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| Yes!, finally I get it ,done three more to make sure,I have learned its best to use one thick thread, rather than a double thread[ which may twist], so what can I do with this now? I am thinking, coins, buttons,sequins,shapes,fimo shapes hmmmmm......... |
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| Can I thank everyone who sent me advice and links to shisha mirror tutorials its nice to know theres someone out there. |
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| If you like this and want to see more, go here. |
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| the journal pages are finished, if you imagine they will run in a continuous line. joined by a further four pages to make a concertina book,you can sort of get an idea. |
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| there is text in the quilting. |
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| this is not all I have been stitching,having been watching YouTube embroidery stitch's and...... somehow, I have become obsessed with mastering shisha mirrors |
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| its not good and its not easy, but I will keep trying until I get it right. |
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| this is number ten, so, some improvement, I can only find 3 tutorials on YouTube, one is pictures and the other two are slightly different, one suggests a forward chain stitch after the buttonhole stitch and the other recommends a back stitch, so I am a bit confused but I will keep at it. |
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| hello again I am back from my lovely sunny, beachy, gorgeous holiday to a windy, nippy, leaf blowy lincolnshire village, the sugar beets nearly all in, and the wheat and rape for next years already sprouting. Halloweens nearly here and I haven't finished my journal quilts for the guild, they are nearly finished, but my holiday got in the way, that and I got a bit carried away with the design .You may remember we have to complete 12 quilts, 10 ins square, in a year, each set of 4 having set elements-- so this set have to contain text. |
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| I was feeling a bit bored with the prospect of another 12 small quilts in a box, so I made an executive decision, and thought I would make a book with my blocks,a concertina book,, a book telling a story about a gecko, a gecko travelling across my garden looking for a nice place for a nap, there are pockets, flaps, pictures, miniature books, seeds ,pebbles and sequins,this is what happens when you get bored with making curtains for family members, don't know why I agreed, I don't even make my own curtains, clearly I am losing the plot and need a holiday......... sadly, Mr shed man disagrees as he hasn't recovered from being left with children whilst I was off gallivanting....... |
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| anyway, this is the gecko, and actually, I am really enjoying doing it, will show you all of it in a few days... |
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| came back to a glorious show of the last dahlias, you've got to love them. |
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| want to see some more stuff???? come and visit here expedition is up and running again. I would love to write some more but blogger is refusing to upload any more pictures and keeps freezing, so, back in a few days, Tina |
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| I am so sorry there is no blogging here at the moment, I have been dragged off to Turkey for a holiday at only a few hours notice.. |
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| As you can see I am having a horrible time...... |
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| I have done a bit of sewing..... |
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| Back next week........... |
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| And I made a new friend......... |
