Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Saturday, March 03, 2007
03 03 07 Maureen C.'s postcard-Spring Circus
Spring Circus
postcard for Maureen C.
Maureen, I hope you like this postcard....it is the fouth or fifth one i have made with intentions of having it be yours, the first one got to someone else by mistake.......gggggg..the second i mailed and it didn;t arrive :< ,the third one i got half way through and realized it would be forever....the 4th one i hated halfway through and finally! This one i decided i really liked and wanted to send to you.....the back in a piece of tan fabric that is a linen/rayon mix...i love it and will be using more of it in different things! I named it spring circus cause one, it reminds me of that, and two...we've both been in a sort of circus lately!
Love you much...
ktj
postcard for Maureen C.
Maureen, I hope you like this postcard....it is the fouth or fifth one i have made with intentions of having it be yours, the first one got to someone else by mistake.......gggggg..the second i mailed and it didn;t arrive :< ,the third one i got half way through and realized it would be forever....the 4th one i hated halfway through and finally! This one i decided i really liked and wanted to send to you.....the back in a piece of tan fabric that is a linen/rayon mix...i love it and will be using more of it in different things! I named it spring circus cause one, it reminds me of that, and two...we've both been in a sort of circus lately!
Love you much...
ktj
Friday, March 02, 2007
Thursday, March 01, 2007
03 01 07 On Being a High Priestess of the Tarot
Well, I took the tarot quiz to see which card i was..these things are always so much fun....we get to see if some pop-psych quiz comes close to our inner fantasy of ourselves....gggggg.........i KNOW my furkids think of me as the high priestess because.....i control the food dish...and since there is not a doggie door in my kitchen back door....and they are in crates while i am at work.........guess that means i also contol when they get to go to the bathroom...ahhhhhhhh, what POWER!lol....so now we know....i am the high priestess of (what did you say????, I heard that!)STUFF that goes in and comes out of my furkids! Anyway, if you would like to take this fun little test the link is on the sidebar for now.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Monday, February 26, 2007
02 26 07 CQ RR- Sue CQ's block
This is the work i did on Sue T.'s blocl(Sue CQ). She asked for a muted victorian look...and i have to say, that was almost as much a challenge as doing NO PINK stitching on Susan N.'s block....i am getting a real work out here! Muted is not my strong suit..gggggg... I had a piece of very wide lace and chose to re-embroider the roses and leaves that were on it....i worried that it might be too "old" looking for that lovely young girl that is peeking out....the print that was used is quite lovely and fresh looking... a young girl in a pinafore carrying hydrangeas in a basket....i originally was thinking of carrying the very pale spring green and buttery yellow that is in that print, but then i read Sue's booklet .....so dusty roses are accompanying the young ladies girlhood years! I actually like these roses a lot, and when you see them in a thumbnail version they look pretty good.....i hope everyone else thinks so too.
02 26 07 CQ RR-Susan N.'s block
This is a detail from Susan N.'s crazyquilted block. We are in a cq round robin together and this block is called the "Pink Lady". The piecing is very very nice, lots of nice easy seams to work on! And the scan does not do that print justice. It is a very clear print and the colors are bright and perfect! The roses on that hat look like they were just picked. Susan requested no pink stitching so i decided that maybe this pink lady actually was not as innocent as she looked. I made what i hope looks like black net lace on the maroon velvety patch above her and then added the very dark red bow along the seam line. The netting is made from stacked herringbone stitches with french knots at the junctions.
Hope you like it Susan!
02 26 07 Postcard from Margaret P.
On the crazyquilting yahoo group this past christmas we had a postcard swap. I got my addresses mixed up and sent Margaret a postcard, even though she was not in my list of swappees..........she very graciously sent me a card in return wven though she was not expected to make more than she had agreed to make. We just said do it whenever...well, whenever came today and my day was brightened by such a gorgeous card. The weather here is cold and rainy, with a little snow....this card with all it;s bright flowers is surely the boost i need! What a thrilling surprise to come home to!
02 26 07 Catching Up-Postcard From Susan N.
Susan N. sent me the top postcard about a month ago....the center patch is a piece of embroidered silk that she recieved along the way and the other wonderful stitching and beading is what she did ! I think it is so beautiful. Susan;s stitching is so good! I can;t believe she would use a treasured piece of embroidery in a postcard for me.The back is printed just like a real postcard with a place for a stamp and everything. As if! (I would actually mail this to someone...i am too too greedy for that.......
The bottom postcard is one i made her....it;s not mailed yet.....i was waiting to be inspired on how to finish the back but in the end i just embroidered it with my name and hers and the year....i had to do this after the post card was all put together and it was pretty tough to do.....
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