I was away in Germany last week and had an absolutely wonderful week visiting our DIL and grandson in Osnabruck, Germany. We had remarkable weather, no rain except for a thunderstorm one night and most days extremely warm and sunny. Quite bizarre really as the UK was suffering from torrential rain and thunderstorms. Even came back with a slight tan!! We did the normal granparent things like visiting the zoo and safari park and the seaside (well not really but a man-made lake which has some sand!!). Germany only has a coastline further up North. We took some lovely pictures which I will try and put up on here at a later date.
Some time ago I took part in a Quiltie swap (I think I posted a pic of the one I received but kept meaning to put up the one I made. I'm not 100% happy with it but I think it conveys what I was trying to put across. The theme I decided on was the Raj in all its opulence and colour. The photograph drains some of the colour out as it was a darker maroon silk than it shows. All I did was used a pintuck foot randomly, sprayed with some gold ink and embellished.I used some found objects like the elephant charm and the indian style bits of jewellry from some old earings and a pendant and some shisha mirrors (cheater ones I must confess!!).
The recipient is pleased with it which is the main thing.
1 comment:
Ahh. So ALL you did was this and that. Get away with you Di, it is gorgeous and yes it depicts the Raj era perfectly. All those Shisha mirrors, I am impressed, I bet you sewed them all by hand too! I did mine by machine as is the norm for me. This is truly gorgeous, I'm not surprised recipient liked it.
Glad you had a good time in Germany with family too.
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