Here Mr. Snail has gotten his body antennae to come I'm working on the stems now. It's very slow going mostly because working the stems is fiddly. More fiddly than clumping them all together, as you can hide some mistakes in the mash potatoes. You can't hide a single strand of Purl Purl when it's all alone. It's lumpy af all by it's self.
And any mistakes are going to trumpet their ick everywhere Doesn't look so bad this way The bottom of the stem didn't look thick enough I added some more smooth Purl, cut small and threaded at an angle Which gives the lower half more definition and makes the stem look more able to hold up the rest of the assembly. I will all add gold sequin berries at intervals and I'm wondering if I should add some smaller leaves or would that make it too busy? That's a ponder for later.
I have also been working on a bunch of old shop hops On tap right now is the 2022 featuring homestead type imagery canning jars and labels, pick-nick baskets, pies etc.
The blocks are mostly done, just the hand work to finish up on a few of them, I will give the blocks a lattice setting, then use up as much of the rest of the fabric as I can in multiple borders
Gearing up for this years Rainbow scrap challenge sorting out the scrap bags, I need to make that yellow one bigger. I also need to make an orange and a teal bag, those two are way to small now And how is it I end up with all that blue? As a rule I don't use all that much in the way of blue, yet that bag is always over full to falling over. I don't understand.
The state of my sewing space has become a bit on the Idea laden side I keep wondering if I should clean or leave it The new studio is coming along and will probably be ready to move into after the first of the year. So clean or pack up? Leave it until I have to move it? As none of it is especially in the way, it's just cramped,