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Some of my days of late have been drafting, measuring, pressing, sorting and the like. I stumbled on a very organized-Value-Village-COVID-19 in Nanaimo. I glove-masked up and went in. Lots of decent, reasonable priced for a retail market. Maybe I'm just forgetting prices but these prices in VV and other "thrift shops" are becoming unreasonable for many seniors and low income folks to afford. The pricing seemed higher than previous times. Leave me your comnents below. I felt suddenly without much blue or green in my stash. But the good news is that it means I'm using it up at least my green and blue stash. And this is the first really sized load of fabrics I've purchased since 2016. Not bad! And that the green and blue fabrics might just find its way into new family quilts that I'm working on. Plus, I'm starting another Canadian Flag quilt for my youngest son.He's been wanting one since I gave the first one I made and then gave...
My start was all 'high hat' style of course and then my life changed dramatically with one phone call. I got a new job! So as the days that I'd scheduled for work on this little project blog tour participation dwindled with chaotic new work schedules, the drama increased! My plan was to create a new piece with Carol's Bowls With Borders paper piecing. Where I live is a constant influence in my art, my life and my choices for recreation. In the photo above, I actually hand sewed the paper piecing. I bet that is a first! They turned out really well, but the hand stitching wouldn't let me tear away the paper. I imagined a modern piece, the graph paper told me so and I continued. I free hand drew my version of a sockeye on the back side of iron on stabilizer on red linen. I am a fisher as you all know by now! I've been out to the lake on my days off work harvesting sockeye salmon and enjoying the hot summer sun as we baked in the boat on...
Hi folks, ladies and gents who follow me, this is me, Carli The Quilter. I know that many of you have probably gone onto to more exciting bloggers. But I took a bunch of time off from my usual blogging to reside with more quick types of posts on Instagram. @carlithequilter My favorite Jean Jacket was going under going a transformation. This was back in 2020. Covid etc was ruling our lives and I was busy working for our family business. This is the back side about half way through embellishing the back of the jacket. Times are a changing and with all that's going on in the world, we need our hobbies to help keep us sane. I find that embellishing my jacket is a process that does take time. So perhaps wearing other clothing will help you get through it. This above photo was taken this past summer, You can see my pants drying on the rocks! I was rockhounding and stumbled over a rock and into the creek I went. Luckily it was fairly hot and my stitching on my jacket came in handy ...
Looking good Carli!
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