Tag: Stitch: B-side

Both sides now

~ Liz A ~ 15 Comments

When Ellis came over last week, she helped me lay out some of the finished blocks on the table cloth … which still has a ways to go (the cloth is this long because the table has another leaf that’s in storage at the moment) …

Over and over E said, “I like this side … this side looks better” … she’s a child after my own heart …

And then there’s this …

Don found it in our daughter‘s garden while he was weeding and brought it home for me.

And thanks to having a refreshed cloth stash, I’m back to making more blocks. This latest is inspired by a painting Don made last year (original post) …

If you look closely, you’ll see it has the cloth that Deb Sposa gifted me …

What a wonderful life.

Half of a half

~ Liz A ~ 22 Comments

I’m halfway through quilting one side of My Heart’s Compass … of which this is about half … so I guess that makes it a quarter-side of cloth …

Not exactly a fascinating reveal, but I continue to enjoy the simplicity of the going … even the circular shadow stitching, which I had been apprehensive about.

Here’s the other side, which I’ve managed to keep knot-free …

I don’t plan to put it on the bed “other side up” when it’s done, but I do enjoy looking at the other side when I take a break from stitching.

In the “life happens” category, we went to update our wills, last done ten years ago. A mundane exercise, but our lawyer advised adding a provision that will allow our executor to access our online accounts (who knew?) and we now have everything set up to “transfer on death” which will avoid probate. So we celebrated by getting new shoes, going out to lunch, and buying a small oil painting from our favorite Wimberley gallery, Art on 12 …

And for those of you who enjoy such things, here are some more end-of-school-year pictures of our grandkiddos (click to see full images) …

Parker’s journal about our visit to her class
Future soccer phenom Jackson
The obligatory end-of-school pose …
and a peek at the summer to come
Our newly minted first grader …
who surely earned this encomium
The coolest kids on the block …
and their posse
A home run hitter …
and his ball (found after the game)

Suh-weet …

Doing the math

~ Liz A ~ 20 Comments

Nancy commented that she’d like some perspective on the current phase of My Heart’s Compass. This is one side of the bed cloth and I’ve added stars to not quite half a yard of four strips.

Close up (oops, random thread there) …
and one side stretched out

2 sides of the bed cloth x 90 inches of length x 11 strips of cloth to be stitched down = 1980 inches or 55 yards of star-spangled stitching.

And the search for random continues with this latest gambit …

Draw a random line with heat erasable pen
Glue stitch the line and then draw a second line
Glue stitch the second line
And then iron to remove marks

Which ends up looking like this on the other side …

For those who might be wondering, I’m using #8 and #12 DMC perle cotton … not that there are many who are apt to want to do this!

And last, the wider view (about half the cloth is visible) …