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Hello all. How are you? I'm great thanks.
I had a great day at the Bramble Patch yesterday - it was great to just get on and and do something different. You can see where I got to below. The Kingfisher was printed onto Lutrdor and then I free machined the colours in. As we looked at composition and I decided I hadn't made anything that was diagonal - so this is very obviously diagonal.  I also included some texture, with torn edges and lots of different types of material. I also used a mixture of stitches and threads. There is still some way to go - but our homework is to finish this piece before next week. So over the next weeks I'll show you how I get on.


And how funny is this. Both DH and me bought each other exactly the same Valentines cards. Shows what great taste we both have.
'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement: nothing can be done without hope'
Helen Keller

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Sew Create It - Jane said…
LOL - I bet you both laughed when you opened your cards...goes to show you were made for each other!
14 February 2010 at 12:56
Thimbleanna said…
Beautiful little bird Sarah Jayne! And you must have burst out laughing when you opened the cards. How fun!!!
16 February 2010 at 14:27
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