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Compositionally Challenged, Week 24 - Marvelous Mundane
365 day 166
Years ago, I read in a gardening magazine the advice to avoid kinks and snarls: wind garden hoses into a figure-8 rather than coiling them. It was good advice. I do get an occasional kink and never a snarl. A sideways figure-8 is also the symbol for infinity, and when I am winding 85 feet of hose, it does feel like infinity.
Wakaba Sashiko Square / V1138 Stitches: 442
Size: 3.85"(w) x 3.85"(h) (97.7 x 97.8mm) Number of colors used in sewout: 1
I began this original pattern, this summer. Tonight I went to work on it with Derwent Soft Colored Pencils. I like using these c.p. as they are soft, blendible, no oder and the colors are snapped up.
free patterns on my blog
www.amigurumitogo.com/2011/12/crochet-pattern-inspired-by...
you will also find links to video tutorials for the cucumber, tomato and Jr
The mechanical reliability of MTA New York City Transit’s fleet of 6,200 subway cars has been a major source of pride for employees. That achievement stems from a simple idea; fix things before they break. That is the philosophy behind the Scheduled Maintenance System (SMS) program developed by the Division of Car Equipment as a way of maintaining the reliability of new subway cars and older subway cars that had gone through the General Overhaul (GOH) program.
Photo: Patrick Cashin / Metropolitan Transportation Authority
I found a string which is a popular quilt pattern on one of the Blog.spot members by the name of Jane and she drew the Paradox Tangle pattern in different approaches and you can get an endless number of pattern from the same string. I drew seven different designs using the paradox on this same string.
Daily Pattern : Spa
Illustrator with textures
Hot Stone Massage!
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While in Bethlehem, PA for a good friends wedding, we spent some time on Main St.
I would not have guessed that I would be photographing bright green palm leaves in early December in Eastern PA when I woke up that morning.
Lesson: Always have your camera handy!
Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, Fall Creek Falls State Park, Spencer, Tennessee
Interesting Information About Plant:
The Eastern Hemlock is a woody tree that can live for over 800 years. The bark contains tannins that were once used to process leather. The tree now is used at times for ornamental reasons and the wood is processed into pulp for the paper industry. In forests across North America, where the trees are located, wildlife uses it for protection, especially white-tailed deer that use it for bedding in the winter. The only pest that really affects the Eastern Hemlock is the woolly adelgid. The trees are also susceptible to root rot if located in an area where the ground can become very wet.
Ecological Role:
The eastern hemlock is a producer, transforming the sun’s energy into food energy. White-tailed deer eat the foliage. Birds and mammals, such as mice, voles, and squirrels, eat the seeds. Eastern cottontail rabbits may eat the twigs in winter. It is one of the most prominent trees in the mixed mesophytic forests of the Appalachian sections of Kentucky. Young black bears climb small trees while large hollow trees are often used for bear dens. The wood is easily hollowed out for cavity-nesting birds and the tree itself provides excellent cover for many animals.
Common Name: Eastern Hemlock
Scientific Name: Tsuga canadensis
Family Name (Scientific and Common): Pinaceae
Continent of Origin: North America
Most Distinguishing Morphological Features of This Plant: Leaves, 0.33 - 0.66 in. (0.84 -1.68 cm) long, are small, flat, green, and pointed; cones 0.63 - 0.75 in. (1.6 - 1.91 cm) long
On the underside of the leaves are two parallel white stripes. These are caused by rows of stomata. The bark is brownish-grey.
Growth Habit: Large Tree, about 80 Feet
Growth Habitat: Partial Sun & Shade
Bark Peeling in Many Areas? Yes
Characteristics of Mature (Brownish) Bark: Lines Go Up-Down & Bumpy
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Shape of Leaf: Simple
Edge of Leaf? Smooth
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
Leaf has Petiole? Yes
Patterns of Main-Veins: Parallel
Leaf Hairiness: No Hairs
Color of Foliage in Summer: Green
Change in Color of Foliage in October: No Change
Flowering Season: Spring
Flowers: Tightly Clustered
Type of Flower: Like a Pine Cone
Color of Flower: Yellow
Shape of Individual Flower: Bilaterally Symmetrical
Size of Individual Flower: Smaller than a Quarter
Sexuality: Male and Female on Same Plant
Size of Fruit: Smaller than a Quarter
Fruit Fleshiness at Maturity? Dry
Shape of Fruit: Spherical
Color of Fruit at Maturity: Brown or Dry
Is the Plant Poisonous: None of Plant
Pesty Plant (weedy, hard to control)? No
Common Name(s): Eastern Hemlock, Canada Hemlock, Hemlock Spruce
Source: www.bellarmine.edu/faculty/drobinson/EasternHemlck.asp
I played with a simple pattern using columns of warm and cool colors. The stitches are what draw me into a quilt. Knowing that each stitch is gently made by hands is inspiring. So I started with a black gessoed background to allow the stitches to move to the foreground.
Each "bone" is made of 16 squares:
8 white (background)
6 patterned
2 half white/half pattern sewn together diagonally
Each square is 2" finished, so if you're using a 1/4" seam allowance you'll cut out 2-1/2" squares. Remember to add seam allowance to the long side of your triangles, too.
My finished quilt is here: www.flickr.com/photos/seweccentric/2231326717/in/set-7215...
Wearing a square
Pattern Magic 2, by Tomoko Nakamichi
also
handmadebycarolyn.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/pattern-magic-2...
Patterns in Bahrain. Black and white photography by Donna Corless.
Prints and notecards are available in my Black and White Abstracts Gallery.
This photo has been included in the ABSTRACT ELEMENTS book at www.blurb.com/books/1473730.
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