tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230694326800494480.post3130783377404755448..comments2023-10-10T05:09:12.565-07:00Comments on Gwyned Trefethen's Musings: Week in Review 2014 - 02/07Gwyned Trefethenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13041159153171283941noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230694326800494480.post-85455142602834548552014-02-10T02:35:30.851-08:002014-02-10T02:35:30.851-08:00For now all I am doing with my practice pieces is ...For now all I am doing with my practice pieces is setting them aside. I truly look at them as practice pieces. I did create one very abstracted piece from just a few of my previous Leah Day assignments. Will I do it again? Who knows? I am as likely to do that as to throw them out. When you have been quilting as long as I have (25+ years) and have an at home inventory of close to 100 quilts and ideas for the next 10 quilts, the incentive to use your practice piece for more than practice just isn't there. Gwyned Trefethenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041159153171283941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230694326800494480.post-58154126323483873422014-02-09T22:10:15.676-08:002014-02-09T22:10:15.676-08:00You are so organized. I am retiring at the end of ...You are so organized. I am retiring at the end of June and will definitely compile a list of tasks for each week as I need also lots of practicing with Leah Day. Your black practice piece is so beautiful. What do you plan to use it for?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333792968236468793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230694326800494480.post-14924256342683088612014-02-08T16:48:50.697-08:002014-02-08T16:48:50.697-08:00Love that 'piano piece', Gwyned. Wonderfu...Love that 'piano piece', Gwyned. Wonderful interpretation of the title!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472013513744969837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230694326800494480.post-23295426669421843382014-02-07T21:09:21.220-08:002014-02-07T21:09:21.220-08:00It is so interesting that you tried working in exc...It is so interesting that you tried working in exclusively black and white for awhile. I think that would be very challenging for me. Thanks for sharing your progress!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629251191433752379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230694326800494480.post-5136195668221684732014-02-07T15:15:14.228-08:002014-02-07T15:15:14.228-08:00My face is different from the teacher's, howev...My face is different from the teacher's, however the lessons do tend to produce similar stylized faces by many of the students, particularly those new to mixed media, like me. One of the fun things about having each week's lesson taught by a different teacher is that we are introduced to so many styles. <br /><br />I also have debated about how to finish my tumbling block quilt. I worked out how to piece around the perimeter of the outside blocks so that it would look like the blocks were floating on a background. If this were to a quilt I was entering in shows, that is the way I would go. However, it is a nursery quilt, so I plan to just trim the outer blocks to half blocks and add a simple border - probably a color strip sandwiched between two black strips. <br /><br />Would you believe I don't own any ink nor do I own spray bottles? True. I will probably invest in spray inks sometime in the future. After all I still have 11 months more to go with my class.Gwyned Trefethenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041159153171283941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230694326800494480.post-39177821422249327452014-02-07T14:32:57.861-08:002014-02-07T14:32:57.861-08:00Thank you, Heather. I can't wait to see how Ti...Thank you, Heather. I can't wait to see how Tickling the Ivories will turn out either. This is an intuitive collage concept. Gwyned Trefethenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041159153171283941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230694326800494480.post-32663670288549605642014-02-07T11:30:27.212-08:002014-02-07T11:30:27.212-08:00I'm left handed, too, and I totally know what ...I'm left handed, too, and I totally know what you're talking about!! I'm impressed with all of your projects.The Thompsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17463492303762794243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230694326800494480.post-39715066959933405942014-02-07T09:49:32.424-08:002014-02-07T09:49:32.424-08:00Very impressive creative moment you are having. Th...Very impressive creative moment you are having. The face is very stylized, I like it! I am also working on two black and white projects and have renewed my love of it. I'm at a standstill with my tumbling block border treatment though. <br />re spray inks, why not use a cheap spray bottle, dilute your inks yourself instead of buying the marketed ones. <br />LeeAnna Paylor<br />lapaylor.blogspot.comLA Paylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553491768819243802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230694326800494480.post-61486586682129618812014-02-07T06:35:52.044-08:002014-02-07T06:35:52.044-08:00You've been busy! Nice background for "ti...You've been busy! Nice background for "tickling the Ivories".Linda Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009179379851379466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230694326800494480.post-68901733434566199792014-02-07T05:59:44.744-08:002014-02-07T05:59:44.744-08:00My goodness, you had a busy week! Your free motio...My goodness, you had a busy week! Your free motion quilting is beautiful, and I can't wait to see what you do with "tickling the ivories."Heather Preggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06983390196040699846noreply@blogger.com