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  • Art with a Needle ~ Week 48

    Decided to have a day off…. well almost. Arrived at Elly & George’s about 4pm, caught up on the news before we enjoyed a tasty BBQ with a lovely bottle of Red Pinot Noir 2008 from Tasmania, then sat giggling at the table for over an hour...
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  • Art with a Needle ~ Week 47

    There are a hundred and one excuses for having no personal work to show you today, and I know you do not want to hear them. For a change I will tell you a story….. About half a dozen years ago, an elderly aunt decided she would travel to Belfast...
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 46

    Today time is short for me and I am running late…. so in order not to disappoint I will show a sample of reverse appliqué. It is simply machine stitched using three layers of felt on a base layer of leather. Have I shown this before? I hope not...
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 45

    No progress on the wool project this week. I was far too busy running round the country to meet up with Bloggers, Toyboys, shopping, and trying fast cars! ♦♥♣ ♦♥♣ ♦♥♣ In the meantime another little project I played about with some years ago. I bought...
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 44

    My wool project is proving rather slow this week. Gallivanting and lunching with friends are proving an easy distraction. In the mean time I have a cushion with a difference. It was made by my sister. “Nothing spectacular!” I hear you say...
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 43

    I promised you a progress report on my homework for the week. The week has been so busy I nearly forgot what was supposed to show you. It was blue. Right? Yes, 3 Double Knitting skeins X 100g of blue acrylic and each skein is 300m long. As you can see...
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 42

    Today the title should be Art without My Needle. Why? Simply because there are no needles or stitches to show today. No! Now that is not quite correct. I actually have needles and stitches but of a very different kind. For most of the time while working...
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 41

    Time for the unveiling! It began with a challenge to make a web that included a spider. Gathering the toys End of Day One. The beginning of the web. Pencil sketch of Spencer Spider Playing with colour Spencer is complete Setting the web spines on fabric...
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 40

    DANGER Spider on the loose. Well, Today I do have a spider for you but, he has not finished the web yet. So for a progress report of the week…. Freehand sketch of spider Fabric, lining and interlining to back the web Placing the web spines in the...
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 39a

    Sorry teacher! I do not have any homework to hand in today….. It is a work in progress! If I manage to finish it (or even get started properly) I’ll up date at the end of the day.
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 38

    I had a different project in mind for today but alas it is still unfinished - No, not the Work box, the ideas for that are still fluttering about in my head. So today I bring you this: A sample of white felt soaked in black ink. Now hold the complaints...
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 37

    Today found me playing catch-up after my week of fun and games down south. No post pre set and ready for you, so now I might tempt you with a future project….. My old well used footstool/workbox looking the worse for wear. This old beer crate I...
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 36

    About a month ago I promised you The Gigolo Story and finally I managed to find the instructions. click on photo to enlarge Right you have the instructions, off you go now and work hard! You will require: Fabric for body and hat Plain silk,cotton or taffeta...
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 35

    Cording a Roman Blind Wisewebwoman asked last week if I could help with instructions to cord a Roman Blind. You will need: Wooden heading or batten board of the required width. Angle irons and screws for mounting the heading board. Non-stretch or nylon...
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  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 34

    Have you ever recorded a curtain track or pole? Many years ago now, the pull cord on my living room curtain track broke mid-pull! I held the pressure longer than I should and ended up with the broken end of the cord in my hand. There was nothing for it...
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