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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by piecedgoods

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Bloggers Block of the Month #2

Posted on October 27, 2011 by piecedgoods

Here it is. Block number 2 of my very first quilt a long. This one is by Vicki Welsh who blogs at Field Trips in Fiber

Why is it that I can have unfinished projects stacked willy- nilly, but am chafing at how long this project is going to take? Why is it that I want the full strategy of the quilt laid out for me on this, but I really like improvisational quilting with scraps dragged out of the bin by my dogs? What is it with so many questions….This is becoming a mystery quilt.

Anyway, here’s a link to the Flickr group to see all the variations. I’m finding this part of the quilt a long fascinating. It’s an interesting exercise seeing how the color, contrast, pattern and value selections make a huge difference in how the star stands out.

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Yarn Art

Posted on October 24, 2011 by piecedgoods

Fiber and color will always stop me in my tracks. I saw this installation in the window of Nine Rubies, the local yarn store,screeched to a halt, and ran in to take pictures.

Yarn in an Artist's Palette by Scott Hamilton

The colors are luscious, the mohair lends a fuzziness that blends the colors, and the tassels at the bottom are fun and fluffy. (I wanted to run my hands through them though I restrained myself).

I didn’t fully capture their essence – the yarn pillars changed through intriguing shadows and colors as the light shifted in the 10 minutes I was around them.