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| Preserved by Gillian Cooper |
This is another little piece I made
recently. It’s approx 8in square.
It started out as I don’t like waste
(I’m not sure whether I’m trying to be ecologically sound or whether I’m just
plain mean...), so as I had some leftover screen printing ink, I used it on
some spare fabric rather than scraping it into the bin.
The figure is stitched using the
machine embroidery unit on my Pfaff sewing machine. I designed it based on a drawing and screen I
made last year. I needed to sample that
it was the correct size, etc so used this piece of spare fabric. I liked it so I added in the bar of the
distressed pattern to balance off the design.
The size is because I’m intending to
undertake the Contemporary Quilt Group (CQ) challenge of making an 8in square
quilt each month this year. I have until
the end of April to make the first four.
I’m actually finding 8in square rather challenging – it’s almost too
small, but I’ll see if I can manage better than last time I did the challenge
(I got as far as August!).
3 comments:
Good luck with the challenge, this piece is stunning!
Thanks Josie. I'm glad you like this piece. The colours are very different for me, so it is a bit of a departure.
Lovely piece. The 8 x 8 size is challenging me too but I'm going to try to stick with it this year for a change.
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