Monday, December 7, 2015

Tea and Memories

This past Wednesday I went to the annual ornament exchange at my Embroiderers' Guild meeting. There was so much exquisite work there. It was very inspiring. The piece I received touched me very much. We exchange names early in the year so that we know who we are stitching for and Barbara heard me tell a story at a program that I taught about a set water colors I had when I was a kid. It was a large set (probably about 96 in the set) and here is what she created for me:


I stitched for Kim who had asked for, "Summer and Flowers." I found this cute scissors case at Luv 2 Stitch in San Mateo and thought it fit the bill perfectly. I slipped a pair of scissors into the case to complete it.


I have been working hard in my drawing class so haven't gotten a lot of tangleing done. So I always look forward to Monday and the Diva Challenge. This week is a first Monday and thus a Use My Tangle challenge. The Diva chose the tangle African Artist by Tina-Akua Hunziker and I loved the look of it so much I started doodling with it in my sketch book right away. Before having finished my morning tea. So in my under-caffeinated state with my first attempt I forgot step 6 and my second attempt I got all the slants in the same direction.



After regrouping, and applying a more appropriate amount of caffeine, I did a couple more pieces. My first attempt above had reminded me of several skeins of floss lying side by side so I did this (leaving out step 6 on purpose this time!)


And then I noticed that it could be done in such a way as to look like a tree. Add an Arukas star to the top and you could use it on a Christmas card!


I never actually made it to working on a tile but I'm sure I will be using this tangle often.

7 comments:

  1. What fun you had playing with African Artist. I love all the ideas you worked out, especially the floss one. Beautiful needlework too!

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  2. Lovely tiles with or without cafeïne ,,hahaha. Beautiful colors.

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  3. It seems that caffeine helps you go from black and white to color. I enjoyed seeing the progression and you're right about using African Artist in a tree. It works really well -- at least with some caffeine on board it does.

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  4. Beautiful work! Love them all! Greetings, Anja

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  5. Oh yes, it would definitely make a splendid Christmas card! Gorgeous colors.

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  6. Your really master this tangle. Lovely memory gift.

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