If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Not OT - Have you ever
taken simply hours to draw up a design plan, start colouring it it, left it
on your desk for a little bit while you did some (gasp, shock, horror) housework and come back only to find that some little visitors (ie Best Friend's Kidlets) had helped you to colour in? Such happened to me. I'd drawn up the placement of DH's whirligig quilt (yes it's almost at the sewing together stage) and had done about 1/3 of it. I came back and thought "Hmm I didn't allocate those colours to those fabrics.". On closer inspection about 10 more whirlis had been coloured in by a helper. I was in tears as I had to go through each individual fabric again, counting off each 9 whirligigs....Ooooh the pain of it. Suffice it to say I have finished it now, embedded it in plastic and BANNED colouring pencils! -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Umm, if I'd had the fabric to match their colouring (yes, that would have
been an excuse for S.E.X.) it would have looked okay. But I'd assigned specific colours to my fabrics and I just didn't have the ones they used. Like you, I'm not sure if it's the way I had it but I reckon it'll be okay. Lesson number one - Don't leave colour pencils near design plans. -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals "frood" wrote in message .com... But, how was their design?? Giles and Spike "helped" me by re-arranging blocks on my design wall. I had an arrangement I really liked, and they exchanged some of the blocks. I still don't know if I got it back the way I had it, but it worked out ok. Sorry you have do more work! -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm De-Fang email address to reply "Sharon Harper" wrote in message u... taken simply hours to draw up a design plan, start colouring it it, left it on your desk for a little bit while you did some (gasp, shock, horror) housework and come back only to find that some little visitors (ie Best Friend's Kidlets) had helped you to colour in? Such happened to me. I'd drawn up the placement of DH's whirligig quilt (yes it's almost at the sewing together stage) and had done about 1/3 of it. I came back and thought "Hmm I didn't allocate those colours to those fabrics.". On closer inspection about 10 more whirlis had been coloured in by a helper. I was in tears as I had to go through each individual fabric again, counting off each 9 whirligigs....Ooooh the pain of it. Suffice it to say I have finished it now, embedded it in plastic and BANNED colouring pencils! -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Ouch!!!
It sounds like your house is as child proofed as mine is... When the little ones come for a visit it is quite a shock for this house of adults... my DGD can find even the most obscure things to get into... and it doesn't take her any time at all. Now we have come to the conclusion that the only place safe for little ones here (believe it or not) is in the kitchen where I put a sheet on the floor and then let the little ones go at it... of course when warned in advance of their arrival I have a whole set of bungie cords ready to seal doors (including the refrigerator) to protect little fingers. My studio is a place of so many discoveries for her that someone is ALWAYS in here during her visits even if she isn't because she is such a speed daemon right now. I have been known though when my Goddaughter or niece visit to let them have a fabric bath with me... I love them all but am always glad when they go home for a bit and always ready for their return... the house just isn't... G. Hope now that your diagram arrangement is back in order that now the quilt will progress with great passion... Think about all the tears that go with a quilt of love. juliasb Sharon Harper wrote: taken simply hours to draw up a design plan, start colouring it it, left it on your desk for a little bit while you did some (gasp, shock, horror) housework and come back only to find that some little visitors (ie Best Friend's Kidlets) had helped you to colour in? Such happened to me. I'd drawn up the placement of DH's whirligig quilt (yes it's almost at the sewing together stage) and had done about 1/3 of it. I came back and thought "Hmm I didn't allocate those colours to those fabrics.". On closer inspection about 10 more whirlis had been coloured in by a helper. I was in tears as I had to go through each individual fabric again, counting off each 9 whirligigs....Ooooh the pain of it. Suffice it to say I have finished it now, embedded it in plastic and BANNED colouring pencils! -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals -- Remove (nospam) from address. now... come and journey with me from darkness.... .... into New Life http://www.nwlife.com |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
There are so many dangerous things in my "room". I might allow my oldest
grands, now fifteen, in here alone but not for long. Okay. I admit it. I don't even let the Yorkie in here without me. Too many things that are sharp, fragile, finely-tuned and/or poisonous. Truth be told, I'd rather DH wasn't in here unsupervised. He just unconsciously has to straighten things and an "on point" arrangement would have a very short life. Heee, he, he. So would he. Polly |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
In article ,
"Sharon Harper" wrote: taken simply hours to draw up a design plan, start colouring it it, left it on your desk for a little bit while you did some (gasp, shock, horror) housework and come back only to find that some little visitors (ie Best Friend's Kidlets) had helped you to colour in? Such happened to me. I'd drawn up the placement of DH's whirligig quilt (yes it's almost at the sewing together stage) and had done about 1/3 of it. I came back and thought "Hmm I didn't allocate those colours to those fabrics.". On closer inspection about 10 more whirlis had been coloured in by a helper. I was in tears as I had to go through each individual fabric again, counting off each 9 whirligigs....Ooooh the pain of it. Suffice it to say I have finished it now, embedded it in plastic and BANNED colouring pencils! Nope -- I can't say that such a thing ever happened to me. Of course, that might be because I started quilting when my own DDs were a bit older. Still, I feel for you -- I remember messing up my own drawings and having to start over! -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas http://home.earthlink.net/~s_foster |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
In article , "Sharon Harper" wrote: taken simply hours to draw up a design plan, start colouring it it, left it on your desk for a little bit while you did some (gasp, shock, horror) housework and come back only to find that some little visitors (ie Best Friend's Kidlets) had helped you to colour in? Such happened to me. I'd drawn up the placement of DH's whirligig quilt (yes it's almost at the sewing together stage) and had done about 1/3 of it. I came back and thought "Hmm I didn't allocate those colours to those fabrics.". On closer inspection about 10 more whirlis had been coloured in by a helper. I was in tears as I had to go through each individual fabric again, counting off each 9 whirligigs....Ooooh the pain of it. Suffice it to say I have finished it now, embedded it in plastic and BANNED colouring pencils! Lessee, I'm an artist-seamstress-quilter with 4 kids and 2 grandkids, have I ever had my designs "customized" by a little person? Hell yes!!!! Ask me sometime why I gave up oils for acrylics. Oy! NightMist NOTE: Baby oil is the best thing for removing oil paint from the hair and skin of small children, cats do not appreciate your consideration in bypassing turpentine or white spirits near as much. In fact, the cats are almost as ungreatful as the children. -- I'm a little teapot, short and stout here is my handle, here is my...other...handle? Bloody Hell!! I'm a sugar bowl! |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|