Busy, Busy, Busy

I haven't been posting but I have been busy. Been working on:

• 1930's quilt - made the bias for the vines. Have tacked and sewed the first section on. Working up faster than I thought. I may actually get this to quilting stage within the next couple of weeks depending on how long it takes me to sew the 120 leaves on! I've also been working on the half square triangle borders.
  
• Banners - done a few more hours on three of the banners. FYI, the banners are the full width of fabric (112cm) wide and about 1.5-1.8m high.
• Demo - we had a demo at the Shakespeare Festival at Gloucester. Nice weather, a bit warm but we were as popular as ever. The fighters put on a good show and worked hard as there were only 4 of them for three sessions.
• Family History - working on websites for various branches of the family. Hooked up with a couple of hard core researchers, managed to share some good info.
  

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More Hangings Work

I did another hanging last night. Got all the leaves done. This one doesn't have flowers, just big heart shaped leaves. So it worked up very quickly.

For those who've asked, I am using 100% cotton broadcloth and fabric paint (the sort that can also be used for silk screen printing). Although this raises the cost of materials, I think it's worth it as they will last longer and be washable once the paint has been heat set. Better to assume they will need washing at some stage.

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Banner - Flowers and Tree Completed

Banner - Flowers and Tree Completed, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

Boy, it's amazing the difference the yellow and green make. This takes up about half the banner. The green only took about an hour to do. The figures should be pretty quick as they are large blocks of colour which should work up pretty quickly. I just wish the weather was a bit warmer, sitting out in the other room my back got really sore from working in the cold.

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Banner - Flowers

Banner - Flowers, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

After getting the housework out of the way, I was able to start working on the banners. This is about 2 hrs work. It took along time because I am trying to keep the edges crisp so we don't have to outline them.

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New Toy

New Phone, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

I haven't had a new phone in about 7 years, so I went out at lunch time and got one. It's a bit hard to tell from the photo but its PINK! I've been researching phones for a while and I set myself a list of options they had to have and a price range. It took a while, but I found one that fit.

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