Affairs of the Heart - Block #11 Photos
03-28-2011, 01:35 AM
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I saw this block posted somewhere else and I linked to your name to make sure that I had the right person. It is beautiful. I love the colors that you choose. Also a hearty Thank You for the work that you do with inmates. I've had family members in the big house who needed structure and people like you contribute to making them productive people of society again.
03-28-2011, 04:48 AM
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Kathy, the Razzle Dazzle is hard to sew with by hand. I found the best way for me to handle it is to use a "crewel" needle (to make a sizeable hole for it to flow through) and my hands are so rough that I have to wear a latex glove. I have to cut it in fairly short lengths...about 12". There will be a lot of waste this way...but heck...it looks soooo great when its done. Almost like a braided rope. I sure hope it washes well though! Yikes!
03-28-2011, 07:41 AM
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I had a productive evening last night and finished the embroidery on both my block 10 and 11. This block 11 is the same one I posted on the cybersew thread with the variegated thread. I decided I didn't think I would like the variegated throughout the whole quilt so decided to go with dark red embroidery floss throughout, so removed the variegated thread and redid it with the red. I like it a lot better, even with my orange flowers.
03-28-2011, 10:30 AM
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Nice blocks Patti and Judy - as for colours 'going' together, I really think anything goes with this quilt. Aie has used what I would have thought really odd colours beside one another, but now I am managing to lose some of my inhibitions! (Well, quiltwise, LOL).
03-28-2011, 07:46 PM
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Cheryl,
Thank you for the nice words about my job. I really hope that I am making a difference in their lives. I love what I do and going to work isn't hard for me to do - even though getting up at 5:00 am is :-) especially since I hae been up for the last week till late in the evening watching the Mare Stare waiting for a filly to be born. She came last night at 11:00 Ohio time, but we all stayed on talking & watching all the activity after her birth. I have the cam up tonight watching her & her Mom. She is so cute and full of energy!
Thank you for the nice words about my job. I really hope that I am making a difference in their lives. I love what I do and going to work isn't hard for me to do - even though getting up at 5:00 am is :-) especially since I hae been up for the last week till late in the evening watching the Mare Stare waiting for a filly to be born. She came last night at 11:00 Ohio time, but we all stayed on talking & watching all the activity after her birth. I have the cam up tonight watching her & her Mom. She is so cute and full of energy!
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