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Post by jennieg on Jul 12, 2014 12:52:18 GMT
I like to think that I was put on this earth to accomplish a certain amount.......and right now I am so far behind that I can never die.
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Post by ragdall on Jul 13, 2014 14:47:02 GMT
Sandra, You did a fantastic job of arranging the colours and textures, and your workmanship is perfect. It's gorgeous! Did you make it for Ani or was she just modelling it for your photo?
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Post by sandrainsydney on Jul 14, 2014 14:28:40 GMT
it is a present for Ani - to use in her office, when she has a nap on her lovely lounge!
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Post by Joan on Jul 14, 2014 20:30:29 GMT
I like to think that I was put on this earth to accomplish a certain amount.......and right now I am so far behind that I can never die. What a wonderful saying!! I am going to use it from now on.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Aug 16, 2014 8:09:50 GMT
one of the current projects "getting in" the way of the waistcoat! I'm making a doona/duvet cover for a friend who finally found a use for several metres of an old fabric. The fabric shows old advertising labels & I had a lot of trouble cutting it - fortunately I go to 2 Craft groups which have big tables as it is not possible to cut large items on my normal cutting space - a fold-out cutting board on my bed. I used my own cover as a pattern & when I'd finally sewn the front pieces & back pieces together & wanted to measure the length I removed all my skirts from my wardrobe & used the skirt hangers to hold everything together - unfortunately the wardrobe was not tall enough. I contemplated using my shower curtain rail, fortunately not high enough as it was likely to buckle under the weight, then the bathroom cupboard which is over 2 metres tall but I couldn't hang the hangers on it! So I folded it up & waited for craft group & found it was too short - bummer, now I need to add a pocket on the bottom for buttons, rather than the simple press studs on the bottom of my cover. Attachments:
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Post by sandrainsydney on Aug 16, 2014 9:26:47 GMT
I recently finished 2 old fancywork pieces I picked up in charity shops - one is a pocket for holding a box of matches, the other is a potholder for delicate stuff (not saucepans!) I had to re-learn crochet! they were carried around in the tin I saw in a quilting shop & just had to have! Attachments:
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Post by sandrainsydney on Aug 16, 2014 9:50:08 GMT
I recently finished a sashiko panel which I'll frame & give to friends' young daughters I'm currently working on a small (A4) wallhanging/picture for a housewarming pressie. As the householders are Bush Care volunteers, I gathered a representative collection of leaves & appliqued them using fabrics in Australian vegetation colours onto a piece of appropriate material (actually a Civil War design!) The house which needs warming is around 100k north of Sydney in a suburban development, along a major road which tapers into a gravel road where my friends live in a an ordinary suburban house set in 45 acres of relatively pristine bushland - with a dam/pond which harbours leeches!! yuk! Two leeches slithered into the house & were thrown out of the back room, later a leech got revenge by attaching itself to the paw of the visiting dog! Attachments:
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Post by Joan on Aug 17, 2014 21:33:00 GMT
Wonderful art work!! Beautiful colors. Wish I had that talent. I did applicate a pair of little girls pants with a design years ago but nothing compard with your work. Congratulations it is wonderful!
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Post by ragdall on Aug 18, 2014 5:29:26 GMT
Sad that the duvet cover fell short and will require extra effort from you to complete it. It's a great use for that fabric. What a lot of intricate work you did. You relearned the crochet very well. It looks beautiful. I love the bunny sashiko panel! I'm certain that the little girls will love it too. The leaf applique is a perfect housewarming gift for those lucky people who will be living on forty-five acres of relatively pristine bushland. We have leeches here, but I've never encountered any out of water, unless they are attached to someone. I wonder if the leeches there are larger and more robust than ours? I think the longest I've seen was only six or seven inches. I think that we all need one of those tins!
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Post by sandrainsydney on Aug 18, 2014 9:51:53 GMT
thank you, fans!
Leeches in Sydney suburbs Size range 7 mm long to 300 mm when extended
The Sydney suburban sprawl is resulting in houses extending into areas such as wet valleys that leeches normally prefer. It is therefore less distance for these leeches to travel in wet weather before they end up in backyards and can get a meal from domestic animals or humans living there. Similarly the domestic animals and humans themselves unwittingly bring many leeches home with them from bush walks, holidays, and other travels. If these leeches are adult they will invariably find a suitable damp spot in the garden to lay their eggs and suddenly you have a colony of leeches in your backyard.
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Post by maeve on Aug 18, 2014 9:58:50 GMT
Sandra, you HAVE been busy! Lovely work!
Leeches- I find ours interesting, and they are again being used to treat hematomas and infections, but *Shudder* I'd no idea any could independently travel out of the water!
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Post by sandrainsydney on Aug 18, 2014 10:02:16 GMT
thank you maeve.
When I went looking for leech info I found too much - especially the photos of the medical use of leeches!
sandra
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Post by ragdall on Aug 19, 2014 0:05:43 GMT
Your hide-in-the-grass leeches are scaring me, Sandra. I went looking for information too. It appears that there is a terrestrial variety in Australia. - See more at: australianmuseum.net.au/leeches#sthash.7NWVl0S7.dpufHopefully the leeches that we have here are all the aquatic variety. Although I've had small leeches attach to me when I was wading, and removing them wasn't a problem, I'd prefer to avoid them. I thought our mosquitoes were bad, but picking up leeches while out on a walk, or when relaxing in a backyard would be awful. rags
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Post by sandrainsydney on Sept 14, 2014 2:46:57 GMT
finished leaves - which now belong to another couple who had a 30th anniversary party last night. The house-warmers didn't know they were getting some leaves so they can wait for the next batch, & as I had no time to make a new pressie ... Attachments:
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Post by ragdall on Sept 14, 2014 4:13:45 GMT
How lovely! The couple who had the couple who had the 30th anniversary must have been thrilled to have it. The branch is a fitting and clever hanger.
Have you started making the hanging for the house-warmers? They will have the added benefit of your experience making this one. rags
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