Comments on: Art with My Needle ~ Week 12 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/11/art-with-my-needle-week-12/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:06:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/11/art-with-my-needle-week-12/#comment-27763 Grannymar Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:41:59 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5462#comment-27763 Elly, Will I be paid with another six weeks of your life? ;) I will do my best as always, you bring them up next time you visit. Elly, Will I be paid with another six weeks of your life? ;) I will do my best as always, you bring them up next time you visit.

]]> By: Elly Parker http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/11/art-with-my-needle-week-12/#comment-27762 Elly Parker Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:38:04 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5462#comment-27762 Hey mammy, you know those bras you fixed for me? They've started going at the other end of the underwires (under the arms), so there will be more needlework for you if you're willing! Hey mammy, you know those bras you fixed for me? They’ve started going at the other end of the underwires (under the arms), so there will be more needlework for you if you’re willing!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/11/art-with-my-needle-week-12/#comment-27748 Grannymar Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:36:21 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5462#comment-27748 Ramana - I am sure you have other skills and talents that I lack. As for time; well I do have a certain amount of time... when not climbing ladders. ;) Alas, the eyes are not as good as they used to be. I realised the other day that I was threading a needle by memory and feel. I did have my glasses on at the time. I managed and completed the task in hand. Ramana - I am sure you have other skills and talents that I lack. As for time; well I do have a certain amount of time… when not climbing ladders. ;)

Alas, the eyes are not as good as they used to be. I realised the other day that I was threading a needle by memory and feel. I did have my glasses on at the time. I managed and completed the task in hand.

]]> By: Rummuser http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/11/art-with-my-needle-week-12/#comment-27744 Rummuser Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:09:31 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5462#comment-27744 I wish that I had the patience to do something like this with my hands. Where do you get the time? I wish that I had the patience to do something like this with my hands. Where do you get the time?

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/11/art-with-my-needle-week-12/#comment-27743 Grannymar Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:06:33 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5462#comment-27743 Alice - It would be wonderful to have you for a neighbour. What fun we would have crafting and playing with our sewing machines while chatting about all the wonderful people we meet through blogging! Judy - I did think of setting up my machine for demonstration purposes, but at the moment it is not a good idea for me to do heavy lifting. Over the years I met people who were forced to write with their right hand when nature intended otherwise, some of the methods were real cruel... hands bound etc. Now for the hard question: How did I make the bag shine? The lining silk had a sheen to it as did some or indeed most of the squares. I used metallic threads for the cords and I blame the rest on the flash in my camera. Alice - It would be wonderful to have you for a neighbour. What fun we would have crafting and playing with our sewing machines while chatting about all the wonderful people we meet through blogging!

Judy - I did think of setting up my machine for demonstration purposes, but at the moment it is not a good idea for me to do heavy lifting.

Over the years I met people who were forced to write with their right hand when nature intended otherwise, some of the methods were real cruel… hands bound etc.

Now for the hard question: How did I make the bag shine? The lining silk had a sheen to it as did some or indeed most of the squares. I used metallic threads for the cords and I blame the rest on the flash in my camera.

]]> By: Judy Harper http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/11/art-with-my-needle-week-12/#comment-27741 Judy Harper Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:40:40 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5462#comment-27741 I also lost the "how to" with the tension of the bobbin-I think you loosened, but I'm worried about the feet. Ahhh! I think I will just enjoy looking at the pictures and say, "You're one talented lady!" (lol)I think it has to do with the fact that when I was growing up, the teachers didn't want children to be left handed, which I wanted to be or was, am now-whatever. My third grade teacher, Mrs. Crawford, especially! She smacked my left hand every time I placed a pencil in it to write. Now, I'm ambidextrous and have no controlling side and I have a heck of a time following written directions. I do better with pictures, plans and maps though. I love the purse, can you just take a couple of sentences as to how you got it to shine? Thanks! I also lost the “how to” with the tension of the bobbin-I think you loosened, but I’m worried about the feet. Ahhh! I think I will just enjoy looking at the pictures and say, “You’re one talented lady!” (lol)I think it has to do with the fact that when I was growing up, the teachers didn’t want children to be left handed, which I wanted to be or was, am now-whatever. My third grade teacher, Mrs. Crawford, especially! She smacked my left hand every time I placed a pencil in it to write. Now, I’m ambidextrous and have no controlling side and I have a heck of a time following written directions. I do better with pictures, plans and maps though. I love the purse, can you just take a couple of sentences as to how you got it to shine? Thanks!

]]> By: Alice http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/11/art-with-my-needle-week-12/#comment-27740 Alice Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:19:16 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5462#comment-27740 You're really good with that machine. I sure wish you were a neighbor of mine so you could give me pointers about mine. I love piecing little scraps together, but I'm not so good at it. Which isn't a reason enough to try to do it, right? You’re really good with that machine. I sure wish you were a neighbor of mine so you could give me pointers about mine. I love piecing little scraps together, but I’m not so good at it. Which isn’t a reason enough to try to do it, right?

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/11/art-with-my-needle-week-12/#comment-27739 Grannymar Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:56:17 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5462#comment-27739 Maz, never throw out the scraps. ;) Make postage stamps, but don't try using them on letters! Maz, never throw out the scraps. ;) Make postage stamps, but don’t try using them on letters!

]]> By: Maz http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/11/art-with-my-needle-week-12/#comment-27738 Maz Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:09:29 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5462#comment-27738 That was a great project and the end product is beautiful and a brilliant idea for using up swatches. That was a great project and the end product is beautiful and a brilliant idea for using up swatches.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/11/art-with-my-needle-week-12/#comment-27736 Grannymar Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:58:51 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5462#comment-27736 Lily, Naturally eating all those greens and spending time at Harvard has paid off. :lol: Lily, Naturally eating all those greens and spending time at Harvard has paid off. :lol:

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