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Merab's Slave said:
I love the material you use as a back @Siikibam - it’s so bright and colourful
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Thank you, I’ve found it works well as background for the blue ☺️ I’ve had it for many years now...at least 12 if not more. But it’s starting to get holes in it. I’ll have to ask my mum to buy me some more material sometime, she’s good at choosing them. I also have one with blue and yellow flowers. I use them as a wrap sometimes or to cover myself if I’m a little cool but not too cool for a sweater. And to cover myself if it’s too warm for a duvet.
Sorry I rambled on there 😬
 
This is not my craft, I inherited this from my Uncle who carved many ladies in his time, along with painting them too. We always wondered who the model was, as he never married but was a bit of a ladies man! I think she is lovely!
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Siikibam said:
I love your colour combinations, they’re so pretty and cheerful 👍🏾
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I try to have every colour in a braid noticeable, otherwise why put it there? It's hard sometimes to get the combinations right though, you can put several "bright" colours together but if they're too similar they still blend into one. So I always try for at least one light and/or bright, and one that's a bit darker for some contrast. Kind of like this:

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I mean there's nothing "dark" about the blue...but it's a change from fluorescent orange and green lol.
 
Siikibam said:
I like that blue 😁
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I buy the thread in multipacks and the stuff that blue came in, I can generally only get from one brand, and nowhere is selling it at the minute. All I can find is the thick stuff (like the orange) or the fine soft stuff (like the green). I'm really hoping it turns up somewhere again soon.
 
Lorcan said:
I buy the thread in multipacks and the stuff that blue came in, I can generally only get from one brand, and nowhere is selling it at the minute. All I can find is the thick stuff (like the orange) or the fine soft stuff (like the green). I'm really hoping it turns up somewhere again soon.
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Oh no! None on eBay etc? Fingers crossed you can get more in soon.

I’m plugging away at this sleeve. I think I’ll work on the body next so I can start on the colourwork. The sleeve is small so not too slow going. image.webp
 
I'm weird about Ebay, because those thread multipacks get mislabelled all the time. I know what I'm looking for on Amazon and I know what'll come up with which keywords etc. Ebay's a whole other ball game and I don't know if I'd appreciate something different turning up, especially since it may not be suitable.
 
Lorcan said:
I'm weird about Ebay, because those thread multipacks get mislabelled all the time. I know what I'm looking for on Amazon and I know what'll come up with which keywords etc. Ebay's a whole other ball game and I don't know if I'd appreciate something different turning up, especially since it may not be suitable.
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Hmm good point. I’ve found it to be okay for what I’ve bought. I even bought (and sold) used camera lenses and accessories on there.

Well I’ve finished one sleeve. Think I’ll start on dinner at 5pm (forgot three onions!) so for now I’ll work on the body.
 
Swissgreys said:
And finally here is a not very good picture of my complete quilt.
It was a 13th birthday present for my daughter, and she absolutely loves it, and has slept with it every night since I gave it to her.
If it isn't clear teh front is striped and the back is one large piece of blue batic, with a black binding on both sides.
It's huge though, hence the slightly dodgy photo.

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Can I order a red one please. It’s lovely 😁
 
I love seeing all your crafts. One of mine is bobbin lace making.

I'm currently making a lace wedding garter - in the hope that one of my children gets married! (They are both now in their 30s!).
So far I have done about 11 inches and it has taken a year. A finished garter needs to be about 30 inches. The lace is gathered up by elastic and a blue ribbon is threaded through the centre holes.

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ChrisU said:
I love seeing all your crafts. One of mine is bobbin lace making.

I'm currently making a lace wedding garter - in the hope that one of my children gets married! (They are both now in their 30s!).
So far I have done about 11 inches and it has taken a year. A finished garter needs to be about 30 inches. The lace is gathered up by elastic and a blue ribbon is threaded through the centre holes.

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THAT IS AMAZING! I almost tried this out once but not enough time. The husband complains about my knitting as it is!

Just fabulous. I’m going to have another look.
 
ChrisU said:
I love seeing all your crafts. One of mine is bobbin lace making.

I'm currently making a lace wedding garter - in the hope that one of my children gets married! (They are both now in their 30s!).
So far I have done about 11 inches and it has taken a year. A finished garter needs to be about 30 inches. The lace is gathered up by elastic and a blue ribbon is threaded through the centre holes.

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I think I may have deleted the photo ooops! Here it is again.
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Betsy said:
WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW That is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! How on earth do you know what bobbins to put where?
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Each stitch only uses 4 bobbins and you start by learning on an easy piece with 12 bobbins.
I've been doing it a long time and started by going to an evening class in the days when local councils ran interesting evening classes!

If you want to learn, it is a lot easier learning from someone else rather than from a book. In fact I still go to a class although we don't have a teacher now and just help each other. We often demonstrate at craft fairs and always have an easy piece for people to 'have a go'.
 
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