On our trip to Calgary for Asher’s graduation, Elizabeth asked for microwave bowls in a fabric that I used for someone else’s birthday card – the pink daisies obviously. Since her birthday was coming up I decided to make the bowls her “card”.
My original plan was to use the daisy fabric for the outside of the bowl and the sunflower fabric for the inside but the two really didn’t go together so I made one bowl from each fabric. The first set of bowls I made were quite small so I made two more larger ones.
I was in a rush to get the parcel in the mail so I didn’t get a photo of the full sets but Elizabeth sent me a picture.
I picked this book up from a free shelf in the waiting room at BC Ferries in Comox as we were returning from Asher’s grad. I had started an electronic book but I wasn’t enjoying it so thought I’d switch to this one.
Two young boys have started a club where they imagine a world set in ancient Rome. They reluctantly add two more players to the core team but the power starts to shift and, eventually, a tragic accident kills one of them. But was it an accident? Many years later the past creeps into the present and one of the boys is searching for answers.
I was able to figure out the mystery shortly before the ending. I found the characters and their relationships to one another confusing; there were siblings, step-siblings, parents, husbands and ex-husbands.
This was my June project for my stitching day with Stacia and Deloise. It didn’t look all that complicated but I really struggled with it. We sewed on a Thursday and I didn’t finish mine until Saturday; of course my sisters had their projects done by the middle of the first day.
What I struggled most with was getting the columns sorted. The photo of putting the column together was shown in landscape but when you put it together the picture was in portrait. I have enough trouble getting things align properly without that added hindrance. There were a few pieces along the way that had to be restitched and five of the ten corners were put together incorrectly the first time.
I’ve been attempting to use a more colour-coordinated pallet with my scrappy pieces. I’m not sure where the light fabric came from but I know I didn’t buy it; I think it may have come from Deloise at some point. The dark was in my stash and I’ve used it before, as well as the various greens. Green and purple seem to be my go-to colours this year. The gold for the strips and binding was purchased at a yard sale somewhere along the line. It was already folded as a binding; I cut the strips down but went with a double fold binding since it was already prepared.
Hopefully all of the pieces are going the right way in the final piece. It turned out to be a bit larger than it was supposed to. This one is approximately 12″ x 17″.
