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The Emporia => Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside => Current Projects => Topic started by: rubywishes on March 04, 2017, 23:13:12 PM
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Almost got this quilt finished. I decided to straight line quilt it to accentuate the columns, the open empty spaces and the hexagons, and also to try to divert the eye from the 3 different coloured whites I ended up having to use. I know, I know, lesson learnt there big time.....make sure you have enough blooming fabric before you start a project!
So today I've got about an hour of quilting left and then I just have to square it up and do the binding. I've got a nice strong purple for the binding which I think will look good. Not sure what I am going to do with this one once it is finished.
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Oh that's beautiful !!!
I hate the squaring up bit of a quilt, mostly because I don't have enough space to lie it out correctly! :(
If you don't know what to do with it, you could always send it over to Deepest Darkest, Dorset ??!! :D
Congratulation Honey.....Splendid job!
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It is very nice indeed. What's on the back?
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That is lovely. I've yet to make one where the quilting is really a feature. I do love trying out free motion quilting, but it takes such a lot of practice to be perfect :P. Whoever gets yours will be very lucky. I'm sure they'll love it!
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Of course I will... :devil:
Who wouldn't???
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Oooh I like that, I hate the quilting bit, it seems to take forever.
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It is very nice indeed. What's on the back?
A most disappointing white on white fabric. I accidentally purchased the wrong fabric (picked up the wrong bolt after an eon of indecision at the store) and didn't realise until I'd gotten home. Couldn't see myself ever wanting to use it so as it cost close to $65 AUS I wasn't about to stuff it in a cupboard and not use it. It's not hideous or anything, it's just weird feeling and the machine didn't like it either...blunted the blooming heck out of my needles. It's only saving grace is that it is white.....bland, neutral white.....and now I'm moving on...honest I am....no emotional scarring here, or wincing every time I look at the back of the quilt.....honest...I'm just fine....sob :'(
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Oh Baby...ssssshhhh!!
Applique a couple of Hexagons randomly on the back and it will be alright hon...promise!
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It looks lovely Ruby, you don't ever have to turn it over ;)
I never square up a quilt.....how do you do it?.....why would you do it? Mine always look ok -<
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I never square up a quilt.....how do you do it?.....why would you do it? Mine always look ok -<
I square up my quilts because the OCD in me won't let me "not"! That's not to say that all my quilts end up being perfectly square...they just end up "as square as I can get them!". 0_0 0_0 I aim to have the 2 diagonal measurements equal and then take measurements through the top, the middle and the bottom of the length, and then the width. Hopefully all 3 measurements are within about 2cm of each other. Now that's not square, but it's "square enough" for me. For some reason though with this quilt, with all the heavy quilting I did and my not so deft handling of it, I somehow have a discrepancy of 2cm in my length measurement from one side to the other. I'm scratching my head a bit because my diagonals are spot on so I'm not sure what the heck has happened and I daren't start chopping into it 'cause it will stuff up my equal diagonals so....with a glass of red in my hand and looking at the quilt through slightly grubby spectacles it doesn't look wonky so it's staying "as is". Lovely dark purple binding is made and will get stitched on at the end of the working week.
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Applique
Surely you jest......me...applique? yep and after that I'll perform brain surgery! :devil: I couldn't do applique if my life depended on it!
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Bet you can - you're first challenge is to applique a label to the back .! :thread: Looks like a lovely quilt!
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Bet you can - you're first challenge is to applique a label to the back .! :thread: Looks like a lovely quilt!
Nah, not going to happen :D LOL Label? I'm meant to label my quilts? Oh dear....oops :|
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I never label my quilts.... despite a gentle slap from Iminei when she came over to see me :|
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I've never labelled one either, but then, I've got no one to give me a slap, gentle or otherwise. 0_0
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DEMENTED !!!!!!
as in calling Demented Fairy...she of Fish Slapping Duties!!!
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Actually, the fish slapping originated from the TSF Avengers idea which I sprouted on the forum ages and ages back. In the beginning there was much talk of uniforms and weapons of choice for the act of avenging....somehow the majority opted for fish slapping as the weapon of choice......I never liked fish, I forget what my choice was but the majority won out and ran with it. Then there was much talk of Avengers travelling "en masse" to "avenge" those in need.....my living across the sea saw me factored out at this point.....travel time you know. >:)
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I never label my quilts.... despite a gentle slap from Iminei when she came over to see me :|
Well, just as well I live so far away then eh? Don't fancy a slap from Im 0_0
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You might well think so Rubs....
But I quite fancy a trip to Oz.... :devil:
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The quilt is lovely!
Showing my ineptitude here but how do people label their quilts? *puts hand back down and tries to blend in with the crowd*
Kate
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An appliqued block and label on the back of the quilt like this....
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or a double sided embroidered tag label stitched in with the binding like this...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Yp9Wd6k9JZy3vC7Y5hjb-IazG0_uQB_NJ-Iv0_LF9XJwxv_8DRb3He4oW7Xbcx4U8VjYf4KriuBlYvaR3QkeTP2k2cgc3neR__udb3J5gPH6qYnXHjglxBs7J0oXMX4U9rjbsDgJM01bzYvRMXqoyBqw1xY7CysgMZMU2dWWxLadCmGMR4epugtqvNJ302zwvC8Ae1OKuXFYpQqUDFQJ8YoGvnLVaoSR8SfBqSXIm5SiQ3BE4v1LKxMcGzZrAeW_sl8b97OQlot5pY1jeC15eaHPoC-D-Sx2Xh0l6S-crAGF8eX5Ax1IiI0tth5qmKqvWHU_1xUMsYYSrUpIv6_rZ6ntkN0_7Rg5WjFbdD1HiOnIc54q7ZGzASdiDZQDFCjs6ZStczZ6qthSXTw0Y_7LhMwue7I_G45UzEbqV9TePvB0NcjMzBLV8-HjM1stheq7OoERaqnyDVlb20g-TQlyj6Wr7Hcx2U2QLUoom9pv4ZD4PgLPzdt_U1IN_CBLZHO6_Gu4YqubpkcFJlVyHSvLlpBRjxKIbBWKtA_E3pczEQG6Vm-Oe6DzuHybPrCB0B-kOaaBz_452z0pCOWf5OqStbg6sOVutkdKYSZHb_Gjb0GquYvl5RX8ivBE7AdmPk1SjGzwT94iy-pUARczx_cKuWd776RPYdO6bKhg=w878-h658-no)
or by embroidering straight onto the border (or binding as Datcat does) of the quilt like this....
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rH_FZ2LfqKIZEsOyODBXEBVskYdAY8cRjav-8MgibpHp6MQ7Q-bMV_4Okt60QS3-bZn1ztj7Z6Wof0jwrPuWhq4SHjfXYw-Kn_QObAwrssD7cepSsqFvp2GayN4ZH2lfEl9UEKBBUdVRmOnB-yYR31uHw3x7iezPSRlVFpRL_ECP2RBYiS8LmziPaTT-_9_smR5H8XBi9PxPMmknMkuFs9VhKZqBOije90BVJ2Uw3ezY2eDTNqxCEMaFT9YgqMw6OHh3ZHQhjUkcq_-0gHwGat0nN-LzhehYQLyOo7p7rnNnhw7YQYpwi28IFl8F7XnlUCOGqSe7JrFMcWS4xPLxK4ADihtFYPy56Sai-TgMFAC0qu43p598eYplKvNu6afQtqrI6d3korXI04Prdxe5jfUuAe8-LQTJGRdPvG8ixxJ1ry9NmLBpqlmcd_ywJqFiFkd2y2YinhOx86ZMH8k_5NBfBoNNmQX-Os3sQv2_ZmBssmgLr8cxhtnR5ZSDs-kZP3xraFqwGm-9oTKgmE4Nm3Ehob_2QWZwkMLcTVDOt5D8iCsl0f0f3QQ9AfHkCDtx-oByu-5uFDYLUyTTPs2gtTbIZRgogCLYBaOS8kj048_CD3Cnmi-2Thi9RLjhmaQZRynXn-KiWcFpLyagB4cVkkpUMcXGKLa3VEpQ=w469-h272-no)
Or by adding a printed label like this...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lSoqCu5sXonPskXyThdOoG9HfYxGb9LdqgCX6MYNaP_KnTNOFuThamNjEGn1RhbwryEWz-zbcEgvfD_UJlmSlgzW_XibfbPo-qc0bkJeo2PjAp6jwNAM0TajPOLYDRTbIveqYYMg8zq8sj6tOeZx94pnlhk5ZLJ6TnvyoXDw78gnX1harpSK3BKeP3t-yyjD9sYaeoQeRmSuTd2VGwhnmVrnLJ4BmG7_kJJytn3CMF6eEYjRwHbjmQ4zRLq7lxJCjnfyj65LaNml7IioGbUT4JnicG8ih_G1qL36tNMaiOEdYhu1aagQ4NhUwqWtiKgQUk_ivfyLZY3lakn9XPWEIdLk8RuSKpX2eRbvFLObji2Mx-aQIhukpDBfk5Q_9HtaxZxFQtCFWs6IV1nJbtqAp7LoacVVG5lTDMKWAF9FRCbHqD4d7jJ67imHs9553zAzZxllFFRiAhA7WzS86QBJKkHHlfm_Ikx48Wbx8kjKVqmMP5FnebzfpOuzYoz_cmHbUpwWRGrQC0dZ_k-AMK2bCOkXMhYNwN4tEC0HG3h2huge33NrXDvOULThkV8bLy1u41gMsjneqKKWJA587htY0ggGdQK8ZUf_wWAO8Zk2stIsbg=w873-h658-no)
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That's how you do it Rubes! Your quilts are far too beautiful to go incognito.....
You can do it!!
Jessie
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Hmmmm........ still seems like too much trouble for me :P
She probably won't get to Oz, Rubes, but I'll go in for a little "economy of the truth" should I meet her at Exeter or Brum...shhh!! :devil:
Mine are all just piled up in the workshop, anyway and when I shuffle off this mortal coil they'll end up in a skip :D
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Right then...this is my new disguise :ninja: and I've instructed everyone else in Melbourne to wear similar so that if Iminei ever comes to Melbourne to slap me she'll never know which person is me! Brilliant yes?
I know, I know, one too many :toast: tonight with dinner. 8)
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Love the thinking Ruby ... might take it up myself, just in case :ninja:
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I buy embroidered name labels ( the kind you get for children's school clothes). You can buy 2 line ones, so mine say " Made for you by Sheila...." and also include my home town . They are then all ready to sew to any quilt and I usually just quilt the year into the quilt. I also got some done with washing instructions as people are so often scared to wash quilts.
That means that unless I really want to ( for special people) I don't need to prepare a quilt label for every quilt.
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Ah thank you, I think my quilts may go unlabled for now though :[ although if/when I get better at them, I may wish to associate with them 0_0
Kate
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I just write my name, home town UK and the date on the back of the quilt with a permanent marker, (doesn't work so well on dark fabrics!) unless it's something special (rarely) when I might get a bit more creative.
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You don't label your quilts!!! The quilt police haven't been round yet? You've all been very lucky. So lucky!
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Love the thinking Ruby ... might take it up myself, just in case :ninja:
I just have visions of the festival of quilts filled to the brim with quilt ninja's :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :thread: :ninja: :ninja: :sew:
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You don't label your quilts!!! The quilt police haven't been round yet? You've all been very lucky. So lucky!
The quilt police would have more than unlabled quilts to be round for, I think I'd send them to an early grave 0_0
Kate
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Oh my, oh my, you won't believe what I have just spent the last 2.5 hours doing? I attached my beautiful deep purple binding to Hexactly this afternoon and was just about to throw it into the washing machine for its virgin wash when...........Oh no, I hate the purple...it takes the eyes away from the Hexagons and puts a fence around my endless white columns...blah, yeuk, crisis and lots of mutterings and bad words. So I left it on the floor for the day...kept peeking at it but no, it still looked wrong. So 2.5 hours, and one rather large glass of red later I've got the binding all off.
I have a headache and I need a cup of tea...badly. :'( But..... I have a day off tomorrow so white binding will be going on and all will be well in my world again. 8) Oh....do I have enough white in my stash? Wait, yes of course I do, surely I do (....breaking out in a cold sweat here, someone tell me I do please). I think I do......I will have to go and have a rummage after the cup of tea. Oh dear......
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For a moment I thought you were going to say the purple dye ran. Phew!
Bindings are like that. I had a long discussion with a friend last week about a little wall hanging we've made for a show (to keep up the numbers and give other people something to criticise). She had wanted to put a on dark blue binding, but decided it looked 'wrong' (fortunately before she put it on) and it took us quite a while to audition and agree on one that was 'right'. It's like framing a picture - you need a frame but you don't want it to dominate the picture. You just settle down quietly tomorrow and put the white on. It will look better and you can look at it without wincing ever after.
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Poor you Ruby!
Least you're getting lots of binding practice!
and I'm so with you in the ... Surely I've got some more of/enough of this fabric somewhere in my voluminous stash!!
Well you know I am...
How many times has the cry gone up...Does anyone have/know of where I can get some of this????
Its only 10 years old, I can't believe its not in stock anymore (really, you bought it in the sale!!!)
Also Rubes, re different whites...When I started Pink I was using from my stash and naturally and of course that was soon used up so there are certainly two different whites in my latest creation! (and it shows, to me at least! (rolleyes smilie)
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I'm sure it'll look lovely and be worth all the effort Ruby.
You wash quilts?? That's in the same category as making labels in Lowenaworld :D
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Sometimes the frame is so important..DD screen prints and has just done an exhibition she ordered 20 cream mounts for the prints .. + one dark grey one for me for a print I wanted to frame ... they arrived and she tried her cream.. totally different from the sample she had ordered from ..tried mine and it looked fabulous so she emailed the company and the replaced them with the dark grey at no cost to herself... sometimes problems work for you :D
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You wash quilts ???That's in the same category as making labels in Lowenaworld
hahahaahaa...but what if your toddler/cat/dogs barfs on it, eh Low, what then???
Thankfully I can report both Wren's 'Spring has Sprung' https://goo.gl/photos/uFqdaXxFpT61sp1Q9 (https://goo.gl/photos/uFqdaXxFpT61sp1Q9)
and Reuben's 'Treasure Map' https://goo.gl/photos/fgJnqpQTbtPAHu156 (https://goo.gl/photos/fgJnqpQTbtPAHu156) have been washed (and more than once) and have come out beautifully!!!
Do I get a gold star???
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Deffo! and a gold thimble to go with it :D
I would be too scared to wash anything I'd made in case it fell apart.... but.....if others washed their gifts I hope they'd be polite enough not to mention any mishaps :D
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At present I'm (well not right now, cos we are decorating the kitchen and bathroom) but I was QAYG'ing Pink.
I've got two halves done and am ready (when I next get a sewing day) to join the last long seam.
Instead of hand-stitching the back joining strip down I'm blanket stitching it (with the machine)
I'm planning on BS'ing the binding down too (like I did on the Skandi)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/22kAD4LW-e3kMGWCG67EFWZGJh6VsDGWptQ0ZqoSzZiIjjBkupUx71vu5M6SzfR5KD9uIftswu9nHADv7OS3lEH3QQV31TYby-jyk28QXRDajldNMHGUBWZ7ksFRhZnGC_xJyjX0fPkljdiF6pN7JUt02pag1zW7rLl6awjkJ5wL_wLp3l2idNct2wqmBCukBogPVWXk57aHltfsPFkyWoKOY5OTRqrCWW-bKMIurmlojO_TP6u1t4A3kXSE26439D0jeeYsy8fkjeuh_iQ94OF3S5fZvHjIQIt78mRHG_1iXMwYDLEe06GQGMClclg7lt_jVA8I1pkWbBti0IN4ftW2__o6LAUWonU7chL9rXWP4Lm6JsfcKKStYt4IaEhwmpDXJkme6ZWPn72QkR1hL24App6W5tbdzf7PcpfJKoOBAYFlsN400cJRfHbV_Z4dgz05gNsj-G6FtOCllrdv82lVD197RkZLEJdKhxYBgGjQfsMk_6se6CCKBQTgPZl5skzTIvjdlz-P_buuiJ9SWgzVPBGzsA9zatn76OppNR7Vo1qcGaVBcKhVrcToJcqDXSu83r3qJye8l2Aq190lN8KGGdaUqOHn38ldTIrRU5p6Qg=w878-h658-no)
so it will be super strong!
Ooooh! Look at the ubiquitous stray thread on the Horsey detail! ... and the wonky stitch around the heart!)
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Great idea.........if only I could work out a definitive way of making sure my Blanket stitch end up where I want / need it to >:)
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Deffo! and a gold thimble to go with it :D
I would be too scared to wash anything I'd made in case it fell apart.... but.....if others washed their gifts I hope they'd be polite enough not to mention any mishaps :D
If the quilts I have made can stand up to be dragged outside for picnics, used for gymnastics on the grass, been weed on (not by me 0_0) and sicked up on (also not me) and chucked in the was repeatedly, I'm sure yours would be just grand in the wash!
Kate
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It's done, well threads are yet to be darned in and virgin wash to happen but that won't be till next week when we've got some more hot weather on the way. It looks totally different with the white binding. :) :)
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threads are yet to be darned in
What that then ???????
Its stunning Rubes, absolutely stunning!
and the white binding is, for me at least, a really unusual and striking touch!
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That is really lovely!! You should be very proud of it.
It really deserves a beautiful lable Rubes....
(hides behind the sofa):)
Jessie
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This thread is sewing forum at it's best. Lots of gorgeous quilts to look at. Lots of friendly banter. Lots of advice /good ideas/encouragement. It's so interesting to find out what other people regard as necessary or not and to see that the quilt police don't get the final say on everything!
<3 Rubywishes I ADORE your quilt! <3
In the time it took you to put on a binding, decide against it and sew on a new one I only managed to sew two foundation pieced animals from The Quiters Ark by Margaret Rolfe a compatriot of yours. Foundation piecing is not my favourite activity but needs must when you decide to make, what you'd originally planned as a wall hanging and started years ago from fabrics bought off e-bay, into a quillow. If I ever finish it I'll certainly post pics .... I'll be so proud to actually finish something but most of my projects stall at the quilting stage (sigh)
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Oh and regarding bindings/edgings. It's not noticeable on the photo but the wall hanging on my avatar has a tiny slip of green between the yellow and the blue edge. In fact it's barely noticable in the flesh but it really does make a difference. It was an idea I read about while working on the wall hanging and decided to try.
L X
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It was an idea I read about while working on the wall hanging and decided to try.
Please elucidate Lantana
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It was several years ago so I've forgotten what it was called I think they called it a 'slip'. Basically to get it that thin the slip is folded and 'slipped' in between the quilt and it's border. It's when you don't actually need/want to introduce another colour and yet something is needed to give it a bit of oomph. In this case green, a mixture of the two colours, fitted the bill. :)
It reminded me of the time when I was .... sorry going to have to use a word you are not keen on at the moment lol ...... decorating the front room. I was so pleased with the result of my hard work and cleared up to admire it. Big disappointment it had all fallen flat when just moments before it had looked so good. mmmmmm realised that the green chair I'd been standing on while I finished off the blue wall was what had made the difference ....moved it back and it all looked good again.
The solution? I cut up a green skirt and embroidered the Cern Abbas Giant. This picture has been a talking point ever since! He gets decorated for Christmas :)
LX
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The solution? I cut up a green skirt and embroidered the Cern Abbas Giant. This picture has been a talking point ever since! He gets decorated for Christmas :)
LX
Gosh :|
I just love his expression... and the tinsel... and... ooer! ;)
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KGo7UhKe6BwLVSD1uey69XAkAjNGN-ugGgEPRc2tvGssuVvOU0CkCfJAkX49Zu-9aGgWUHaOnBb3UKXwOMGCPzLI9rH2DSCTaT_d0P1asQG-VY--MDVxWaME1NWdbizDXT9KToHDTPLuMfMkItqLhU_h7_YcLv-37AEz6cetEvGc6x9z0AVTUjF-AS6X5ejb2AyZRQIy7NQeLD-z90BKdecNRZdJ4G76HqXb7AMUUWfqqMINdAqgDNTdR-IxhQy7gnX_FieKiAsMVIRK90xwElknCKbQKL4ZT48kZPWuepdKzob1cMayZGazUZPGaGONVNp4peZvxrJ9cVJIWGh6U-Mri70QpccPBjZruVuqkIa8DV-nc4Po2cPLNhSWMSOYNBS8lYwP9_NXd1cNzba1jeQc6iMOQZ4Fu77y_SKooWwsK9lmEVqGwbwS04brzdMP6xgU4xZEaigDev_pW8XbH5LWHT3EUkBy5_gSwlT0eBV8iebbeXZO1vQ1qhjq3B5eLSbJZwqMTw09LRtgjeDhGrYuvGY76DX9Zn6mH0JVZ1Q5GP2_5r4aP0ilFbBh_gRsYjizyJhfb--wyWCMjQGMZ0N53ryaZc8k5PJHA1yzKc_xWA=w300-h168-no)
Oooerrr Missus indeed !!!!
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He's a very friendly and helpful giant .... but strangely my male visitors complain that he makes them feel inadequate. Can't think why ;)
LX