Monday 2 July 2018

Waiting for a frame.....

Hope everyone had a lovely week!  I have managed to finish the new project that I showed you last time and it is now sitting in my sewing room while I wait for a new frame that I have ordered to be delivered.


I am really very pleased with how it looks. I used a real mixture of different techniques and added both applique and hand stitching as well as free motion quilting.


I learned a lot of lessons along the way as to how I would do things differently another time, which is always very valuable!!


As this was only a very small project, I chose not to use traditional binding for finishing the edges.  Instead, I fused some very stiff fusible interfacing onto the back and zig-zag stitched around the edge.


I then mounted it onto mount board (the board used to mount photographs) and it is all ready to be framed.  We are just waiting for the frame to arrive!!


This little project was my fourth finish in the month of June.


You can see the other finishes which I completed in June under my page OPAM 2018 (which is shown on the right hand sidebar.)  Thank you to Peg and Kris for running OPAM which keeps a tally of all the finished projects of those participating.

I am very excited now to get started on my next project!  I have so many ideas but it has been so hot here the last few days, I haven't really felt like sitting in my sewing room!  I know I won't be able to resist for long though..... !!

14 comments:

  1. I love this little picture, your scenic sewing is lovely! The little sheep are very cute!

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    1. Thanks Janet! They are lots of fun to stitch too! Chrissie xx

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  2. Stunning! I am so jealous!!

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    1. Thank you Lynda! It was such a fun project and I can't wait to get started on my next quilt now! Hope you're keeping well! Christine x

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  3. it is really such a beautiful Art piece! So sweet!
    Hugs Martina

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  4. You did a marvelous job on this one!! I love the whimsical little touches, especially those cute little sheepies!!!

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  5. Hi Christine,wow its stunning and so beautiful,well done my friend on your beautiful work xx

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  6. Love the mixture of all your techniques!

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  7. How pretty! It's going to be gorgeous when it's framed.

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  8. It's just adorable! Love those sweet sheep and the pretty posies!

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  9. It turned out lovely and it is so nice when we can use different techniques we have learned in our art work. 😁

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  10. It’s gorgeous, Christine!
    I love all the little details!
    Well done!
    Hugs,
    Barbara xx

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  11. Beautiful Christine, I think the sheep may be my favourite part.

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    1. Thank you Brenda! The sheep are really fun to stitch! Christine xx

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