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Oblique Pear

Oblique Pear

Detailed shot to show quilting


Pear Not Quite Finished

Pear Not Quite FinishedBacking and binding still to come

Me

Me

About Me

Claire Bryan

Northern Territory, Australia. Age 31. Civil Engineer.

Loves textiles. Loves art. Loves photography. Loves Sea Kayaking. Loves Curry. Loves Chris. 

Veriegated Ashford Corridale

Veriegated Ashford Corridale



Saturday, Saturday!!!

I've been quilting all afternoon. Here is a sneak preview, I hope to have the grand 'reveal' tomorrow night.

Sneak peek at a new quilt project

Yeah, Yeah, I know... those are pears (what a suprise!). I'm going to hang this quilt next to our bookcase, that's if I don't wreck it tommorow, a real possibility since I plan to paint the background after I've quilted it!. I've also been spinning, trying to make a veriegated yarn. I find it hard to get a consistent twist, so I could end up with a heap of useless crap, regardless, I'm going to attempt to knit it.

Veriegated Ashford Corridale

I was listening to Cyndi Lauper tonight, she's great to quilt to, She Bop gets me everytime LOL

More Pears

More Pears

Sneak peek at a new quilt project

Meme

Deborah tagged me with this Meme, I too didn't know what that meant. Total Amount of Music on your computer? We filled our 40G ipod, I'm told that's a lot of music. The last CD you bought? Cat Power, John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins What is the song you last listened to before reading this message? Norah Jones - can't remember 'exactly' which song it was as I was listening to her album in the car. Not counting the radio this morning as I don't know the songs on Triple J anymore, but we've switched back to them from a few years of listening to Classic FM (they took Classic Clive off the air *sniff*) Write 5 songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you? I'm going to list albums instead: Tori Amos, Boys for Pele Ben Harper, Burn to Shine Nick Cave and the Badseeds, Lyre of Orpheus and Abbitoir Blues Red Priest, The Four Seasons (I LOVE the recorder, it's a kick arse instrument) Cake, Fashion Nugget I don't really have songs that mean a lot to me, these are albums I would take with me to a desert island if I could only take five. What 3 people are you going to pass this baton to and why? I think everyone has answered this Meme by now, so I'm just gonna let it go LOL (if you would LIKE to be tagged let me know hehe)

Back to the Spinning Wheel

I'm tired tonight, going to bed early... but not before I post some pics of the progress I'm making with my spinning.

This is my first spool. I had a minor mishap caused by me overloading the spool at one end and the yarn getting caught in the shaft thingy... NOT pretty! I decided to start a new spool after that.

This is tonight's progress... I have no idea how much 'knitting' this will get me. I am also wondering if I'm 'over spinning'... if anyone can give me some advice about that, I'd appreciate it :-) I picked up my UFO from the longarm quilter yesterday. It turned out so much better than I imagined it would. I'll get the binding on it sometime over the next week so I can show it off here. It'll be interesting to see how it washed up, as I didn't prewash the fabrics before piecing :-O Melanie has made a delicious quilt and I'm itching to try something like it myself, but I'm gonna try it with a knitting bag (this weekend), and perhaps use triangles (we'll see). Well, I'm just about to grab a trashy romance (a guilty pleasure) and head off to bed. Ta Ta

Second Spool

Second Spool