tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88283371622457962972024-03-13T02:56:08.646+00:00Arty Things and MusingsThis is an eclectic blog about creative projects, inspirations, and musings about everyday life. I hope you enjoy it.Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-38128237301290228112014-10-01T10:00:00.000+01:002014-10-01T10:00:02.875+01:00Sewing Stories ~ Baby Sleeping BagMy best friend had her second baby earlier this year. For her first child, I made a patchwork cot quilt. After having my son six months later, and being given a cot quilt which we didn't really use, I wondered how much she'd used hers.<br />
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We found the baby sleeping bags really useful so I decided to make one for her second baby. After looking on the internet for ideas and patterns, I decided to just use a sleeping bag that I'd kept, as a template.<br />
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My son helped me choose the fabric - slightly tricky as we didn't know if the baby was going to be a boy or a girl. The patterned fabric is cotton and the lining is a lovely soft brushed cotton. I was going to use some quilting batting in between but I didn't want the baby to overheat.<br />
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I laid the sleeping bag I had onto paper and traced the shape out. I used binding all the way round to join the front and back of each piece, then machine stitched on the binding join to join the front of the bag to the back, with a zip inserted in the side and poppers on the shoulders to get baby in and out.<br />
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With the left over material I made a simple square blanket for big sister to use with her dolls. The baby is a boy :-)<br />
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<br />Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-71329545754179336182014-09-24T10:00:00.000+01:002014-09-24T10:00:00.921+01:00Knitting Notes ~ Re-knitted TopI knitted this top last year for summer and wore it once but wasn't quite happy with it. I used the same yarn as the pattern and I always do a tension square but somehow it didn't sit on me properly. So I put it in a cupboard and, typical of me, started on another project.<br />
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This year I fished it out of the cupboard to decide what I wanted to do with it. I thought that it may have been the lacy pattern at the back - should I just do stocking stitch for the back? The only trouble is that I didn't have much spare yarn left and didn't want to run out.<br />
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Should I substitute the lacy stitch for another that wasn't as open? In the end I decided to do the pattern the same just in smaller size needles.<br />
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Eh voila! It worked. The top isn't as baggy and sits much more nicely. Worth undoing and trying again.<br />
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This is one of my favourite views in the world. I have been fortunate enough to have visited it twice now. I have also painted it twice. The first watercolour I did was many years ago for my dad as a present. Here is my latest one.<br />
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Mount Rundle is actually a range of peaks numbered from 1 - 7 that stretch from Banff to Canmore. This distinctive peak is number 1 at Banff, seen from Vermillion Lakes.<br />
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I used Cerulean Blue Hue, Prussian Blue, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Burnt Umber and Payne's Grey.<br />
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I am really happy with the way this has turned out. I may even frame this original and hang it on our wall...although perhaps I should wait until I have done my other mountain paintings!</div>
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You can find cards and giclee prints of Mount Rundle, Alberta, Canada to purchase on my <a href="http://fineart.gilliancrossphotography.co.uk/mount-rundle-alberta-canada" target="_blank">Fine Art website</a>.</div>
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Thank you for looking!</div>
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Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-66098028211345085732014-09-10T15:02:00.001+01:002014-09-10T15:03:13.210+01:00Red Admiral Butterfly<div style="text-align: center;">
While eating my lunch today, looking out on the garden, I spotted not one but two red admiral butterflies on the second flush of buddlea flowers. They always seem to visit later than the tortoiseshell and peacock butterflies.</div>
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Not only are they stunning when their wings are open, but I love the patterns on the underside with the light shining through. </div>
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Here's a photo I took a couple of years ago which is available as cards and prints on my website. Click the photo for the link.</div>
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Thank you for looking!</div>
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Gillian.</div>
Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-85046876547630803102014-07-22T09:30:00.000+01:002014-07-22T09:30:00.419+01:00Watercolour ~ Wallington Griffin Head<div style="text-align: center;">
The Griffin's heads at Wallington are well known around the area and I wanted to focus on just one for this painting. I have left the hall very soft and hazy in the background as the griffin was the focus. I sprayed paint on last using my finger on the brush to achieve the mottled stone effect.</div>
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I did draw out the main features on the head first, measuring out with my pencil as I wanted to get the proportions correct. What do you think of him?</div>
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Here are the progress steps :-)</div>
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If you like this painting, you could own a card or print by buying one from my website.</div>
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A few years ago, I saw an art collector on TV who had a great idea! He had the paintings and works of art in his house changed for different pieces every six months. He put half of his collection into storage and half of it on his walls.<br />
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Now, he was talking big canvases, filling holes and re-positioning every work of art - and had someone to do it for him but I thought you could do it on a smaller scale in your own home. Changing the artwork every now and again keeps it fresh and makes you look at the pieces more.<br />
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We were due to move house after that and due to the layout in our new house, not all of our pictures would go up again. So I decided to make a plan to swap them after six months.<br />
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Unfortunately, we moved two weeks before I gave birth, so life was a little hectic after that and I never got to change any artwork. We have been in the house for 7 years now and I have finally been through the picture box and changed some!<br />
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The poppies were cross stitched by my Auntie for a wedding present and have been replaced by the print of Edmund Leighton's "God Speed!". On our landing I had an oil canvas of Paris that I bought round the corner from artist square in Montmartre. Now there is a montage of postcards that I also got on the same trip which has been hanging at my mum's house.</div>
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<br />Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-41535412296273828652014-05-09T11:57:00.000+01:002014-05-09T11:59:20.908+01:00Watercolour ~ Dunstanburgh Castle<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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<span id="goog_975640413">In my one watercolour a month challenge, I didn't get a chance to complete one in April because I was so busy with wedding photography. So I'm hoping to get two done in May. This is the first one. Dunstanburgh Castle seen from the walk from Craster.</span><br />
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<span id="goog_975640413">I just wanted to do a simple landscape with a few washes and not get too fussy. It worked mostly but I ended up messing about too much with the grass in the foreground, although I am pleased with how it's worked out.</span><br />
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<span id="goog_975640413">Available as cards and prints on my fine art website. Just click on the picture to get the link.</span><br />
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Gillian.Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-2633886110619523742014-03-19T15:01:00.000+00:002014-03-19T15:01:20.773+00:00Watercolour ~ Tynemouth PrioryThis is March's painting - although I've realised that I never blogged about February's painting! I did paint one in Feb but I love this one so much that I'll show it first.<br />
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A view of Tynemouth Priory from along the coast. I painted this from a photo I had previously taken but wasn't happy with the quality of the photo. I love the composition so decided to paint it instead of doing a re-shoot.<br />
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As usual, here are the progress paintings. I used different shades of paint in this painting, choosing Cerulean Blue Hue for the bright blue sky. I always have trouble with my greens, so I used Sap Green and Olive Green instead of mixing yellow and blue. Yellow Ochre and Burnt Umber were used for the stonework and some of the grasses and Payne's Grey was used to get some depth in the shadows.<br />
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Slightly paler as they were taken on a different camera.</div>
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I'd love to know what you think. As usual, giclee prints are available to purchase.<br />
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<br />Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-76191241697643127192014-01-30T11:00:00.000+00:002014-01-30T11:00:00.691+00:00Knitting Notes ~ BlockingI have only blocked two knitting projects - a sewn up cardigan and the pieces for my <a href="http://gcfineart.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/knitting-notes-art-nouveau-inspired.html" target="_blank">Art Nouveau inspired jumper</a>. Now I don't know why I only just discovered this technique recently!<br />
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I am not the best knitter at keeping my stranded colour work loose enough to not pucker so I decided to block the pieces before I sewed them up to get the pattern to lay nice and flat. It worked a treat.<br />
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I put a large bath towel on the floor under a radiator and pin the pieces onto it and the carpet. You can stretch the work to the correct size (if it contains wool). I then dampen another bath towel and put it flat over the pinned out work. Then wait until it's dry.<br />
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See the results below!<br />
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Amazing and almost professional looking!<br />
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Here's January's painting - a scene taken from Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland looking out from one of the Milecastles.</div>
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Here are the progress paintings (slightly paler as they were taken on a different camera). I washed the blue over the whole paper then washed some yellow ochre over the ground. I was going to put more detail into the wall as that was the focus of the scene, but after leaving it for a while and coming back to it, I decided to leave it where it was.</div>
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I made this jumper from a combination of two patterns that I already had - the front and back were just rectangles and I used a sleeve pattern from a cardigan that I had already made and liked the sleeves.<br />
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The colourful pattern, I designed myself from an Art Nouveau book I have. I sketched a few motifs down and then transferred some ideas down onto knitting graph paper. I used <a href="http://www.tata-tatao.to/knit/matrix/e-index.html" target="_blank">this site</a> where you can work out the graph size from your tension to make sure the design dimensions transfer from paper to knitting correctly.<br />
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I'm really pleased with how it's turned out. I love the soft colours. I had enough yarn left over to make a hat in a totally different design and I'm part way through a scarf, again in a different design. Oh, and below is a photo of me wearing the finished jumper!<br />
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I've decided to block the pieces before I sew them. This is the really hard part because I know it's so nearly finished but I can't do anything until the blocking process dries!<br />
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I have quite a bit of the wool left so I've now turned my attention to making a hat in a different pattern. At least I have something to do while I'm waiting! :-)<br />
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Gillian.Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-82584022376212162212014-01-05T17:10:00.002+00:002014-01-05T17:10:45.021+00:00Gardening Gossip ~ Shredding the Christmas TreeHappy New Year everyone! I hope you've all had a good Christmas.<br />
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Ever since getting a garden shredder last year for Christmas, my first gardening job of the year has been to shred the Christmas tree. It's a great way to work off the excesses of the festive season and gets me into the garden.<br />
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I put some of the shreddings into the compost bin and put some of them down as a mulch on top of soil around my son's swing.<br />
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I also made a few cuttings to try and grow my own Christmas tree. I'm not sure that they will take, as the branches are probably not fresh enough but they won't take up much space in the garden for now.<br />
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My next job is to look into some better containers to grow my veg in this year. Roll on Spring!<br />
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Gillian.Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-17687254192945121192013-11-13T13:49:00.001+00:002013-11-13T13:51:17.702+00:00Watercolour ~ SnowmanThis is my first attempt at painting anything snowy! A cute little snowman to make into Christmas cards.<br />
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Here are the progress photos. Slightly different colours as the weather was sunny/rainy/sunny so different light for each photo!</div>
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I am now in the process of re-vamping it and hopefully working on some new images to bring a little more cohesion to the collections. I am also hoping to be showing some of my watercolour prints in a gallery as well.<br />
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I am really pleased with the wedding photography website so hopefully the fine art site will look super as well.<br />
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Gillian.Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-80662020086683525482013-08-03T19:51:00.001+01:002013-08-03T19:51:56.806+01:00Sewing Stories ~ The Quilt is Finished!Yay! Finally, after about three years and many small projects completed in between, my double quilt is finished! I decided to machine quilt all of the plain panels but hand quilted under the black outlining in the flower panels. The binding was 10cm lengths of all of the coloured fabrics randomly arranged.<br />
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When I laid it out on the floor to trim the binding, it was the first time I'd seen the over all effect of the quilting. It was a struggle at times, but I felt really proud of how it looked. All together, I'm really pleased although in hindsight, I wish I'd taken more care to trim the darker fabric under the seams of the white fabric as some of it shows through the light fabric. At that stage I was eager to get on with the machine quilting!<br />
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You can read about the <a href="http://gcfineart.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/personal-project-quilt.html" target="_blank">inspiration for the quilt here</a> and the <a href="http://gcfineart.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/sewing-stories-machine-quilting.html" target="_blank">trials of my machine quilting journey here.</a></div>
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Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-91305428488980421612013-07-16T09:51:00.001+01:002013-07-16T09:51:11.502+01:00New! Digital Downloads on EtsyI finally opened an Etsy shop, to discover that they do digital downloads of images now. I browsed through my recent collection and came up with four images to try. It's always hard to know what will sell so I hope you like my selection!<br />
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They are all available as 10"x8"/10"x10" size Jpegs to download and use for your own personal use for £7.50. Here's the link to my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/GillianCrossFineArt?ref=pr_shop_more" target="_blank">Etsy shop.</a><br />
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Thanks for reading, and look out for more from my Etsy shop.<br />
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<br />Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-36164921339339992962013-07-12T09:52:00.000+01:002013-07-12T09:52:12.617+01:00Watercolour PrintsI have at long last, got round to photographing my watercolour
paintings with a view to getting prints made from them. It's a bit of an
unknown quantity as you don't know whether people will like them or
not. But once they're printed, they're printed!<br />
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been thinking about doing it for ages and now I think I should just go
for it! I've never been one to think that my painting is great but I
have sold a few originals and that always gives you confidence!<br />
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So look out soon for an Etsy store from me, selling prints!<br />
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Here are some of the paintings that I'm considering. I'd love to hear about which ones you like.<br />
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Gillian xGillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-60682934249398053852013-06-28T13:12:00.002+01:002013-06-28T13:12:37.551+01:00Photo Friday #61<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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I spotted this pigeon nesting in an arrow slit in Dunstanburgh Castle and it made a lovely silhouette.</div>
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Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-53710872105186975692013-06-27T11:22:00.000+01:002013-06-27T11:24:36.012+01:00Watercolour ~ IrisUsually I paint from photographs and if I paint from still life, it's always indoors. My new iris had just flowered in the garden so I decided to set up my easel outside and attempt to paint it. It was a little windy and the sun kept going in and out but I perservered. Here is the result!<br />
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I love this so much that I might keep the original for myself! It has really captured a fleeting moment, as this first flower has now faded. When I have got round to sourcing a good art printer, I'll get some prints made.<br />
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<br />Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-78465094683164973842013-06-21T12:31:00.002+01:002013-06-21T12:31:58.484+01:00Photo Friday #60<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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A sheep on the lookout on the coastal walk towards Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland.</div>
Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-39610280475748752582013-06-18T20:39:00.000+01:002013-06-18T20:39:33.376+01:00Sewing Stories ~ Machine QuiltingSome of you may remember the quilt I was making in <a href="http://gcfineart.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/personal-project-quilt.html" target="_blank">this post</a>. Well earlier this year I finally got a border on it and have just started free motion quilting on it. My first thought was "Yay, I can't wait to do this!". Then I practised a bit on some sample quilt sandwiches and I was less enthusiastic. Once I had adjusted my new darning foot as shown in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=APD6s7PwoqU" target="_blank">this brill video</a>, it worked like a dream.<br />
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I had originally wanted to do a stippling design on the white material in a green-purple colour changing thread but as the success of my practises were hit and miss, I decided to go for white thread on the white and black thread on the black. I have taken so much time on the design of the quilt that I didn't want anything to detract from it.<br />
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So after a lot of humming and haa-ing about what design to do where, I just did it today!! Boy, those little samples don't prepare you for quilting on a full sized double quilt! I'm finding it difficult to move the area I'm working on around, unless it's nearer the edge of the quilt. Once it gets going it's good although it also doesn't help that my machine doesn't stop in the needle down position.<br />
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Never-the-less, so far I've done black on black - you can't see the stitches ie the mistakes! And on the panels of colour up the side of the quilt, the black looks okay in a simple wavy line with a few loops in. I'll carry on in small bursts and post some pictures soon!<br />
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Thanks for reading,<br />
Gillian xGillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-81076080377179566782013-06-14T09:33:00.000+01:002013-06-14T09:33:00.844+01:00Photo Friday #59<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Taken on my recent trip to London. I love the repeating pattern of the shiny structures with the sun just glinting off them.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by! <br />
Gillian.<br />
Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06047440117121330559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828337162245796297.post-26445335965388250392013-06-07T11:17:00.001+01:002013-06-07T11:17:35.977+01:00Photo Friday #58<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A shot from along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.</div>
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My Fine Art website is currently undergoing a change but you can still purchase photos by contacting me directly. Thanks, Gillian.</div>
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