Friday 1st August - let's begin!

 TwobyTwo or is it 2by2

The first of August is the start date of the new collaboration!

For the full story zip over to Ang's blog as she's not only written up what we are doing, but has photographs and demo pieces to show you. She's also blogged all three of our collaborations to date... so you can catch up on the whole story from the beginning. 

It's going to be a mix of embroidery and English Paper Piecing. The idea is we create two identical(ish) embellished squares which will become 7cm (I think) squares tacked over paper squares. We keep one and post the other each month.

The idea came about because Ang created practice patches for the last collaboration. Now this is going to be a real challenge for me because I don't think I've ever made two of anything that came out looking remotely similar ever in my life... not sewing, knitting, baking, dress-making, not even playing music or teaching a music lesson. Paper piecing is the new skill for Ang, doing practice pieces is the new skill for me!

Drawing 

I'm determined to keep up doing a sketch every day through August, and maybe beyond. So this is another 'beginning' for me. I did manage a whole year of sketches in a Christmas Present sketchbook a year or so ago. I'll just have to see how I go. 

I started watercolour sketching in earnest back in 2020 by drawing my coffee cup each day... that might be how I begin...

The fruit cake was on the verge of being 'over-baked' - I can't write it as Paul Hollywood says it. 'Shame. disappointing.' he often adds. So I shared it with the builders next door. I did say they could always bury it in the foundations if they didn't like it.

Music

Now all I need to do is rewrite the lyrics...

'We stitch and sew and stitch and sew and stitch the whole day long...'