Finished project

I cut the piece once more at 90 degrees and recombined the strips. I put a sheet of Bondaweb on the back and adhered a piece of heavyweight Vylene to the back.

I cut some 3 and 1/4 inch strips. Then cut 2 and 1/2 inch pieces. These I neatened off the edges with a satin stitch on the machine. I still have quite a lot of fabric left. I might make some postcard sized ones. Viola 4 ATCs - Artist Trading Cards.

Part 4

First I cut my stitched piece into strips at 90 degrees to the last cut. I lay the pieces on the floor to keep them in the same order.

I then butted the first two strips up together and offset the pieces slightly stitching them together with a wide fancy stitch.





I continued butting, offsetting and stitching each strip taking care to keep the order correct.  

The piece ended up as a full size complete fabric Notice the offsetting of the strips.

Here you can see the back of the fabric.

New project part 3

Now I ironed the 3rd piece of painted Bondaweb  onto another piece of white cotton.

 Note the difference in size, I used the full sheet this time.

I then cut up the stitched piece and ironed it onto the 3rd piece.

offsetting each strip. Note also that the cuts are always done at 90 degrees to the cut before.

The final part today was to stitch down each of the strips to hold them permanently in place. I discovered that some of the paint on the 3rd large sheet was quite thick and stopped the Bondaweb sticking properly. So I'm pleased I decided to stitch each strip from the beginning. However the stitching was still able to go through the layers quite easily.




Tomorrows work will be slightly differently put together as I have no more painted Bondaweb left. Also the piece I have is quite big now and if I continued in this way the piece would be ginormous!

New project part 2

OK here is the next part of my project

First I ironed a small piece of the painted Bondaweb onto plain white cotton using baking partchment to protect my iron and ironing board.

Then I ironed a slightly larger piece of painted Bondaweb onto another piece of white cotton.

The small piece was cut into 1" strips and keeping the strips in order ironed onto the larger rectangle of painted cotton.

 

Because the Bondaweb is only a temporary fix I then stitched the strips to ensure that they did not peel away from the backing later on.

You'll have to wait until tomorrow to see what I'm going to do next!

More painted Bondaweb

I now have three sheets

New project

Well I've started a new project. I'll post pictures as I go along. Who can guess how they will turn out?
Picture one is some painted Bondaweb now sitting and drying.

New Start

Well after reading a few blogs this morning I decided that despite having a gunky throat I should start a new project - BUT - my workroom was a mess.

The floor had things all over and I couldn't work on either of my desks as they were covered in 'things'. I even had an ironing board up and covered with 'things'













So I set to and cleared the tops, found things I'd forgotten about.

I even hoovered the floor - it hadn't been done since before Christmas.

I found these inspirational books and poster that I got when visiting the Mucha Museum in Prague

Even this which gave me an idea for some ATCs I've promised to make.

And I now have a work desk ready to start. Now what was the project that first got me started on all of this?

Fingerless gloves

Just finished my first project using double pointed needles (dpns), a pair of fingerless gloves. I wish I had made them just a little bit longer in the fingers, never mind I'll know next time.

Citron and hat

I can finally show you one more thing I knitted before Christmas. As it was given as a present I couldn't post a picture and anyway I had forgotten to take a photo. So here goes:-

My second Citron

And here is the hat I made on a much better model than me, it really does look much nicer.

Lacy Snood 2

Well this one is made from Rowan 'kidsilk aura' and is very soft and fluffy. You would hardly believe that it's the same pattern as the stripy one. It's also slightly smaller as done with 75grms of wool instead of 100gms.

Lacy Snood

Well it's 'proper' name is Old Shale Smoke Ring.

Love it and easy to make on circular needles.

Christmas presents

All my presents are wrapped and under the tree. Sorry can't post pictures until after Christmas. All I have to do now is have my hair cut - tomorrow - and buy all the fresh veg. Last minute clear up and we're ready to go. I hope everyone is enjoying the snow, we had a fresh load this afternoon. I hope it doesn't effect anyone's travel plans.

Blipfoto

As well as restarting my blogging, I have also opened a Blipfoto account which allows you to post one photo a day - thanks to Helen C. I only have two photos there so far, one for yesterday and one for today. You can see them at Gandalfstitcher's Journal you can flip between photos on the calendar.

Buzy Bee

Yes I've been quite buzy knitting recently.

First a bag I've just felted although I knitted it a while ago. 

Then a hat I've just completed but it looks awful on me. 






The last bag is one I crocheted quite a long time ago.

My Red Christmas Tree

I thought you might like to see my tree this year.

Above are my twigs which stay up all year but are decorated for the festive season with this years hand made baubles, felt birds and beaded stars

Citron

Here are some pictures of a Citron Scarf I've knitted for myself.

It's really warm when wrapped around the neck and tucked into my coat.

More snow

Well the snow has caught up with us in the NE - with a vengence! The snow is still falling.
                                               The Street

                                              My Garden

New Snow

Well we had just got rid of the last lot of snow and today we had some more. It didn't last long but the forcast says there is going to be more. There may just be snow for Christmas! This afternoon the sun came out but the house is really cold. 
I hope you are all having a good time and that Christmas is going to be a good time for you all.

Prague in the snow

So sorry I have been away for such a long time, nothing much to say I'm afraid.
Just come back from Prague to see the Christmas markets. We nearly got stuck because of the snow but all went well and  got home safe and sound. Photos can be seen on my webshot album.  
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by gandalfstitcher

Garden

Thought you might like to see pictures of my veggy patch

Lots of potatoes here with some peas

This is my small patch shared with the washing line

Brocoli, potato, sweet corn, onion, peas, beans and brussels all in this small plot.

Updated boxes

Ok there is a new post editor and here is the smallest box I made from some oiled napkins.

This is a box with pictures of my mum, gran and great gran.

The last one shows my flower box. The box at the top of my posts shows my rose box.

More boxes

Well I thought I'd add some pictures but Blogger seems to be stopping me from adding pictures. Not sure why.