CALLING ALL ARTISTS- Let's make an art gallery!
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I don't know how you can do those tiny stitches so perfectly! Wow😃💖What an art gallery we could all put together, the variety of Art and Crafts is awesome.
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Thanks, DWisely, sm627 and CaliKelly. I really appreciate all your comments!!
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feeling feline, , A Phoenix ,rising from the ashes! Describes us, rising from the fiery treatments for breast cancer! Thank you!💖
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Feelingfeline! Your drawing reminds me how I hope to feel again!
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Beautiful work Aussiecat! Have you tried onthe of those magnifier lights to help with your cross stitching?
Love the colours feelingfenine! Perfect for such gloomy days we've been having!
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vampeyes, thank you so much!! No, I have tried a magnifier light - do you recommend it?
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Aussie-cat, I do paper piecing (tiny pieces)and learned really fast that my old eyes need exceptionally good light. I highly recommend a Happi Light or other brand full spectrum goose neck floor lamp to put by your sewing chair. I can’t do it otherwise.
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MelissaDallas, thanks for your advice. I already have a floor lamp next to my lounge room chair but not a magnifying one, so that might help even more. Your design is gorgeous!!
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Aussie-Cat, my neighbour uses one for when she does cross stitching and seems to like it. I keep looking for one that is a decent price for my mother in law (she does paint by number) and now that I am doing diamond dotz wouldn't mind one for myself. Worth a shot, saves straining the eyes and makes it more enjoyable to do your craft.
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Aussie Melissa and Vampeyes are spot on, those lights are the BEST! A decent one is worth the investment, and even the better ones are not hugely expensive. You can get them in all sorts of versions (floor standing, table top, clamp-on etc) really cannot recommend highly enough. You can also get travel versions if you need to pack-n-go with your work.
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Vampeyes and Feelingfeline, thanks for your comments!! I will look for a magnifying lamp.
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Melissa, do you machine sew or hand stitch? Your project is spot on! What lovely colours you have chosen.
Aussie, maybe we will get lucky and find a good Christmas deal on these magnifier lamps!
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vampeyes, that's true. Christmas specials could be useful.
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I missed out on the one at Mary Maxim, sold out before I could get in there. Darn!
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vampeyes, that sounds frustrating. I hope you find a good lamp soon.
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Vampeyes, I do both. The little blue and gold piece is part of a hand paper pieced millifiore quilt that I may be ninety before I finish. Here is an example of a finished one that is NOT mine.
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WOW that is stunning! Hand quilting, cross stitch you ladies have tons of patience! I quilt, and the only thing sewn by hand is the binding. 😂
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I'm with you vampeyes. I don't even hand-sew the binding. I would be afraid anything I did by hand would fall apart.
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Wren, I am afraid anything I sew either way will fall apart. I am praying that Harry Potter quilt stays in one piece, apparently when paper piecing I should have made my stitches smaller. Opps. Fingers crossed. That will be a hard lesson to learn if it falls apart.
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I always take good photos of my creations so that if I give them away or they don't stay pristine, I have a record of them. I hope your quilt doesn't fall apart though, vampeyes.
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I did some paintings with my boobs (since I'm a bc survivor) for a cancer benefit/concert/art auction. They're abstract. I created a technique I call the dip and stamp method.
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Those are quite good for using your boobs cyto, have to say you'd never know if you hadn't told us. I couldn't use my boobs for painting, too small. hahahaha. Your paintings are quite lovely and love your techinque.
Aussie - I just started taking photos of my work, I have a few that I didn't when I first started out.
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Here is a few quilts I have made in the past.
This one I gave to a woman I know right after she finished her treatment.
This one I gave to a friend to use to raise money for a little girl with leukemia.
This one I made for DS1
This one I made for my niece:
This is I believe paper tole, a friend helped me create this piece. She does amazing work!
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vampeyes, I love your floral quilts and your paper tole piece is great!! Well done.
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I'm behind on commenting, but I just love everyone's art ere-paintings, ceramics, jewelry, needlework, quilting - all of it. It is all beautiful.
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Thank you Aussie-cat, somehow I have a ton of that material!
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I wonder if nipple prints are as unique as fingerprints?
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