Precisely random or randomly precise?

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 ~ Liz A ~ 12 Comments

I spent my time yesterday making black and white patches for the top edge of Remember 2021 …

and then finished the last patch of January to end at the same point as the last black patch …

I was surprised to find (although really, was I truly surprised?) that this new cloth will be virtually the same size as Remember 2016, even though both cloths were begun by making a month’s worth of randomly sized patches …

So it was fun to make a patch by counting threads to recall yesterday’s stitching …

although not too too precisely lest I slip back into old habits 😉

Done and done

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 ~ Liz A ~ 18 Comments

The second cataract surgery went well(ish) yesterday. Everything’s fine now, but ’twas uncomfortable for a time.

More important, Remember 2016 is now complete, front and back …

I stitched a white flannel backing to the pieced front using two strands of Deb Lacativa’s magical floss, running the stitches to the right side of each patch, zigging and zagging as I went, then running along the bottom of each patch …

which left a wonderfully random pattern on the b-side …

The raw edges of the flannel were turned under, stitched through to the front along the edge, then hemmed and finally secured with a second line of running stitch that did not go through to the front …

Which is probably only clear to me, but I’m recording it here so I can reference it later as needed. I even managed to sorta miter the corners …

And called it done.

And yet …

September 8, 2020 ~ Liz A ~ 18 Comments

In my tiny corner of the world, I have tried one thing and another to keep my creative heart happy whilst awaiting cataract surgery. But my “good” eye is full of floaters, while my really bad eye sees everything in triplicate. As a result, I’ve ripped out more unsatisfactory results than I care to recall lately.

And yet …

Today I figured out what I can do. I decided to finally put a white flannel backing on Remember 2016 (please note it really is as asymmetrical as it looks) …

After bidding the b-side a fond farewell …

I pinned the two layers together and began stitching with two strands of magical silk/cotton thread dyed and gifted by Deb Lacativa …

It’s such a little thing in the context of what’s going on in the world when there is so much to bemoan. So much loss and change and angst. So much fear and sadness and frustration touching oldsters and youngsters, teachers and frontline workers, people of color and immigrants, those who have lost livelihoods and those who have lost loved ones … the list is endless.

And yet …

Look at these smiles on the first day of “real” school …