97qnK9t9NtPNUpaIzS_CUjSM/s1600/IMG_8042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1394" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09ZO1Q3LkIA8pg7eYZMLR4hpUC7CjCJD2EXjry4gjy2UxBjZpE3YWDc_4kAkMZtX2LgxZUxF4NVvFrNf-caGYDrV1R0zJAc-MLvBeTZQWEYerOYtuSlwl97qnK9t9NtPNUpaIzS_CUjSM/s640/IMG_8042.JPG" width="556" /></a></div>
<br />
Although I know someone who has a complete horror of frogs I love them. I have the smallest pond liner you can get, about 1.5x2 ft, in a corner of my allotment and in a good summer I can come down and find seven frogs peeping above the surface which makes me very happy.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxyIBYZ-JEkiSGOJIUhGXmj90Qklg81RFLokUXMiv_JI5YKoAnluXJ38__U1rfs8FjIEZI7Wrwc5OgOVX-4nM5by22BkF1llvXbRM8SHZKxzKO0_bYHPYWdtjA78f55CG6-Vjf0hU7u_t/s1600/IMG_5908.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="1499" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxyIBYZ-JEkiSGOJIUhGXmj90Qklg81RFLokUXMiv_JI5YKoAnluXJ38__U1rfs8FjIEZI7Wrwc5OgOVX-4nM5by22BkF1llvXbRM8SHZKxzKO0_bYHPYWdtjA78f55CG6-Vjf0hU7u_t/s400/IMG_5908.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
The pond in my little (15 x 16.5 inch) quilt is surrounded with marsh marigold, rushes, and water forget-me-nots. Fish swim below the surface.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPoPRAdVyBxhqGi_yW8xpu4iSiZPOagZ7LLBhNFqluM91q2sA8XKOatBGvUOvhKX9a4yxqcJ_Vkr8rfwJJ5if3IN1TVa2sEw8sDw9EhgJ9BZmWMO2LkUU5yE-xjxdX5xjRiHz2d48bngz/s1600/IMG_8049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPoPRAdVyBxhqGi_yW8xpu4iSiZPOagZ7LLBhNFqluM91q2sA8XKOatBGvUOvhKX9a4yxqcJ_Vkr8rfwJJ5if3IN1TVa2sEw8sDw9EhgJ9BZmWMO2LkUU5yE-xjxdX5xjRiHz2d48bngz/s640/IMG_8049.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
I used shot cotton, mostly Oakshott which is my favourite fabric to make pictures with, and began by appliqueing the fish and adding a little embroidered detail for their spines. With some darker fabric<br />
I also made a shadow in the water at the edge of the pond where vegetation would hang over. I then made the surface of the water shiny and 'submerged' the fish by layering a piece of blue-green gauze on top of them.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRM2faQO102HjQqv89Q6rfEsClKDpGvzeWGj_yc6vMYBWTRinRnuzjfPsGtWrB8NX_QcsVrZAVltshQv9C5aKWkgKuvJQtYdjTVjWtTolhZWnAWLRiKTE88LmNo8vT41jLXxJJTfDpRgTS/s1600/IMG_7999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRM2faQO102HjQqv89Q6rfEsClKDpGvzeWGj_yc6vMYBWTRinRnuzjfPsGtWrB8NX_QcsVrZAVltshQv9C5aKWkgKuvJQtYdjTVjWtTolhZWnAWLRiKTE88LmNo8vT41jLXxJJTfDpRgTS/s640/IMG_7999.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
The idea to use the gauze came from two things - my mother-in-law had made a lovely shimmery cushion cover by sewing a piece of gauze over an appliqued pattern and I was reminded of this when I used tissue paper to protect the blackbird quilt of my last post while pressing it and really liked the softened effect as the image showed through.<br />
<br />
When I'd added all the foliage and flowers round the edge of the pond I finished up by adding some quilted rings for the ripples in the water made by the falling raindrops.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jK90YlA_0lWFPY6IgO9PTl7vUUrb0AcqFxIVCiKozXt2dIMssCPXew2r-QKM7W886ra-K1N8QMXrOz4f6OedfkmQ9trJeuPXeVWkSzCbuZExRyibER6S7BKegGoxyleE3EByOZsZYT-Z/s1600/IMG_8033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jK90YlA_0lWFPY6IgO9PTl7vUUrb0AcqFxIVCiKozXt2dIMssCPXew2r-QKM7W886ra-K1N8QMXrOz4f6OedfkmQ9trJeuPXeVWkSzCbuZExRyibER6S7BKegGoxyleE3EByOZsZYT-Z/s640/IMG_8033.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU42FrgGcza87EpZplqGorecwdEUhNRSWWXJ21VRX5MdRnfnZyjdJUrtOuMnai4C2dPO3BxZSeDcP62bn3J1gy6zRGp05Ony_GW4YOeB30u_Nw_a65EhMQ3lRfGe6fCRI3N_rSuj-hM_tR/s1600/IMG_8046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU42FrgGcza87EpZplqGorecwdEUhNRSWWXJ21VRX5MdRnfnZyjdJUrtOuMnai4C2dPO3BxZSeDcP62bn3J1gy6zRGp05Ony_GW4YOeB30u_Nw_a65EhMQ3lRfGe6fCRI3N_rSuj-hM_tR/s640/IMG_8046.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
I added some squiggles and lines in the background to suggest more greenery, and it's quite a textured quilt because of the quilting and free-motion embroidery which I used to add details to the leaves and flowers, which also have french knots: but the water is still and calm except for the ripples.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNnRslgocRU/XMf_7emXhtI/AAAAAAAA_k4/wu3kuv0STfkBuIYvKpbUafNJm2VzduMbgCKgBGAs/s1600/IMG_8048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNnRslgocRU/XMf_7emXhtI/AAAAAAAA_k4/wu3kuv0STfkBuIYvKpbUafNJm2VzduMbgCKgBGAs/s640/IMG_8048.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
I am very intrigued to know how the other members have tackled this theme - you can find all the quilts on our <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com/">blog</a> together with links to each member's own website.<br />
<br />
15 x 16.5 inches<br />
Shot cotton and gauze<br />
Raw edge applique<br />
Free-motion embroidery and quiltingCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-5805258161520891882019-04-27T19:33:00.000+01:002020-02-26T12:38:31.388+00:00Winter Blackbird IIThis poor blog doesn't see much action these days as I'm rather neglecting it in favour of Instagram, though my recent absence has mostly been due to a winter slump in creativity which I'm just coming out of. <div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Hopefully the slump is at an end, mostly thanks to a commission which meant I had to get my big girl pants on and get on with it.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Winter Blackbird II is made using a curve-pieced panel on top of which I've added the blackbird and cotoneaster branch using raw-edge applique: they are fixed in place with free-motion embroidery in Aurifil threads as I find that using the 50 wt with a sharp new needle helps prevent too much fraying round the edges. The background is made using shot cottons supplemented with some old cotton curtain lining, and metallic gold silk for the winter sun. The blackbird and branch are also sewn using Oakshott cottons - the different warp and weft colours add so much life to the fabric and stop it looking 'flat'. The blackbird's eye is a shiny black bead sewn on with a couple of stitches of Aurifil wool to add the highlight. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYN0fbeNkCKqtc5ZkZFGL9pd5pJxSjHcahzYkOkB4EAZkv8Wgc28qQAnlQS46__mXKXHjEChwjEVcE_hY2vmL7_9lJXHsBy7seJRWdctPOgRuM8qoFK7uICnydCsmm4W1iz1D6XTOBPdK/s1600/IMG_7982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1317" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYN0fbeNkCKqtc5ZkZFGL9pd5pJxSjHcahzYkOkB4EAZkv8Wgc28qQAnlQS46__mXKXHjEChwjEVcE_hY2vmL7_9lJXHsBy7seJRWdctPOgRuM8qoFK7uICnydCsmm4W1iz1D6XTOBPdK/s640/IMG_7982.JPG" width="526" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioeNpgYpoirqtd31sFkePRQNzqZflSSF4J79ZBhjBf689zliT0y8RO9cQnw_naSSzqEWPb2u0HwWbSOcYOZWmiNMJjksmoKbdpZSD2iocBQGA6GP2DQaY3x_t9bQNHnwYUVRHfcs7T7SX/s1600/IMG_7985.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1587" data-original-width="1600" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioeNpgYpoirqtd31sFkePRQNzqZflSSF4J79ZBhjBf689zliT0y8RO9cQnw_naSSzqEWPb2u0HwWbSOcYOZWmiNMJjksmoKbdpZSD2iocBQGA6GP2DQaY3x_t9bQNHnwYUVRHfcs7T7SX/s640/IMG_7985.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW54dj149Xkjbz-GffucS_-fSZNIR82WDGVankqOnl68ql3w7t946zqaS-qccl-JbRwqVT-lfDk9p_7DBRKihGBNL9Jan1lDRVroc7W9sn1mpGroznrIvx-C4bhn6PEKvV2DAzgd3aktnM/s1600/IMG_7984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW54dj149Xkjbz-GffucS_-fSZNIR82WDGVankqOnl68ql3w7t946zqaS-qccl-JbRwqVT-lfDk9p_7DBRKihGBNL9Jan1lDRVroc7W9sn1mpGroznrIvx-C4bhn6PEKvV2DAzgd3aktnM/s640/IMG_7984.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGigAUM4cs809yAUel7eAmF0mmv1OY2m9SvNwtnZrN8mBrY8q9tKXqes9L1ENjbjpMJc9hMS0pBaB-Co2r8mRoq4pbMv_6ybbpziCIdCmNImCxRKivf5RgbR9Mn4Wv4-Qo0G2bG8vP-G4n/s1600/IMG_7950-ANIMATION.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="940" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGigAUM4cs809yAUel7eAmF0mmv1OY2m9SvNwtnZrN8mBrY8q9tKXqes9L1ENjbjpMJc9hMS0pBaB-Co2r8mRoq4pbMv_6ybbpziCIdCmNImCxRKivf5RgbR9Mn4Wv4-Qo0G2bG8vP-G4n/s320/IMG_7950-ANIMATION.gif" width="293" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-63373266772760774202019-02-03T19:48:00.000+00:002020-02-26T12:41:55.846+00:00The Endeavourers, #5, Texture - "Drops and Drips"I'm a bit late sharing the quilt I made for the first reveal of 2019 for <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com/">the Endeavourers</a>. Our theme this quarter was 'Texture', and this was a lovely one to think about!<br />
<br />
When I make a quilt for The Endeavourers I usually start by looking up the dictionary definition of our theme. It kickstarts the thought processes and it's interesting sometimes comparing the entries in different dictionaries.<br />
<br />
In this case, some dictionaries focussed on what you might think of as the obvious definition which describes texture as the tactile characteristics of something, which are experienced through <u>touch</u>. Others added the idea that texture can be experienced <u>visually</u> too. And others added another idea - that texture is the quality you get when you combine different elements, for example in literature or music, or even in life - you could say the way in which the elements, or strands, are 'woven together', which is a nice fabric metaphor!<br />
<br />
Anyway, I started off by thinking about the tactile qualities of different fabrics. For some time I've been fascinated by the lovely (I think!) pattern made by bubbles and drips in condensation on my window and so I made this odd piece inspired by the visual texture, experimenting by putting velvet and cotton together and then added more texture with bubble quilting. I also used trapunto to create some of the larger white bubbles, and portholes through which the velvet appears for the black ones.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gXqfmrDN-n1CqacM8zyJ1lypaPRvs5CvujDNjTc6YTr01f0htfUkozHzVawWPh7qpnKQvHn9zcVu6O9WpMq0yl_xc1pLIY9-7H8E3QHgyJsM81oDSNB3Cn3yVxN9r_RzY7m2RQJZjRlV/s1600/IMG_7750.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gXqfmrDN-n1CqacM8zyJ1lypaPRvs5CvujDNjTc6YTr01f0htfUkozHzVawWPh7qpnKQvHn9zcVu6O9WpMq0yl_xc1pLIY9-7H8E3QHgyJsM81oDSNB3Cn3yVxN9r_RzY7m2RQJZjRlV/s640/IMG_7750.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-KYh7s7NuTHI-Vlv_08GrBaGVbbrtVvPonVVnF3uXXBsc8_twVYXZv-w-0kILYYGvTzxZoJqfIf4dhBecxUcwR6Ki-Q_mz1Y18DLPpgIFi1s-v29npDShY8W-XFoh4-JawjDoSvgmQ1hJ/s1600/IMG_0021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-KYh7s7NuTHI-Vlv_08GrBaGVbbrtVvPonVVnF3uXXBsc8_twVYXZv-w-0kILYYGvTzxZoJqfIf4dhBecxUcwR6Ki-Q_mz1Y18DLPpgIFi1s-v29npDShY8W-XFoh4-JawjDoSvgmQ1hJ/s640/IMG_0021.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQ-14-T4iFDWuEvHsKr6c-opgegMNHkHrAv23a3KPdPzm4a32SC0bx2QelpFEf1FWZbOOh208dg4B6gva2oUHiY-g9K8qWM2uKDayKus0xq9PohmvOSIQFzSY_MpnUE1XbBySYsiL41RI/s1600/IMG_0022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQ-14-T4iFDWuEvHsKr6c-opgegMNHkHrAv23a3KPdPzm4a32SC0bx2QelpFEf1FWZbOOh208dg4B6gva2oUHiY-g9K8qWM2uKDayKus0xq9PohmvOSIQFzSY_MpnUE1XbBySYsiL41RI/s640/IMG_0022.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
When I came to square up the quilt, I thought that it had an organic quality that make squaring it andcontaining it within binding feel wrong so I cut it into a wavy asymmetrical shape, and "bagged it out" rather than binding it.</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzQORybP_cC500nZqpTYjL5K31eignMsYcg-KX2ZTlMyvXXVddZ88M6fYJBIxKtfrCJCuPKa3B4FHIcOU94sWG_7c8_GVED32eoq8XGK3fNTHpo23pSmkvJha_qqh9VDozmEJJCLrrda_/s1600/IMG_7761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1343" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzQORybP_cC500nZqpTYjL5K31eignMsYcg-KX2ZTlMyvXXVddZ88M6fYJBIxKtfrCJCuPKa3B4FHIcOU94sWG_7c8_GVED32eoq8XGK3fNTHpo23pSmkvJha_qqh9VDozmEJJCLrrda_/s640/IMG_7761.JPG" width="536" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Soxui_lhJ37WHb2S9f2nROPp65ONc18MPh1oSqz93J85Hksi0Q-Za94EFjJCZFWTmjlf2xusj27NCvPSOeJTqefkJ3BzVtaeVgVQrN9D8fNACJiinwB0YxX8WOUIFicVKC9yCo-B37q_/s1600/IMG_7759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1405" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Soxui_lhJ37WHb2S9f2nROPp65ONc18MPh1oSqz93J85Hksi0Q-Za94EFjJCZFWTmjlf2xusj27NCvPSOeJTqefkJ3BzVtaeVgVQrN9D8fNACJiinwB0YxX8WOUIFicVKC9yCo-B37q_/s640/IMG_7759.JPG" width="560" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
I was still so interested in the theme though that I started wondering about <i>adding</i> texture to fabric. I was thinking back in particular to these pictures I took last summer of some ripple patterns of sand on the beach which are so beautiful.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iRKM0Rff1GRbTFIYxUc7QrU3nrE5ouwIVfJDr4VA1CKORstL-Bz6ggSMFdy_-g5hj2OImOUn93q8fk9wU4r2asEz4EwIAd2PMUS-z1w4-9DyYpf_-SQ4ZPEh3YjYj29J1T-pYu6-oc6u/s1600/IMG_6677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iRKM0Rff1GRbTFIYxUc7QrU3nrE5ouwIVfJDr4VA1CKORstL-Bz6ggSMFdy_-g5hj2OImOUn93q8fk9wU4r2asEz4EwIAd2PMUS-z1w4-9DyYpf_-SQ4ZPEh3YjYj29J1T-pYu6-oc6u/s640/IMG_6677.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUVcO1Wi5ubRADr8y_veOqiuvrUboAHXToODk4W16BqiBZd8VHwmOPOzRIFIjCUZY0QU_WyOa7YKd_iLo6H64yKJpbYUFo-D8m0P3-znBao87qeTISHznRJQdLaELXMs91MXrd0nxy_Eh/s1600/IMG_6666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUVcO1Wi5ubRADr8y_veOqiuvrUboAHXToODk4W16BqiBZd8VHwmOPOzRIFIjCUZY0QU_WyOa7YKd_iLo6H64yKJpbYUFo-D8m0P3-znBao87qeTISHznRJQdLaELXMs91MXrd0nxy_Eh/s640/IMG_6666.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQdtJFzfjTRMhLvBusbGvk8GlKUoFoKCxfKlUiX_YWtUhlOW7WbHL7G_kVmdf54KzhMmjLuLYKPvBcVpvPgKMjpipfkz9kUpkgtSX-jcYR0RVDKG7AdiR7JNDMmPkWBDVHtGo03tANfuq/s1600/IMG_6679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQdtJFzfjTRMhLvBusbGvk8GlKUoFoKCxfKlUiX_YWtUhlOW7WbHL7G_kVmdf54KzhMmjLuLYKPvBcVpvPgKMjpipfkz9kUpkgtSX-jcYR0RVDKG7AdiR7JNDMmPkWBDVHtGo03tANfuq/s640/IMG_6679.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEp48ys9KHmeRBqrrQV5nvT7KUAPeD3ecnucRfeKVor1rNPlz7CmdCxgAJquRTAw1fgYpMoPGphbsO8PqzHiVEcGJF9I7b1b54BNJZD-18yRk4-W9bF8QTuG74SEX8KIm_z76UNVqlADM8/s1600/IMG_0027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEp48ys9KHmeRBqrrQV5nvT7KUAPeD3ecnucRfeKVor1rNPlz7CmdCxgAJquRTAw1fgYpMoPGphbsO8PqzHiVEcGJF9I7b1b54BNJZD-18yRk4-W9bF8QTuG74SEX8KIm_z76UNVqlADM8/s640/IMG_0027.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
This made me wonder at the time about the possibility of using pleats and folds in fabric in a quilt which is still in the pipeline.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFKQJq_ZBYYQpwqWb0EIeuvMiVSUUeNDrA2HU1zCQPVTGkUwMPzYnKSN_QS5bGtQNdzZSGov7xnNlQ5F0XPeKs4bepNLnRcYoO1wjA4NP1ghm6I9-4ZZp7_-c-oDOS8nRc7lDBK3KYvs5/s1600/A157A026-9A96-4A80-9CF3-644CF984B589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFKQJq_ZBYYQpwqWb0EIeuvMiVSUUeNDrA2HU1zCQPVTGkUwMPzYnKSN_QS5bGtQNdzZSGov7xnNlQ5F0XPeKs4bepNLnRcYoO1wjA4NP1ghm6I9-4ZZp7_-c-oDOS8nRc7lDBK3KYvs5/s640/A157A026-9A96-4A80-9CF3-644CF984B589.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXws2GzhV6Qzf_dJUYTdQDGqKQrCi3d5qeYyhHakmjIsHsMW151BxzlkL4maLmHeqtt2D4nwkVqYfbeXrspON7vG7GxzkhItSjw_79ATIsyc3qLCmpnNRMxmmydVYEsetP449-vUBOjuoi/s1600/IMG_7729.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXws2GzhV6Qzf_dJUYTdQDGqKQrCi3d5qeYyhHakmjIsHsMW151BxzlkL4maLmHeqtt2D4nwkVqYfbeXrspON7vG7GxzkhItSjw_79ATIsyc3qLCmpnNRMxmmydVYEsetP449-vUBOjuoi/s640/IMG_7729.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjsKeJ85CaCnlf3q_japyILvvR21d3Gdk5wuTKqMKifzN50auASaPY79TwG_T7Tid0WGrRHGnBpzzLwb_bWeegGS7T6ypUQvYZaqNEYvLP4GlKj06dhMEcazZYBrPtrhmNLB9u1ZQLm6x/s1600/IMG_7735.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjsKeJ85CaCnlf3q_japyILvvR21d3Gdk5wuTKqMKifzN50auASaPY79TwG_T7Tid0WGrRHGnBpzzLwb_bWeegGS7T6ypUQvYZaqNEYvLP4GlKj06dhMEcazZYBrPtrhmNLB9u1ZQLm6x/s640/IMG_7735.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
I absolutely love being a part of this group - having a prompt to think about is such a luxury, and seeing reading about the quilts that the other members have made is so interesting as we all work in very different ways. You can check out the other quilts on our <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com/">group blog</a>, and also find there links to each member's own blog.<br />
<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-37378114309302533842018-11-01T16:47:00.000+00:002020-02-20T13:00:11.429+00:00The Endeavourers, No 4, ImprovThe theme chosen by the <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com/">Endeavourers</a> for this quarter was Improv.<br />
<br />
Probably everyone has their own idea about what improv means in quilting terms. In general terms it means "to create spontaneously without preparation, or to produce or make something from whatever is available."<br />
<br />
Anyway, thinking about the two definitions I started with the idea of producing something from whatever was available. I thought that this suggests making the most of limited options so rather than pick and choose from my stash I artificially limited the options by choosing to use a pile of small pieces of interiors fabric (possibly linen shot with silk) from a sample book I picked up in a remnant bin.<br />
<br />
Then I tried to be spontaneous! First, I spent a lot of time thinking how to be spontaneous.... Then I worked out a plan for spontaneity... I decided to make piles of samples and cut them stack and slash style. Then I mixed them up prior to sewing them back together. I tried to be random but couldn't help making a few changes when too many pieces of the same colour or tone ended up together. Having pieced my blocks I spread them out randomly, but again I had to make a few changes because I wanted to have an even distribution of colours and tones, without any distracting clumps. <br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1i1lI6Il24WJ8-cMnXsQVszJewBdfd6N3KbeaF_F4iyGubP4CWYJuJqVNH1DFs8j54_1MSeUS61AUTOzXxu-TDFok-VPxBh3M39HriIIs46-DVQnXvPQUoUawthTsrD36OAxsitG-X63/s1600/IMG_7452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1i1lI6Il24WJ8-cMnXsQVszJewBdfd6N3KbeaF_F4iyGubP4CWYJuJqVNH1DFs8j54_1MSeUS61AUTOzXxu-TDFok-VPxBh3M39HriIIs46-DVQnXvPQUoUawthTsrD36OAxsitG-X63/s640/IMG_7452.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWX0eRn6uAZVavvKJGPkTSwUkTNPD8gSx3bAOCjD4Q0-AcMU4QN-5fdSlxJ_Z5vgami2MUZfIQmpI4qB9jmQtGa8CNCzGaHCSqDXtTEOesmuMYWsGGbFA1Id7zyjKtKWsb2qFHRgjSUK5/s1600/IMG_7469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWX0eRn6uAZVavvKJGPkTSwUkTNPD8gSx3bAOCjD4Q0-AcMU4QN-5fdSlxJ_Z5vgami2MUZfIQmpI4qB9jmQtGa8CNCzGaHCSqDXtTEOesmuMYWsGGbFA1Id7zyjKtKWsb2qFHRgjSUK5/s640/IMG_7469.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-gYPn14fty2HjNsYwihvAP1AwUeoMSbVl3OmKmEYu-w-6IiiBRKOrJuTVfy-JkfjdePsMx3SaisnJFzAbaR4vtamnKBQiMhyEvZpRZ5du5N5AaEfEhjlyUWrY2c7BFLYyJjIXZEcXlIf/s1600/IMG_7478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-gYPn14fty2HjNsYwihvAP1AwUeoMSbVl3OmKmEYu-w-6IiiBRKOrJuTVfy-JkfjdePsMx3SaisnJFzAbaR4vtamnKBQiMhyEvZpRZ5du5N5AaEfEhjlyUWrY2c7BFLYyJjIXZEcXlIf/s640/IMG_7478.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: start;">Because I cut the piles in different ways, some of the blocks turned out a slightly different size from the others, but I didn't trim them down - yay, spontaneity. As I joined the blocks into the quilt I threw some gold fabric into the mix, but I think this was less spontaneity and more obsessive tweaking. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The quilt was very insistent that it wanted organic (spontaneous) pinstripe quilting in Aurifil wool, but unfortunately it only made its mind up about this once I had already quilted in the ditch, so I had to do a lot of unpicking and I'm still not convinced the quilt was right. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDH-9bFMdj9STa-FoWk2pGOlS4RDUl4sF00HADwRz4CRpdKOU2Zb94toHogvLHkj3aXPnHPGfpnZ1_7dHMTPAkFc5aTQGeICJhshRUc2migmLYYjHsJDCdBqMlkGMaOPxkmJ4V5Hq_aupr/s1600/IMG_7496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDH-9bFMdj9STa-FoWk2pGOlS4RDUl4sF00HADwRz4CRpdKOU2Zb94toHogvLHkj3aXPnHPGfpnZ1_7dHMTPAkFc5aTQGeICJhshRUc2migmLYYjHsJDCdBqMlkGMaOPxkmJ4V5Hq_aupr/s640/IMG_7496.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
I did enjoy making it, and it was fun trying not to overthink things, though it somehow took a very long time. I do wish I'd been more adventurous. Setting the personal challenge of using the sample book fabrics limited the options a bit and this theme has made me think about future experiments where I had more materials to choose from.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Js1NmiF42bXXt9zHX7U-LOvQhB_NMxKd1jVoK1ckRrWuZx8IWmN_Cpv-7RsHG7Areol0JJrxAPJ3daxKSPKIqHUaJPwQ4dQJDTZVz9l6daXBTslvHWelHWywfDS8zaToUpzNqe6LkR27/s1600/IMG_7498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Js1NmiF42bXXt9zHX7U-LOvQhB_NMxKd1jVoK1ckRrWuZx8IWmN_Cpv-7RsHG7Areol0JJrxAPJ3daxKSPKIqHUaJPwQ4dQJDTZVz9l6daXBTslvHWelHWywfDS8zaToUpzNqe6LkR27/s640/IMG_7498.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINY_HkbwYpEGKQ72bo4a-bnwyWpakxeAKECXgqCruv0kte9KyCHc5zJRFPWfzbXlUXw71CBJryjcEkvcKk3W_iap9zq40qqjRGiFm5bCuYLoLV6sr2mIPbTm0uqm3s0C_dV5afZXZ3Nps/s1600/IMG_7501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINY_HkbwYpEGKQ72bo4a-bnwyWpakxeAKECXgqCruv0kte9KyCHc5zJRFPWfzbXlUXw71CBJryjcEkvcKk3W_iap9zq40qqjRGiFm5bCuYLoLV6sr2mIPbTm0uqm3s0C_dV5afZXZ3Nps/s640/IMG_7501.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRNOTDPBh1GQPZx6k_fEIUzknfVYy7FhYwb2qQK3hxZKNhCopmZ4v9mu680FY7pR8_oQdAKBUKT9CLTFjaiVeAfvYesiU4tFKahY7MDLp2eymMLSCyTpqD-ISmqwhsG-ERu2AzO2oW3oi/s1600/IMG_7502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRNOTDPBh1GQPZx6k_fEIUzknfVYy7FhYwb2qQK3hxZKNhCopmZ4v9mu680FY7pR8_oQdAKBUKT9CLTFjaiVeAfvYesiU4tFKahY7MDLp2eymMLSCyTpqD-ISmqwhsG-ERu2AzO2oW3oi/s640/IMG_7502.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
I think the idea of improv suggests that the results are random but in fact that's not really the case. In (successful) improv comedy nobody just stands and shouts random words. There's usually some underlying structure, like a chord progression in improv jazz, that makes sense of the result. In quilting you actually have to get your pieces to fit together into quilt form, and aesthetic considerations mean that you might be spontaneous only up to a point.<br />
<br />
I'm looking forward to seeing how the other members of the group treated the theme. You can find us all together on the <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com/">blog</a>, where there are also links to each individual member.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_VaiuV1x6g3Xi9MzHSmYJkOsIh0dmr7hWXECDNJO66UI6J6AodocJIHuzrWwHanPg3XeiQr9f0P0ytU2x9C_LZJTxOAHp9DEf6kCkjRBF9tphpt6Y_1CML2l3Rwm9QIZTBrS0VC_P2sK/s1600/IMG_7499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_VaiuV1x6g3Xi9MzHSmYJkOsIh0dmr7hWXECDNJO66UI6J6AodocJIHuzrWwHanPg3XeiQr9f0P0ytU2x9C_LZJTxOAHp9DEf6kCkjRBF9tphpt6Y_1CML2l3Rwm9QIZTBrS0VC_P2sK/s320/IMG_7499.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quilt photo fail</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Quilt details:<br />
<br />
Approximately 2 x 3 ft<br />
Furnishing fabrics, content unknown, possibly linen/silk<br />
Quilted with Auriful lana<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-49966085051079335712018-08-01T08:57:00.000+01:002020-02-20T13:00:11.456+00:00The Endeavourers No 3, Spiral, Today is the reveal of quilts made for the third quarterly challenge of The Endeavourers quilt group. You can find all our quilts displayed on <a href="https://theendeavourers.blogspot.com/">The Endeavourers </a>blog, and there are links to each individual member.<br />
<br />
Our challenge for this quarter was 'Spiral'.<br />
<br />
<i>The path of a point in a plane moving around a central point while continuously receding from or approaching it. A three-dimensional curve (such as a helix) with one or more turns about an axis.</i><br />
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary)<br />
<br />
When Mr Random Number Generator picked this theme from our hat I was momentarily stumped but I got completely fascinated by it.<br />
<br />
There seems to be something which is universally satisfying about the shape of spirals and they have featured for thousands of years in art and decoration from the neolithic period onwards; for example there are spirals in neolithic rock art in Scotland. In some cultures the spiral represents the sun, and by association the passage of time. It has been used to decorate early tombs and so is associated with the cycle of life and death, and it is found on stone carvings of the mother goddess as a symbol representing the cycles of fertility, creation and birth and cosmic forces.<br />
<br />
Spirals feature in nature - from DNA to spiral galaxies, in the arrangement of leaves on a plant, and in the growth of cones, horns and shells, Mathematicians are interested in the properties of spirals, and engineers and architects make use of them.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFD15o-JoPPQq0CVgEEK7Xftrrxz18SmBiLAk6WO43Q6dzne91x30sI5heN5N4IcU-f_9FjSwcnCK00Yu82lWLwZSNA-QRtUj-DG6QfRZXLrhfjuNyussGaqxqvXU8szJZ7oRjBm9xjcBK/s1600/DSC_0276-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFD15o-JoPPQq0CVgEEK7Xftrrxz18SmBiLAk6WO43Q6dzne91x30sI5heN5N4IcU-f_9FjSwcnCK00Yu82lWLwZSNA-QRtUj-DG6QfRZXLrhfjuNyussGaqxqvXU8szJZ7oRjBm9xjcBK/s640/DSC_0276-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="background-color: white;">As usual my thoughts went off in a number of directions and gradually came back together in a plan towards the end of the quarter when I was on holiday in Robin Hood's Bay on the North Yorkshire coast. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJiH1tKyLi_evr65mAFBbEJlCVbzlPwHV2KnQ_jKMKZjo2W2DKs3W9Zvh4aCiZg9AFUbk2zm812IML38YOo7zQvcMRK-TGs9iW1Xzc3djh6LVzZyKj4aA2uri8gCkZSUEiOzfEvDuAgcM/s1600/IMG_6196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJiH1tKyLi_evr65mAFBbEJlCVbzlPwHV2KnQ_jKMKZjo2W2DKs3W9Zvh4aCiZg9AFUbk2zm812IML38YOo7zQvcMRK-TGs9iW1Xzc3djh6LVzZyKj4aA2uri8gCkZSUEiOzfEvDuAgcM/s640/IMG_6196.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white;">My quilt is all about spirals in nature, as represented in a view of Robin Hood's Bay. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The quilt shows a view of the cliffs on that coast, as glimpsed through some of the local plants. </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">A convolvulus or bindweed climbs up a stem, in a spiral helix, and its buds furl and unfurl in spiral form. There are two snails with their spiral shells, and and an ammonite from the cliffs - a long extinct fossil sea creature also with a spiral shell. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Robin Hood's Bay is an area with a dynamic geological history, so it also really encapsulated for me the forces of creation and the passage of time which have come to be symbolised by the spiral.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AGokoCyPg_0DWw5dMJZuHd9XCibtC07AVQQgMxxGCYeva8ORpuV-TcgSMyAWc9-36OTQfXLWKGAEWM_xH5OpQ-8S1kA8Sn6wwiWxviNoz9oe1n1Jj0beCXUWj-UpPzy0H6DUdltBCAUI/s1600/IMG_6170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AGokoCyPg_0DWw5dMJZuHd9XCibtC07AVQQgMxxGCYeva8ORpuV-TcgSMyAWc9-36OTQfXLWKGAEWM_xH5OpQ-8S1kA8Sn6wwiWxviNoz9oe1n1Jj0beCXUWj-UpPzy0H6DUdltBCAUI/s320/IMG_6170.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white;">Just after I'd made a plan I read that the spiral is a symbol of the pantheist movement, which celebrates the power, beauty and mystery of nature and the Universe. This made me happy!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJ_avSYfLAh2l9eG8m1zd98hLW_QePJGftM0hIOMmXnIXLbe32IA5cWoGo2K-QNuYZoFWHuor3Xe48rBtbccF4CBRV-CyEZFZ-VChr-M1LlcivClglx2XUKgWzdFL32jPot14A_t14pJQ/s1600/IMG_6185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1600" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJ_avSYfLAh2l9eG8m1zd98hLW_QePJGftM0hIOMmXnIXLbe32IA5cWoGo2K-QNuYZoFWHuor3Xe48rBtbccF4CBRV-CyEZFZ-VChr-M1LlcivClglx2XUKgWzdFL32jPot14A_t14pJQ/s640/IMG_6185.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />I wanted to take a painterly approach to the quilt so as well as applique, hand and machine embroidery, I used watercolour paints to add a wash to the silk used to make the sea, to add details to the shells and ammonite and to add colour to some of the quilted pebbles. Binding is faced, with the bottom edge being cut in a curve.</span><br />
<div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjYpgPNpTa1nkB1ZWfS_rsKLt0f41SC4u6KRl9pSt7PglZF9YZLioV2XQNsSVWFpkWd8oOqsnpRzZNi_0D_MIZ6Y_PCnDTC6d466fkL_ELWAZlL17XzhQwkqAqsUNfwAH66NEx4TCEvwK/s1600/IMG_6174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjYpgPNpTa1nkB1ZWfS_rsKLt0f41SC4u6KRl9pSt7PglZF9YZLioV2XQNsSVWFpkWd8oOqsnpRzZNi_0D_MIZ6Y_PCnDTC6d466fkL_ELWAZlL17XzhQwkqAqsUNfwAH66NEx4TCEvwK/s640/IMG_6174.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgl45T7tg4HrsEk7VUnseUJd2Oh9OSuUqQocPOl40QzK6a6oMaKQhIs49CU8eAaZGNDDXj6GoePUzRF8SXxdQhW40giTlrv34SE1D0Exy_D4FiXgRVyJYhiJcVsL8pn28korc3NMmrh5j/s1600/IMG_6175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgl45T7tg4HrsEk7VUnseUJd2Oh9OSuUqQocPOl40QzK6a6oMaKQhIs49CU8eAaZGNDDXj6GoePUzRF8SXxdQhW40giTlrv34SE1D0Exy_D4FiXgRVyJYhiJcVsL8pn28korc3NMmrh5j/s640/IMG_6175.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG1Zvz5VEaTocIgWbW4Ow_0MbB7di9RYeKUTwUMdm384806Exob4LUwZvwtr3UEQi7oEPHf9QDAFR0NP7e-sIAusvNK8J7wHGcHYaQM6n0gUnR8sSUgrXpFZbhhP7Q7qoEpnjPg5ib2Qa/s1600/IMG_6176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG1Zvz5VEaTocIgWbW4Ow_0MbB7di9RYeKUTwUMdm384806Exob4LUwZvwtr3UEQi7oEPHf9QDAFR0NP7e-sIAusvNK8J7wHGcHYaQM6n0gUnR8sSUgrXpFZbhhP7Q7qoEpnjPg5ib2Qa/s640/IMG_6176.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQ90KNYiTBJ7UFObnvA84eSMOvaMCnNJt8uzg-qSTnnrVI1ijI39qT9fGDlShR2_uCLt7v8N-JCI8C0uA9oxc9IFTRD-GUZ5th61m4JT5bSkJiZun7IYHwI-xvsEQfM3BcQofy4EM4M6U/s1600/IMG_6171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQ90KNYiTBJ7UFObnvA84eSMOvaMCnNJt8uzg-qSTnnrVI1ijI39qT9fGDlShR2_uCLt7v8N-JCI8C0uA9oxc9IFTRD-GUZ5th61m4JT5bSkJiZun7IYHwI-xvsEQfM3BcQofy4EM4M6U/s640/IMG_6171.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNHhDzZ6V79pyL2QHDtI9XvYYyeN4wUS0nvYYaK2sBc0I28xAvdYRAGaB4o-pBYFuz3D4rXM8M9n98IZFE3EQ7RQDO2uQY25yPWss_4CIEPdvUitUt0-UX6TypCuepxUWrlbN1RILu1BV/s1600/IMG_6199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNHhDzZ6V79pyL2QHDtI9XvYYyeN4wUS0nvYYaK2sBc0I28xAvdYRAGaB4o-pBYFuz3D4rXM8M9n98IZFE3EQ7RQDO2uQY25yPWss_4CIEPdvUitUt0-UX6TypCuepxUWrlbN1RILu1BV/s640/IMG_6199.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlDqPTho356V0RFGUxjqWINfU1ztkFjYdghGI0Da4E4pMudbAVBW6PNljBKKYez-zy_1F86MEauwmlhAcQuRy7t0WwKA149zpZgWm_dCiegqUJzHIOMF4swxXIl2bz2lKTubJbhyphenhyphenzC3VT/s1600/IMG_6201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlDqPTho356V0RFGUxjqWINfU1ztkFjYdghGI0Da4E4pMudbAVBW6PNljBKKYez-zy_1F86MEauwmlhAcQuRy7t0WwKA149zpZgWm_dCiegqUJzHIOMF4swxXIl2bz2lKTubJbhyphenhyphenzC3VT/s640/IMG_6201.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU-lcmkSlwTZ5JVUSA_5q8D-EtseIJc2qWFGDV7zLXcUiD5MtlFmQeRVjdki9xTZaATWlNQ5KbzLAjVa9WQ1cTWQ0vpgSpu8Ata2QnxwfCw18Fwc2L0rAc_FjIzksaT2_kO7sppJLxhCw/s1600/IMG_6202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU-lcmkSlwTZ5JVUSA_5q8D-EtseIJc2qWFGDV7zLXcUiD5MtlFmQeRVjdki9xTZaATWlNQ5KbzLAjVa9WQ1cTWQ0vpgSpu8Ata2QnxwfCw18Fwc2L0rAc_FjIzksaT2_kO7sppJLxhCw/s640/IMG_6202.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: , , "segoe ui" , "roboto oxygen-sans" , "ubuntu" , "cantarell" , "“fira sans”" , "“droid sans”" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "\\30d2ラギノ角ゴpro w3" , "hiragino kaku gothic pro" , "\\30e1イリオ" , "meiryo" , "ms pゴシック" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.4px;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-88268798729939152452018-05-03T14:58:00.000+01:002018-05-03T15:09:02.675+01:00Book Review: Polar Bear Country by Carina Endvolsen-HarrisSince I first discovered and started reading craft blogs one of my favourites has been <a href="http://carinascraftblog.wardi.dk/">Carina's Craftblog</a>, for her engaging writing style and for colourful photographs of inspiring projects (plus occasional pics of Blake the dog!).<br />
<br />
If you are familiar with Carina's blog too, or follow her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/carinacraftblog/">instagram</a>, you'll know that she designs and sells pretty, imaginitive and quirky embroidery patterns and that she is the author of <i>Mandalas to Embroider </i>and a new book <i>Folk Art Embroidery </i>to be published in September. Now in a slight departure she's published an ebook in which embroidery and applique feature as the embellishment on different sewing projects.<br />
<br />
The book is called <i>Polar Bear Country</i> and it is inspired by her fascination with Greenland and manages to combine her fondness for polar bears and other arctic fauna with her love of flowers!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAucdTu0lPgZJ6_f0t9O4-xdXLgA9Z7aVh9eoAleizJNnjNHSwV9UmCw6C6xsQxJxdwBDPaiDSSFOUTGZxA3Is4oh8eAs2IuxzNf4fOq7JZdg1MkhqfeQ8YZxhzSBw7CrU7UejbjUogCN5/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-05-02+at+14.47.18.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="508" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAucdTu0lPgZJ6_f0t9O4-xdXLgA9Z7aVh9eoAleizJNnjNHSwV9UmCw6C6xsQxJxdwBDPaiDSSFOUTGZxA3Is4oh8eAs2IuxzNf4fOq7JZdg1MkhqfeQ8YZxhzSBw7CrU7UejbjUogCN5/s640/Screen+Shot+2018-05-02+at+14.47.18.png" width="516" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
There are thirteen projects in the book which makes the price (£16) seem very reasonable. These include a variety of both pretty and practical items, two quilt tops, and as a bonus, there's even a cupcake recipe.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmipS6_lKgE7syC0pqOwMYrTwOp1MSyOhO1rFqeXY4ok59xdj5thRVBQQa4TeP3aFwEKnsLqJ2M-6h7qOlrTKwz8ZIv5e16lpgdK8Uk9QUtCyWQ8N3xqxy-gig7nGyO9EnpFppg6WDmzx/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-05-02+at+12.07.38.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="628" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmipS6_lKgE7syC0pqOwMYrTwOp1MSyOhO1rFqeXY4ok59xdj5thRVBQQa4TeP3aFwEKnsLqJ2M-6h7qOlrTKwz8ZIv5e16lpgdK8Uk9QUtCyWQ8N3xqxy-gig7nGyO9EnpFppg6WDmzx/s640/Screen+Shot+2018-05-02+at+12.07.38.png" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
There are three sections - first there are pictures of all the projects together with detailed instructions on how to make them. The second section has instructions for embroidery stitches, and tutorials for techniques you will need in more than one project. The third section has templates which can be printed out (and as they are at the right size you don't need to faff around with enlarging or taping pattern parts together).<br />
<br />
This all means that you have everything you need to know in order to get making - the only thing not included is instructions for finishing the quilt tops into quilts, since many people have their preferred way of doing this and if not it's easy to find instructions online.<br />
<br />
I love the chatty and encouraging way in which this book is written - it's liberating to read a 'pep talk' telling you that wonky embroidery adds personality to your work, and that mistakes aren't a big deal in the grand scheme of things! It's also good to know when you can omit a step 'if you can't be bothered'!<br />
<br />
The projects are very adaptable and can easily be modified to suit your needs - for example you could enlarge the applique pattern for a whale tail brooch and use it to make a cushion instead, or put different templates together in a number of ways. Some applique templates have additional details so that they may also be used as embroidery patterns.<br />
<br />
The different projects also lend themselves to a range of different levels of ability or ambition<i> </i>and would appeal to both a developing beginner and a more advanced sewer who likes to add their own spin, and they are very charming!<br />
<br />
These qualities might also appeal to someone like me who would like to do some parent-child bonding over a shared craft project. I'm planning to do just this and make the sea eagle table runner with my daughter as a present for a friend who particularly loves these birds (watch this space).<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOvPrn7xLuTZnNIEJVe1ZGg0rd34w-jAsL5LeSUvYiALB-3f5bKwRRLGDsayXrhfZY-h2vjJ5s5HXtwmXvKzPC_kBSeyRa-4mVeaCrD-pNSHlj8sUxy1q9u86SZNmRGOhurAkYekdzV84/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-05-02+at+15.11.13.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="792" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOvPrn7xLuTZnNIEJVe1ZGg0rd34w-jAsL5LeSUvYiALB-3f5bKwRRLGDsayXrhfZY-h2vjJ5s5HXtwmXvKzPC_kBSeyRa-4mVeaCrD-pNSHlj8sUxy1q9u86SZNmRGOhurAkYekdzV84/s640/Screen+Shot+2018-05-02+at+15.11.13.png" width="548" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
You can buy <i>Polar Bear Country</i> <a href="http://www.polkaandbloom.com/#!/Polar-Bear-Country-ebook/p/104898964/category=28776369">here</a> if you are in the UK/EU and <a href="http://www.polkaandbloom.com/#!/Polar-Bear-Country-ebook/p/104898963/category=28776368">here</a> if you're outside.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Disclaimer: I received no remuneration for this article other than a free copy of the book for review and the opinions in this article are my own.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #575757; font-family: "Crimson Text", Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 3rem; padding: 0px;">
</ul>
Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-25878827306608181592018-05-01T07:00:00.000+01:002018-05-01T07:00:05.803+01:00The Endeavourers #2, Change/Transformation - CyclesToday is the day that <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com/">The Endeavourers </a>art quilt group reveal our second quilts. This quarter's theme was Change or Transformation.<br />
<br />
As usual it was a very thought-provoking theme! The fact that it was thrown into the hat by four of our group was interesting in itself. I guess that this subject has a lot of personal resonance. So my first thought was about change from the point of view of an individual human. I also thought about the way that as we get older we become more layered - it would have been interesting to represent that in quilting.<br />
<br />
Then I thought about change, especially transformation, in nature. The transformation from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly for example, or from seed to plant - which is always on my mind as I sometimes work as a gardener.<br />
<br />
Transformation suggests a transition into something completely new, which would have been an interesting line of thought to follow, but then I started to think about change as cyclical. Change and transformation can be positive or negative, but some change is just part of the ebb and flow of life, neither good nor bad.<br />
<br />
Anyway...this takes me to the background to my quilt. When we were lucky enough to travel in New Zealand a while back we went to visit the Kauri forest in North Island. The trees there are almost inconceivably old and huge, and convey a sense of stillness (like columns in a cathedral) that fills you with awe, while life goes on about them. In contrast to this stillness tiny humans scurry around, and other vegetation moves in the breeze, like speeded up events in a time-lapse film. Some of these trees may be over 2000 years old, and they have just quietly stood there while many many changes have taken place in the world.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDOk6hzTkWlclmjNiTBc6yKQO80IXUbAHhG7Q242UnlcBs744wUj8XGRvei-sL74PpB3bbEcCNDu7OMcgSs-bU9PP-rLvQgLSxVTv3UliLVVThWK6uwZWXaWW2c9wvXzlVgu-4Mt2JCMX/s1600/IMG_1122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDOk6hzTkWlclmjNiTBc6yKQO80IXUbAHhG7Q242UnlcBs744wUj8XGRvei-sL74PpB3bbEcCNDu7OMcgSs-bU9PP-rLvQgLSxVTv3UliLVVThWK6uwZWXaWW2c9wvXzlVgu-4Mt2JCMX/s640/IMG_1122.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Closer to home and on a very much smaller scale, trees live through the cycle of the seasons. This cyclical change was what I chose to represent in my little quilt. This change is neither good nor bad, it's just part of the flow.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
"Cycles"</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThabnl-MMw_8_EOpVvvHNKjBDO7FEGAupL5ZYtS1yQGIDQGeCmF5CXKqZyxiAbznjk-iUH_o4AwcJSr3F9DtEXQtmvPpV6M6Del5IgfhphxJqLJYeIGrYJFx_ZibvXgL66WHcsbKLICWX/s1600/IMG_5757i.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThabnl-MMw_8_EOpVvvHNKjBDO7FEGAupL5ZYtS1yQGIDQGeCmF5CXKqZyxiAbznjk-iUH_o4AwcJSr3F9DtEXQtmvPpV6M6Del5IgfhphxJqLJYeIGrYJFx_ZibvXgL66WHcsbKLICWX/s640/IMG_5757i.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
As the seasons pass, the sun moves across the sky and sinks lower in the horizon. The leaves on the trees change colour and finally blow away, turning into birds who fly away in winter, only to return in the spring and begin the cycle of change again.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_YwWsz5dCfRsxakkvvFM-E2RmuPKD-VMlEQ1588SHJV8b1pDQzqdNfpenRN2pm18bpqaLgJPHbN77aXKog07DNundhyphenhyphen4ziBdZKt1QzwwFk7RjwXOWXQ_B4JX2FeDukHVZenjKxHvjngVy/s1600/IMG_5754.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="1600" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_YwWsz5dCfRsxakkvvFM-E2RmuPKD-VMlEQ1588SHJV8b1pDQzqdNfpenRN2pm18bpqaLgJPHbN77aXKog07DNundhyphenhyphen4ziBdZKt1QzwwFk7RjwXOWXQ_B4JX2FeDukHVZenjKxHvjngVy/s640/IMG_5754.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
As the sun moves across the quilt it follows (nearly) a sine wave - I think there's something aesthetically pleasing about this shape and in the quilt it is there to reinforce the idea of a repeating pattern.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOXwLscYLQW1buH5_lsC6LYDp5_f1Yjm_UXAYIFSiw1CvyV8k5PwZ0wcqKASXLOoRs989FzW4XT-k-1zRJslOOwlYjiQP_UEZPRQu9742ljJ97qtdiwX2teoqeIfInv94XDSC4-jXaG3-/s1600/IMG_5760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOXwLscYLQW1buH5_lsC6LYDp5_f1Yjm_UXAYIFSiw1CvyV8k5PwZ0wcqKASXLOoRs989FzW4XT-k-1zRJslOOwlYjiQP_UEZPRQu9742ljJ97qtdiwX2teoqeIfInv94XDSC4-jXaG3-/s640/IMG_5760.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
My trees are birches, which I think are very beautiful and textural. (You can see my other quilt about birch trees <a href="http://www.knottedcotton.com/2015/11/four-in-art-4-birch.html">here</a>.) I didn't want to fill the quilt with leaves as there is already a lot going on, and so I suggested the leaves with triangles, trying to capture the fractured and angular patterns of light you get when you look up through their rather sparse canopies.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPXAiIVkdJO3I6c0bq-YSmIGCO-L49pAnSXKQjvzGhK3Tv8gWzaVKnXtJJdoDRPwGvEpYJbEk-sKUUYeY28Ghr5DqAKc042W_plrFqoYY8hjka3MVXaonyT9uIzwIIwMKrk4VRTrKHDVN/s1600/IMG_5780.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPXAiIVkdJO3I6c0bq-YSmIGCO-L49pAnSXKQjvzGhK3Tv8gWzaVKnXtJJdoDRPwGvEpYJbEk-sKUUYeY28Ghr5DqAKc042W_plrFqoYY8hjka3MVXaonyT9uIzwIIwMKrk4VRTrKHDVN/s640/IMG_5780.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAd7pqX3arSLQen9KjPOBc60yX3bwyznYBtBB5-34VIoIY1Xp_s4-c_qgJWka8HgtQqFZQFcbF5gnVgnCV8bFJqXLfsv9esi2v1tbXzkSkr1KNpuyYxwI9O0zSGpAHBjncfWihlNlE7orA/s1600/IMG_5783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAd7pqX3arSLQen9KjPOBc60yX3bwyznYBtBB5-34VIoIY1Xp_s4-c_qgJWka8HgtQqFZQFcbF5gnVgnCV8bFJqXLfsv9esi2v1tbXzkSkr1KNpuyYxwI9O0zSGpAHBjncfWihlNlE7orA/s640/IMG_5783.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
The background is made using curved piecing which is densely quilted, leaves and birds are fused applique and the trees and suns are hand-sewn turned applique. I added hand embroidery in thick perle cotton round the suns. Materials are almost entirely shot cotton, with silk for the trees.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdULyNsLyQdnYsAotfp8iAVo6U_hyphenhyphenIUybD5aqTmyq-cCj4-r2RvNNoan9W5Or-USQ6pD7J3a1ibi1x5DM46MtSQiOBjPlRaI8p4CI9UyNf4WWup4n5orD5HalwH8y_brArAhesNZU5GCGY/s1600/IMG_5785.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdULyNsLyQdnYsAotfp8iAVo6U_hyphenhyphenIUybD5aqTmyq-cCj4-r2RvNNoan9W5Or-USQ6pD7J3a1ibi1x5DM46MtSQiOBjPlRaI8p4CI9UyNf4WWup4n5orD5HalwH8y_brArAhesNZU5GCGY/s640/IMG_5785.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
You can see all our quilts 'exhibited' together on our blog <a href="http://theendeavourers.blogspot.co.uk/">The Endeavourers</a>, where you'll also find links to each individual member. Please do have a look!<br />
<br />
"Cycles"<br />
Shot cotton, silk<br />
Curved piecing with dense quilting<br />
Fused and hand-sewn turned applique<br />
Hand and machine embroidery<br />
17 x 22.5 inches<br />
<br />
<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-7476410544028864222018-04-05T19:16:00.000+01:002018-04-05T19:16:54.204+01:00Mini Hoop Swap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I seem to be coming out of the winter period of creative inactivity, which is just as well as the deadline is approaching for the latest mini hoop swap hosted by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/msaliburdon/">Ali</a>. I love taking part in these swaps, both for hoops and Artist Trading Cards, because of the challenge involved in making something very tiny, though there is always a period of fear when I wonder whether it's going to be a disaster. After that it's just fun to play and I usually end up making more than one.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It's a secret swap and no-one knows who will be making their hoop but participants can give hints about things they like so I had a jumping-off point. I started with some very tiny curved piecing...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttVxPiLYLN1R6fDi1WduyEp67EUa0_Bep2XCcdSs7PK69N0X2fFiBMT700T-y9uwj4PbMkKg5VFZHN-dAotJ_yFntEFgvtjHYJN_ARSM4ZR0SC820Ewzld5sZNdStypcvSbPqivMxieMh/s1600/IMG_5128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttVxPiLYLN1R6fDi1WduyEp67EUa0_Bep2XCcdSs7PK69N0X2fFiBMT700T-y9uwj4PbMkKg5VFZHN-dAotJ_yFntEFgvtjHYJN_ARSM4ZR0SC820Ewzld5sZNdStypcvSbPqivMxieMh/s640/IMG_5128.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Added some wavy lines in different coloured thread...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4eAfsFJ0JvaZZueUgpW_RJeZX6k_hZRPZ-bPe7Y9Xol-UsN16zUdi6Hra21G_Psm_rlo11RxW49xMUD4grYoaypHQZRMQXiWyeSW2dgzMFHdZZL3q62ywoKGSyLm5V10yG6OOfFEISBq/s1600/IMG_5133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4eAfsFJ0JvaZZueUgpW_RJeZX6k_hZRPZ-bPe7Y9Xol-UsN16zUdi6Hra21G_Psm_rlo11RxW49xMUD4grYoaypHQZRMQXiWyeSW2dgzMFHdZZL3q62ywoKGSyLm5V10yG6OOfFEISBq/s640/IMG_5133.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Made some sky...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw-pHOAIljuJ64iLQZfslcMp1qK6YLfd5M6oVv5vClVFckeRb71KJd_c4PZEmX6teSkuFa7AzQ25z51dCJmGTtzApV5FizVnFlUbJhQYNuwrfMWdY0yTzRGFP5YutPeBGQRYsnA1tozOH/s1600/IMG_5136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw-pHOAIljuJ64iLQZfslcMp1qK6YLfd5M6oVv5vClVFckeRb71KJd_c4PZEmX6teSkuFa7AzQ25z51dCJmGTtzApV5FizVnFlUbJhQYNuwrfMWdY0yTzRGFP5YutPeBGQRYsnA1tozOH/s640/IMG_5136.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Had a play with some little beads...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbIUXUIzbnAl6enzPqmON0qHN_62ykgWilhUM9axG5R21NU_V2scwSlJk8yvPCvSRusxZvAh38b-wJyfv8pcMYZCCdO0hx3lzO5U8Q2Pcja4L43COxIotx_YCfVJAtUo6ONMLl58BS6jK/s1600/IMG_5141.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbIUXUIzbnAl6enzPqmON0qHN_62ykgWilhUM9axG5R21NU_V2scwSlJk8yvPCvSRusxZvAh38b-wJyfv8pcMYZCCdO0hx3lzO5U8Q2Pcja4L43COxIotx_YCfVJAtUo6ONMLl58BS6jK/s640/IMG_5141.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRm1mV1wJGakd_COs88OSamvFkJTODSXmIbsR-lNPbTtDCqwKWfn0_kl9nmqO9jR_9EO9Pt4SWAz-M0pAxBThy9ser7q_N01vdl0Bkw2jy6Q_GBW3lM0gKwnE4NvqLBN1KYNS3SDVfjsaT/s1600/IMG_5145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRm1mV1wJGakd_COs88OSamvFkJTODSXmIbsR-lNPbTtDCqwKWfn0_kl9nmqO9jR_9EO9Pt4SWAz-M0pAxBThy9ser7q_N01vdl0Bkw2jy6Q_GBW3lM0gKwnE4NvqLBN1KYNS3SDVfjsaT/s640/IMG_5145.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Then I was having so much fun, I did a bit more curved piecing and started on another piece with tiny embroidered palm trees, a sequin sun, some whispy clouds and a funny little mutant whale.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvdmCDl4rcUpIFMQoMaroATRADUkjYFPEBqjA8DKMOhhqh3JYpwAV4ztlieQiVM5imYqXz0VenG_s35nLnvMq8RPTSb73MO73eb-RzH_sw829U8l6v19e6TeQnm8ejWy2qnpIRMTtfmog/s1600/IMG_5149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvdmCDl4rcUpIFMQoMaroATRADUkjYFPEBqjA8DKMOhhqh3JYpwAV4ztlieQiVM5imYqXz0VenG_s35nLnvMq8RPTSb73MO73eb-RzH_sw829U8l6v19e6TeQnm8ejWy2qnpIRMTtfmog/s640/IMG_5149.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
There was a pause until the hoop I'd ordered arrived, and when it did, I looked at it and suddenly thought "Porthole!!"</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIr2hkmwC2U85mbbqenL3BE4WkT71CkwvlvqqeouLXWZh-GtAqoCXC2KM_D73iT2B4R-dmlPs8Uc2fCV5_a1MkoPEArT5ClvWGpeuzn7LxznjH5tCp_FNrhm43213GIpxil-0bhnpZzYKf/s1600/IMG_5183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIr2hkmwC2U85mbbqenL3BE4WkT71CkwvlvqqeouLXWZh-GtAqoCXC2KM_D73iT2B4R-dmlPs8Uc2fCV5_a1MkoPEArT5ClvWGpeuzn7LxznjH5tCp_FNrhm43213GIpxil-0bhnpZzYKf/s640/IMG_5183.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Lentils make great rivets!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
These little hoops (by Dandelyne) are only 5.5 cm across, with the space in the middle being even smaller of course, but making one seems to take just as much thought and effort as much bigger projects so you always desperately hope that your partner will like the result.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Anyway here are 'Porthole View 1'</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP76HkCb-kiw7PutG9kVBNXlw7vWDRGc14QF22pkVEk932kKh8ZNycq0aJ8PgJHsgHl_FVMoZ31-wniX7H4xVtjng0QAinigiwXXSbYvdunJNqf15uidstacU4xN_dMYyZYJCNiBGxBuek/s1600/IMG_5260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP76HkCb-kiw7PutG9kVBNXlw7vWDRGc14QF22pkVEk932kKh8ZNycq0aJ8PgJHsgHl_FVMoZ31-wniX7H4xVtjng0QAinigiwXXSbYvdunJNqf15uidstacU4xN_dMYyZYJCNiBGxBuek/s640/IMG_5260.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
and 'Porthole View 2'.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGPC2IuFTrPxihAWY2pK57sAIZpQWq-P1-HIDCGrk0009MpzbyTu5c5_QEyIMYs5eesM10ZZ5T3JyPGwc7AaQQY23NAnyJDuQl2jdSn7rD-t5WLnvNBxDxQapSxcYtGi6K1izyJTDxsJ6/s1600/IMG_5254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGPC2IuFTrPxihAWY2pK57sAIZpQWq-P1-HIDCGrk0009MpzbyTu5c5_QEyIMYs5eesM10ZZ5T3JyPGwc7AaQQY23NAnyJDuQl2jdSn7rD-t5WLnvNBxDxQapSxcYtGi6K1izyJTDxsJ6/s640/IMG_5254.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
See what I mean about tiny!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_2D5dGjunxcxZdAYvA-Z9MmUqKCcYEFnB3P9jECMlI8mYoOijON_gHkyNxrR5kYOMOzMwnLG2BvHKrk1o1cgjTuF2NTaas6oXHR9C_SVdJ-Y8lREyDsO5v7GSVNjSqiDdWrKwL4kPBrR/s1600/IMG_5275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_2D5dGjunxcxZdAYvA-Z9MmUqKCcYEFnB3P9jECMlI8mYoOijON_gHkyNxrR5kYOMOzMwnLG2BvHKrk1o1cgjTuF2NTaas6oXHR9C_SVdJ-Y8lREyDsO5v7GSVNjSqiDdWrKwL4kPBrR/s640/IMG_5275.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
I have an idea about which my partner might prefer, I won't let on which, but it will be winging its way to her.Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-81948272256537395762018-02-05T11:32:00.000+00:002018-02-05T11:33:53.587+00:00Two little quilts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I realised that although I posted on instagram, I never showed you the finished result of my <a href="http://www.knottedcotton.com/2017/08/dithering.html">experiment with upholstery fabric sample scraps</a>.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
When I last wrote about them, I was dithering about how to quilt the two pieces I'd made. I ended up with two very different approaches - one quilted simply in the ditch and one a combination of machine quilting with some full on hand embroidery in perle cotton.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So here is Little Brown Quilt:</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5axV6DK-p9KfzIxJyVQ5wmbJZqoWK43f77YuFSZAB6C44IRV2qTwqOZRhWLeInaEy-NYwLFvfYgQjmBjR_sxxhxPQkWACMa5ykO5RLgbnOeExH5bTPz-LKZQj4q3ARQF0AhLU4M48OIq0/s1600/IMG_4033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5axV6DK-p9KfzIxJyVQ5wmbJZqoWK43f77YuFSZAB6C44IRV2qTwqOZRhWLeInaEy-NYwLFvfYgQjmBjR_sxxhxPQkWACMa5ykO5RLgbnOeExH5bTPz-LKZQj4q3ARQF0AhLU4M48OIq0/s640/IMG_4033.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
and in complete contrast, its more extrovert sister :<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cvE0qyTlQ6Vgag0bAn3k14Cc6c8jWv3-JH5wPM1jc0_ruuxWBFoqcUFJFVJOcr0ymmEi6zgcGe_7AanfZY4h5hkwR8XTaWzb2C6DjLfL7V6SvSL8VWhKPiSbYdSTu-N4y2IpiCTBuXB0/s1600/IMG_4215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cvE0qyTlQ6Vgag0bAn3k14Cc6c8jWv3-JH5wPM1jc0_ruuxWBFoqcUFJFVJOcr0ymmEi6zgcGe_7AanfZY4h5hkwR8XTaWzb2C6DjLfL7V6SvSL8VWhKPiSbYdSTu-N4y2IpiCTBuXB0/s640/IMG_4215.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
I do love Little Brown which is very 'me' and reflects my interest in printing and a particular image I wanted to convey. I like the other one too, but in having fun and playing with the scraps I seem to have ended up with something which shows its influences in the beautiful work of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lusummers/">Lucie Summers</a>. It's very hard to be original - I guess we have to make what we want to make and acknowledge our inspiration when we can!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280424063012373177.post-5982655526819957092018-02-01T10:32:00.000+00:002020-02-26T12:41:55.824+00:00The Endeavourers - #1, NatureToday is the first ever quarterly reveal for quilts made by <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com/">The Endeavourers</a>. You can find all the quilts gathered together on our joint <a href="http://www.theendeavourers.com/">blog</a>, together with WIP posts and thoughts about the theme, which, this quarter, is nature.<br />
<br />
What a great theme to get started with!<br />
<br />
"All the animals, plants, rocks, etc in the world and all the features, forces and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants and growth..." <i>Cambridge Dictionary</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
I liked the idea of the drama of forces of nature, and I thought of the phrase "Nature, red in tooth and claw" which would have lent itself to something interesting but possibly rather gory! But nature to me a source of happiness and interest, so I abandoned those lines of thought and I'd been mulling over various ideas when I looked out of my dining room window and saw a beautiful male blackbird sitting in a very healthy <i>Cotoneaster</i> bush, covered with red berries, which is in the garden below. I live in the city, and I love that even among all the buildings and industry nature is all around!<br />
<br />
So that, right there, was my inspiration and here is my blackbird sitting in its cotoneaster on a winter day, representing the natural world.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgPny9hf9rJOgKWo9jE9O9p8LYjZdGtR2OnskH-rnImBgjQk8aQxaUQQgzLnBGgTAYvsutVsynjDEcKyplY9sd9BdD9PdZoAo3zcwV273pkYvi3kzqdXe347LiuPT46_gz5rdS88QntkO/s1600/IMG_4878.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgPny9hf9rJOgKWo9jE9O9p8LYjZdGtR2OnskH-rnImBgjQk8aQxaUQQgzLnBGgTAYvsutVsynjDEcKyplY9sd9BdD9PdZoAo3zcwV273pkYvi3kzqdXe347LiuPT46_gz5rdS88QntkO/s640/IMG_4878.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
I decided to make the most of the wintery sky which is made using curved piecing, heavily quilted, and the blackbird and branches are raw-edge applique, which was then free-motion embroidered to add detail and fix it in place. Apart from the winter sun which is pieced with gold silk, I used shot cottons from Oakshott which are ideal for works like this because the different warp and weft give subtle variations in colour rather than being solid, and this quality is perfect for anything from the natural world. The centre of the blackbird's eye is a small black bead sewn on with white wool thread to make the eye sparkle.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOmeW2SoIP58EbGfBDcOdOmn-KhVtEIa8eOVrjiI8vKoWJhImYfO8khVPyFm81hsYGn_aQ8hIZRWlq1xf9nhKM42F5SIMICE3lS8UDP9RsXGAJqzBvnc2cOBTyhzeCTXzl01TR8IiBmza/s1600/IMG_4888.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOmeW2SoIP58EbGfBDcOdOmn-KhVtEIa8eOVrjiI8vKoWJhImYfO8khVPyFm81hsYGn_aQ8hIZRWlq1xf9nhKM42F5SIMICE3lS8UDP9RsXGAJqzBvnc2cOBTyhzeCTXzl01TR8IiBmza/s640/IMG_4888.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
I wanted my image to be stylized rather than hyper-realistic so I have not filled in the fine detail in the image but have left it so that you can mentally join the dots. In the past I have done a fair bit of printing and I'm drawn to more graphic images.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ETGwBH6nkrAzuhJBCOWvDztFG4FTuYE5L-2iF9BL_CEzz8VTAPGykpqB6K7Ycx8c03CKRPE_qLl5ySAyUOvOf6itu4YPSwNzOgJM2yN-9h4U2WuNC0vpbgeoROoc1xcxHALwaKxY8dMs/s1600/IMG_4889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ETGwBH6nkrAzuhJBCOWvDztFG4FTuYE5L-2iF9BL_CEzz8VTAPGykpqB6K7Ycx8c03CKRPE_qLl5ySAyUOvOf6itu4YPSwNzOgJM2yN-9h4U2WuNC0vpbgeoROoc1xcxHALwaKxY8dMs/s640/IMG_4889.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
There are no 'new-to-me' techniques in this quilt so it wasn't very adventurous, but my quilts have more often than not been abstract so it's been good to make something pictorial!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnfj9wIEm3OBu1X6UNz6j1_3Kc_PcMM1_X16gr0NctA_SAaagyTSsIpk6ykxFxnZ-UtPMpaMgDf8RVi7pU3P6dJON4pHah57ntA8LiKcoAwHXdWYaj9Bx9dHmVl0lC6CTwMSQXjoypfWk/s1600/IMG_4886-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnfj9wIEm3OBu1X6UNz6j1_3Kc_PcMM1_X16gr0NctA_SAaagyTSsIpk6ykxFxnZ-UtPMpaMgDf8RVi7pU3P6dJON4pHah57ntA8LiKcoAwHXdWYaj9Bx9dHmVl0lC6CTwMSQXjoypfWk/s400/IMG_4886-COLLAGE.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<span id="goog_287840296"></span><span id="goog_287840297"></span>Please do visit <a href="http://theendeavourers.blogspot.co.uk/">The Endeavourers</a> - you should be able to find all our works together by the end of today, and from each post be able to visit each participant's own blog for more detail. I'm really looking forward to seeing what inspired everyone, and how they interpreted the theme.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOFcsSRQ8dr3hc6s66zTPdDeFj8zaT0XsLlDTw_7w7Yan_eZNHf4LAwJBK14RmW1G-c9KJFNy6w8BMd9HWXaptNocgV9x72eePvin9ev7eqbvXPM0LYY7P9BlfV5p2DCBJIY0_I7iaR8c/s1600/theendeavourers+20+Nov+2012+at+15-40+3430x2583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOFcsSRQ8dr3hc6s66zTPdDeFj8zaT0XsLlDTw_7w7Yan_eZNHf4LAwJBK14RmW1G-c9KJFNy6w8BMd9HWXaptNocgV9x72eePvin9ev7eqbvXPM0LYY7P9BlfV5p2DCBJIY0_I7iaR8c/s1600/theendeavourers+20+Nov+2012+at+15-40+3430x2583.JPG" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693903606189589310noreply@blogger.com15