It is sultry. It is just plain old HOTTT! VERY humid and I am NOT a fan. I NEED a fan! Actually, thank heaven for Air Conditioning. Tomorrow may be cooler- or so "they" say. I shall hold "them" to it!
Anyway, in the steamy heat, I have been gainfully employed. I have begun the quilting of the Hollyhocks. I have the big full one pretty well done except for the centre and a few embellishments which shall wait till the end. Here it is to date. That is a LOT of sewing. I think I will treat myself, the hollyhock and my machine to a fresh needle and I'll clean the machine and oil it. It has worked hard this afternoon.
I shall see how much I get done before tomorrow. I MAY post this on TNTN. Maybe I will have the energy to go further tonight. Enjoy a pleasant evening one and all.
And here we are again- with the blooms all stitched . We had RAIN this afternoon- GOOD rain with even a bit of thunder :-) Anyway, here are the two blooms all stitched and quilted. All I need to do now is the stem but I shall leave this and HOPE to walk tonight in the cool? We'll see. I AM going to post this to the needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com This IS still a WIP so here it is , so far...
I may not keep that much background but we shall see! Enjoy TNTN!
Here I am back again. You will be sick to death of these hollyhocks but I am taking a little break fro the background quilting now! Exhausting, but I am liking it so far. It is a huge acreage to do and I may not keep it all. I shall, however, DO it all. I DO like the look of the background all nicely flattened down :-)
OK, once again, check out TNTN! And- ENJOY!
ps.- You DO know that you can click on a photo to enlarge it and then click in the background to go back to the post?
Anyway, in the steamy heat, I have been gainfully employed. I have begun the quilting of the Hollyhocks. I have the big full one pretty well done except for the centre and a few embellishments which shall wait till the end. Here it is to date. That is a LOT of sewing. I think I will treat myself, the hollyhock and my machine to a fresh needle and I'll clean the machine and oil it. It has worked hard this afternoon.
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| Centre not done , partial bloom not done but the main flower is pretty near to finished . |
And here we are again- with the blooms all stitched . We had RAIN this afternoon- GOOD rain with even a bit of thunder :-) Anyway, here are the two blooms all stitched and quilted. All I need to do now is the stem but I shall leave this and HOPE to walk tonight in the cool? We'll see. I AM going to post this to the needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com This IS still a WIP so here it is , so far...
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| Bloom and a half all stitched. Tomorrow- the stalk and then- the BACKGROUND! |
I may not keep that much background but we shall see! Enjoy TNTN!
Here I am back again. You will be sick to death of these hollyhocks but I am taking a little break fro the background quilting now! Exhausting, but I am liking it so far. It is a huge acreage to do and I may not keep it all. I shall, however, DO it all. I DO like the look of the background all nicely flattened down :-)
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| There we are! Top right hand corner done! I have been all afternoon at that. |
ps.- You DO know that you can click on a photo to enlarge it and then click in the background to go back to the post?
Liking that background! It reminds me of a dress I had in about 1976. Maxi skirt. Very swishy. That's brought back some nice memories.
ReplyDeleteI find the background interesting too. It's coming along nicely!
ReplyDeleteI hope the weather cools for you. It will eventually won't it? It's cooler here but still muggy.
Wonderful!!!
ReplyDeletePretty work
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful! I can not wait to see it in its entirety. Hope it cooled off for you.
ReplyDeleteIt looks great - fabulous quilting!
ReplyDeleteI'm a little late in commenting on this....it's gorgeous!
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