No sewing or embroidery to share today, but the start of a new project. It may look like a fabric jumble sale, but these fabrics all have some kind of memory attached to them.
There are blowsy roses, delicate flowers, embroidered patterns...
...a piece of the material which was Mum's wedding dress, a shiny blue taffeta which Mum wore as a bridesmaid and my blue and white puffed sleeve dress material too...
Shiny florals which were carefully made into dolls' dresses by Granny and a red floral which may have once been a skirt.
I am intending to use little bits of them to create patchwork - perhaps hearts, but I haven't quite decided yet. Instead of these pieces from my past being in a box, at least I will be able to see them and enjoy the memories. I am sure I have set myself quite a challenge, with different thicknesses to work with, but I can always use to interfacing to help them behave better (well, that's the plan). So, here's to my first foray into patchwork!
What a lovely idea Ellie, I'm really looking forward to seeing your progress x
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tracy. I hope I will have something to share next week. It is a project which has been on my mind for a while now, so it will be good to make a start.
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Ellie
It is so lovely that your fabrics provoke warm memories, I am sure you will enjoy working with them
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Thanks, Thea. I may have set myself a bit of a challenge by trying to use all the different thicknesses, but I'll give it a go.
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Ellie
Thank you for your comforting words on my blog.
ReplyDeleteThis patchwork quilt of yours is certainly going to become very very special!
Thanks, Brigitte. I hope that the patchwork will work. You are welcome - your family is having a difficult time at the moment. I hope the rest of the year will be better for you.
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Ellie
I. too, look forward to watching progress,
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Thanks, Joy. I am hoping to have something started for next week.
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Ellie
What a great idea, this is going to be one special patchwork project :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mii. I hope I can do it justice! I'll start with the cottons and work my way towards the trickier fabrics, so by then I'll have got the hang of it. Well, that's the theory...
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Ellie
Oh this is so exciting Ellie - what a great variety of fabrics and colours - I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this and know that it will be another beautiful work of art; all the very best with it! Joy x
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joy. It is exciting although I hope it won't be too much of a challenge for my non-existent patchwork skills! I am intending to make little patchwork heart decorations, I think, although this may change...
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Ellie
It all sounds like it is going to be quite an interesting project. Enjoy xoxo
ReplyDeleteThank, Hannapat. I hope it will be enjoyable and that my sewing machine and I will work together well! We shall see...
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Ellie
Wow! Lots of different material to play with :) parcel on.its way.this week xxxx
ReplyDeleteThanks, Emma. Yes, lots of fun to be had with the material - I hope I can make it into something nice. I hope to post your gift out in the next couple of days too. I'll email you when I have done.
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Ellie