tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91084978333801568852024-03-27T16:53:29.104-07:00Andrea in the South WestAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-54797892043789802942010-09-01T05:12:00.001-07:002010-09-01T05:12:45.389-07:00NEW BLOG.Hello everyone, I've deleted the blog i last told you about, and have instead, started a new one with blogspot. The address is:<br />
<a href="http://www.theobscurethoughts.blogspot.com/">www.theobscurethoughts.blogspot.com</a><br />
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I hope you visit it, and please, if you should feel like it, leave a comment!!<br />
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Thank you!Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-17300157418412302312010-08-31T06:05:00.000-07:002010-08-31T06:05:38.137-07:00PLEASE TAKE NOTICE!!!Hello everyone, I'm starting a blog just for my poetry. If you're interested, please come and check it out. The adress is...<br />
<a href="http://www.obscurethought.webs.com/">http://www.obscurethought.webs.com/</a><br />
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Thankyou!!Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-57936067664967439142010-06-01T04:47:00.000-07:002010-06-01T04:48:39.048-07:00Doodling Attempt...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7M2DQVH9Q9zjTn3tNRItuUQXDVFZp47ccap7TkYaBznXn8S4dFa5vEFfI-Wc9qwEVtJz47k3Vv_FMUiFRx1-SadvspyFCrmKgA8HrognQ4w2V2SDi2TdbO5JxQtzJ9z94YEUiiYjNfxlY/s1600/Doodling+eye.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7M2DQVH9Q9zjTn3tNRItuUQXDVFZp47ccap7TkYaBznXn8S4dFa5vEFfI-Wc9qwEVtJz47k3Vv_FMUiFRx1-SadvspyFCrmKgA8HrognQ4w2V2SDi2TdbO5JxQtzJ9z94YEUiiYjNfxlY/s320/Doodling+eye.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mum said to give the 'doodle on a picture' thingy a try. So here is my strange attempt. It was supposed to be an eye, but once I had finished it, I noticed that I had drawn the tear on up-side-down! I guess you could say that the tear is falling upwards... Kind of strange though. Well, I don't think I'll be doing anymore of these drawings as they're not really my thing.</div>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-88531870637675010032010-06-01T02:50:00.000-07:002010-06-01T02:50:30.358-07:00More FMQ!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHGTtFq0i6ic0Hn-PlITnSzc4G_SXrAWepaROoC44vooioEArf0egnWUSzO4VxEtPlXORcO8s6OT0g74-aY1NlCO5F389u1AVxSDonX9-49CpiqxSePF2VQUsJpVvc1g73N_f5UUv8p3C/s1600/two+feathers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHGTtFq0i6ic0Hn-PlITnSzc4G_SXrAWepaROoC44vooioEArf0egnWUSzO4VxEtPlXORcO8s6OT0g74-aY1NlCO5F389u1AVxSDonX9-49CpiqxSePF2VQUsJpVvc1g73N_f5UUv8p3C/s320/two+feathers.JPG" width="240" /></a>This is my attempt at really small stippling, pebbles and mctavishing. It took me ages, but it was worth it. Up close, the stitches aren't really that crash-hot. But I'm improving, slowly...Very slowly. Here is another picure of the stippling and pebbles close up... See what I mean when I say that they're not really that crash hot...?</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFliovm1Livs3PvIt__YLSBthYDMYADAOliFfaHsR73EGZkvBskqlNHNelETBFNvMBH2FW-5_uRlSYravZDnE9beZD_HGX5OcfzaqSDy8y1byGzIcHSziXRhVdsNp3om61P9U-dH9Gos63/s1600/close+up+of+two+feathers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFliovm1Livs3PvIt__YLSBthYDMYADAOliFfaHsR73EGZkvBskqlNHNelETBFNvMBH2FW-5_uRlSYravZDnE9beZD_HGX5OcfzaqSDy8y1byGzIcHSziXRhVdsNp3om61P9U-dH9Gos63/s320/close+up+of+two+feathers.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-25485287113837160252010-05-31T02:21:00.000-07:002010-05-31T02:22:55.406-07:00FMQ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1gtys7GL3bK7m2tKSGGkoDikDjNeZQsCmT2WDm48CdMkq67mdZ5PMe92UEn52dejjSHOI9Sb2-5XF0eBlUgadDzMxjcp7bO1Q_x2VztRUrYNoRWGwWzekvkfFqzbx8bRl5PAk3TPU85o/s1600/quilting1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1gtys7GL3bK7m2tKSGGkoDikDjNeZQsCmT2WDm48CdMkq67mdZ5PMe92UEn52dejjSHOI9Sb2-5XF0eBlUgadDzMxjcp7bO1Q_x2VztRUrYNoRWGwWzekvkfFqzbx8bRl5PAk3TPU85o/s320/quilting1.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>It's not the best piece of machine quilting ,I know... But I'm really pleased with it. Mum showed me how to bury the ends so now whenever I want to machine quilt, I won't need any help!! <br />
I am now an independent free motion quilter! <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">YAY</span>!Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-73354051461445424162010-05-28T22:15:00.000-07:002010-05-28T22:15:33.682-07:00Carrot Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrI6WCgj95305WObjkne-bQSx8z2p0uhCeVajBg9aNUzvUbXBsK8w9WGVlHibhGGGUIkjOfNJkfJzNUXZ0Frl67nUbrVcy4KxetuB3ojJiFgK5Mw46ssYR6a_o_uPKHD49yW8zdJjHL0r/s1600/IMG_2447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrI6WCgj95305WObjkne-bQSx8z2p0uhCeVajBg9aNUzvUbXBsK8w9WGVlHibhGGGUIkjOfNJkfJzNUXZ0Frl67nUbrVcy4KxetuB3ojJiFgK5Mw46ssYR6a_o_uPKHD49yW8zdJjHL0r/s320/IMG_2447.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div align="left">These are the first Carrot cakes that I have ever made. In the process of making them, I dropped an egg on the floor,( Our dog happily ate it!) which was the second last egg so i had to get it right the next time. Finally when they were cooked, we tasted them... I read that it's bad manners to say 'yum' when commenting on your own food... But... "YUM!"</div><div align="left"><br />
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Here is one I wrote a few weeks ago...<br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;">Words plaster the ceiling like fairy floss on a childs fingers,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;">Fate swirls around the room like seaweed in a current,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;">Hope hovers in front of the window like a wasp on a humid day,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;">And destiny swallows them all like a starving animal presented with love.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;">Imagination runs wilder than a brumby,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;">dreams fly higher than the clouds,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;">failures sink lower than the sea bed,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;">And nothing forces them to do this.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;">Shoot for the moon,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;">For even if you miss...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: white;"> You shall land amoung the stars.</span></div>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-27621092535776924182010-03-17T01:36:00.000-07:002010-03-17T08:43:58.429-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This took me about two whole hours to quilt, but I like the finished piece. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my second piece of machine quilting, so my little stack of samples is</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> growing! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my very first piece of machine quilting. Mum asked me read the Diane Gaudynski book before I started sewing. Im glad she did I learnt a lot from them!</div>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-73499381065954918912010-03-17T01:25:00.000-07:002010-03-17T08:44:28.286-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/S6CRxWEQNgI/AAAAAAAAADQ/DMcJ0wWZScc/s1600-h/Andrea+doing+her+first+machine+quilting.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/S6CRxWEQNgI/AAAAAAAAADQ/DMcJ0wWZScc/s320/Andrea+doing+her+first+machine+quilting.JPG" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is me learning from Mum how to machine quilt! it's definitely not as easy as I thought it was, but Mum's a good teacher, so that helps a lot... :) </div>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-15083955589487308972010-03-02T23:13:00.000-08:002010-03-02T23:55:01.618-08:00Shining Bright<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/S44LY_elG0I/AAAAAAAAACg/OkpLodhnyPI/s1600-h/IMG_1954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/S44LY_elG0I/AAAAAAAAACg/OkpLodhnyPI/s200/IMG_1954.JPG" width="150" /></a></div>Shining Bright is my first quilt that I have yet to finish...<br />
I started it four years ago!! At the moment I am hand quilting it, (1/4" seams) and am about half way. I had a bit of help from Mum and Liz when I was machining it together, but since then it has been all my own work.Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-3880580931551181492010-03-02T21:06:00.000-08:002010-03-02T23:42:57.205-08:00Quilted Diamonds<div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/S43tEcTwRFI/AAAAAAAAABw/aJhA_xFvDMc/s1600-h/IMG_1952.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444268185135105106" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/S43tEcTwRFI/AAAAAAAAABw/aJhA_xFvDMc/s320/IMG_1952.JPG" style="float: left; height: 240px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
(From left to right)<br />
QD2 #80 A most attractive picture of happiness. Variation.<br />
QD2 #60 An air of good sense.<br />
QD2 #79 A rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.<br />
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<div>In addition to the 19 diamonds that I have already sewn, I now have another 20. (Thanks to mum's encouragment and Liz's own similar quilt, Field of Diamonds, which can be viewed at <a href="http://www.lizardofoz.com.au/">http://www.lizardofoz.com.au/</a> )</div>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-8117350929541834852009-10-11T23:23:00.000-07:002010-03-02T23:57:04.935-08:00Inklingo Insanity Quilt<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/StLMiP6cYNI/AAAAAAAAABg/JQqH8joiaDE/s1600-h/IMG_1362.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391596592675184850" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/StLMiP6cYNI/AAAAAAAAABg/JQqH8joiaDE/s320/IMG_1362.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 178px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 229px;" /></a><br />
<div>After much thought, Mum and I decided that we would combine our efforts and both sew the Insanity Quilt. Mum has sewn some with white centers, and I have sewn the ones with coloured centers. Now, however, we are going to to a random colour in the middle. There may be some delay though, seeing as Mum has got to finish both her POTC Quilt as well as an Almost Insane Quilt! </div>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-25350049606832825822009-10-11T05:01:00.000-07:002009-10-11T05:10:08.367-07:00English Piecing<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/StHKSGYMeXI/AAAAAAAAABY/bs9DYLSaQ_g/s1600-h/IMG_1354.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391312641237743986" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/StHKSGYMeXI/AAAAAAAAABY/bs9DYLSaQ_g/s200/IMG_1354.JPG" /></a><br /><div>I have recently started some english paper piecing, with it I am hoping to complete an insanity quilt. However, part way through sewing the quilt, mum discovered inklingo! So, now I am working on another insantiy quilt, Inklingo style! </div>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108497833380156885.post-9988321503341973002009-10-11T04:31:00.000-07:002010-03-02T23:57:49.651-08:00Sophie<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/StHIlSlRilI/AAAAAAAAABQ/aF0xQWTJ-gQ/s1600-h/IMG_1350.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391310771908086354" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/StHIlSlRilI/AAAAAAAAABQ/aF0xQWTJ-gQ/s200/IMG_1350.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
<div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HpBh-Q5texU/StHIP9kZFAI/AAAAAAAAABI/hdG_5b5ho3I/s1600-h/IMG_1353.JPG"></a>This is Sophie, she is my toy poodle.</div>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12229146614657863430noreply@blogger.com1