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Made some considerable progress. Although, the colours are so similar in some areas I now am cross-eyed!
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Stitching one last bee to go with the others.
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Some embroidery insects that I worked on sporadically the last few months. Forgot to take progress shots of the work up.
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Forgot to take progress photos of this project. I needed something for the top of my upright piano, so I decided to create a quilted runner with sashiko panels. Fabrics are a mix of standard quilting patterned fabrics and traditional woven japanese fabrics. Top stitching was done following the borders of all the rectangle blocks.…
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Finished stitching up an orange slice. Pattern from #StitchYourDream on etsy. I want to adjust the colours for a blood orange and frame as a pair for my kitchen.
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New set of 10 dinnerware placemats. Possible teatime use modeled by Māui. Some egg on my face though; after ordering new plain fabric for the backing I found the stuff I originally bought for this project.
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Finished the new double sided table runner. This was really frustrating to do as the side strips and sashiko fabric stretched causing some puckers in the top stitching and rolling at the ends initially. Eventually fixed it by doing some handstitching to tuck an end seam in a bit further to compensate for sashiko stretch,…
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Progress on the placemats. This is a pretty simple design where you just keep sewing strips around the edges. The tricky bit is the 4th strip where you have to remembr to stop at the edge of the first strip, so you can reverse the flaps to maintain the pattern before securing the end of…
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My fabric arrived for the new table runner! The lovely colour floral print is destined to be the backing so the piece is reversible. The small flower block pattern will be the runner topside border. The shop also had some super cute owls that my partner just had to have. Lucky for him, years ago…