I would be interested in seeing the thistle
bookmark made up in white or colours. It may even
convert me to bobbinlace.
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Rochelle Sutherland
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Lachlan (7yrs), Duncan (6yrs) and Iain (5yrs)
www.houseofhadrian.com.au
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Hi Rochelle,
Do I detect a certain affinity for things Scottish in your house? ;>)
I am fascinated by Sherry's objective to make it in color. I have a Beds
Piece in colors and it was colored according to the part, red poppies, golden
barley, green stems, yellow sunflowers.
Beds is not given to be made in color, but when I got the spirit of it,
I was hooked. The principal difficulty, ahem! Challenge, is to find ways to
change colors. I just checked and my picture of it is still on the Arachne
webshots.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/314148412/1325990697048870129OFRfli
I have Jean Leader's patterns also, but I haven't made any of them yet.
Life is short and art is long. Sherry, maybe we could jointly give it try
and have a partner to confer with? I am very fond of the subtly variegated
threads available and I have quite a few of them. Don't you think a thistle
would look more realistic with hints of pink and light and darker purples?
And then there is the foliage. Thistles come in a lot of different colors,
but I suppose that the collection of patterns represents the symbols of the
constituent parts of Great Britain and the Scottish thistle has a definite set
of colors. The flower is definitely purple but I am not sure about the
foliage. Some other types of thistles are pink, and there is even a bright
yellow one.
Maybe a fantasy thistle in turquoise and purple?
Patty
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