Monday, August 17, 2015

Going With the Flow

We had a lovely weekend beginning with a skype session with my son, followed by going to a concert at the winery up the hill from us, (that's Fleetwood Mask, a cover band for guess who?)


and ending with an impromptu backyard BBQ with my daughter and some friends dropping by.

The August Muster Mixer challenge was a fun one. The challenge was to combine the patterns Tropicana and Ixorus into a new tangleation. I came up with a few variations so my tile is more of a sampler exploring the idea.



The Diva Challenge this week was set by guest blogger Sharla Hicks and is to explore patterns that use undulating S and C curves. As you can see by this tangle I did on a place mat while waiting for our meal to be served at a local restaurant the challenge is right up my alley.



I decided to work with patterns that I had used before. Two are favorites and one I haven't explored as much. I enjoyed an opportunity to get into the flow of the piece. Especially after last week's contractor "infestation" when we had solar installed and our back fence replaced!

Tangles Used: Pop Cloud, Scroll Feather, and Pais

15 comments:

  1. Dorita, this is so pretty and elegant - perfect choice of tangles.

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  2. Your Muster Mixer is beautiful...both tiles Arne very nice

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  3. Oh how I wish I could make Scroll Feather look as good as this.

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  4. Your Muster Mixer is wonderful! It looks like a coat of arms. I love your undulating tangles too, especially the Scroll Feather. And so clever of you to choose the Pop Cloud - why, yes it is all little C strokes!

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  5. Both are lovely! Very creative combination of Ixorus and Tropicana!

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  6. Lovely challenge tile! And it's fun to look at your tangelations of Ixorus and Tropicana (this is a challenge I don't follow so it's great to see).

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  7. You used all tangles that are new to me. Does anyone know how many "published" tangles there are. Isn't it great to have something to do while waiting for service in a restaurant or a plane at an airport or a professor to stop droning? I like what you came up with for the Diva challenge. Your other tile is also nice, but I'm not familiar with that challenge. I figure tackling any more than one each week might end up with me in the dog house for not doing some chore or another.

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    1. You're right about the amazing number of tangles out there. I have a binder with thumbnails of my "favorites" (which now number over 300!) and try to limit myself to those. As for the Muster Mixer Challenge, it is once a month or I wouldn't have jumped in either. One does have to clean house once in a while ;)

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  8. I love scrolled feather! Such a beautiful pattern and your tile is gorgeous! I laughed at Fleetwood Mask! I love the original and I hope the cover band was good!

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    1. Scrolled Feather is one of my favorites too!
      Fleetwood Mask is (the only?) Mick Fleetwood approved cover band. They do a fabulous job covering the songs and their "Stevie Nicks" both looks and sounds the part!

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  9. Love your tiles this week, especially the Diva challenge. Your Scroll Feather is so delicate looking and (dare I say it?) undulating! I like the way the tangles in this piece complement each other so beautifully!

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  10. our tangleation for the muster mixer is very clever.

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