tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81920608701909458312024-02-19T18:01:39.800-08:00Words & Hand Embroidery JourneyHand embroidery is an effective cure for the spiritual ills of our chaotic times.
It has the power to heal and can release us from the mediocrity of everyday life, thoughts and feelings, with the capacity to amuse. © Cherie Panas
Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-90907283761318183572016-03-29T19:59:00.000-07:002016-03-29T19:59:18.324-07:00An Enchanted Escape<h3 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">She's here. I know she is. That scent gives it away. Her scent. Sweet as honeysuckle. Informing me of her arrival. <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The birds chitter and chatter filling the air with the most magical hum joining the butterflies who are fluttering above, reinforcing me of her arrival. Letting me know that my faithful friend has arrived.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new"; line-height: 115%;">“Welcome back
Shirley,” Emote sings as she flies under the tree, secreting a silvery
shimmering light, trailing behind her. She is lighter and swifter than a
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For this post i changed my process and used my stitching to inspire my writing. </div>
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A few years back this toadstool poped up in the garden. I imagined fairies flying around with wings as light as feathers and scent as sweet as honeysuckle.</div>
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And so began the inspiration for my stitched "Funki Funghi"</div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: 115%;">She has the beauty and brilliance of a flower in the sun, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: 115%;">with scent is as sweet as honeysuckle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">Her hair is as fine as mist, capable of sprinkling particles of happiness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">Her caring, compassionate words are like petals falling from her lips.</span></div>
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This body of work has a focus on the magical world of fairy fantasy. </div>
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A dream world in Faraway Places, where declicate fairies play among the trees, flowers and toadstools. </div>
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An Enchanted Escape.</div>
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Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-40669785090795351122016-03-17T21:23:00.001-07:002016-03-21T17:16:29.286-07:00True Encouragement<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;">I have always been close with my Grandmother and for as long as I can
remember, have maintained a yearning to write about her early years, a
challenging period of her life. This drive has really only been a dream, until
August last year when purely by chance, I came across the Writers Studio. So
late last year I took a couple of introductory classes with them. These classes
presented me with </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;">the feeling of freedom that expressing my thoughts into written word
provides.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;">The second class,
the genre class, was where I embarked on a journey together with my Grandmother
Shirley. I interviewed Shirley and wrote my first pieces about her for each of
the four short stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;">Although my writing
experience is in its infancy, we both valued this so much and found</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;"> it a means to turn inwards and help
us both heal and grow. So In November of 2015, I enrolled in the Writers Studio
Online 1st Draft Novel Class to begin in March 2016.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;">With my motivation
at an all-time high, I spent the most recent December and January speaking with
Shirley and noting down her memories in preparation for this class. My aim with
this novel class was to attempt to write a novel about her early years of her
life and present the book to her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;">On Australia Day 26<sup>th</sup>
January 2016, after hours of note taking, Shirley said to me, "Well that’s
it; that’s the last." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;">Four days later,
Saturday 30<sup>th</sup> January, she passed away unexpectedly. At the age of
91 she had been doing really well. Walking every morning and maintained a
sociable existence with our large family. Aortic Dissection was found to be the
cause.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;">With my emotions,
passion and purpose in turmoil the writing aspirations that I set in motion in
November 2015, for the upcoming class, were abruptly overturned. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Throughout February I felt like I was grasping at nothingness. Time
seemed to stop. And nothing seemed important. My whole body didn’t want to
respond to anything. I was frozen in time and I as tried with all my might to
put one foot ahead of the other, it felt like I was dragging myself through honey.
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</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12pt;">However, I have since been informed that she was so thrilled I was
writing about her life. Apparently she spoke of it to many family members. It
had taken us a few months but i now have many pages of rough notes to hopefully
incorporate within this journey. In addition to this she portrayed a sense of
relief in letting go of emotional baggage buried within her soul. She was happy
and at peace. That is true encouragement for me. So I now pick myself up and
recommence one step at a time...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">For she is the guardian of emotions, the feelings of life.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><em>Only yesterday I found forget-me-nots growing amongst the brambles on the river bed. Such a strange spot for this pretty blue flower to reside. </em></span></span></div>
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message to me from mum? For me to remember her and all she taught me? I think possibly so, for as i lent over and gently picked one of the forget-me-nots, it scream the moment it was uprooted from the earth. A loud piercing screech, that took me by surprise, but verified my suspicions. This tiny sweet little blue flower was informing me that it is well aware of the rules of nature that mum taught me.</span> </span></em></div>
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Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-57169284941162296062016-01-24T23:59:00.002-08:002016-01-24T23:59:31.508-08:00Reflections of 2015 <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #333333;">I began 2015 with the intent to begin journal writing as a means to heal and grow. </span><span style="color: #333333;">Unbeknown to me at the time, this was my inception into a world that would open up new doors of creativity for me. As i ventured through each day, I found the journal writing ritual, most enjoyable. Expressing my thoughts into the written word is providing me with an array of inspiration for my needlework endeavors. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">After only 3 months of journal writing, the whole process opened up my mind and heart to emotions i didn't even know existed. Keeping in mind that my initital intent with journal writing was to help me heal and grow, and wanting to explore myself further, I found the most amazing mentor </span><a href="http://coronabrady.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Corona Brady</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> and in April 2015 began working with her.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And so began a 9 month journey, with fortnightly meetings via skype, where Corona supported me along the path of self discovery.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Throughout this period Corona taught me meditation, Kundalini yoga, the importance of rituals, mindfulness and an array of other energy healing techniques. This work with Corona, and in particular the deep mediation process that she guided me through, further developed my enquiry skills and </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Courier New;">I became fascinated by the possibility that patterns, emotions and feelings could, maybe, be passed on down through the generations without us even realising. Hence, i began asking questions about my grandmother and great grandmother.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am in a very fortunate position. My Grandmother Shirley is here with us and at 91 years of age, is patient enough to participate in my "interviews" of her earlier life. A very hard, sad life indeed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Courier New;">So for 2016 my writing and stitching focus has begun with further exploration into my grandmother, Shirley and her life journey. </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am looking forward to sharing snippets of my writing and stitch interpretations here on my blog throughout 2016.</span><br />
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Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-39538838632026641432015-11-30T19:40:00.002-08:002015-11-30T19:40:24.862-08:00Journal 2015 - November Snippets - "Listen to the Whispers"<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">{It can be viewed on Pinterest </span><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/135178426287043514/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">}. Also,<span style="font-size: x-small;"> it is just below...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: magenta; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "ヒラギノ角ゴ pro w3" , "hiragino kaku gothic pro" , , "meiryo" , "ms pゴシック" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><em><strong>"If you listen to your body when it whispers, you won't have to hear it scream."</strong></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Well this was like a little slap on the face for me. I resonated with it in such a strong way. I journalled on this for many days and then wrote a little piece on how ignoring those whispers felt for me.</span></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "courier new"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I ignored the whispers, the feathery tingles travelling from the
pit of my stomach to the tip of my crown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I didn’t take notice of the murmurs wriggling inside the doughy flesh
springing from cell to cell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It muttered
and mumbled trembling with concern, recognising a feeling of dis-ease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still I didn’t listen, as it continued
hissing a tale of a looming threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
pondered a moment at the disruption and inconvenience, but confidently insisted
for the ache and pain to go away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Groaning it snapped and roared, shooting a burning sensation through
each neuron. Angry at my recklessness, the amygdala high jacked my whole brain
and overrode all functions within my body. </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I sobbed at the unjust burning sensation overtaking me, and
wondered how it could have so much power over my body and tender me
immobile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gulping, I whined “Wasn’t my
mind in charge of my brain?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stammer
as I reminisce of my dependable and constant approach to my duties and
responsibilities each day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smirking
mercilessly, it reminded me of the imbalance I have created within my body and
lack of soul vitamins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<strong>Bullion Knots - French Knots - Seed Stitch - Circles</strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">Taupe for imbalance within the body and lack of soul vitamins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">Pink for hope, playfulness, soul vitamins, creating and fun </span></div>
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Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-74705362596325525962015-10-13T20:43:00.001-07:002015-10-13T20:43:57.985-07:00Journal 2015 - October Snippets - Spring Reminiscing<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Spring is in full swing, flower are blooming, baby birds chirping in the trees with longer days to stroll in nature. My journal writing of late has me reflecting on past pieces of embroidery work. This </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">reminiscing uncovered my spring time lap quilt finished a few years ago. It was made for a little girl. Not that i have a little girl to give it to at the moment. But one day i may and i will be prepared!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> As with most of my embroidery, i begin with a theme to work to. This spring time lap quilt was inspired by Venus-Goddess of Love</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">In Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” (1485),
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The shell is pushed to the shore from the winds produced by the Zephyr
wind-gods amongst a shower of roses. As the goddess is about to step on the
shore, the Goddess of Seasons reaches out to cover her with a flowered cloak. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: black;">o Love<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My Crazy Patchwork lap quilt includes embellishments depicting gardens-roses-hearts-love-cultivated fields. The colours I worked with have a focus on spring, keeping in line with the goddess Venus as she stepped onto the shore, from the shell and is greeted by the Goddess of Seasons - spring who is said to reach out and cover her with a flowered cloak.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Pink is a softer, less violent red. Pink is the sweet side of red. Both red and pink denote love but while red is hot passion, pink is romantic and charming.Some of the words that represent the various shades of the color pink are Salmon, coral, hot pink, fuschia, blush, flesh, flush, fuchsia, rose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A well know phrases people say about the word pink is “Tickled pink -This means the person Is happy, content”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have used pink on this piece to convey playfulness. It is thought by many that pink is a little girl colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Some of the words that represent the shades of green are emerald, sea green, seafoam, olive, olive drab, pea green, grass green, apple, mint, forest, lawn green, lime, spring green, leaf green, aquamarine, beryl, chartreuse, fir,, pine, moss, jade, sage, sap, viridian<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have used green alongside blue to give an effect of nature - water and forest. Together they can signify new beginnings and growth. <o:p></o:p> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Blue is a calming colour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>In many cultures blue is significant in religious beliefs. It is thought to bringbrings peace, and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>is believed to keep the bad spirits away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Blue conveys importance and confidence True blue - someone loyal and faithful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Words know to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>represent various shades of the color blue are sapphire, azure, beryl, cerulean, cobalt, indigo, navy, royal, sky blue, baby blue, robin's egg blue, cyan, cornflower blue, midnight blue, slate, steel blue, Prussian blue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Yellow is a cheerful, sunshine colour. It is a warm color that signifies hope and happiness Yellow shines with optimism, enlightenment, and happiness. Shades of golden yellow carry the promise of a positive future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yellow is a colour that stimulates the nervous system,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>activates the memory and encourages communication<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-34521472634804856672015-09-28T23:31:00.003-07:002015-09-28T23:37:32.425-07:00Journal 2015 - September Snippets - A Broken Heart - HealedMy previous post {September 24th}, published my thoughts on "A Broken Heart", a story i had written in a recent creative writing class and my stitch interpretation.<br />
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Mary-Ann from <a href="http://magpiesmumblings.blogspot.com.au/">Magpies Mumblings</a>, popped by for a visit and kindly suggested i stitch a pocket on the back of the heart. A home for the story... I loved that idea. Done! It gives more meaning to both pieces, the stitching and the writing. They now live together like they were always meant to. I feel like the broken heart is healed. Thank you Mary Ann, you are welcome to visit and offer your suggestion and guidance any time.<br />
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My crazy patch heart has also had a touch of buttonhole lace stitched around the edge. </div>
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Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-37741081603433608642015-09-24T01:42:00.000-07:002015-09-24T01:42:02.998-07:00Journal 2015 - September Snippets - "A Broken Heart"<div style="text-align: center;">
As i reflect on my journal writing of September, it is highlighting that many within my circle have experienced some of lifes little let downs, failures, hardship, and situations where they feel like their heart is breaking. </div>
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I'm sure you know the feeling, - your heart is shattering, splitting and bursting at the seams. </div>
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It is fair to assume that most of us have suffered from a broken heart at sometime in our life.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">With this in mind i am sharing another </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">little story i recently wrote in a Creative Writing class.</span></o:p><br />
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<o:p></o:p> <o:p>" A Broken Heart!"</o:p></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Cocooned within its cage, deep down in the core of her sole,
her Anahata is experiencing an earth quake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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the story, retelling of her despair, as she watches the outside world with
puzzlement. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></em></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>“Do they not see her heart
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tremors of sadness ripple through her heart, reminding
of her romantic foolishness, where she spontaneously placed her
happiness in another’s hands, who ensured ostentatious manipulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>As she battles with acceptance, the seed of fear begins
to surge, splintering her gelatinous heart, and tendering an eeriness to her presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></em></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Her altruism stolen, she is now arrested in
time; her heart frozen and pained endorsing her scarring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her love energy has tiptoed away,
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</span></em></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Prickling, and heavy, her chest tightens, breathing becomes slow and she
grasps for air, seeking a way out of this labyrinth.</em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What better way to interperate a broken heart than with a gold crazy patchwork heart!<br />
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Bursting seams sew back together with tiny little embroidered flowers, using one thread strand of gumnuts silk.</div>
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<o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Hoovering helpless within the clouds, anxiously awaiting my
opportunity to slip through an air current, and join my siblings. The clap of
thunder stormed through my body as the signal for my journey to begin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Inhaling a deep breath of courage, I squirm,
squeeze and press myself through the crack, determined not to be left behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> "</span>Made it", exhilarated and free, my first
journey to the land below. There is no time to experience the fear of falling,
as I am drawn down by some powerful magnetic force. I cannot stop it as I
plummet faster and faster into the unknown. Suddenly PLONK I have come for a momentary
rest upon a wing of an eagle soaring home to safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Propelled back into the crowd of siblings, I
commence my journey down, towards the human creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a moment I am of the absurd realisation
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as I slip and slither down the wet shiny surface of a car and then fall
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</span>Distorted, but not hurt, I pick myself up and feel a touch annoyed at
the thoughtless clumsy human creatures everywhere that I have to sidestep. My
siblings join me and we skip and trickle to form an elongated stream of water and
meander along the gutter, down the dark hole into the pipeline. As I see the
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discover the secret of life, the Frankenstein monster in my mind created by my
own addiction to seek the knowledge required for flawlessness. You know the
feeling, It begins with insanely sewing together each thread of life for a
seamless identity. The Frankenstein monster wanting to be recognised as
perfect, but in an instant hypocrisy arrives and manipulates the outcome. In
solitude It avoids completing projects due to suffering the beliefs of failure
and hatred for self from crippling high standards. However the voice of the
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success won out here. It took a while, but from my two crazy patchwork pieces worked in May and June
were born a little pouch and pocket designed to hold my deepest thoughts.
Very proud of them i am.. Many, many thanks must go to <a href="http://karenannruane.typepad.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Karen Ruane</span></a> and her brilliant
online class, Embroidered Pockets. As usual her class offered the finest
guidance and support you could ever wish for. In fact i am so enthralled by
Karens generous and supportive approach within her classes, that i am just
about to sign up for her latest class, <a href="http://karenruane.bigcartel.com/product/patterns-for-a-pillow"><span style="color: blue;">Karen
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-74372875518123973772015-07-26T20:20:00.003-07:002015-07-26T20:20:46.910-07:00Journal 2015 - June Snippets - Crazy Life - Crazy PatchEarlier this year, i began journal writing for the first time ever. My first post back in January 2015 described my intent, which can be viewed if you <a href="http://handembroideryjourney.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/journal-writing-growth-and-healing.html">look here</a>. At that time i thought that journal writing would help me look inwards and write down my innermost thoughts and feelings. I am so pleased to say that six months later, It is doing that and is helping me to heal and grow in so many different ways. Most importantly, i am learning to slow down, stop, and be in the moment, mindfulness. Sometimes just spending time alone, is the best medicine to help slow down. <br />
Amazingly it is in these moments that i feel like i have a birds eye view of what is happening around me...and i am able to see what is the best and most wise approach to dealing with my current experiences, emotions and decisions. I am so amazed that If i spend an hour journalling, doodling, and stitching, i feel so clear in my mind and am then able to identify what i need to be more mindfull of my own needs. <br />
Following on from May, I am still on the crazy patchwork-crazy life theme. i have been focusing on embellishing the seams of a velvet crazy patchwork piece, using feather stitch and french knots to produce the sweetest little flowers, which provide a sense of peace on top of the crazy patches..<br />
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My crazy patchwork below, has been randomly pieced together and then embellished with a few of my favourite things., items that i enjoy or have respect for.</div>
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Mindfullness to me is all about being in the moment and giving to yourself what you need right now.<br />
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Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-20120953496182822092015-05-11T20:31:00.002-07:002015-05-11T20:31:53.742-07:00Journal 2015 - February to April Snippets - Grey - "Emotion Interpretation".<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Grey is a colour that I have been drawn
to for a while now, and when looking into Colour theory and the personality of
the colour grey, <a href="http://www.empower-yourself-with-color-psychology.com/personality-color-gray.html"><span style="color: blue;">"Look Here"</span></a> I do display many of the
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Apparently loving the colour grey means
you are trying to protect yourself from the chaotic outside world, and reflecting
on my Journal entries for the past few months I have to admit that I have been
isolating myself from others. Even my blog posts have been lacking recently,
but my daily journal entries have been blooming with thoughts,-- <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>thoughts of fear, of my ambitions, my purpose in life--
yearning for answers, for guidance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This then formed the inspiration for my second stitched journal interpretation piece.</div>
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Beginning with free machine embroidered circles, then Bullion knots clumped on top of each other, Detached Buttonhole, french knots scattered and clumped on top of each other, applique balls and buttonhole cut holes. </div>
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This piece is continuing on from my last post <a href="http://handembroideryjourney.blogspot.com.au/">here</a> from January Journal thoughts, where i was investigating stitch interpretation for Worry-Fear-Troubles-Anxiety etc... Most of this year, I have been delving further into these same emotions and the effect they have on me.</div>
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It may seem dark, and gloomy, but i am finding that you need to begin at the beginning.</div>
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My journal writing began in January 2015, with getting all of my thoughts out of my head and onto paper-my journal, "JULIA CAMERON" calls the Morning Pages kind of a "Dumping Ground".</div>
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I like this, because i am journaling thoughts and emotions that have been stored in my head for a long time. They are thoughts i dont really want anymore - thoughts that i have been hanging onto, and now I have a tool to help them be released, removed from my head and dumped into my journal. <br />
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That is the beginning. I accept that i am at the beginning.<br />
The beginning of a cleansing - clearing of the mind.</div>
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I already feel freer, clearer in my mind. It is a good thing.</div>
Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-22915935487737795082015-01-30T20:54:00.000-08:002015-01-30T20:54:20.910-08:002015 Journal Project - January Snippets - Worry <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">For me 2015 began quietly, with
peacefully thoughts of the year ahead. By the 3<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>rd</sup>of January we woke
to an SMS from the CFS Bushfire Emergency Warning, with a fire warning and to be
on alert, possible evacuation. This lasted until 9<sup>th</sup>January. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were not evacuated, we were the lucky ones, safe and sound. </span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Throughout this period, as I
wrote in my journal each day, it alerted me to the point that one day we are
happy, content, and peaceful, but these feelings can all change in a moment.
Which can bring about worry.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> all have worries in life, big
or small. I believe that in reality a situation is usually made worse by worry, because the
mind is consumed, overly focused, on the worry and not on a possible solution. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that never actually happen, or things that are in the past and can’t be
changed. If not careful, this can lead to bouts of negative thoughts.</span></div>
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worry, where the emotion totally consumes you, takes over your mind and seems
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The dictionary tells me that "Worry", is to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret, anxieties, trouble, uneasiness<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which brings me to my "2015 Journal Project", - first stitch interpretaion of what is happening within my Journal Writing. The focus is on Worry and the effect it has on our lives along with guidance by the dictionary meanings, Troubles, Anxiety, Uneasiness, Disturbing Thoughts, and Frets...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My stitch interpretaion for Worry - Going around in Circles, Worry Lines, Bumps in our travells, Pit holes, Frayed Nerves.</td></tr>
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My stitch interpretation has been guided by what i am learning in Karen Ruane's class <a href="http://karenannruane.typepad.com/karen_ruane/">Swathed in Stitch</a><br />
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Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-88914117315366056182015-01-24T23:00:00.000-08:002015-01-24T23:00:05.445-08:00Grow Your Blog Party 2015<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A warm welcome and many thanks for visiting by blog
and especially a bit thank you to our party host, 2 Bags Full - Vicki. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is my first Blog Party and I am excited
to join you and have you join me. I am looking forward to viewing other guest’s
blogs during this 2015 Party Season.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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name is Cherie and I am the mum of a 21 year old son and a 25 year old
daughter, who still live at home with my husband and I. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I am happy with this as I love having them
around and both are my motivation and inspirations in everything I do. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We live on 25 acres in the Adelaide Hills, in
a lovely old Georgian home, with 3 dogs, 2 cats, 2 alpacas, 3 horses, and many
many wild birds who visit each day.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>blog
is still a baby and is mainly about my journey through learning embroidery
techniques, predominantly hand embroidery. It began as a means for me to record
my progress and as a tool for me to look back at my travels with thread and a
needle. In February of 2014, I began a yearlong project and named it “Dear
Diary 2014”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each week I took
inspiration from an image in my V&A Diary, and then interpreted it into a
stitch based sample. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">My aim was to produce a ledger of handiwork to keep as
inspiration for the future.</span></span></div>
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is now complete and has become a Sampler Book - a Needlework Ledger, to keep on
display ensuring that my stitching future is full of inspiration. You can find
more about this project on the right hand side of my blog under “Labels”. Each post is labelled by weeks, Week 1, Week 2..etc..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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expressing my thoughts into written words, which, I have decided, will form the
basis of my hand embroidery journey for 2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My intent for 2015 is to begin daily journal writing for the very first time.
I have conducted a touch of research and have come to the conclusion that journal
writing is a means to turn inwards by writing down your thoughts and feelings, and
then perhaps analysing.. I feel the process of journal writing would be a
valuable tool to help heal and grow, because by writing down our thoughts we
are clearing our mind, making room for new thoughts to enter without being
cluttered.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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sentences or just one word and interpret that into a stitch sampler.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So
to all you party goers, I do hope you will continue to check back here over the
year to see my progress with journal writing, stitch sampling and most
importantly growth and healing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-35762773935799489212015-01-19T18:42:00.001-08:002015-01-19T18:42:40.709-08:00Journal Writing - Growth and Healing<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #333333;">Looking back at my Dear Diary 2014 project, it is </span>a Sampler Book - a
Needlework Ledger, to keep on display ensuring that my stitching future is full
of inspiration. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has become a picture journey
of my stitching travels from 2014. </span></div>
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words that have meaning to me, -- my thoughts, feelings and daily experiences. <o:p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Casual writing is something that i have always enjoyed, and I love the feeling of expressing my thoughts into written words, </span></o:p></span></div>
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Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-38722881467534412822015-01-14T17:11:00.001-08:002015-01-14T17:11:30.182-08:00Dear Diary 2014 - Beginning and Ending<h3>
Dear Diary 2014, The Beginning</h3>
I began this project in February 2014, incorporating my V&A 2014 Diary, which has the most exquisite images from the V&A Collection. Each week of this diary has an image of embroidery, patchwork, fashion, clothes, shoes and many more items, from the V&A collection.<br />
The V&A museum, has an abundance of inspirational items, take a look at this <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/351703052122801020/?utm_campaign=activity&e_t=d4edd71ce9204cc494b3698effc8eea5&utm_medium=2003&utm_source=31&e_t_s=pin_teaser">Pinterest - Diary Cover</a>, which I found quite interesting. It is my understanding that it is from collections from the V&A museum.<br />
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I did not use this diary to write my "to do list or appointments", instead each week i produced a small piece of needlework inspired by the picture for that week. To look back to the beginning, my interpretation for <strong>Week 1</strong>, can be seen <a href="http://handembroideryjourney.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Week%201">here</a> . The following weeks can be found on the right hand side of my blog under "Labels"<br />
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All good things come to an end. Now completed, my 2014 Diary has a weekly ledger of a stitched sample of varying techniques. </div>
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It now lives in my library, where the book no long closes flat, but sits proudly, with pages swaying, waiting with anticipation, to be discovered. </div>
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My Dear Diary 2014 project has been an amazing journey that has not only captured a piece of needlework that i have produced but a memory of how i I was feeling or what I was doing at that point in time..</div>
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It has become a Sampler Book - a Needlework Ledger, to keep on display ensuring that my stitching future is full of inspiring, stirring, stimulating, motivating and encouraging dreams, concepts and designs </div>
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Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-31880727235651512922015-01-13T15:58:00.000-08:002015-01-13T15:58:17.226-08:00Dear Diary 2014 - Week 5329th December 2014 to 4th January 2015.<br />
Week 53 - The final week of my Dear Diary 2014 journey.................................<br />
The V&A image for Week 53 is "Woven silk brocaded, Spitalfields, London,1730-69"<br />
My stitch interpretation is a Rose Bud made out of wire edged ribbon and a piece of lace mounted on card.. From the V&A image, I have picked up the colours red, green, blue, cream.<br />
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<br />Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-91167252248744164712015-01-12T17:20:00.000-08:002015-01-12T17:20:50.273-08:00Dear Diary 2014, Week 5222nd to 28th December 2014<br />
Week 52 V&A image is "Woven silk, brocaded, France, 1770-99", in Christmas colours, red and green.<br />
My interpretation for Week 52 is a piece of pale green sheer that has been gathered into flowers, and then mounted onto red card. <br />
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The V&A image for Week 51 is "Part of canopy of brocaded satin, Spitalfields, London, 1726-7</div>
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The predominant colour in the V&A image {left} is gold, with tiny coloured flowers scattered around.</div>
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My stitch interpretation is a butterfly, that has been machine embroidered on "solvey" a plastic type substance that you wash away once stitching is complete. I have used a varigated sewing thread that was stitched over itself many times to hold together once the solvey was washed away.</div>
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My butterfly has been stitched to a piece of gold/yellow hand made paper.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For my interpretation i have used both of the colours from the V&A image - Pink and Buttercup. Both are my favourite colours, but i seem to be more partial to Pink, <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">it
is a softer, less violent red, what i think is the sweet side of red. Both red
and pink denote love but while red is hot passion, pink is romantic and
charming. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Some of the words that</span>
represent the various shades of the color pink are Salmon, coral, hot pink,
fuschia, blush, flesh, flush, fuchsia, rose</span>
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Week 48's V&A image is "Woven silk, Spitalfields, London, about1733.<br />
The colours from the V&A image are brown and light latte.My interpretation is a piece of sheer in the light latte colour with a chain stitch circling around the flowers.<br />
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Week 47 V&A image is "Detail of mantua, Spitalfields, London, mid 1730's.<br />
My interpretation for Week 47 is a piece of brown, gold, red and green fabric. mounted on card .<br />
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Cheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08467265290950950005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192060870190945831.post-63399012844557675812015-01-01T20:56:00.001-08:002015-01-01T20:56:10.052-08:00Dear Diary 2014, Week 4610th November to 16th November 2014<br />
Week 46 V&A image is "Silk, brocaded with coloured silks and silver thread, France, about 1732<br />
My interpretation for week 46, is a piece of sheer trimming in the colours gold, rose, grey/green. I have mounted the sheer trimming onto a piece of handmade grey paper, in line with the background of the V&A image.<br />
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