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A day in Tartu at the Estonian National Museum, where the makers' shared birthday present to Estonia reached its second stage. And the story of my panel for the book.
Sixteen folk dancing girls framed by 52 different striped fabrics, with eight pointed stars in the corners. The most labour intensive small piece I have made.
A hundred makers are giving Estonia 100 patchwork panels of 100x100 cm for its 100th birthday. I joined on the first day and got number 4.
Our little patchwork circle picked one block to work with together, the Morning Star. A king size quilt from my leftovers: 2400 pieces and 75 hours of work.
Covers for six nursery screens with a puppet theatre window: 12 covers, 96 pockets, each group's own striped fabric and letters cut from woollen felt.
Greetings for the new school year.
The shops are full of cuddly toys, but a homemade one is still homemade. Carolin drew the dog, cut the pattern and named him Krissu.
My little artist designed a baby quilt for her brother her own way: no squares, no strips, just the animal pictures she chose, appliqued straight onto grey starred fabric.
Numbers and creativity do go together: 48 m of strips, a calculator and a spreadsheet, and four tractor quilts for my youngest grandson.
A 235x235 cm quilt as a present for a grandmother, from agreeing the pattern and colours to the name appliques and a backing pieced from leftovers.
A commission I refused a year ago and was talked into after all: covers for the front seats, patterned from an old sheet and finished with corded binding.
Eight chair seats: fabric, foam and a staple gun, half a day's work in theory. In practice three working days and a staple gun that gave up.
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