tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48266216004854121792024-03-19T04:10:40.341+00:00Diane's MutteringsMy little space to enjoy all things crafty in my lifeDiane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.comBlogger293125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-42352029061898824492014-03-08T22:01:00.000+00:002014-03-08T22:01:13.652+00:00Never again<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've done it. I've battled on. I persevered. Whichever way you word it, I've actually finished the celtic knot block we did over two weeks ago at my patchwork class. What a bloomin' relief! The whole process is so long winded and fiddly; not my idea of fun at all. One of the ladies said that she'd drunk three glasses of Jack Daniels to keep her going but I've remained sober whenever I've done bits of it - how, is beyond me though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can tell I didn't like it as the stitching isn't great and some of the lines are wonky but (in fear of repeating myself) I finished it! Hallelujah! It still needs a rinse to get the visible placement marks off the red fabric but other than putting it into whatever project it ends up in, that's it with that block. Never again! I'll machine embroider a design like that if I want in the future but I won't applique bias binding again.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHROf_UUBgxA2TxSvq0rUvXBUcS7ZyxplXqyYwOVwLzwekhyphenhyphen0dtseHJjHjYVhA5KxaQsESbsGg301vemLi_6C7FYcPQw_LcDYDud0KMIr31uKrM8Kn3ZhaCP-rVqQAhJNHVAeMs5fbSU5c/s1600/Broken+machine.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHROf_UUBgxA2TxSvq0rUvXBUcS7ZyxplXqyYwOVwLzwekhyphenhyphen0dtseHJjHjYVhA5KxaQsESbsGg301vemLi_6C7FYcPQw_LcDYDud0KMIr31uKrM8Kn3ZhaCP-rVqQAhJNHVAeMs5fbSU5c/s1600/Broken+machine.gif" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well that takes me nicely onto my next whinge. My embroidery machine has broken and gone to the lovely people at <a href="http://www.hobkirk.co.uk/">Hobkirk's</a> in Blackburn. That's my nearest Husqvarna Viking service centre, which was recommended to me, after a bit of a battle. After doing the 'handmade' embroidery last weekend, it has displayed an error message and won't work at all; either to sew or embroider. That doesn't make me a happy girl but going into the shop for the first time did. It only took us 45 minutes to get there, there's free parking (although Chris did end up paying £1 in the other parking area by mistake) and the shop is full of allsorts of machines, fabric, crafty equipment, haberdashery and friendly staff. I'm hoping to go there again soon to collect my repaired machine and I won't take 'him indoors' or the dogs then, so I can spend more time browsing. We stopped off on the way home at Rivington reservoir, where we'd never been before either and had a lovely time walking the dogs in the gorgeous surroundings. I also had Tiffin cake for the first time at the cafe there, which was very nice! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another 'sad' thing is that the lady from 'A Place to Set' (me!) had to say no to the second floor office/studio space that Nancy had offered me last week. It's still a fab location, as the space on the first floor was, but the two flights of narrow stairs would not have been suitable for people coming to the studio with such things as sewing machines. I know that I desperately want this studio idea but there's no point in being silly about it and just taking anything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So moving on, I'm struggling motivation wise, it has to be said but must push on and do more projects for the craft fair I'm doing on March 22nd. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there and hold onto your dreams</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-24321136021160319502014-03-03T21:51:00.000+00:002014-03-03T21:51:00.051+00:00A few bits<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first thing you might notice is that there's a 'Love Patchwork and quilting' magazine banner on the top of my blog now. I've decided to join their affiliation programme, as I mention them quite a bit in my posts these days, so I might as well see if I can encourage some of my readers to subscribe to it too, as I do think it's a great magazine. More about that as time goes on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As timing would have it, this month's issue arrived today too, along with the freebie labels for quilts. I've only managed a short read of it but hey, just look at the front cover with that fab quilt/wall hanging using the cathedral windows method. Yet another thing on my to-do list, which is now Huuuuuuuge!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also want to show you the 'hand made' sign I've embroidered for any craft fairs I do and the studio I hope to set up this year as well. (more news on that in a minute). It was a freebie design from the fab folk at <a href="http://www.urbanthreads.com/">Urban Threads</a>. It matches the 'come in, we're open' sign I did a month or so ago, as shown either side of this paragraph.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ooops, almost forgot to mention that I heard from Nancy who owns the building, where I missed out on the studio space she has available. News is, that her large attic room has become available! I've asked her how much that will be, so I will keep you informed as to goings on, when they go on! :-) I'm not sure that two flights of stairs is great but the location is still wonderful, so alot of fast thinking to be done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For this week's foray into craftiness I've finished a placemat set which has been on the go for quite some time. I got the inspiration from <a href="http://www.quilty-pleasures.co.uk/pages/about-us">Liz Betts from Quilty Pleasures</a>, who wrote an article for issue 3 of the 'Love Patchwork and quilting' magazine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've added my own take on it, not only by choosing different fabric but also by less obvious changes. I had the circles fabric already in my stash and then got some cotton/linen mix fabric. I did buy some of the Summersville Spring fabric that she used in the article but that will make my next set of this design of placemats. I love the way that fabric choice has such a huge impact on a design. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I marked out the hexagon's placemat sections onto the first placemat and actually started hand sewing but it didn't take me long at all to realise that 'popping knots' isn't so easy and also that hand quilting these placemats would take far too long for them to be a financially viable proposition. I'm doing a local craft fair on March 22nd and I know that all they'll want is probably Mother's Day gifts but I can still sell these online, where I have a better chance of attracting people who are interested in hand made items. Paper piecing and hand sewing 30 1.5in hexagons was more than enough handsewing to contend with for the £40 I can charge reasonably. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That was a few weeks ago and in that time I went to my patchwork and Wendy said that King Tut is what she uses for quilting. Oh boy! Superior Threads who make it, do it in variegated colours - just look at the colour I used for this quilt - lush! It wasn't cheap at £8 but so so worth it and it's really affected the way this project developed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The worst part of this set was the binding. I decided to do the double fold technique using 2 1/4 in strips of fabric. I don't like it, as it's far too bulky at the join and round the mitred corners. I was chuffed to only have a bit of the fabric stripping left when I'd finished though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also managed to machine embroider a birthday card for a friend on Friday afternoon and we'd had two days of sun, so despite being full of cold in the middle of the week, I've ended the week feeling quite bright. I forgot to take photos of the card but I'll see if the recipient wouldn't mind taking some photos for me and I'll share them another day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For those of you who read my blog regularly, you may well remember that in January I made two <a href="http://diwarli.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/is-it-different.html">Superman cape outfits</a> for two little lads in New Zealand. I know that you liked seeing me wearing it (!!!) but I can guarantee that you'll much prefer seeing one of the boys wearing it. I was so chuffed that they liked them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-43181514951164654882014-02-23T17:05:00.001+00:002014-02-23T17:05:09.379+00:00Well what do you know? A finished project!!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lately I seem to be starting projects alot but not actually finishing any. At my fortnightly patchwork class, I make lots of different blocks to practise various techniques but I've yet to make anything with them. The latest two blocks I've done/started are the Dresden plate:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and the bias tape Celtic knot, which is currently waiting for me to start hand sewing it in place - guess what I'll be spending all my time doing whilst I sit in the waiting room during my daughter's piano lessons on Thursdays?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This past week I did manage to make piles of pom poms with my new pom pom makers whilst I was travelling and down in Kent for four days. I got the yarn at a reduced price at a local store and it's Stylecraft life 4ply, so lovely soft yarn in aqua and cardinal. They're so easy and satisfying to make.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The one thing I have finished yesterday though is a cushion cover using the love heart cottage cutwork design applique from Mandy Shaw's 'Stitch at Home' book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've only just realised that I was so slack with blog posts at the end of last year, that I didn't show you my Noel cushion cover from Mandy Shaw's kit - here's a few photos:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After making that, it left me with a cushion base and no cover after Christmas. I had some of the linen fabric left from the kit, so I bought some gorgeous red polka dot fabric for some backing and used some red polka dot felt I had and made the love heart cottage and stitched it onto the linen - you'll never guess where that hand sewing happened! I loved the Noel kit but I still don't like the instructions she gives for her 'novel' way of applying zips but hey, it's still a lovely cushion cover after I messed about with the zip layout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-82641702883750252602014-02-14T19:56:00.000+00:002014-02-14T19:56:05.431+00:00I've had better days<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Why? I suspect you're asking. Has something major happened? Are the family all ok? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The answers to those is that nothing major has happened and as far as I know, everyone is fine. Other than me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The route of my issue is that I had promised to make a pillow dress for the lovely folk at <a href="http://grace-favour.co.uk/">Grace & Favour</a>, as they're holding an event tomorrow for the 'Dress a girl around the world' campaign. I can't make it to that, as I'm going down to see my dad in Kent for the first time since he moved to the UK a couple of years ago. I've known about this for some time but I've been doing other sewing instead; thinking I'd finish that in time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Leaving things until the last minute is something I always warn my daughter against; 'as you never know what'll turn up at the last minute'. My own words haunt me. How true they are, as today I've had to nip in and out of the house for various chores all day and the weather's been rubbish, so my walk with the dogs was not pleasant; again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've finished the dress but it's unsatisfactory. The girl who gets the dress, probably won't think anything of the sort and I certainly hope that it helps to protect her and make her feel a bit special. But I don't like the sheet fabric I used, as it's see through. I thought that I didn't have enough metreage of proper cotton in a suitable design but in actual fact, I do have enough. So instead, I've had to do closed seam circle applique to try to cover up most of where her body will be. I felt circles were suitable as the cotton fabric has circles in it's design. I had to do closed seam, as on the main <a href="http://www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com/">campaign website</a>, it said that they didn't want raw edges. That seems extreme to me and why does it matter but I thought it might have something to do with the idea of giving the girls the 'edge' when it comes to the dresses improving their status and therefore warding off any potential male threats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I got to the post office by 5.20pm, so I thought 'oh yes, just in time', only to be told that collection was made at 5. Groan! Well, swear words in my head, was more of the real response.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grace and Favour have a tutorial for the <a href="http://grace-favour.co.uk/blog/read_94876/pillowcase-dress-tutorial.html">basic dress instructions</a>, so please do give it a go, as the basic design is really simple. I just didn't have the material or bias binding which I was happy with; they were just 'make-do's'. I think it's a great project to do (with the right materials) for beginners or more experienced sewers, as the experienced ones can add pockets or put a scallop trim around the hem or well... the world's your oyster really. It's such a pretty little dress and so easy for littlies to wear and for us mum's to wash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've had dinner since starting this post and a chat with Chris, so I feel more in control now and not so down on myself. I do really hate it though, when stuff gets in the way of my crafting/my targets and when I don't plan properly of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Moving on, the positive is that I've made a dress for a girl in a poor country and hopefully it'll have a good impact on her life in the way required.</span><br />
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<br />Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-68464861006577182052014-02-09T22:00:00.000+00:002014-02-09T22:00:00.053+00:00Is now the time?<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think I'm safe to start this blog post. Fingers crossed but I will make it quick, just incase!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I haven't had time lately to do any posts, as I'm a busy beaver right now. I have been sewing like a thing possessed but also plotting and scheming and basically I'm not convinced this blog has a long life expectancy anymore because of what I've been up to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's almost taking over my life, as I'm so brand new to hexagon sewing but boy I haven't made life easy on myself, starting with such an ambitious project. I even had to fussy cut alot of the hexagons and I have to try to make sure they're facing the right way up, when sewing them together. It's a huge learning curve for me but the quilter's quarter is now my new best friend and the Clover water erasable pen is my enemy! The Clover pen is a nightmare to use, as I have to press fairly hard and then risk moving the fabric to draw the seam lines and I have to go over it several times, which takes up alot of time when there's that many seams to do. I've used a fine HB pencil instead. Thankfully the lovely lady for who's baby this is for, is very patient and knows it's a learning process for me, so isn't pushing me to get it finished pronto.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've also got a handbag, felt house sets, two placemat and coaster sets and some portable coaster sets to make before March 22nd, when I'm doing a craft fair and try to live my life inbetween. Could be interesting. Oh, and a little pillow dress for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/576224932461978/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming&source=1">The Sewing Sanctuary's efforts to help the 'Dress a girl in Africa' campaign</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's a complete blank canvas for me to transform into a cosy, crafty space I and lots of others hopefully, enjoy being in and doing our hobby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I haven't signed on the dotted line yet, as 'him indoors' has been away for two weeks in Sri Lanka, so I had to discuss it with him. He's supporting my idea and will help me get some legal advice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For this reason, I will need a new blog focussed on what is required for the studio. I'll still be little old me but I don't think 'Diane's mutterings' is quite the feel I want to be taken seriously. I'm also struggling to get people to comment on here, other than dear Dawn and Karen, so I need to try a different avenue and engage people more with what I say. It's tough though, as there are so many blogs out there but if I link it to the studio, then my intention will be to make it relevant to the customers there. It'll be an 'add-on' to whichever website I get.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'll let you all know what eventuates, if any. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">p.s "'</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.”</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> '"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/815.Carlos_Ruiz_Zaf_n" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Carlos Ruiz Zafón</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">, </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3252824" style="text-decoration: none;">The Angel's Game</a></i></span></h2>
Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-125555308425406002014-02-09T13:42:00.000+00:002014-02-09T13:42:03.581+00:00Where was I?<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I intend on making this a very quick post; actually very quick, as 'him indoors' just got back home from taking his son back to uni in Sheffield!! :-( </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've also just realised that I need to take the dogs out for their second walk, as the weather looks like rain is imminent and I may have to walk the dogs in the rain sometimes but it is far from my favourite activity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Right, so hold that thought and come back later when I might just get round to doing a proper blog post and catch up on what's going on in this 'ere life of mine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On that note, I'll leave you with this sobering photo, which is a small portion of the result of 'him indoors' going to Sri Lanka for two weeks and returning home late on Friday night:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's on the landing and likely to stay there for a while, as there's only so much space to dry stuff inside, due to the wet weather and there's still uniforms and basic stuff which has higher priority.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That pile prompted me to find this on t'internet and pin it. Me? Saddo? Surely not, just looking for practical solutions but at almost £100, it'll probably have to stay as an idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Come back later, the next post couldn't possibly be more boring than this one :-) But hey, busy lives do go on outside of Blogger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there doing your washing :-)</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-75681372665013695732014-01-24T18:40:00.001+00:002014-01-24T18:40:44.712+00:00Yerrrrr mamma!<p><font size="5" face="Candara"></font> </p> <p><font size="5" face="Candara">Hello there</font></p> <p><font size="5" face="Candara"></font> </p> <p><font size="5" face="Candara">Please welcome the star of the show – (cue music and loud applause!)</font></p> <p><font size="5" face="Candara"></font> </p> <p><font size="5" face="Candara">Before you, you miraculously see my very first Grandma’s flower block. </font></p> <p><font size="5" face="Candara"></font> </p> <p><font size="5" face="Candara">Yer, you can clap again now! </font></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QPJcS-i7c-k/UuKzpVg1mrI/AAAAAAAAGn8/jRFWabgEfxg/s1600-h/20140124_174329%25255B17%25255D.jpg"><img title="20140124_174329" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="20140124_174329" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IjPXJTTRC2A/UuKzqUoxQRI/AAAAAAAAGoE/Gin5x6THEVs/20140124_174329_thumb%25255B15%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="519" height="404"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="5" face="Candara">As you can gather by now (I know, I can be rather too subtle sometimes!) I’m rather happy about this little girl. I have been trying so many different ways of cutting and sewing hexagons this year and they are one of my main techniques I want to focus on this year. Hexagons and dresden plates to be exact. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="5" face="Candara"></font> </p> <p align="left"><font size="5" face="Candara">I have patchpassion.com.au to thank, as I watched <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihEac0jRvsU" target="_blank">her youtube video</a> and it worked. End of. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="5" face="Candara"></font> </p> <p align="left"><font size="5" face="Candara">I have to run now and eat dinner but I will eat with a smile on my face.</font></p> <p align="left"><font size="5" face="Candara"></font> </p> <p align="left"><font size="5" face="Candara">Take care out there whilst I try to eat whilst smiling with my mouth closed, as I do have manners, don’t you know! <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" style="border-top-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none" alt="Smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WphCZ8ZQAeA/UuKzq_EtXSI/AAAAAAAAGoI/zv_gPMrB4Zc/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800"> </font></p> Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-26198947334792438682014-01-11T19:55:00.000+00:002014-01-11T19:55:55.339+00:00Is it different?<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's a post about something quite different to the norm; although you may well ask, what exactly my norm is? My norm is usually different every time! :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A few months ago I bought two fabric panels which I saw on the internet; they're Riley Blake superhero panels. My intention was to make Christmas presents for two little boys who live in New Zealand. Unfortunately all my best intentions were smashed, as I was just too busy to get them done. The boys won't know a thing, as they get loads of presents anyway and they've never met me, so I'm hoping Megan; their mum, has forgiven me. I've just finished them both and thought I'd show the world as there's very little that comes up on internet searches about these actually sewn together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First of all you just cut all the panels out. I also bought some extra blue fabric, which enables me to make the cape double sided, which is fun but also practical, as it keeps the edges clean and makes it feel more substantial, which I think it will need to be with two toddler boys. There are instructions printed onto the panel too, which are helpful but not brilliant, especially for newbies I would've thought. I also added batting inside the mask, belt and wristbands and belt/wristband emblems, as that helps to make them sturdier - it also allowed me to quilt the lightening strike on the belt emblem, which I like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was going to embroider the names of each boy on the back but then thought better of it, as now it doesn't matter who wears them (friends who come round to play), they won't cause fights over who wears which one (although that can never be guaranteed) . Also when the boys have finished with them, I'm hoping that Megan will pass them on to some other children to use, if they're fit to use as Bentley is only almost 2, so there's a good few years to go before he's finished with them hopefully. It'll probably be too big for him but as the good old parenting adage goes; 'he can always grow into it'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You'll notice (if you pay proper attention - well, are you?!! :-) ) that I've done the masks differently and the wristband emblems. This is because I learn from mistakes (sometimes). The first set of wristband emblems I did, I joined the pieces together right sides together, left a short gap in the sewing and then turned them out and sewed up the gap. I wasn't really happy with that, as it hid some of the points of the 'pow' and 'bam' flashes. So with the other set, I sewed them wrong sides together and zig-zag sewed the edges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'll post them on Monday then wait two weeks for them to get to N.Z and then see what Megan and the boys think of them - wish me luck although I think they're pretty cute but toddlers can be discerning critics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next on my list though is a placemat set which uses hexagons. I'm hoping to get them well on the way by next Saturday which is 'crafty Saturday' meet-up, as I need to have the hand sewing bits ready for me to do then, as taking a machine there just isn't an option.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well I did wonder whether or not to actually write this post, then I thought, 'pride be gone'! One of the things on my 'to-do list' this year is sewing hexagons. After thinking about it for ages at the end of last year and watching videos and reading tutorials online, last night I finally took the plunge to actually sew something.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used a template I got from <a href="http://materialgirlquilts.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/charming-hexagon-table-topper-tutorial/">'material girl quilts'</a> although I did also try one I found on <a href="http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2010/03/hexagonia.html">ladyharvatine's blog</a>. I really could do with one of those cutting mats which turns round, as cutting out hexagons with a rotary cutter on the floor, is a bit like playing Twister, when you have a stagnant mat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I then proceeded to mark some 1/4in points, which help me to know where to stop and start sewing at the different intervals. You can't just sew along hexagons for fairly obvious reasons. For that exact reason, you would not believe the resources out there for sewing these babies; tools, hints, tips, accessories and patterns - it's a minefield.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Each stitch line between each hexagon has to start 1/4in down and I had to stop sewing 1/4in from the bottom. That's alot of marking and then I found that my 1/4in foot on the machine, isn't alot of use as I couldn't see the marks! Duh! Not alot I can do about that at the minute but I am considering a method I saw to help with that, which involves putting tape all over my machine to show me where to stop stitching - heck of a lot of faff it has to be said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The two rows of hexagons is where I reached last night and then I had to stop, as I'd been up and working since 5, so was very tired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today, inbetween doing allsorts of other stuff, I actually managed to sew those two rows together. Are you ready to be amazed?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If so, I recommend you go elsewhere for your kicks, as this bit of sewing is not amazing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It might not be amazing but I'm dead chuffed that I've managed it at all. I had to undo a couple of bits I did to start with but then got into the swing of things. I know that the thing I need to work on, is the 1/4in seams, so that's achievable. I have a couple of ideas in my head and one involves freezer paper, which I'm hoping will arrive tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Come back again soon to see if I can amaze you then, as I failed you today :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there.</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-25033099709620256552014-01-05T14:26:00.002+00:002014-01-05T14:26:50.773+00:00In the middle of<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was a Christmas present for me- <br />isn't he just the cutest thing?! Although it<br />annoys me that he was made in Thailand - British people<br />can make them but hey, I can't choose where friends<br />and family do their shopping :-)</span></td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyb0IUyhubqfAAs1BFOmNyE7_2OZzlwzRw0PhGYGuCUgQ-PPidW91nE0XHico1SytPM-FdjVrLwUEEr0DCYaO_kOnVW230vy9bJ3aI7o_qHlTZxfLouhBnMkxtxO-S21Wmd_FZXHmJ3L3/s1600/20140105_132442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyb0IUyhubqfAAs1BFOmNyE7_2OZzlwzRw0PhGYGuCUgQ-PPidW91nE0XHico1SytPM-FdjVrLwUEEr0DCYaO_kOnVW230vy9bJ3aI7o_qHlTZxfLouhBnMkxtxO-S21Wmd_FZXHmJ3L3/s320/20140105_132442.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alot of people's blogs at the minute are all about what their highlights of 2013 were. I'm not big into that as it can lead to thinking about regrets; I'd rather think about what's ahead. What's ahead is daunting; I have SOOOO many ideas floating around in this head of mine, that it's almost stressful. My daughter looked at my latest 'Love Patchwork & quilting' magazine yesterday and said " how on earth can they find enough to talk about just quilting?" She clearly doesn't get it at all but I do! The magazine has tonnes of ideas in every month but barely scrapes the surface of possibilities. I have a hobby to last a lifetime. My 'to-do' list is a joke really, as I don't put half the things on there that I'd like to do; those are really the 'must-do's'; mostly because they're things I've been meaning to do for months/years or they're things I've been inspired with lately and they're hot on my mind, so to speak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Actually I'm even getting distracted from writing this post by making up an order on The Cotton Patch for some fabric called Henna by Makower which was on their Facebook page recently on a fabric face-off. Henna won hands down - go have a look why or maybe you disagree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, where was I?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh yes, I was telling you about my crazy head full of ideas for sewing but actually I'm here to wish you all a happy New Year of course and also just to quickly show you a papercraft project I'm in the middle of. It's the yearly family planner calendar project. I don't really enjoy this that much but it is a lovely thing to have in the kitchen and to help us remember good things from the year before. The reason I don't enjoy it is because I hate doing the calendar bit on MS Word. I've hunted high and low for years but can never find a template for a family calendar, so I have to create my own, which is mega boring. This year though, I've cheated and bought a calendar from a supermarket once they'd gone on sale (£2.15 isn't expensive) and I've ripped off the photos on the top section and replaced them with my scrapbook type photo pages. Much easier and quicker and less of the boring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There's just a few months to show you the type of thing I mean, although if you've been reading my blog for any length of time, you'll know this as I show it regularly but for those of you slackos who haven't read my blog for a long time, here's some posts I did about last years' :-)</span><br />
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<a href="http://diwarli.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/ive-had-right-good-kick.html"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://diwarli.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/ive-had-right-good-kick.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">N.B I decided not to do Creative Jumpstart this year, as I'm sewing more these days and I just physically can't fit anymore crafting in; unless I lock myself in my room for months on end and don't eat or get any fresh air or meet any people ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, I'd best get back to doing more calendar pages and nag Chris into choosing his photos for his month, which is May.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-49581298891553516642013-12-19T10:45:00.000+00:002013-12-19T11:28:42.495+00:00Christmas wishes<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have neglected my blog lately as I've just been too busy making and doing what we all do at Christmas; work and party hard :-) I haven't partied hard but I have been out for a few Christmas do's which were fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The main aim of this post is just to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Christmas is great but it can be very difficult on families who can't afford all the trimmings or have time to make things. Also families who have illness or have lost a dear person to them. This time of year doesn't get rid of all those many issues but thankfully this year, everything is fine ( I pray that doesn't tempt fate) with us here, so I really am grateful for that. I even won the lottery this morning; £25 doesn't change my world but hey, a win is a win :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've made loads of things including Christmas fabric gift bags and embroidered table cloths, glasses cases and Christmas tree decorations. Some I can't show as they were orders for Christmas presents or are presents. I'm in the middle of two cushion covers as well but there's not much chance of me finishing them before the big day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The place-mat set in the fancy Google 'awesome' photo (it's magic the way it just does that; it seems to know what special effect to put on) was for an order I did. The images were printed onto special printable cotton from a Snowman and Snowdog cdrom. I first of all tried to use transfer paper but I didn't like the effect on that; it seemed to have a coating over it which I found unpleasant. Wendy Deverill (my patchwork class teacher) showed us a quilt she made for her daughter for her wedding and she had used it for several things, including a laptop! Her son-in-law works for Google and that photo was so apt for their 'story' together so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I thought these images were really fun for the person who wanted them, as she loves dogs and unusual items. I can guarantee that nobody else has place-mats like these, as the cdrom is brand new this year; infact I must remember to post photos of them onto the Crafter's Companion Facebook page as they are the company who created the cdroms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was so chuffed to find that background fabric and think of the idea of blanket stitching the images onto it. It then followed on that I blanket stitch around the edge of the place-mats too, instead of binding as I normally do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used dark blue on the backing as some of the images are night ones and it's maybe just a practical point for place-mats and possibly young children! :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The coasters use the same fabric but most are undecorated other than two of them, where I decided to put monograms of the clients' names - I love it and the client seemed to as well, so job's a good 'un :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If I get a chance over the Christmas period, I might try to do a montage type doozy wotsit but don't hold your breath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there and just do what you can - don't take on too much pressure of this time of year; just enjoy the people around you xx</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-16763052286653711832013-12-10T17:45:00.000+00:002013-12-10T18:13:04.139+00:00Christmas decoration<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As promised, here's a quick little post of a Christmas decoration I started making in my patchwork class last week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You start off by cutting 11 triangles (from a template which was provided) in one fabric and then 11 more out of a contrasting one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You think that looks nice?! Me too until I added some twinkly goldy bits and some red ribbon to hang it by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes, I enjoyed that. No idea where I'm going to put it, so it may well end up staying in my room, so I can enjoy it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Or it may get given to my mum if I don't get a move on and make what I'm meant to be doing for her present. I'm really not feeling the love of Christmas. I rarely do as I hate the weather at this time of year and the financial pressure it puts on people, reminds me too much of my days as a single mum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there and please don't spend over your means - it's just not worth it, just enjoy the simple pleasures in life, such as a giggle with your friends/family xx</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you read my post on November 28th you'll remember (of course you do!) that I promised a photo of two Christmas themed placemat and coaster sets I've made. So here they are:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Etsy this set is called 'gold and deep red Christmas set' surprisingly enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These have Christmas themed items quilted into them; stockings, trees and stars. They are reversible which is always so handy with placemats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This set is on Etsy and just called the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/171361901/red-christmas-placemat-and-coaster-set?ref=shop_home_feat">Red Christmas set</a></span><br />
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The thing I really like about this is the red polka dot fabric on one side. The binding on this is handmade out of that fabric too. The quilting is just straight lines but that's what works best with the patterned fabric. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had also made a Bon appetit set, which has now sold. It's not a Christmas theme. I made a set like this with red as the theme earlier on in the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway that's all for now folks. My next post will be all about a Christmas decoration I made in my patchwork class this week, which has now sadly finished for this year. I've loved going on an alternate Wednesday to do patchwork and just get lost in there and forget about the world. I'm currently having a dilemma about whether or not to do the City & Guild's patchwork and quilting course, which Wendy is starting next September. I don't think it's going to be possible with the way my family unit works but I have other ideas up my sleeves, so all is not lost.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there and deal with Christmas as best you can.</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-37368286327280682292013-11-29T10:00:00.000+00:002013-11-29T10:00:01.969+00:00Mad panic<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">.....Oops! Only just realised that I never published this, so you're getting this post today instead of the one I promised you yesterday. If you didn't read yesterday's, then you're not disappointed :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last weekend I was given a short sharp awakening; I was told that it was my step-dad's birthday on November 17th. I know this of course but I had forgotten and therefore hadn't made a card at all. Having two days in which to think of a design and actually make a card, isn't normally enough time for me, what with the rest of life still going on as busy as ever. But was I beaten?! Oh no, not this little madam!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He loves all sorts of sports and car racing is one of them. With that knowledge, years ago, I bought a decoupage set of black and white images of male related stuff. This set has proved valuable many times and although I don't particularly like it, it certainly does the job for male cards, who, let's face it, really aren't that bothered by them. After saying that, they would get upset if they didn't get one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">George appreciated the design but I think he preferred the duck meal which Chris made for him on Sunday. Truth be told, I rather liked the meal more too :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I went to town decorating the envelope too</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There were two more cars on the same sheet, so I decided to go for it and make them into cards too. My dad's birthday is on December 4th and he loves cars too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Take care out there</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-35364979757211632622013-11-28T17:13:00.001+00:002013-11-28T17:29:31.294+00:00I am still around<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">No, I haven't disappeared off the face of the earth; although you may not notice as I do seem to spend one heck of alot of time in my room at the moment. I've been busy sewing like a mad thing for the orders I have for 'A Place to Set' and for the Christmas fair I'm doing this Saturday. I may even manage to not mutter on for ages in this post but don't hold your breath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's one of the sets of portable coasters I've made for the fair. I love the effect the metallic thread has on them; I think it makes them look quite professional. They'll be great for a New Year's eve party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm in the middle of sewing up four other Christmas sets but you've seen them before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've also completed two Christmas themed placemat and coaster sets but I'll not spoil you today and I'll post about them tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">p.s. See! Totally mutter free zone; I can do it! :-)</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-49258401263351158982013-11-20T20:19:00.000+00:002013-11-20T20:19:15.402+00:00A squircle<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First of all is the worst bit which is the cutting of 56 strips of fabric; the widest of which is 1.5inches. My eyes were going skew wiff with the lines on the mat making it hard to see where the edge of the fabric was, with those zig-zag lines on the fabric too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The way I chose to put the blocks together creates a kind of circle made out of squares, which my daughter immediately called a squircle, which I think is genius! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then to match that fun (although I was exhausted when I finished at 10.30), today at class I made a part-sewn seams block, which was really enjoyable. I'm finding my short time there every fortnight is complete therapy for me; just me and sewing with other ladies who want to be doing that too. Bliss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wendy showed us yet another great quilt of hers using this technique and it had flying geese blocks around the edge, so I think I might do that around the edge of this and then decide what to make it into after that. It might make another cushion cover in this craft/spare room as my other one has the light blues and batik fabrics in it. We'll see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-55133929870868915122013-11-16T16:38:00.001+00:002013-11-17T14:02:46.819+00:00Computers are a pain<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">'Headquarters this I'm saying the words into the iPad and it's typing for me'! I should probably explain that that sentence was typed by the iPad. Not bad going really, being as what I really said into the microphone button on the keyboard was "how cool is this? I'm saying the words into the iPad and it's typing for me". It did the post title for me too! I remember seeing about computers of the future on 'Tomorrow's World' over 30 years ago but never thought you'd be able to do that on a portable device for goodness sake! But I'm having to use the iPad as my computer is in trouble again, so not everything is good about technology. So I'm using The Blogger app which I never find to be half as easy to use as the computer version.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week I've also had to get used to varifocal glasses , Chris has been away for most of this week (as he was last week) and I'm feeling very behind with orders for 'A Place to Set' and the craft fair on November 30th AnD my mum reminded me yesterday, that it's my step dad's birthday tomorrow!!! I was in the middle of doing the card for that when I had a break in proceedings to wait for glue to dry, so thought i'd do a blog post as therapy.Basically I'm telling you that I'm a bit stressed at the minute but hey, it's the Season of stress = Christmas - bah humbug! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Did any of you see the Children in Need show last night too? I did and realised why I normally don't watch it, although I do donate; it's just such an emotional thing to watch, especially when you're feeling 'off' anyway. Some families have a ton of very difficult things to cope with, so it does help put my own little concerns into perspective for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That photo is of some bunting I've finished today, as the ribbon arrived. I do have to confess to loving that ribbon. It's grosgrain which is a weakness of mine; the colour is fab and the width is perfect and the design is exactly what I wanted. I trolled t'internet the other day for what felt like hours but was only about 1, sourcing a few things I need for current projects and this ribbon was about the only thing I found to suit. It's going to go around my craft fair stall and at the rate I'm going it'll have to go on sale too, as I won't have much else! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Me? Exaggerate? A stressy knickers? ..... Surely not?! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, I'm off now to get this 'ere card done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there and don't do as I do,do as I say and don't stress! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's a quick little post that I'm scheduling for November, as I've just sent them off in the post (it's October 12th on me typing this) but the little boy who they're for, lives in New Zealand and he's not 3 until November 10th. I'm rarely early for these things and I know from past experience that if I don't send them now, I'll probably forget until the day before, which won't be any use at all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the fun little 5"x5" card I made for him. He's fascinated with pirates right now, so he should love it. I loved the background I found for it on Craft Artist in the seaside kit. The font is from Craftartist too but I can't remember which kit I used. The die cuts were found on the Boys will be boys Cricut cartridge, which was a last minute ('oh no, looks like I'll have to buy a new cartridge', I said to myself) find, as the Cricut Craft room search hadn't bought up any items from the cartridges I own. Ha! You can't beat me that easily! Money saved too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also made him some bunting to hang in his room. I bought the fabric at The Grace and Favour shop up in Thornton Cleveleys, where I seem to have been alot this year, despite it being an hour's drive away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I tried to cut the blue pirate fabric to show a different pirate item on each triangle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the back I appliqued Ollie's name on some plain blue fabric triangles, to make sure that the letters could be seen properly. I used the same fabrics to make the letters though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm sure Megan his mum will have it displayed by the time of this posting, as they're at least 9 hours ahead of us. If you're reading this Megan, I'd love to see some photos of it up in his room :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-68250407711597058582013-11-09T07:00:00.000+00:002013-11-09T15:20:42.370+00:00Forever young<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's a card I made for a surprise 40th party for a friend who does a lot of work for our local community and is just a lovely lady. There was a 70's theme to the party, so a pair of flared stripey trousers was a must and some large flowers. The song 'forever young' came to my mind after seeing a card called 'Forever 40' when I was looking for inspiration. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used the Forever young Cricut cartridge to get the woman's image from too and the flowers. The font for the words on the front of the card and the 'Happy Birthday' on the inside of the card, come from the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. The paper was a lucky find in my stash from K&Co.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And before you ask, yes, that hat was worn at the party. It had to be done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there - peace and love to you sisters!</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-74928277829078615592013-11-06T20:48:00.001+00:002013-11-06T20:48:58.044+00:00Choices<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I've been able to make some fun choices. I went to my quilting class with Wendy Deverill. I missed the last class due to being on hols but today's really felt 'jointed', with the group gelling quite nicely. There's only two more left this year, so I'm sure we'll all be a settled group by then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were working on log cabin today, which I've done versions of before but this was much more structured than what I've done previously.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> After making this one 6in square block, I went on to make three more exactly the same. What? That doesn't sound so much fun, I imagine you saying but it's a good way to get your confidence and skill up, as you're repeating the same action. They're mostly 1.5in wide strips of various lengths (other than the 2.5in square centre piece), so not too bad for the cutting out either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the four blocks all sewn, you then have four choices as how to sew those blocks together to make a 12in block. Which do you prefer?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They've all got good things about them and any would have done the job but I decided upon :</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh wowsers, what an evening and morning I've just had! I'm not referring to the hideous rain and wind we've had the last couple of nights either! I'm referring to me trying yet another new project. This one was a stained long sleeved t-shirt. Of course the stain wasn't somewhere nice and easy; it was right between the neckline and the shoulder seam. I saw a tutorial on the <a href="http://www.urbanthreads.com/tutorials.aspx?t=PRM1303">Urban Threads website</a> for using embroidery patches to cover holes in clothes which got me to thinking and then I got to doing. I also watched a couple of Nancy Zieman videos but they all mention allsorts of adhesives, stabilizers and fancy stuff which I just don't have but I was not deterred!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A woman on a mission! Or should that read that I'm a nutcase! You decide :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've never embroidered onto clothing before and my regular readers will know that I'm a newbie this year to machine embroidery of any kind, so this was indeed a huge learning curve for me. This is stretchy fabric but I was surprised as to how resilient it actually was to the close sew of embroidery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My intention had been to find a large flower design to cover the stain. Not too thick a design though to overweigh the fabric. There lay my first mistake; I didn't position the hoop in the right place over the stain and position the design correctly on the software, so the flower was too small and not in the right place. I still reinforced previous learning about how to change the size of a design on the software and how to reposition it but in hindsight, I should've used the large hoop to give me more leeway as where to position the design.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After sewing on the flower design I chose out of the software's pre-existing designs, I could still see too much of the stain for my liking, as the flower was too far down. I initially tried to fit in the sun within the same hoop but after an initial try, realised that it was going to overlap the flower but only after I'd started sewing it of course. Hence followed some unpicking but thankfully not too much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had to work out how to move the hoop and yet support the fabric, as the first piece of stabilizer didn't cover all of the new area and there was no fabric in the top right hand side of the hoop. So I came up with the idea of only partially ironing on more stabiliser behind the area and yet leaving enough of it around the edge for it to be secured within the hoop. I hope the photo helps to explain that, as the chalk marks I made on the fabric show where the hoop will sit. Only the section of stabiliser behind the fabric was actually ironed. The stabiliser I had is only 8in x 8in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I even printed out the design so that I could practise place it onto the fabric whilst the hoop was in place:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I do wish the inner hoop had grid markings on it too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It ain't gonna happen, just yet! When I went to sew it again, my machine threw a total dippy fit and chewed up half a mile of top thread causing embroidery mayhem! I was surprisingly calm though and carried out the rescue attempt without swearing once, although I did manage to cut a tiny hole in the fabric too! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was tempted to throw in the towel at this point but no, I'd come this far and had nothing to lose; I couldn't let my machine beat me now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After putting everything back in place and doing a practise sew, I went to it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It worked until I got to the last block of the design (which was only a tiny bit of black edging round the centre of the sun) and it didn't feel right within seconds of starting, so I abandoned it. Enough was enough and I don't see what black has to do with a sun anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hardly a ta-dah worthy moment really as you can still see the stain but hey, I finished it! I've learnt alot and all of this gives me more experience and reinforces my attitude that just because you don't have all the fancy stuff some of these tutorials show us, for allsorts of various projects, you can use your initiative and vary the technique to suit what you do have. Be creative!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sun is finally out and we haven't had a shower in quite a while and there doesn't appear to be a gale blowing, so think I've deserved a .... walk with the dogs! Woop woop! :-) What a life I lead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there and be determined to achieve your goals</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-69246669309384830282013-10-27T14:04:00.002+00:002013-10-27T14:08:13.711+00:00So dinky!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's another little Corinne Lapierre project I did this past week whilst I was sunning myself in Tenerife - I definitely recommend the weather there in October but I don't recommend the place we stayed at which was The Isabel, Costa Adeje but despite that, we still had a lovely time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I did the lavender houses this time. In June I did the <a href="http://diwarli.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/sunning-myself.html">owl kit</a> and loved it as a holiday project. You get all you need in the cute little brown box (</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">you even get a needle and proper embroidery thread and a tonne and a half of lavender) </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> other than scissors and pins. I also found it necessary to add more stuffing to mine but that's maybe just my preference for them being fatter and firmer. I even took the extra stuffing with me in my case - I have to laugh at myself sometimes; that will have been fun to explain to customs :-) That's without mentioning the lavender seeds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Their size is half their appeal and their ever so cute shape.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Good job there was nobody on the sun terrace when I<br />took these photos :-)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The daisy stitch for the flowers was great too, as it's a very long time since I did any decorative embroidery at all and they're so easy and Corinne gives you instructions on how to do it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The only thing I don't like about the kit is the fabric provided other than the felt; it frays upon touch almost and when you're using thick embroidery thread in it, it is a challenge to keep it together, especially on the windows. Next time (and there will be a next time, for sure) I'll use a closer knit fabric along with felt. Actually when I had finished there was still all this lot left over:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-3118308459615692032013-10-19T06:00:00.000+01:002013-10-19T06:00:00.462+01:00Harlequin<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's some cards I've done recently. I did the first one and enjoyed it so much, that I did a similar second one. I knew I wanted to do black and white for the first recipient and I went straight to Sue Wilson's <a href="http://particraft.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/its-like-mardi-gras.html">Particraft blog</a> and sure enough, there I found a fab card. She does the most brilliant elegant cards and monochrome colours are a signature style of hers, in my opinion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used that as my inspiration and then got to cutting a pile of diamonds out, to attempt to make some sort of harlequin pattern, as I don't have any stencils or stamps with that style on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That created the top, which I had to colour black and place a white background behind it and voila; une harlequin pattern ready to be cut up into 'tails' for the cards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't actually own the Sizzix Venetian accents dies, so instead I ordered them pre-cut from ebay - 24 cuts from the Venetian motifs and accents sets for only £1.80. Job done! I am now very tempted to get the dies though, as they're gorgeous - I LURRRRVVE that mask! I'll put it on my Christmas list and drive my mum mad, as she always says " but why don't you get something nice for yourself?".... which part of 'these dies are amazing' doesn't she get?!!! :-) Only joking, I love my mum to the moon and back but she doesn't get my crafting side at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was so happy to find a sentiment stamp which fitted perfectly onto another one of the Venetian accent dies. I also had the feather in my stash and the embossing folder. I finished it off with some drops of Cosmic shimmer glossy black pva, in the form of drops along the top of each tail. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The second one I made in almost exactly the same way, other than I used some black ribbon to tie two pieces of card together to make the card base instead. I also coloured the mask in a different shade and placed the border strip in front of the tails instead of behind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love these cards and I hope Sue likes the fact that I used her cards as inspiration. If they inspire you to make your own take on this, please send me photos and I'll post them on here for you too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there. </span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826621600485412179.post-42898546717968535492013-10-17T14:00:00.000+01:002013-10-17T11:27:12.569+01:00This is unusual<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes indeed, I find myself in rather a peculiar mood. I'm going on holiday to Tenerife on Saturday morning. I'm usually a mega fan of going to sunny places, as three quarters of the time I can't stand the weather in this country and how it affects my lifestyle. The weird thing is that I'm not that excited about it. I keep thinking about all my projects I need/want to do. I've been busy with other stuff recently, so my projects haven't been taking pride of place in my schedule, as I'd like them to do. Truth to be told, I'm also not enjoying the mega cleaning I'm having to do, as my mum and step dad are coming to look after the house and the dogs. I feel like stomping my feet and saying ' I don't want to be an adult, I want to play!!'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course I'm way too mature for that! ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What I'm meant to be showing you (rather than having a whinge about going on holiday?!!!) is the coaster set I've made for Linda of <a href="http://thecraftynetwork.wordpress.com/">The Crafty Network</a> fame, as she was my first liker of my brand new Facebook page for my brand new enterprise <a href="https://www.facebook.com/APlaceToSet">'A Place to Set'</a>. I was determined to squeeze it in before going off on my jollies and I've managed it! Hip hip hooray! Linda asked specifically for a burgundy red Christmas theme, so hopefully she thinks I've managed that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Along a similar theme, Linda posted my latest 'A Crafter's Journey' article onto <a href="http://thecraftynetwork.wordpress.com/2013/10/16/a-crafters-journey-the-august-update/">The Crafty Network</a> blog. Nip over there for a read and let me know your thoughts, either there or here. Is there anything you think I could be mentioning in these articles? What in particular do you think is needed on that site or on my page?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One other project which has taken some time recently is the halloween 'bunting' I've made for work. It hasn't turned out quite how I expected. The main reason for that is that I did some free cuts on Cricut Craft room but then they expired the next day (they give you a week free trial of a cartridge a week), so I couldn't do anymore. I'm not prepared to pay for a halloween cartridge, as I don't really like it. I also ran out of time and also it's for a Sainsbury cafe, so I'm hoping that enough 'official' stuff can be used in there. I had felt sorry for the cafe team leader, when she said they didn't have any decorations for in there and they're not allowed to dress up themselves. The bunting will hardly be visible at all in the large space but hey, at least I've tried to help someone out, which is what life should be all about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The items are placed onto some spider's web net, which is actually white but I just rubbed a black archival ink pad over it to make it the right colour for the theme.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now I just need time to nip round with it for them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sun is shining now and although I have to get back to the boring cleaning stuff, at least I've crafted by proxy of writing this blog post :-) I'll enjoy the holiday once I get there but it's just all the faff of organising everything before I go and let's not mention what happens when I get back but hey, all you ladies know all about the holiday related stress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take care out there, especially if you're going on holidays! :-)</span>Diane Warburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961062929154164806noreply@blogger.com1