Creative Corner!

arpie

Well done @gumnut .... that is LOVELY. The only time I tried cross stitch was on a plane to UK ... it ended up in the bin!  LOL

Annie C

@gumnut

Your cross stitch work is beautiful and only you will know where the mistakes are.

In patchwork and quilting there is a saying" There Are No Quilt Police". I think the same applies with cross stitch.

I have made some doozy mistakes at times. One quilt recently I turned a block the wrong way. The OCD in me could not leave it.

So I patiently sat for an hour with "Jack The Ripper"  and carefully removed the offending block, restitched it in place, stood back to admire my work only to find that I had restitched it in the exact same wrong way!

AARRKK.

Well, the quilt was tossed from one end of my sewing room to the other, then retrieved and carefully placed on the cutting table.

I walked way, made a cuppa, left it for the rest of the day. Would you believe, the next day it all worked out correctly within an hour. The joys of quilting!

 

arpie

haha It's called 'getting old' @Annie C ..... oh dear - the air would have been blue if it had been me!!  LOL

I am more accepting of my own stuff ups these days .... but heaven help them if it is someone else!   hahaha

iserbrown

Oh dear, perseverance gave the best result 

Annie C

@arpie

Haha, just remember Twinnie, you are only marginally behind me! And who said the air was not blue - it was a Kimberley sunshiny day.

And thankyou @iserbrown for your perserverance compliment.

Jwrenn

@Annie C that sounds like something I would do, resew exactly the same as the 1st time. Quilting does my head in sometimes!

Annie C

@Jwrenn

I could understand how easy it was to do the first time........ but the second time????

"Jack" and I are now firm friends. My husband looks on enviously at how lovingly and reverently I hold "Jack" in my hand.

arpie

@Annie C put me onto a Quilt Exhibition in our town this weekend ... so I checked it out!!   Here are some of the pics ... some ideas for using scraps too.

Some used felt!   I LOVE the Stilettos

Some patterns did my eyes in!!






















Close up

























close up ..... 








This is a raffle one


This is a Raffle one .....

Annie C

@arpie

Thankyou for taking time out of your day to enable me to "attend" a quilt show. Being a lone quilter in a very remote town it is rare for me to be able to attend a quilt show in person.

It is good to be able to see close up via the photos the details in each quilt.

I love the stilettos! I wonder if the quilter was reliving their early years?

jennyss

Thanks for the photos @arpie. What a stunning variety of work!

iserbrown

Such talent!
Love them all and the Stilettos are a stand out!
Thanks for sharing

Julez1958

Wow @arpie they are amazing!

cranky_granny

They are fantastic quilts. Quilting is definitely in my retirement plan. 

In the meantime Kids are now asking for plain old pillow cases apparently the bought ones just don't fit their pillows. The one set I made were too good so they’ve asked for more. 

cranky_granny

Annie C

@cranky_granny

Oh my!

You have been peeking in my Sewing Shack" windows.

Sometimes I cannot find the creative idea in the mess lying every where. And I am a Virgo!