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I heart Macro

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Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; blueprints of your ultimate achievements.  Napolean Hill I am linking to http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com https://mersad-photography.blogspot.com

Bead Journal

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I had a number of positive comments about the large pink beads I used so I decided to keep them.  I did add some small purple beads which I think makes it more interesting.  There isn't a ton of stitching on this piece so I may return to it and add more at some point.  For now, it is done. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

Water

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This fabric started out white.  I stencilled it and then did a wash of lighter blue over it.  I did some embroidery stitches with fusible thread and then adhered transfer foil to it.  The experimenting was so fun! I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

Journal Page

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This journal is absolutely bulging.  I should probably stop using it as closing it is increasingly difficult. 

Work in Progress Wednesday

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My April CQ block is finished.  This is the last block needed to finish a quilt.  It is going to look good when all the blocks are put together.  It is always fun to have a crazy quilt finished but it is not my favourite part.  I need to figure out what the rest of my blocks for this year will be.  I am linking to http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/ http://www.esthersquiltblog.com / https://www.quiltfabrication.com/

Water

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The top photo is my newest piece in my water series.  The substrate is crumpled copy paper.  I have added gesso, paint and ink.  The paper is fairly durable but it did rip in a bit.  I don't mind that at all.  I also couched down some funky yarn.  The bottom photo is my piece from last week.  I added some stitching with a metallic thread.  I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/  

Journal Page

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I am still working through this altered book journal.  It is exploding with fabric and paper and lace and... 

Work in Progess Wednesday

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Finally finished.  My New Zealand piece for the  Ailsa Craig Quit and Fibre Festival  feels very special to me.  I used a piece of batik fabric that I purchased while in New Zealand.  I depicted the mountains in my piece because my husband and I hiked a mountain while we there.  Hiking a mountain was a bucket list item for me.  I am so glad that I did and feel like I can persevere through anything after doing it.  It was neither easy or fun.  I ended up with 10 blisters on my feet and could barely hobble to the car at the end.  But I DID IT! I am linking to http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/ http://www.esthersquiltblog.com/ https://www.quiltfabrication.com/

Take a Stitch Tuesday

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Sharon B  shows us the  Spanish Feather Stitch  this week.  I have never tried this stitch and wasn't overly successful with it.  We were shown how to work it in a row but I wasn't really getting.  I decided to do it as a single stitch. 

Water

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I cut a 6 inch square from a cleanup cloth.  The colour in the cloth became so rich after being used many times.  I applied fibre paste and pressed a shell slice into it.  I added a bit more colour with Inktense pencils.  No stitching has been added yet as I am not totally sure that I will add stitch to it.  I am definitely leaning towards it though. I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

Work in Progress Wednesday

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I started this piece last month as my bead journal project for the month but got distracted from it.  I have resurrected it for my April bead journal project.  It is coming along alright.  I am not loving the big pink beads.  I think they are too large and need to come off.  I am linking to http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/ http://www.esthersquiltblog.com/ https://www.quiltfabrication.com/

Take a Stitch Tuesday

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Sharon B  shows us the Buttonholed Cable Chain stitch this week.  I love it and hope that I can remember to use it more often.  I wish that I would have chosen two more contrasting threads for this.  It works well on this crazy quilt block though.

Bits and Pieces

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I honestly don't know why I save the ends of threads.  It almost seems crazy.  I know I am not the only one that does it though so there is some comfort in that.  I felt the need to experiment with them and created a sheet of 'fabric' with them.  Interesting result but now what.  Last week I was thinking about a stalled project and decided to try creating a leaf with this new 'fabric'.  I love it. It is lacey and colourful, textural and sparkly.  I think I have to make some more of these leaves for that project.

Water

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I have been wanting to start a new series ever since I did my water sinchie for the guild challenge.  Water is already a prominent theme in my artwork but I feel the need to explore it even further.  I am planning to keep it to the six inch square size and have cut up a bunch of fabric experiments to be the base.  Some I have sewn together and plan to do more that way.  I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

Journal Page

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Sorry, no words on this journal page.  It is busy enough.  The base for the page is a hand embroidered quilt block that I inherited.  I love these quilt blocks that have been so lovingly stitched.  I have quite a few of them and I am trying to figure out ways to use them.  I can't see myself ever stitching them all together into a large quilt.  Smaller projects make more sense to me.

Work in Progress Wednesday

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This is the start of my crazy quilt block for April.  It is mainly fabrics that I have created.  It will work perfectly in the quilt that I posted about last week.  Still lots of stitching to do but that is the fun part! I am linking to http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/ http://www.esthersquiltblog.com/

Take a Stitch Tuesday

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I enjoy having the time to participate in  Sharon B's  take a stitch Tuesday.  I have stitched this week's Buttonhole wheel onto handmade paper.  I have been stitching on handmade paper on and off for the last couple of years.  My intention is to put these pages into a book form.  I had kind of forgotten about this project and now that it is in my remembrance I am eager to get it finished.