I took last night off from needling. Instead I read through my Stars for the New Millennium book, looking at the directions for the next quilt block, which is in the top row to the right of Marilyn Monroe. This block is called Clark Gable. The star pattern for Gable is make up of six sections, most of them repeated four times. A lot of color B is used in this design which will be a challenge for me as my color B is black. I expect some fancy footwork to make black-on-black patterns show up. We'll see how it goes. I'll start this tonight. I hope to get most of it finished by the time I leave for Easter vacation on Friday. Blog probably won't be updated on the weekend as I won't have easy computer access and probably won't get any stitching done while I'm away.
The Tardis is going with me as it is a birthday present for my niece. I'll let you know how she likes it.
I went to the Woodlawn Plantation exhibit yesterday. I met friends for lunch and a browse among the stitching, then I left them to make a slightly meandering way home via three shops. I didn't buy a lot, just a blue star-shaped bead at In Stitches, two skeins of red Trio that were on sale to try, my favorite color of Kreinik (4002, a milk chocolate/silver mix), a red Hologram Kreinik to try, a skein of royal blue Vineyards Silks, and a card of red Splendor at Needlewoman East, and a packet of Piecemakers needles, a skein of navy overdyed Gloriana Lorikeet wool, and a pair of stretcher bars in the size I need for the next project at Waste Knot. I will update my stash credit number by removing 7 from the total shortly.
The blue star bead is for the Tardis. Last night I glued a straight pin into the bead hole and today I stuck the decorated pin through the Tardis' door to hold it closed while it is wrapped. The inner core of the ornament is finishing foam, so the pin will stick there safely and keep the door closed. I included a photo above.
I also put my next painted canvas on stretcher bars. But that is a tale for another day.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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4 comments:
Jane, I'm puzzled. I don't know "Stars 4tnm" at all, except seeing pictures, but I looked back at your beginnings on what you call "Marilyn Munroe" and then compared it with the "Current Project #1" picture on Blog, and... if you're starting from top-left, isn't the corresponding block bottom-right on the Current Project picture? Which one's upside-down? Or has the change of colours made THAT much difference to what I'm seeing?
Glenis
Glenis, I never looked carefully at the front cover of the Stars book before. You are right, both on my copy of the book and the photo in the left column of Blog, the design is UPSIDE DOWN!
Sharp eyes, Miss. I will rotate the photo on Blog's left so that it is upright. I don't know if all the booklets have their photos upside down from the working order or not, but I bet they are.
I think you win a prize for something. What I don't know, but I bet only one in a million stitchers would notice this!
You certainly captured the photo in your piece. Did you finish it yourself? And, how did you enjoy the exhibit at Woodlawn?
Yes, Melita, I finished this myself. (Didn't you hear the swear words? LOL)
I enjoyed myself at Woodlawn very much. But more about that later.
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