Tag: Stitch: Patchplay

Procrastination?

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Now that I’m nearing the outer limits of this 5’ x 10’ cloth, I’ve taken it off the table and put it on the floor …

with thanks to Don for his endless patience since it’s smack dab in the middle of everything.

I confess to making new blocks as a way to put off the inevitable task of attaching everything (which isn’t nearly as much fun as creating the blocks) … but I appear to be running out of time and space.

And so, to stretch things out a bit, I took the time to revise one of the blocks that didn’t have quite enough contrast …

then took the orphaned middle from that block and created a new block with a second version of the Oyster Factory painting …

finally finishing off the day’s patchplay with a totally new piece based on a lighthouse painting that Don did …

which just happens to have a strong James Madison University vibe …

Goodness … can you believe my oldest granddaughter is going to turn 20 this week?!

They just keep coming

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… falling from my fingers, a concept I think is attributable to Mo.

This patchplay was inspired by a study Don did for several subsequent pineapple pictures (and yes, that green cloth is only a distant cousin to the green in the painting) …

With details showing how much fun it is to use Deb’s threads …

Then there’s this homage the Michael Kaspareck painting we purchased 20 years ago from A Touch of Earth …

And because WordPress went down earlier today, I had time to stitch this take on the Suzanne Horner painting of the Kit Carson house in New Mexico that we purchased last fall at the Assemblage gallery …

Up next: a look at another mail call (or two, if I’m lucky).

Both sides now

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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.