I very thankfully read the quilt blogs listed on the left every day. (It's just about the only reading I seem to get to these days!) Appropriately I sometimes laugh and sometimes get tearywith your stories. Sometimes I am inspired to jot down notes for future blocks, or how I might engage with the accumulated fabrics. I date these notes, and it might be years before anything happens. I really appreciate the people who take the time (whether daily, weekly, or occasionally) write these blogs, sharing their quilting passions and their lives. And this is not the seemingly mad sharing that sometimes exists on the more popular social networks.
Although this leads to my embarassment/guilt of not finishing much or not writing anything, not sharing, not taking enough process photos, I still have been steadily stitching these past few months. So far this year, five new starts and no finishes!
The highlight in this time was, back in September, attending an awesome two-day workshop of combined lino-printing (onto fabric) and embroidery with two very talented artists, Cynthia Edwards and Danielle Clough. Of course my piece is not yet finished, but it's the bottom left one in this group photo at the end of the second day.
First a photo of non-sewing. The first two pictures up on the walls. These are daughter C's school works from 25 years ago, I just love their whimsical nature. A few more up since, but lots more to go.
Progress pictures of Bramble Blooms ll. The flowers are applique'd to the borders and possibly still need stems, and then the borders to be stitched to the centre.
I love it when a charished print from the past shows up in a quilt. Your daughter's pictures hung in the room are a beautiful touch. Good luck on your 365 quilt. I only received half of the e-mails for those patterns for some reason and didn't make it. I am honored to be on your reading list.
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