MAGPIE'S MUMBLINGS

A blog about my interests, which include fabric landscapes and various and assorted other artsy pursuits and sometimes known to contain mumblings of a random nature.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Courtship project and other things

Here are a couple of the hexagon blocks I have pieced for my Courtship project....




This one I am happy with.




And this one I am not.

Can you see the problem?  

It's that strip of off white along the bottom.  It looks out of place - it looks awful - and it had to go.  

And it did.  But while I was at it the three pieces of fabric above it had to change as well.  This block is currently in my frame and is being stitched - hopefully will be able to get a decent picture to show you tomorrow.  Right now it's raining here over top of ice, so everything is dull and dismal.  Good day to stay inside and stitch!



Today your quote is from Laura Esquivel...."She was passionate about knitting because it allowed her to reach a state of peacefulness, and she loved to embroider because it let her express her creativity.  Both activities were liberating.  They allowed her to exist outside of time." 

5 comments:

  1. I love the colours you're using for your new project. That idea for fixing a hole in a sweater is brilliant.

    It's raining here as well...cold and wet....a great time to be indoors and stitching:)

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  2. Perfect color palette for "courtship".

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  3. Sometimes your just have to play with the positioning of fabrics until you are happy... I do this all the time and I rip stitches out I until I am happy with them too! Looking forward to seeing the block! Christine x

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  4. I do love these ''musky'' fabrics....I could live with the offending piece you mention but I know how it is when it's your work, how off putting that can be.

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  5. Thank you for the quote! I love Laura Esquivel and the quote really spoke to me. I may have to use it myself sometime.

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