tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43689878500686760302024-03-12T18:38:29.286-07:00konnykards - musings of a senior citizenConniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-70284867123701291132013-01-28T12:03:00.002-08:002013-01-28T12:03:56.325-08:00Getting Motivated .....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Qw2S8MRGlI/UQbTdg0fpjI/AAAAAAAAAc0/nQaYT9AXduc/s1600/Charity+Cards+Jan+2013+007E.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" oea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Qw2S8MRGlI/UQbTdg0fpjI/AAAAAAAAAc0/nQaYT9AXduc/s320/Charity+Cards+Jan+2013+007E.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>At last I have stirred myself after being completely lethargic for most of last year - I have made 40+ simple cards to sell for charity funds for the local hospital where I have had many stays and treatments, and still I'm a "regular" in several departments ....</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">m</span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ost of these cards are small fabric panels layered onto good quality card...</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>When I was searching through old stash from card making days years ago I came upon a watercolour pencil painting, unfinished on the left side, so I used a copy for a new blog header. It has inspired me to draw a few doodle flowers for the next batch of cards, (always hoping and assuming that the first lot will sell!).</em></span></div>
Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-35383728778408888242013-01-01T08:55:00.001-08:002013-01-01T08:56:24.590-08:00New Year 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Daybreak, and at last the sun was breaking through as the moon slipped away ....</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And hooray! I felt well, as I woke, for the first time in many weeks.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A new year, time for resolutions, simple so that I won't break them ...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">smile each morning,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">look for something beautiful to photograph each day,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(the moon this morning!)</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">enjoy my lovely family and friends,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">and keep adding the patches and taking the tablets that keep me going!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Many thanks for your support to all those friends,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">and a very</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Happy and Healthy New Year to all, Connie, x</span></em></div>
Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-3329302976531111572012-12-11T08:39:00.001-08:002012-12-11T08:41:36.784-08:00December<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What a year this has been! </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia;">Since my spine op went wrong in April I've struggled with health problems, tried to keep up with stitching projects and failed, and reluctantly vegitated for days on end.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #990000;"> But three weeks ago I shook myself up, found previously stitched easy card patterns and a few pieces already stitched, and at last beavered away to make a few cards.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #990000;">Not as many as I've made in earlier years so to some friends I have to just say have a lovely Christmas and send best wishes for 2013.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #990000;">To add to my disappointment the old PC is dodgy so I'm hoping to upload a few more pics when my patience improves ....</span></em></div>
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Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-42464722052857934112012-10-01T08:19:00.000-07:002012-10-01T08:19:02.140-07:00Cosmos in October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #351c75;">Oh dear! Not a word or cheery picture in September!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #351c75;">Things have been difficult, but now it's a new month .... so I'll make more effort to smile ....</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #351c75;">I decided to take a few Autumn pictures in the garden this morning, maybe leaves, berries, reds, yellows, browns .....</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #351c75;">But then I saw a lovely tall pink Cosmos still blooming</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #351c75;"> and that took over.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #351c75;">So I picked a few flowers for a vase, took a photo, and enjoyed playing in Picasa with editing.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #351c75;">Next I made a Flickr Toys calendar and I'll go back soon for those lovely Autumn colours .... watch this space for more traditional pictures for the season!</span></em></div>
Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-37144347823346537792012-08-11T07:59:00.002-07:002012-08-11T08:00:39.141-07:00At last ....<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">..... ticks in boxes this week:</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">*** less pain and more sleep most nights, no Hallucinations.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">* Olympics great - so much to watch and enjoy. Well done everyone.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">* tennis in Canada to catch up with in evening,</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">* lovely weather, so meals outside (fitting in with Olympics!),</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">* family all enjoying holidays, </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* roses and other flowers all blooming beautifully,</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* visits from special friends, and</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* the delightful small Hollyhock posy (about 12cm high) from friend Sheila's garden .... it's the lovliest Hollyhock plant I've seen, the blooms look like Gardenias.</span></em></div>
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yes, lots of ticks and looking forward to my pain patches working well again next week so that I can get back to "nearly norm" soon!</div>Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-57286939549340199722012-06-23T01:34:00.001-07:002012-06-23T01:34:31.942-07:00Where is Glorious June?<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7;">How disappointing June is this year - usually one of my favourite months, but now it's so cold and wet!</span></em><br />
<em><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7;">Even so, the sun manages to shine briefly between lots of showers and some torrents.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7;">Yesterday, in one of those brief spells, I managed a short walk in the garden and found some flowers that were not droopy from rain. They give me so much pleasure:</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">seeing them,</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">choosing for photos,</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">playing with collaging,</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">having a few in the house each day,</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">making note cards from individual photos.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">It's well worth the slow and wobbly walking I'm now stuck with as my spine op hasn't worked - our garden is small so I can just get round and there is always something different to see.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">At last I've almost caught up with the TAST 2012 stitching challenge</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">so soon I'll be posting pics of the sampler I'm making .....</span></em>Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-52157135370110671322012-06-01T23:30:00.000-07:002012-06-02T00:53:43.354-07:00First Rose ....<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We never know what's round the corner or what a new day will bring ... just as well perhaps!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I waited so long for a spine op and hoped it would improve walking and lessen pain - I knew there were risks but had the op some weeks ago.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm disappointed that it didn't work, in fact having a small amount of bone removed has disturbed the spine, I have more pain at times, and walking will not improve ...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, the roses in the garden haven't let me down so each day I'll wobble and hobble into the garden and enjoy them.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Life is full of good things, I have lots to be thankful for and any day now I'll shake off the blues and get on ... watch this space!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Laugh and the world laughs with you,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cry and you cry alone."</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I'll make sure I laugh lots!</span></em></div>Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-81234275685634174522012-05-11T00:51:00.000-07:002012-05-11T00:54:39.137-07:00Birthday ....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;"><strong>....<em> a beautiful flower from May 11th last year - I'm sure that I'll be getting others just as delightful later on today. All flowers give me great pleasure.</em></strong></span></div>
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<em><strong>Being 76 was not a good year but now I'm 77 I'm looking forward to better times ....</strong></em></div>
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<em><strong>Today and the weekend will be filled with visits from our lovely family and friends - how lucky I am.</strong></em></div>
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<em><strong>I'll have one more small op in a few weeks and then I should be getting about easier and really enjoying life -</strong></em></div>
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<em><strong>being at home with my dear OH,</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>holidays to look forward to,</strong></em></div>
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<em><strong>daily pleasures from our small garden,</strong></em></div>
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<em><strong>sharing time with family and friends at home and on www.</strong></em></div>
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<em><strong>enjoying reading, music, stitching ...</strong></em></div>
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<em><strong>a simple life but so fulfilling!</strong></em></div>Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-1196816563519281832012-04-28T16:06:00.003-07:002012-04-28T17:14:29.543-07:00Sometimes ......<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>.... Sometimes I'm sad when lovely flowers begin to fade ....</em></span><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">These tulips have cheered me this week and now sadly the petals begin to drop ....</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">I'm disappointed that it is taking longer to feel well after my op than I expected - I'm tired, still can't walk, and still have pain. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">Maybe I'm expecting too much, too soon.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">But when will I be "me" again?</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">How lucky I am though to have lots of TLC from family and friends.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">I'm missing stitching but can't get going - luckily I've bought several new books to dip into and have my camera, even if I'm only taking photos indoors. I'm enjoying playing with simple photo editing ... doing on line jigsaws, and "travelling" around the world to places I'll never really visit.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #674ea7;"> I'm getting more and more addictive to on line shopping - I'm sure the postman thinks I'm mad!!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">I'm so pleased to have such lovely messages and good wishes on line too and sorry that I'm not replying individually to everyone - once more many, many, thanks all - you do me a power of good.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #674ea7;">Tomorrow, next week, next month, will surely be better and they are not long away.</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: red;">“I've got nothing to do today but smile.” Simon and Garfunkel</span></div>Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-45967435181463764392012-04-22T13:02:00.000-07:002012-04-26T21:22:30.059-07:00Many Thanks ....<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.... many thanks all for your good wishes.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #0c343d;">I had the long awaited spine op on 10th and came home on Friday 13th - (I'm not superstitious!!)</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0c343d;">I'm getting a few ups and downs but all is really going well and hopefully I'll soon walk better.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #0c343d;"> I'll be having another hospital procedure on my leg later, so maybe I'll be waiting a little longer before skipping about.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #0c343d;">At last today I felt like doing a little stitching so made this small button, bead, and embroidery block.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #0c343d;">A print of it will be this week's TAG TUESDAY challenge, "Spring Flowers" and then it will go in the "things I enjoyed stitching" box</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #0c343d;">and maybe it will be a card one day.</span></em><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><em>Best Wishes and Happy Easter to all my good friends ....</em></span></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Courier New;">I have no new work to post as I have been busy around home trying to tidy and sort things as I'm going to hospital on Monday to have my long awaited spinal operation.</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Courier New;">Best leave a bit of order ready for my return when hopefully I'll be much fitter, walking better, and able to enjoy life more!</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Courier New;">Many thanks for the good wishes I've already received - I'll be back soon, stitching, posting pics, and always enjoying the lovely work of so many talented friends. Connie.</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Arial;">As the month is coming to an end I added these pics to my sketchbook today .....</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Arial;">but as I'm always doodling , drawing, and stitching flowers there will be plenty more to come ...</span></strong></div>
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<em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I stitched a small piece, 6x9cm., for this month's Journal page..</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">The main flower and background is a Jet Ink print, on Moire Silk, from a Watercolour Pencil painting done some time ago.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">As this week is a catch up in the TAST Challenge, with a Mini Challenge to use 3-6 stitches done so far, I decided to use six of the stitches ....</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">so there are basic versions of,</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;"><em>and Whipped Wheel stitches here.</em></span><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">Also a few French knots as flower centres.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">It's a Naive piece, different from the previous pages, and I enjoyed stitching it.</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><em>I've struggled to keep up with challenges recently but this week I stitched these simple felt birds for two challenges.</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #134f5c;">The one at the bottom became a tag for TAG TUESDAY theme 'Birds' and the upper one is now on my TAST Sampler for Week 10. </span></em></div>
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<a href="http://tagtuesday.blogspot.com/2012/03/birds_4970.html">http://tagtuesday.blogspot.com/2012/03/birds_4970.html</a><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">7. Detached Chain Stitch - or as I always think of it, Lazy Daisy Stitch.</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial;">In recent weeks I have not been well, lots of pain, bad nights, and getting quite depressed - adding to this PC crashed and has been away for two weeks being repaired ...</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial;">but it's back so I begin to cheer up!</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial;">I have done lots of chain stitch family stitching over the years and added small samplers from previous TAST projects to this year's narrow Sampler.</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;"><em>As I'm adding previous</em></span> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">examples of stitches the narrow sampler is</span> <span style="font-size: small;">growing rapidly and is already over a metre long.</span></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #990000;">Details of TAST challenge:</span></em></div>
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I was pleased to find this challenge, thanks to libbyquilter.</div>
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It has been so long since I sketched, doodled, or Zentangled, yet I enjoyed these.</div>
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My fine pens have mostly dried but I managed to scratch a doodle for this month's theme and I ordered a few new fine points.</div>
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Drawing and painting have never been my strong points but I do enjoy trying so here goes with another challenge in 2012 ....</div>
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As with the other challenges I've recently started this doesn't demand something each month so I'll just go along with whatever I can manage and enjoy.</div>
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One more for this month's theme ...</div>Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-56329605386830088222012-01-25T12:51:00.000-08:002012-01-26T14:57:14.032-08:00TAST 2012 4.Cretan Stitch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> For 2007 TAST I stitched the middle panel here, (anchored with green gem stone chips)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial;">This time I used Perle 5 in the top line and made a 'Tangled Hedge' at the bottom with two textured yarns, a little fine Perle, and three buttons.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial;">Not an artistic result but fun to stitch! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"> Again, a stitch I have done many times and enjoy. I found a band of Aida, with a lace edge, which I used for the stitching and then stitched onto the main band.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I explored the stitch, size, direction, with other stitches as extensions, and with various threads.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">The larger 'tree' is in fine silk ribbon with french knots added, the smaller one is in a very fine silk thread and has two Bullion stitches, a pearly heart button, Detached Chain and Straight stitches added.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Other threads are DMC Perle 5, Fine hand dyed Perle from stef francis, and Caron Wildflowers -</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I have joined this project, introduced by The Floss Box, and enjoyed the first embroidery.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">It's a 6x4 (postcard) piece and tells several things about me:</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">1. As I've stitched and hoarded for about 65 years I have lots of pieces that hang about waiting to become something - ie the overstitched cross stich in the centre.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">2. I usually have plenty of stash in matching colours, with a variety of textures, threads, yarns, buttons, etc.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"> to make an embroidery - ie the fabrics, edging textured wool, small crochet flowers, and mini and cat buttons</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">So this month it's just gather up a few things and stitch ...</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">3. We have a Ginger Tom, with attitude, who enjoys sitting around - there he is!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Enough for the first project - maybe next month I'll do something entirely new (I doubt it!)</span></div>Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-82953362900939545792012-01-11T12:36:00.000-08:002012-01-14T01:51:12.372-08:00TAST and TAG TUESDAY - Week 2<span style="color: #0b5394;">Luckily the TAST Sampler I'm making this time is 10cm. wide so I can put some stitches from 2007 and </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"> 2010 on, rather than leaving them tucked away in a folder.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Some will be too big though - I previously stitched on any sized fabric as the mood took me!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">If I manage the whole challange this year the Sampler will be very long and wil have to be rolled up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">At least the stitches will be named, which I didn't do before.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The link to 2012 TAST is</span> http://www.pintangle.com/journal/author/pintangle</div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I spent more time doing the tag challenge this week - using a cross stitch pattern I last used </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">about fifteen years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">It comes From Leisure Arts Leaflet 197 Christmas Stitchin'</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"> TAG TUESDAY is a weekly challege by Caroline Saxby.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The cross Stitch is on silver flecked Aida.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Lace, silver beads (not gold as show), sequins and seed beads and fluffy yarn were added.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I have done this stitch previously - shown with cross stitch at the bottom of the Sampler piece.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">This time I explored several variations, with mixed success and looking a bit chunky!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I think I'll use finer threads on the 16 count Aida for other stitches,or give them more space.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I also made three quickie tags for the first week's challenge in Carolyn Saxby's TAG TUESDAY.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">They are recycled Christmas cards with punched snowflakes and trees, and other bits and pieces added. </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">I'm hoping to make future tags with stitching and textiles, rather than the "lick and stick" papercraft versions that these are!</span><br />
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Sharon b's new Take a Stitch Tuesday starts this week. I have done part of the 2007 and all the 2010 challenge as individual pieces so decided to make a sampler of the stitches this time and work with a button theme.<br />
The stitch area will be 10cm. wide and I'll probably edge it to 15cm.<br />
I'm starting with a 16count Aida band but will use a variety of materials and threads as weeks go by.<br />
Today I made this simple header - just Cross Stitch, Back Stitch and French Knots, stitched with DMC Perle 5, 550 and 904. A small piece of lace is couched down at the top and the first few buttons were added.<br />
I see that Week one is Fly Stitch - I'll be thinking how to explore this, I have used it before.<br />
The challenge is on Sharon's blog, http://www.pintangle.com/journal/author/pintangleConniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368987850068676030.post-58814880905682521252011-12-31T16:54:00.001-08:002011-12-31T16:58:05.595-08:002012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have a bouquet of two dozen gorgeous roses to start the year ... may each month be filled with roses for us all! Connie.Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13080715570380353299noreply@blogger.com0