I Haven't disappeared yet!

Hi again! Yes, I am back, still undecided about my blogging break. Actually I think the best way forward for me is to post as and when I feel I have something different to show you, let the work dictate the posting . Thanks so much to all of you for the really encouraging comments on my last post. It has helped a lot and made me think about things differently, mostly it has made me question my stat obsession. Who needs therapy with such good friends like you! I feel I am making good progress with 'swaddling band one'. The piecing is finished on this section. I love how the work feels when I eventually get to remove the card templates. It becomes really soft, almost fluid.

This piece is 36 inches long (approx 90 cm). A traditional swaddling band was 120 inches long (approx 300 cm). For my first piece I am happy not to work to that benchmark but I definitely have it in mind to create a band which mirrors the exact measurement of an original, maybe next time. The width of these bands would have been 3 inches (7-8cm) and that is actually the width of this piece of patchwork, so my brain was working along those lines at the beginning. Because I have plans to take this piece further the width will alter, but I am viewing all this as a sampling exercise which will hopefully inform future pieces of a series I have planned.

There is a little sneaky peek here of things I am putting together which will complete this work. There will also be some new, as yet unseen linen put in there somewhere.

Have a great weekend!

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