At Saturday’s Guild meeting, Erica shared her collection of Artist Trading Cards. Here is just a small sample: I haven’t made many ATCs partly because I don’t enjoy working in such a small scale and partly because I get dissatisfied about the finish I achieve. My satin stitch edging invariably ends up uneven, shaggy and […]
Technique:Finishing
Gone fi[ini]shing
Like Patsy says, some days are simply not “post worthy”. I guess I could tell you what a wretched time I’ve had wrestling with preparing velcro strips to go on the back of my quilt and Monica’s entry for the quilt show but instead I’ll show you these photos that Nina Fishman from Israel sent […]
Closing the gap
Like DebR, I have received an avalanche of spam on my blog lately. I do use the Askimet spam filter which helpfully places all these missives into a separate folder. The problem is that sometimes genuine comments get directed there as well so I have to quickly scan through often gross stuff before hitting the […]
It doesn’t add up!
Recalcitrant to the end, this quilt refuses to be 100cm square. I’ve done the quilting now and am marking the trimming lines before doing anything irreversible with the rotary cutter. Now I may suffer a spatial intelligence deficit BUT I was always pretty good at maths and know that four sides of equal length at […]
Happy Endings
I am pleased to report that the photobook album that I ordered from Kodak has finally turned up and it is WONDERFUL! It was a gift for David made up from a selection of the 1001 digital photos that I took on our home exchange adventure to the French Pyrenees and the Yorkshire Dales in […]
Another day, another label
I’m on a roll! (I told you I had messy handwriting; why do I think it will be any better if I sew it?)