It is very unusual that I complain about the weather being too good, but today is the first cold and rainy day for ages, and the first day all week that I have stayed in to do some sewing. So, not much progress with the little landscape, but plenty of digging and planting on the allotment.
This is another detail of the horizon I have been working on, a little church with a spire. On this close up the colours in the threads show up fairly well. The door will have to be filled in at some stage, and there will be a cloud or two in the sky.
The reeds are the same ones as in last week's photo. This project is all about doing two landscapes at a time - a great idea in theory, but I have already decided that one at a time is easier.
Here goes for week 44...
Many thanks to Maartje, Esther, Julie, Gwyned, Claire, Quilt Musings and Carole for linking up last week to show their free motion quilting projects.
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Linking up with Connie's blog Freemotion by the River for Linky Tuesday
and Kelly's blog My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday
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Lovely start to your landscape; it's interesting to see how you build your thread pictures up. I admire your patience; I'd soon be going nuts if I had to keep rethreading my machine!
ReplyDeleteThat's half the fascination, Marly. All the threads are variegated, you see how the shades are working together, and change threads when you want to shift the emphasis of the colour. It is a slow(ish) process but strangely relaxing.
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