{"id":2724,"date":"2017-06-19T12:12:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T04:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/?p=2724"},"modified":"2017-06-19T12:12:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T04:12:05","slug":"another-brew-is-festering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/?p=2724","title":{"rendered":"another brew is festering"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEEK TWENTY FOUR (june 12-18)<\/p>\n

I’ve spent another few sessions searching, searching, searching for woollen fabrics. I have three strong contenders for the next production of K1P1#3 (and #4 &#5). The next will likely come down to ‘match’ of size and colour of woollen fabrics I have on hand.
\nI can’t find anything suitable locally so far, and my supplies are dwindling fast.<\/p>\n

I did buy a variety of woollens online from the Fabric Store<\/a> but they specialise in knits. They have super speedy delivery and lovely fabrics but only one is the perfect weight and (lack of) stretch. I may go back to them for some lightweight Merino knits down the line but not right now. Instead I have booked tickets to fly to Melbourne in July to spend creative time with a friend and I will hunt for woollen fabrics in my usual and new haunts.<\/p>\n

I’ve also spent time researching images for Horse Tapestries and Enid Blyton books!!!!???
\nI know I am delving way back but these K1P1 works are personal, they have to mean something to me. I have had some success with imagery so the next step will be turning images into suitable fabric design. I am so looking forward to the next piece….pieces… slowly steadily, one at a time though.<\/p>\n

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I’ve also been constantly plodding away at the pastel paint chip feathers. So weird me doing these faded morsels!!!!<\/em> I’ve had to stop producing colour runs on the table and instead turned to cutting and trimming those already stitched – my palette was getting out of hand.<\/p>\n

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Now I am arranging the individual feathers on cardboard that is cut to a workable, portable, put-away-able size. So much easier to see where I am going like this.
\nI now re-arrange them continually, stitch more, edit again, fiddle and walk away.
\nNo hurry.<\/p>\n

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SCCockie….the ongoing process in bringing this piece\/ now these three pieces<\/em> to life.
\nThe latest plan is to stitch them each to their own ‘scarf’ and print the ‘story’ on paper underneath mounted underneath in similar fashion to Hurt\/Heal\/Scar.
\nMeantime they have been packed up and laid aside. They have consumed table space too long. When I next see them I want to be ready to advance and to complete them.<\/p>\n

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I did escape the studio and had a lovely lunch at Propellor with a friend midweek. Afterwards a quick visit to Matilda’s<\/a> had me walk away with new treasures – a scrapbook and some bird and animal image sets that look like they belong in scrapbooks? A sale price helped me to rationalise the purchases:)<\/p>\n

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The book is Alphabetised at the beginning, so perhaps it is a child’s project?
\nI couldn’t leave it.<\/p>\n

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Later I remembered the unfinished string-pieced squares project bought close on two years ago that gave me similar inspiration…..scrapbook\/scrap fabric\/disparate magazine imagery…. a project for days at home sick? bored? needing to be kept occupied???
\nAnother brew is festering<\/strong> in my noggin.<\/p>\n

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Speaking of brews, I have more olives resting in brine and have also prepared some Preserved Limes – both of these crops are heavy at the moment. Both look lovely bottled and they will help ease the load at Christmas time – more preserves made now means less last minute baking needed. I also love producing something out of ‘nothing’.<\/p>\n

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I ended up being ‘on call’ over the weekend.
\nA late Friday night text warned me that my help may be needed anytime. Little Bran had a bout of gastro and had passed it on to Mum and Dad who were really<\/em> struggling. They made it through the night but Bran and I spent some park time giving his parents a break and him some sun and activity.
\nKnowing that I was in the firing line then was a worry.
\nThe bloke was co-opted for the Saturday night babysit of babes #2 and #4, his first foray in this field.
\nI cancelled Sunday night dinner and laid low…just in case.<\/p>\n

As I write this, on Monday, I have resisted the bug…almost<\/em>. Just a little dose of evacuation so far….but I have cancelled all contact until Thursday – I won’t be able to pass it on by then.\u00a0 I’m not planning on sharing anything this week!<\/p>\n

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WEEK TWENTY FOUR (june 12-18) I’ve spent another few sessions searching, searching, searching for woollen fabrics. I have three strong contenders for the next production of K1P1#3 (and #4 &#5). The next will likely come down to ‘match’ of size and colour of woollen fabrics I have on hand. I can’t find anything suitable locally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","spay_email":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[35,66,68],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2724"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2740,"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724\/revisions\/2740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}