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25/03/2009 by Liz.
It has been some time since last writing on the blog, fortunately there is more e-mailing between the Loosethreads group. I have managed to complete two wall hangings, average 38” by 25”, the blue cockerel using up scraps of indigo fabric, that should really have been thrown away. And the Arabic Blue Camel also using fabric dyed by me.Pakistan has been difficult to adjust to with respect to shopping, food and heat. However, I came prepared, packed all of my procion dyes, fabric for dyeing, wadding, sewing machine and cottons. There has been a trip to the Lahore Fortress, a couple to Dubai, good for stocking up on essential items from shopping list that one would not care to survive without. Then there is John, my 10 year old who still is chaperoned by mum when he has football, tennis, swimming and school pick up. So between cooking meals, and recovering from avoiding near death mishaps with Lahore traffic, I have time for my patchwork. I’m now working on my next project, a fantastic perspective of Lahore Traffic circling a round-about including donkey and horse carts.
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Nine Years After
09/06/2008 by Liz.
I became familiar with patchwork while living in Bangkok through some of the expatriate British women’s group. The quilt below is a double size that I made 9 years ago from some fantastic printed shirts that my husband had bought in Mauritius some decades ago and my newly acquired stash of fat quarters.
I continued with my interest in patchwork when we moved to U.K., took up C&G Certificate and continued with the C&G Diploma.
In August this year, we will be moving to Pakistan for a short period, the perfect opportunity for me to produce another double size quilt. With so many new techniques learnt, I can’t help thinking what sort of design I could possibly come up with for a double size quilt.
If only my husband new how much wadding, fabric, cotton, dyes, pewter, screens, printing board, soldering iron, fusible bits, freezer paper, parchment, rotary cutters, machine, oh so many bits to pack, not to mention the few hundred books I couldn’t possibly do with out…and he thought Pakistani traffic was bad!
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