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In the wardrobe / Re: Wardrobe switchover time?
« Last post by KayK on Today at 11:31:57 »
Very high winds today, hail yesterday and deluging rain - 6C here, and no sun!  Do need a wardrobe sort out tho - I seem to keep wearing the same 5 pairs of M&S 'warm and cosy jeggings' and the same 5 fleece zip up tops!  DH and me are glad we don't go out for meals etc as we don't have the clothes anymore!  I went mad and bought a whole load of stuff from Seasalt last year for our holiday- their petite fit is quite good for me, being a 5 footer.  However, I decided I don't really like any of them, so they will be going up for sale on the Seasalt for sale FB page!  I did order some shoes (got returned) trousers (got returned) a shirt (got returned) jeans (got returned) all much to my disappointment.  A real hassle to return the goods and wait for a refund as well.

I see Joules, who were my favourites years ago have made a return to the decent quality they once were (not all the stuff) but was very pleased with a sweatshirt from there.  They have also re-introduced the good old deck shirts that used to go on for years!

Oh well, come on weather, I am seriously sick of my clothes now!
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A Good Yarn / Re: Ploshkin - Weaving Along
« Last post by Ploshkin on Today at 10:16:53 »
Sis has chosen a different weave pattern for each chair, all of which have the sand warp and grey weft.
In between lambs I have been winding the warp and preparing it to thread the loom.
The total warp is 330 threads (ends) each 5 yards long.  Astonishingly, that makes the total warp I have wound just 110 yards short of a mile!
I have done the warp in 3 sections with 110 ends in each third.
Here is one section on the warping board.  At the top each thread crosses the previous one so that they all stay in order and don't get tangled when putting the warp on the loom.

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The three sections are off the warping board and tied in several places to keep everything in order.  Strips of t shirt fabric make brilliant stretchy ties

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What a fantastic show, thank you for the link.
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Beautiful
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A few more;

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@SewRuthieSews your observation is astute.  We range from beginners to experts and all of us are encouraged to submit our work.

As promised, here are a few pics for those who can’t see the facebook posts;
Here I am, showing one of the quilts.
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My Halloween quilt, titled “Which Witch is Which?”
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Lemonade
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Walk through the Graveyard
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Thanks for posting @Sara-S, a wonderful array of skills.
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In the wardrobe / Re: Wardrobe switchover time?
« Last post by SewRuthieSews on Yesterday at 17:39:41 »
Yes, clearly I was confused by 2 nice days. We've had hailstones here!
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I enjoyed looking at the quilts very much, thank you @Sara-S

Some have a great level of detail and technical accuracy, which wows me, but others are much simpler and more things I feel I could do myself. I love that your group showed them all
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In the wardrobe / Re: Wardrobe switchover time?
« Last post by coffeeandcake on Yesterday at 17:36:05 »
When I drove to work this morning it was 4.5C and there was snow on the Pennines.  I was wearing my wool blend trousers. :)
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