tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10637593194925771562024-03-14T01:44:29.996-04:00SuztatsWelcome to my place where I share my tatting, painting, paper and fabric creations. I love to experiment with many elements and to take photos of my little corner of the world. I do hope you enjoy your visit.Suztatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703965965474209546noreply@blogger.comBlogger406125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063759319492577156.post-75487496755135649092016-09-27T15:00:00.000-04:002016-09-27T15:00:25.979-04:00End of September<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In the garden, just a few blooms showed their colours.<br />
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Rose of Sharon<br />
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September is soon over, and cooler autumn weather will be arriving. I took advantage of the last few sunny days to try dyeing some cotton and some silk hankies.<br />
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cotton fabric<br />
leaves from my garden<br />
sun dyeing technique<br />
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silk hankie<br />
leaves from my garden<br />
rock salt<br />
pearl dye for the shimmer<br />
sun dyeing technique<br />
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silk hankie<br />
ferns from my garden<br />
rock salt<br />
pearl dye for the shimmer<br />
sun dyeing technique<br />
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silk hankie<br />
leaves from my garden<br />
sun dyeing tehnique<br />
rock salt<br />
pearl dye to add the shimmer<br />
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silk hankie<br />
shibori technique<br />
all pearl dyes<br />
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another angle<br />
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Sharpie markers<br />
cotton fabric<br />
rubbing alcohol<br />
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after applying the rubbing alcohol<br />
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dried<br />
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the fabric on the left half was the hankie part folded underneath<br />
it created a soft effect<br />
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Sharpie markers on a silk hankie<br />
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after the application of rubbing alcohol<br />
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less movement than on the cotton<br />
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sun dyeing #2<br />
using leaves and stencils<br />
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the paper stencils left a soft pattern<br />
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the plastic stencil created a crisp result<br />
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after a second application of dye in yellow<br />
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sun dyeing on silk with leaves<br />
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after a second dye of yellow<br />
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cotton fabric, leaves and a paper stencil<br />
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after a second layer of dye in yellow<br />
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the paper stencil has distinct and soft areas of the design<br />
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using a felt stencil on cotton<br />
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the second dye layer created an even softer effect<br />
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Last week I dyed some fabric with avocado pits. After drying, I cut one piece of fabric in half, and threw 1 of the halves into the laundry. After it was dried in the dryer, I put the two halves together, to see if there was a discernable difference in their colour.<br />
It appears as though the tannins in the avocado pits work well as a mordant on cotton fabrics.<br />
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I didn't really like the experiments with the markers and alcohol, so I decided to use any left-over dyes on those pieces, as well as a cotton cloth . What do they look like now?<br />
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This piece may get some more dye additions. I like the softness of the blue and golds on the lower half, so I may add some more blue to the top half and see if I can cover up more of the ugly bit.<br />
Or I could try doing a shibori technique on this piece to see what happens.<br />
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I like the effect on the remainder of this cotton cloth. The section with the bold marker stripes could be cut out for another application.<br />
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This cotton hankie sopped up any spills and drips and has a nice soft effect. It could easily be used as is, or used as a sopping cloth in my next dyeing experiments.<br />
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My conclusions:<br />
I like the 1 layer of dye on the silk and cotton in the sun dyeing.<br />
A second layer of the same dye colour might be a nice effect.<br />
The yellow layer appears too strong, so I may try a third layer to see what happens.<br />
The shibori technique requires more dye than I used. Even though I put 2 layers on the silk, I don't think the dye penetrated the silk enough. I do like the results.<br />
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Well, that's my week of playing with dyes. It was fun.<br />
I hope your week was a creative one.<br />
Thanks for visiting.<br />
Hugs from Suz
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I've progressed from PPP #5 to starting PPP #6:<br />
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#5 all finished<br />
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a start on #6<br />
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a close-up on the lace flower<br />
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I played with some tatting<br />
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trying out a variegated thread<br />
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Ankars tatting, but I pulled too tightly as you can see by the buckling on the rings<br />
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I think I need to re-tat this using a gentler hand<br />
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I've been working on a fabric card for my sister who loves blue<br />
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I have more fabric tags to make.<br />
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Each tag has a quote or humorous saying about sisters.<br />
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In the garden, the sedum is turning darker. Soon it will be bright crimson. The nights are getting cooler, and there's a touch of crispness to the air. Summer is almost over.<br />
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I've been saving my avocado pits, and this weekend, I cooked up a batch to colour some fabrics.<br />
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a baker's dozen pits in the pot<br />
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Some had a layer of skin pop off the pit.<br />
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the selection of laces, and fabrics washed and ready<br />
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After coming to a boil, I simmered the pits until this dark colour appeared, then I turned off the burner and added the fabrics. I left the fabrics to dye all afternoon and overnight.<br />
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Here's the fabric as it was taken from the pot. Such a variety of shades, from palest pink to a tawny peach.<br />
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After rinsing in warm water, I hung each piece up to dry indoors. The dark piece at the back of the rack is silk dupion. Most of the other pieces are cotton. I even placed a skein of thread into the pot, too.<br />
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Well, that's my week. I hope yours was a happy and creative one.<br />
Thanks for visiting.<br />
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Hugs from Suz
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I was having difficulties uploading photos in my last blog post, so a second post this week. Paint has been dripping in the studio. ;-o But that's a good thing. And fun. Starting with a sky and some water:<br />
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adding in the trees and some rocks<br />
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The rocks around the island disappear in the morning mist, and everything looks a little magical.<br />
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ink and watercolour<br />
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a revisited painting<br />
I added more rocks and sand, and dropped some rain<br />
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This was an old painting with just the leaves. I added some darks in the upper right corner<br />
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and some along the bottom.<br />
Is it finished?<br />
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maybe it looks better this way?<br />
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no sketch, but a few pen lines<br />
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the road is out of perspective with regards to the figure and the dog<br />
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The perspective is better, but still not correct. I lost the freshness of the greens, I think. I wonder if I can bring it back?<br />
maybe...........<br />
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My mother-in-law's tongue has flowered again. It must like the south window shaded by the large maple tree.<br />
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In the gardens, the rose of sharon are blooming. Since this is their first year, I was surprised that 3 of the 4 are in flower. So far they're all the same colour.<br />
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The petals look so soft and delicate.<br />
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The marigolds are planted around the tomato plants to help keep pests away. Because of the summer drought, the tomatoes grew poorly: the marigolds, however, have done very well. hmmm<br />
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Suztatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703965965474209546noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063759319492577156.post-50430116912193943752016-09-13T15:00:00.000-04:002016-09-13T15:31:29.767-04:00UFOs to FFO's and Another Fabric Card<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Although there aren't too many flowers left blooming in the gardens, I did find these:<br />
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annabelle hydrangea<br />
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They sat there, one for 3 years, and another for 2. (hangs head in shame)<br />
So, when we finally had some rainy weather, I decided it was time to turn those UFO's into FFO's! (finally finished objects)<br />
Here is my Christmas wall hanging all ready to put up on the wall for this Christmas:<br />
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Although I made 12 blocks, I decided to use just 9 of them for the wall hanging.<br />
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Crystal and glass beads create icicle dangles<br />
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Sorry this is a little blurred. It's also a little pouffy, too, but this is the one I've put together twice. Will I let the pouffiness bother me? I'm not sure. I may tighten up the blocks a bit with some edge stitching and see if that solves the problem. sigh<br />
This is my Lace and Roses CQJP project. I do like it.<br />
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The newest fabric card is for my granddaughter, Jewel. She turns 5 next month, and she loves the colour blue.<br />
On the right is the card front, with laces, a variety of fabrics and trims, and a blue lace butterfly I dyed.<br />
On the left is the back of the card. It has a mesh pocket over a fun, flowery fabric.<br />
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This is the inside of the card. On the right is a layer of turquoise organza over some blue and white fabric. It's a pocket to hold some goodies I'll be sending Jewel.<br />
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Here are some of the goodies that will go into the pockets for Jewel, along with hair ribbon and some stickers. <br />
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a close-up of the organza flower with a tatted stem and leaves <br />
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A box full of new books are headed her way, too.<br />
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Some goodies arrived in my mailbox! The silk threads and gimp were a birthday gift from my DH. ;-)<br />
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That's all the stitching I have to show this week. Hope your week was a fun and creative one.</span><br />
Thanks for visiting.
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Hugs from Suz
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Suztatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703965965474209546noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063759319492577156.post-7370742061311331102016-09-06T18:43:00.000-04:002016-09-06T18:43:10.806-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi Everyone,<br />
I'm sorry I haven't been posting. First, I was away for several days, then was unwell for most of a week. Once I was feeling better, I was busy painting instead of stitching, so I have nothing to show in the needle and thread department except this fabric card I made for a friend for her birthday last month.<br />
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the front of the card<br />
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the inside of the card<br />
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There is a lace pocket on the right side<br />
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the back of the card has a lace pocket, too.<br />
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My friend loves the colour blue, so I used pretty blue brocade, plus satin and silk ribbons and laces that I hand-painted or dyed. Lots of other laces and ribbons were added, too with some dark blue velvet.<br />
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I made some special tags<br />
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and tucked them into their pockets<br />
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On the left is some lace, layered with blue foil, a layer of hand-dyed cotton, then a lace edging, satin ribbon and a blue lace butterfly. I love the layers.<br />
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a gelli-printed bird<br />
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tucked into the back pocket with the dangle tag<br />
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Happily, my friend loved her Birthday card!<br />
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Here's one of the funny little paintings I did with pen and watercolour:<br />
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Thanks for visiting.
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This is the view at the front of my house.<br />
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The black-eyed susan vine has gone crazy, almost taking over the planter. I've added branches so it can grow upwards, and it looks as though just a wee bit more will have it tangling with the tree branches above!<br />
Obviously, it likes this spot.<br />
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I've been doing some painting exercises in watercolour. Here, I'm using only three colours to create the lily painting.<br />
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Although there are certain things I like about this exercise, I am still too heavy-handed with the paint, and want a more spontaneous look.<br />
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So I began this painting of roses without a sketch, and again using only three colours. I like how they work together.<br />
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I'm enjoying painting this.<br />
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Overall, I like the result, and plan to play some more in this manner, without sketching, and using a limited palette.<br />
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New thread supplies arrived. Yummy!<br />
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a tat and swarovski crystals added to PPP #5<br />
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TAST stitch # 51- buttonholed herringbone, another tat, cast-on loops in white, and bullions<br />
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this lace piece is adorned with sequins<br />
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PPP #5 is almost finished.<br />
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It's the middle of August already, and we finally had some rain, so the temperatures have cooled, at least for a couple of days.<br />
The gardens were wilting badly, but the rain has perked everything up. It's raining again today, which is good. ;-) <br />
These photos were taken before the rain:<br />
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hot colours for a hot, dry summer<br />
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yes, that's grass behind the sweet william........it's usually a deep green this time of the year<br />
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even though I've been watering regularly, the golden glow is still wilted<br />
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and the echinacea look very sad<br />
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This lily was the only plant of 18 that survived the squirrel/chip-munk attacks, even though I used wire caging. Once they popped through the ground, their heads were all eaten! grrrr I'll have to have another ponder.........<br />
I took this photo after the first rain<br />
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a few days later there were more blooms<br />
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I finished PPP #4:<br />
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A crystal and silver butterfly has flown to a bullion seam treatment<br />
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the finished block<br />
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I'm leaving the top section plain, at least until it's joined to the next block. <br />
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the fabric card for my sister is underway<br />
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auditioning fabrics and trims<br />
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these are tags I made for another fabric card<br />
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one of the finished pieces for the wrapping cloth had beads added to the flower lace<br />
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all the pieces have their buttonhole edging<br />
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This is the lay-out for the wrapping cloth. See those openings here and there? I have 2 other finished pieces that I may cut up and fit into the bare spots.........<br />
The size as shown measures 49 1/2" by 51 1/4". I think that's large enough. Now to finish joining all the pieces together!<br />
I hope your week has been a creative one!<br />
Thanks for visiting.<br />
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Happy August! I hope this month brings us more rain and cooler temperatures. Sorry I missed last week's posting, but I was having technical difficulties with our internet and had to wait a day for the technician to arrive.<br />
On those too-hot-to-garden days, I hid indoors and played with thread and paint.<br />
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These are repeats of former paintings that I'm doing for practice. Some of the originals were done in a rush on location, so this time I'm considering and painting slowly, trying to improve on the result.<br />
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I liked the bold yellow in this exercise, but felt that perhaps the painting could be a little softer.......that might allow for a gentler foreground.<br />
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So then I began another in softer tones. I stopped at this point to let the paint dry. I may continue just to see the difference a softer beginning can bring to the final result.<br />
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Then I began this rendition of an old painting. Sorry I forgot to take more photos, but I was in painting mode.....<br />
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This one turned out much nicer, brighter, and fresher than the original, so I'm quite pleased with it.<br />
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I've been spending most of my stitching time on the wrapping cloth, adding a buttonhole stitch edging to each piece, then joining the pieces together, also with buttonhole stitch.<br />
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the free-form tat is getting another addition, but this is how it looked before I added another row, more beads and picot rings<br />
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How the tat looks now. Sorry it's a bit blurry. I think once the beaded picot rings are finished, the motif will be complete. But, you never know. I may change my mind. lol<br />
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That's all the stitching so far. I'm working on another fabric card which I'll show when it's all done and mailed away. Here's how my desk looks:<br />
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The fabric card is for my sister, and she loves blue!<br />
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In the garden, there is a lovely crop of beans. I picked a few for supper.<br />
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Thanks for visiting.
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Hugs from Suz
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There's a purple theme this week. First, a little tat in progress. I'm playing around with ideas, and making it up as I go along.<br />
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My friend is having a birthday this month. We've known each other since our children were small, and over the years we've volunteered together, and worked together. Now, we don't see each other very often, and we usually only send online greetings to one another. But, this year, I thought I'd do something a little different. I've been reminiscing about the good times and laughter we've shared, so I wanted to celebrate my friend on her special day.<br />
She loves angels. And her mother used to dress her in purple when she was much, much younger, so I decided to work with both. (gee, I hope she still likes purple!)<br />
It began with a paper card blank, punched.<br />
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I then auditioned laces, doilies, hankies, and some of the purple fabric I snow-dyed, creating layers. Tatted bits were auditioned also.<br />
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I then printed onto fabric some angels, plus a few angel quotes. This wee angel was on a postcard I received years ago.<br />
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Once I had decided on the lay-out, I stitched the fabrics together, adding embellishments.<br />
You can't see, but there's a double pocket behind the purple hankie.<br />
I wove some variegated, purple, silk ribbon through the openings on the hankie lace edging, then I added two lace flowers.<br />
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Purple foil was stitched onto this snow-dyed coarse fabric, then sandwiched with a lovely lace frame. I then added a tatted angel. A large star is surrounded by tiny bead 'stars', then a snow-dyed piece of ribbon was added as a border on three sides. Two different trims border the fourth side of this fabric page.<br />
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Here's how they look.<br />
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The back page sports another angel quote, a lace angel, lace trim and tatting.<br />
Before all the fabric pages were stitched together around each portion of the card, I laced through the punched openings with 2 pieces of shiny cord. In purple, of course!<br />
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And because I always sign my emails with Hugs from Suz, I just had to add that little metal tag onto the back page.<br />
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After tying, the cord ends were decorated with pretty dangles made with a selection of beads, a shell heart, swarovski crystals, and a shell sequin.<br />
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All stitched and blinged.<br />
Happily the fabric card stands up on its own.<br />
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I then added a card I'd gelli-printed.<br />
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Lastly, I placed a wee tag into the hidden pocket. It has string dangles decorated with tiny purple heart buttons.<br />
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I mailed off the package, and I hope my friend is soon happily surprised!<br />
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Although the fabric book took me several days to complete, I also found a wee bit of time to stitch on the wrapping cloth. The last piece is finished, the edges bound with buttonhole stitch, and another completed piece added.<br />
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2 together<br />
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I only have 1 side to complete with the buttonhole edging, and then this third piece will be added to the above. Progress!<br />
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The crewel piece has been set aside while the hot and humid weather is here: I have to use a strong light and magnifier to see this clearly, and right now it's too hot to stitch under hot lights. <br />
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In the garden, the lillies are still blooming.<br />
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This is a pretty one!<br />
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In the front yard, the black-eyed susan vine has gone a little crazy.<br />
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Here's the back side of the planter. Hmmmmm, maybe it likes the shady side better?<br />
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It's been a little hot lately so I've been playing a bit with some painted papers, adding borders, shading, and defining edges to create cards. I even fussy-cut a sunflower!<br />
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The garden is still blooming:<br />
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A bit of lace trim on the left, and the beginnings of a vine is all I accomplished on this piece.<br />
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I trimmed the flowers with gimp, and I've begun edging with buttonhole stitch. Next I'll begin adding the pieces together.<br />
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More Mary Konior's designs.<br />
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MK's Merry Wives<br />
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Mary's Butterfly (Maria Pop)<br />
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I made some changes on this one, but it doesn't look much like a butterfly, does it?<br />
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Thanks for visiting.
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There was a bit of painting going on:<br />
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more greens and some brown, red<br />
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dried, and a little dull, but a good background for what comes next. I hope....<br />
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playing with leaves on an old, ugly painting<br />
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practicing painted leaf imprints<br />
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Thinking about adding leaf prints to the background......<br />
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Some stitching was accomplished this week. I made more Purple Project pieces:<br />
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I began embellishing PPP #4<br />
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I tatted these Bud Fragments ( Mary Konior: <em>Tatting With Visual Patterns </em>)<br />
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a few photos from my gardens.......<br />
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Suztatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703965965474209546noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063759319492577156.post-1504208393924507512016-06-28T15:00:00.000-04:002016-06-28T15:00:13.171-04:00Flowers and PPP #3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My gardens are still blooming:<br />
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June has flown. How did that happen? <br />
We had wonderful guests for 3 days, so not much stitching was accomplished. I did, though, manage to finish purple piece #3.<br />
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Meandering chain stitch, sparkle chainette zig-zag, and curled silk ribbon are new additions<br />
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Zig-zags in pink and green threads, a fat line of french knots, and couched decorative yarn complete the embellishments.<br />
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Purple project piece #3.<br />
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Wishing everyone who celebrates a Happy Canada Day and a Happy 4th of July. Hope your weekend is wonderful!<br />
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<span id="goog_1160210473"></span><span id="goog_1160210474">The gardens are in bloom! There are lots of garden photos, followed by stitching photos.<br />
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It was quite hot over the last few days, but this morning is cool and sunny. We had a few moments of rain last evening, and although the rain barrel was 1/3 full before the rain fell, it's only half full now. The soil is still dry in the gardens, so I'll spend some time watering today. <br />
There has been some stitching.<br />
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I completed this purple piece. I'm leaving the purple section in the lower right bare until I decide if I want to add some white or pale thread in a meandering vine.<br />
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I began working on another purple piece with the addition of a gathered, variegated fabric strip, 2 buttons, beads on sequins, purple silk ribbon, and a blue trim.<br />
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The frilly tatting looks like a woolly caterpillar..... lol<br />
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Purple fur, purple bullions, french knots and herringbone stitch embellish this seam.<br />
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I wrapped the silk ribbon with variegated thread, and added french knots to the flower centers.<br />
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Blue beads decorate the blue trim.<br />
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The progress so far........<br />
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On the crewel piece flower #3, I added the inside row of beads and more metallic purple thread.<br />
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Next came the outer row of beads.<br />
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I began weaving inside the leaf shapes.<br />
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Next came the second colour for the weaving.<br />
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Flower #3 is completed, and I've begun working on flower #4, but not enough to show any photos yet.<br />
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Flower #3 is completed, and I've begun working on flower #4, but not enough progress has been made to show any photos.<br />
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I'm couching some off-white gimp along the outline of the flowers on the wrapping cloth.<br />
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I may decide to add some beads, too, for a bit of bling.<br />
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The gimp seems to show up against the background and define the flower shapes and petals.<br />
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This last prepared piece is almost finished!<br />
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That's all the stitching for this week. I hope your week was a creative and enjoyable one.<br />
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Suztatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703965965474209546noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063759319492577156.post-78069720995266115912016-06-14T15:00:00.000-04:002016-06-16T09:10:57.397-04:00Secret Project Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I mentioned several times that I had been working on a secret project, but I couldn't share any photos. Well, now I can. The project was a challenge and a fundraiser for EAC Seminar 2016. Participating members purchased a Mystery Bag and the challenge was to create a 5" x 7" piece using some of every item in the bag, plus 1 optional item.<br />
The contents of my Mystery Bag were : 1 piece of burgundy leather, 1 piece of patterned pink organza, 5 pink, plastic discs with a center hole, 3 pink and two purple small ( silk? ) paper pieces, some perle pink thread, a second crisp pink thread, a sample of Highland Heather thread, and a piece of white, even-weave fabric all contained in a fabric bag. The optional item I chose was a variegated thread. The colour varied from a pale pink to burgundy.<br />
Deciding that the theme of my piece would be a fantasy garden, I began by making organza flower petals, using the variegated thread.<br />
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Once the petals were stitched, I cut them out, then singed around each one. <br />
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I tatted a center for the flower, added the plastic discs, then stitched on the petals. Two flowers were made in this way, plus a third one, using the purple paper to create the look of a flower bud just beginning to open.<br />
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I'd decided to use the fabric bag as t he support for the garden. I created two openings, stitched with buttonhole stitch to secure the fabric.<br />
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The even-weave fabric piece was used to create the garden bed, using stitch to manipulate the fabric. The pattern is dragonscale using a smocking technique. ( re Daenerys Targaryen's dragonscale dress from <em>Game of Thrones</em>, embroidered by Michele Carragher)<br />
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Next, the burgundy leather was cut into shapes for stems, calyx and leaves.<br />
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The stems and leaves were attached to the fabric bag front using buttonhole stitch and most of the Highlands Heather thread.<br />
The small flower in the upper right used almost all the fine, pink thread in the kit. A leather center is attached with buttonhole stitch, then surrounded by layers of buttonhole lace.<br />
You can see the flower in bud using the purple paper and petals of the pink organza below the buttonhole lace flower. <br />
The pink papers were used for the flower stalks. On top of the papers, I added gathered lengths of singed organza topped with tatted Josephine Knot clusters in the variegated thread.<br />
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The same thread was twisted to create the flower stems. Some feather stitch and double feather stitched stems were added, along with a few flower sprays. French knots secure the manipulated fabric to the fabric bag. More Josephine Knot clusters edge the bottom of the manipulated fabric.<br />
I stitched up each side of the fabric bag and placed it over an acrylic photo frame to display my piece for the Mystery Bag competition.<br />
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I did not win a prize, but I did have a lot of fun creating this piece, and I learned a few new things along the way.<br />
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Thanks for visiting.<br />
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Warm, sunny weather means that I've been spending lots of time in the gardens, and little time stitching. There is a bit of progress on the crewel piece.<br />
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Over a padding of stem stitch, rows of bullion knots in alternating colours took several hours to stitch.<br />
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This row is completed, but I still need to add a row of beads, an outside row of padded buttonhole stitch, plus more couching with the metallic thread before this flower is done. Then the two leaves will be stitched.<br />
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How it all looks so far:<br />
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The rest of the photos are shots of parts of my back gardens.<br />
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It's already the end of May. I'm late getting my vegies planted, but it was too hot to work in the gardens for very long the last few days. Cooler weather will be arriving, soon. <br />
I did some stitching on my PPP #3, and it's almost finished.<br />
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I love this variegated thread<br />
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Just a wee bit more to do.<br />
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On the Crewel Piece, flower #2 is finished.<br />
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Here's how it looks<br />
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I hope yours has been a creative one.<br />
Happy June!<br />
Thanks for visiting.
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Hugs from Suz
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The weather has been so fine over the last week, that I've spent a good part of each day outside working in the gardens. ;-) <br />
So, only a wee bit of stitching was accomplished:<br />
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I've almost finished the purple project piece ( ppp ) #2. There's just one seam left to embellish. Then it's on to ppp #3.<br />
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On a night when sleep was elusive, I sat up for a while and tatted some Mary Konior patterns. Here is <em>Embryo</em><br />
<em>( </em>top ) and the first part of <em>Jasmine. </em><br />
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In the garden, the trilliums look very happy in the shade.<br />
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These celandine poppies are waiting to join others in the shade of the trees. It's supposed to be quite warm today, so I may wait and plant them this evening.<br />
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I love creeping phlox.<br />
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some shots of different parts of the flower gardens:<br />
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This large pot welcomes visitors to our home. <br />
It was just planted this last weekend, and will take a bit before the plants fill out.<br />
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I hope your week has been sunny and creative.<br />
Thanks for visiting.
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May has been a cold month so far. We even had snow flurries the other day. Where are the sunny, warm days of spring?</div>
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I've made a little progress on crewel flower #2. The dark blue seems to make the other colours pop. <br />
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A couple seam treatments are in progress on the new purple project CQ block. Don't you love the zing of that green rayon thread?<br />
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The butterfly and daisies are awaiting needle and thread.<br />
I'm pleased with this so far.<br />
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I've been playing with Sheila Heneise's Angel with Paisley Wings.<br />
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It's a cute little angel<br />
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I added beads for the halo and to the skirt bottom to add a bit of weight.<br />
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On the fourth angel, I changed the starting point to close with a split ring for the head. This way I can incorporate a hanger from the thread ends. The beads on the skirt, though, are too big. I played with the stitch counts here and there. I think I like the shape of the first one best, but I also like the small beads. I'm in the middle of tatting angel #5. These are so cute, and small enough to include in a card, so I may be making more of these for Christmas.<br />
That's my week. I hope yours has been a fun and creative one.<br />
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Thanks for visiting.
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Hugs from Suz
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In the gardens, spring has sprung!<br />
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Flowers are bursting through the ground<br />
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The magnolia tree is in bloom, too!<br />
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There are so many flowers this year.<br />
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I finished this block for my Purple Project, thinking to send it away to The Kindness Quilt Project promoted by Vickie Boster, and then realized it was too large.<br />
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So I trimmed another of the purple blocks to the correct size, and then had fun embellishing it.<br />
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This block will be in the mail tomorrow. If you'd like to know more about The Kindness Quilt Project, click <a href="http://vicki-2bagsfull.blogspot.ca/">here</a><br />
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The next block in the Purple Project is awaiting needle and thread.<br />
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Although I've been busy in the gardens, there has been a bit more stitching.........<br />
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All the padded satin stitching is finished on this flower, and I've begun adding the petal outline in a dark blue. sorry this is a bit blurred<br />
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Here's how the 2 flowers look together. I hope to make more progress on the crewel piece this coming week, maybe even finishing flower #2.<br />
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More machine stitching has been added to the silk panel, somewhat distorting its shape. Since this is a garden panel, and since gardens are seldom exact, I think the distortion adds a bit of character and interest. (which is really good, because I think ripping out all that stitching at the bottom would be a bear)<br />
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The wrapping cloth piece also received a little time. The third prairie point is filled with bullions, and the beginning of some french knots is shown.<br />
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Some embroidery has been added to the lace portion to help (I hope)define and enhance the flower shapes. Lots more stitching needed yet.<br />
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The tatted piece is sewn to the front of a card that went out in the mail.<br />
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I first stitched this flower design on the inside flap then the border was created when the tatting was added to the front.<br />
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I liked it so much, I made a second card, but used a different thread in the bobbin to make a second flower on the inside flap. <br />
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That's my week. I hope yours was filled with sunshine and creativity.<br />
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Although the calendar says it's spring, the warm temperatures have yet to arrive. So, instead of gardening, I've been stitching.<br />
The Embroidery Guilds are creating roses in different stitches for the Embroidery Guild of Canada to use as a visual teaching tool. The rose pattern is of a simple wild rose with 5 petals. Here's what I've been doing:<br />
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Using a perle cotton #5, I outlined the rose shape in a variation of an outline stitch.<br />
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Then I began to add rows of a buttonhole lace variation. You know how much I love buttonhole lace, don't you?<br />
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My progress so far. I should have this rose completed by bedtime tonight. ;-)<br />
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I'd previously completed a rose in cutwork, but I can't find any photos of it, and it's already been handed in........ silly me<br />
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On the crewel piece, I've almost finished all the petal sections of padded satin stitch! Yay! Just a few more to go.........<br />
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You can see the shimmer of the floss in this earlier photo<br />
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I've finished up this wrapping cloth piece! On the pocket that sits on top of the pocket of my favourite blouse, I added a cutwork circle with reverse applique. A bit of tatted frill surrounds the circle.....<br />
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The row of packed bullions morphed into some flowers.......<br />
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and the pocket button sports a few beads<br />
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some lace and beads make a pretty trim<br />
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and the finished piece goes into the pile!<br />
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On the new piece, (and last of the pieced wrapping cloth pieces!) mother of pearl beads play on the circle theme of the lace. <br />
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Three prairie point tips have been opened to allow for pretty titivations. More bullions will be added to the third one.<br />
There are little crystal beads in the circle beads, reflecting the light.<br />
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I love how the beads catch the light.<br />
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This lace is so pretty with the flowers and leaves pattern. I'm pondering outlining the shapes and maybe adding some beads here and there.<br />
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The wrapping cloth piece in progress.<br />
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The magnolia is just about ready to burst into flower.<br />
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Ah, the promise of spring!<br />
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I hope you've had a wonderful and creative week.<br />
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Thanks for visiting.
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Hugs from Suz</div>
Suztatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703965965474209546noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063759319492577156.post-66441105060214733492016-04-26T15:00:00.000-04:002016-04-26T15:00:15.505-04:00April Snows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yes, snow in April! When the rain should be falling to herald spring, turn the grasses green, and the flowers to burst forth from the earth, we've had two days of snow. <br />
I'm happy there's not been much accumulation, since the snow melts quickly on the roads and gardens, but it's too cold to work outside and plant my spring bulbs. I guess I'll just have to stay indoors and stitch. Woe is me..... ;-D lol!<br />
Last week was a busy one with three days out and then company, so not as much stitching happened. <br />
My new thread order arrived!<br />
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Aren't the colours yummy?!<br />
I can't wait to use them!<br />
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One road trip found me at The Creative Festival in Toronto, where I bought these threads<br />
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and these beautiful beads!<br />
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A second road trip took me to my favourite second-hand shop. I found some lovely treasures for my wrapping cloth fabric stash!<br />
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hankies, doilies and a small table cloth.....or square runner<br />
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hankies with stitching, with crocheted edges, with lace inserts, and even a tatted edging<br />
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cutwork hankies, too.<br />
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How many hankies?<br />
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17!<br />
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this pretty lace is on each of the 4 corners<br />
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so delicate<br />
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prettily edged with tatting <br />
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filet crocheted edging on the table cloth<br />
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Wouldn't this make a gorgeous gift bag? There is a large stain, but I'm sure it could easily be covered with some embroidery.........and that way I could keep this cloth intact.<br />
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I did make some progress on the wrapping cloth piece.<br />
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The blouse pocket flap has been adorned with buttonhole lace. The tab on the flap side has multiple rows of lace.<br />
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a different angle<br />
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a row of cast-on stitch chains<br />
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the beginnings of a row of clustered bullion loops <br />
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and my progress so far<br />
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some road-trip tatting might find its way onto the wrapping cloth <br />
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Thanks for visiting.
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Suztatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703965965474209546noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063759319492577156.post-58071384862034979372016-04-19T15:00:00.000-04:002016-04-19T15:00:26.507-04:00A Little Progress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The weather has been fabulous the last several days, and in spite of spending several hours in the gardens each day, I've managed to make some progress on my projects. I was absent last week. My sister was here visiting for several days as we celebrated her birthday. One of her gifts was this fancy wine bottle holder I made just for her. Blue is her favourite colour. <br />
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Sis loved it! I had fun creating this and then making the beaded dangles for a touch of bling. I wonder if she will gift it away, or keep it for display.<br />
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I added lots of blue thread to the silk panel.<br />
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and some purple, too.<br />
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There is some altering in the size of the panel as I stitch. I'm not too unhappy about it, as it creates an organic feel to the piece.<br />
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Lots more stitching and other additions are in the plans for the silk panel. I expect this will be a slow piece evolving over the next several months.<br />
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The wrapping cloth piece has seen some additions, too, over the last 2 weeks.<br />
french knots, Josephine knots, a dorset button<br />
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more french knots<br />
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a beaded Josephine knot cluster, and a tatted frill<br />
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dangly bits with buttons, a shell sequin, and a sparkly bead<br />
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a row of bullions on the pocket top<br />
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and another on the pocket bottom<br />
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beads added to the frill<br />
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more beads added to the dorset button and the Josephine knot cascade<br />
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and some on the pocket, too<br />
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The edges have been buttonhole stitched, and this piece is now complete.<br />
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Next is this wrapping cloth piece. It includes a pocket from my favourite white blouse. Once the tacking is finished, I'll be adding some fun embellishments.<br />
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Thanks for visiting.
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Suztatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703965965474209546noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063759319492577156.post-46703703807229549892016-04-05T15:00:00.000-04:002016-04-05T15:00:19.631-04:00As April Arrives........<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I spent some time painting with water colours and stencils last week. Onto a piece of watercolour paper, I layered a stencil, added wet watercolour washes in various colours, then added a second piece of watercolour paper on top. As I pressed on the sandwich, a positive (bottom piece) and a negative (top, natch) painting of the stencil design were created.<br />
Once they were thoroughly dry, I added black outlines to the paintings to define the shapes.<br />
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both negative paintings<br />
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the left is the negative of the painting on the right<br />
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the top right is a positive painting<br />
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in the negative paintings, the paint surrounds the design<br />
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a very soft positive painting<br />
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I had such fun creating these stencil paintings!<br />
I'll probably make tags and cards with these.<br />
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Then I decided to paint directly onto watercolour cards...........<br />
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I think I prefer the negative paintings for their softer, watercolour-like effects.<br />
I'm sure I'll be making more of these! ;-)<br />
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Our April showers have been pretty snowy so far, but there's a warming trend on the way. ;-)<br />
On the wrapping cloth, a few additions have been made:<br />
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starting to add some pearly beads<br />
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a prairie point<br />
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lace over wild fabric strip<br />
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and a beaded JK cluster below<br />
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did you see the raised centers on the flowers? <br />
such a pretty fabric<br />
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how the bottom half of the wrapping cloth piece looks<br />
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the 2nd lutradur piece is now finished<br />
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with the metallic paint beneath, the threads seem to glow<br />
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Thanks for visiting.
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Even though March roared in, it doesn't look as though it'll be creeping out in a lamb-like fashion. The weatherman warned that more snow and an artic vortex is coming our way. !<br />
Aw, c'mon! It's almost April!<br />
My DH shared his cold with me. Sometimes I think he takes that "share and share alike" concept just a little too far! lol So that means I've just been doing some simple stitching.<br />
Lots of buttonhole stitch, buttonhole lace, and a few french knots on the wrapping cloth so far.<br />
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I laid out the completed wrapping cloth pieces (and 2 awaiting tacking) to guage just how large my wrapping cloth might be when all the pieces were edged and joined together. The measure on the tape is at 48". I suspect the finished cloth will be ~ 3.5' x 4.5' if I don't add more pieces (except to fill in holes)<br />
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This piece of lutradur was painted with metallic paints. I then drew a pattern onto the surface with a brown sharpie.<br />
Using 2 of <a href="http://colourcomplements.com/blog">Lorraine's threads,</a> in variegated green/yellow/blue I began to backstitch.<br />
(#8 perle cotton colours #28 and #158)<br />
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The metallic paint made the surface glow beautifully and the result reminded me of beautiful verdigris on copper.<br />
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I began to stitch on a second piece of painted lutradur. I used another of Lorraine's variegated threads for the fancy stitched hexagons.<br />
(#8 perle cotton colour #6)<br />
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I love how rich this looks.<br />
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I wanted to play with some paints, so I made several background pieces. These will turn into cards, or doodles, or maybe backgrounds for stamping or gelli prints.<br />
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I love the drips and watching them merge to create new colours.<br />
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Wanting a bit more play with paints, I made a pile of small doodle-bits. Some may be a bit dark, but I'll have fun experimenting.<br />
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Using gel pens, markers, gelatos and paint, the following 3 pieces took shape. I may use them on cards or in a journal, or as a tag. They are fun!<br />
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You can see the shimmer of the metallic paint<br />
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These doodle-bits could become addictive. ;-)<br />
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Suztatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703965965474209546noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063759319492577156.post-35651193993555783972016-03-22T15:00:00.000-04:002016-03-22T15:00:21.157-04:00Spring!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well, according to the calendar, spring has arrived. Someone ought to have a wee chat with the weather about that because it's still stuck in winter. We had a few snow flurries yesterday with more snow in the forecast over the next few days.........grumble......<br />
I've been stitching a little on the wrapping cloth piece.<br />
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3 pretty lace flowers were added to the top of a small pocket with buttonhole stitch.<br />
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French knots fill the openings in two of the layered prairie points, their flaps held open with bullion knots.<br />
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3 shell sequins are attached and joined with bullion knots.<br />
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another pocket edged in buttonhole lace. <br />
The lazy daisy half-flower on the left echoes the flowered fabric<br />
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another look<br />
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Now that all the edges have been buttonhole stitched, this wrapping cloth piece is now finished.<br />
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This next piece has been tacked and is awaiting embellishment with thread and needle. I love that strip of lace running along the width of the broderie anglais, repeating the look of open eyes.........<br />
The large piece of wild fabric is a pocket.<br />
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Work on the Crewel Piece continues. Flower number 2 shows a little progress. Each little shape is layered satin stitch, so it takes a bit of time to embroider.<br />
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a bit of a closer look<br />
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I need to use a magnifier and bright light to see clearly enough to stitch such small sections. It's a bit fiddly, but my hope is that it'll all be worth the effort once it's completed.<br />
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I hope your week has been a pleasant and creative one.<br />
Happy Spring!<br />
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Thanks for visiting.<br />
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Hugs from Suz</div>
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