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FACTS Gallery working session: heirloom patterns Oct. 26 at 1pm
Just a quick update: FACTS Gallery Blyth This Sat., October 26, I’ll be back in the FACTS gallery from 1 to 5 pm working on my latest projects and test swatches for the ‘dress of many patterns’ project. If you are into heirloom needlework patterns, pop in for a chat, I’d love to talk stitches. Feel free to stop in and visit! 🙂
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October update: silk on the needles
Greetings and a happy October to you! It’s been a very long time since I’ve been able to sit down and add an update to the blog. What a beautiful autumn it’s been so far! So much lovely sunshine – perfect weather for fall hikes and finishing up the last of the backyard work. As for me and my knitting… In early summer, I was offered a spot at the Fibre Arts and Creative Textiles Studio gallery in Blyth as a Peer Artist. I have just completed a project that I have been working on: a wool pillow for the FACTS Gallery. The pillow pattern is a recreation of the…
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Counterpane Pincushion, inspired by history
Do you love stitching from old patterns? I certainly do. I also enjoy trying to recreate a pattern based upon a stitched item. This pincushion is inspired by a white cotton counterpane baby blanket in the collection of the Huron County Museum and Historic Gaol in Goderich, Ontario. White cotton counterpanes (or coverlets) were common in the nineteenth century, as was “white knitting,” due to the preference at the time for white bed coverings and because of the ready availability of cotton yarn. Counterpanes are made up of smaller units (squares or octagons, for example) that are worked separately and then joined together to create an overall design or effect.…
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