{"id":1302,"date":"2012-06-10T17:47:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T16:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2012-06-10T17:47:57","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T16:47:57","slug":"summer-luv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/?p=1302","title":{"rendered":"Summer Luv"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the train back from London I was thinking back to the fantastic three days that I had just spent in the great company of such creative ladies and gentlemen. I thought of all the things I had learned and the fact that I would have to try them out independently (ie without a teacher holding my hand) to really internalise them. I’m the kind of person who has to use my hands to learn, I write things down to remember them. I can’t read a pattern and understand it, I have to get the materials and make while I read the instructions. I’ve always been like that to a certain degree but it has become more prominent in the last eight years and is probably down to the flippin’ chemo.<\/p>\n

Anyway, long story short, I was thinking about the portholes technique and especially about the flower template that Lu<\/a> gave us together with the circles and heart. In my mind the flower became more abstract and suddenly I could see a picture in my head of three very stylised flowers in bright colours.<\/p>\n

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What do you think? I realise I could have appliqued the flowers onto the background and it would have taken me half the time but I love the more refined look that you get with the portholes technique (who am I kidding? it’s still something I made). I tried to keep the shapes as simple as possible to practice. The colours were chosen for their zing, I wanted the whole quilt to really pop. I’m very happy with it even though the coloured fabrics show a little through the white and I didn’t bury my knots at the back (as it was only supposed to be a trial piece I didn’t think it would matter). It finished at 12″ by 16″.<\/p>\n

I put a picture up on Instagram and it seems I have two takers for this mini quilt. However, as I haven’t got any of the ladies’ addresses I might just hang it up in my room for a little while.<\/p>\n

Next stop, finishing my double circle of flying geese. I just hope I remember enough to do it without having to bombard Lynne with too many questions. Watch this space….<\/p>\n

Edit: At Di<\/a>‘s suggestion I’m linking this mini quilt up to Ellison Lane Quilts<\/a>‘ Summer Sewing Contest. Just for fun \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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