Lavender Blues
Hand dyed cottons, fused, machine quilted. 21"x9"
As I was cleaning off my worktable, I found some scraps that led me to find some more, that led me to put this composition together. Since my arm was still sore I did very little cutting and no hand work on this piece.
Since the hand work highlights areas on the other pieces I chose to use contrasting threads for the quilting on this one. At one point I used two 40wt poly threads through one needle to make the stitches more visible. The needle was a size 75/11, but it still worked. I went slow.
It was difficult not to do something with my hands yesterday, but I did stay home, since it is so blasted cold here in Illinois. Too cold to shop and really I can't think of a thing I need. I am wearing a hat and socks to bed, so the fashion around here is very low key. And I am told I have enough yarn.
Speaking of yarn...I admit I did have to knit a bit last night, surrepticiously. What does one do while watching TV if one doesn't knit or stitch? After an hour I felt this was a bad idea, so instead I found another project that needed to be unknit. I unknit as many items as I knit. This is the good thing about the craft, as it is so recycleable.
Even though I have oodles of yarn now, it is somehow more tempting and challenging to use scraps of things and make them work into something wonderful.
Wow. I love it! Some of your lines are soooo small, I am way impressed!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great piece, as are all of your pieces of late. I was wondering, do you fuse these pieces exclusively, or is some of it machine pieced?
ReplyDeleteIf I do the funky chicken while doing continental style knitting, my shoulder KILLS me. I've learned to tuck that elbow and not "throw" that yarn, just lift with my fingers.
ReplyDeleteI can't watch TV without something in my hands either...I fall asleep!
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your blog is very beautiful.ciao ciao from Italy
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