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returning a favor. long overdue.
for a beautiful poem for the velvet forest.
two newborn wishing stars, hovering, practicing making dreams come true.
the reasons for finishing things are not always the same. this
unfinished mini jumped up out of the basket as a what if yesterday and
its smallness fit into my busy day and filled it with lightness.
over time i have discarded most of the rules for quilting and appliqué and embroidery. i like to pick out fabrics that fit to the moment and just start cutting and layering and piecing and stitching as i go. since i often use a combination of ragged edge and turned edge, i just rough cut and decide later how to handle the sewing. it helps to have a fabric marker nearby(i use micron pens) to refine the shapes and provide a turn line if necessary.
i pin first and then loosely baste. since i often sew on a commuter train, i will sometimes do supplemetary basting in specific colors, which i pull out and reuse to do the actual stitching.
the little dotted sunflower was turned classic style. the big dried sunflower head will be a combo of turned and ragged. there is a lot of work for this section so it will carry over into my work week.
the sun is out and so are the sunflowers. the only thing better than growing them might be sewing them.
planning and basting in progress. unplugged till sunday night. have a good weekend.
while the bread is baking i am also thinking again about the corner of the garden that lies behind the kitchen section of the quilt.
this was to be "sunflower corner" which i was planning a while back. surrounded by the garden gate.
i'm reviewing my notes and planning a variety of sunflower motifs, a little like a sunflower sampler.
there are so many ideas to work from.
there was that suzani design, the wooden sunflower tile that came all the way back back from bali, the real sunflower grown and photographed by walter himself...
and now a few new ones to add to the inspiration.
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..a tiny sunflower print fragment from my curtains in the room i grew up in at home.... which goes so nicely with a print sent as a gift all the way from india.
(i am thinking of using this technique for one of the flowers)
fabrics with stories....fabrics with stories....fabric with stories....
and a new chapter....yesterday i received yet another treat from Kim , a print from which i extracted this lovely flower which is just a perfect addition to the sunflower garden.
of course there was more in that little package, including some amazing pink silk and i will be getting back to those pink minis soon so i can experiment with it.
the sunflower corner is this weekend's project, and the bread should be ready too.
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