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"Howdy, Girl"
Project Quilting Season 3, Challenge 3: Tools
blogged: dashasel.blogspot.com/2012/02/howdy-girl.html
I was lucky enough to win a little I-spy pack after Challenge 2 and this charm square of this cowboy just stuck in my head. As soon as the challenge was announced, I knew that I wanted to do something about cowboy tools. Aside from a lasso and spur, I wasn't quite sure my range of tool options were. I did some searching and finally decided on the following as my inspiration: lasso, spur, kerchief, and dream sack.
For the lasso, I used perl cotton thread to embroider. I like how the perl cotton is twisted, so it appears rope-like. My inspiration for the cowboy quote comes from all the Ryan Gosling Handmade photos that have been circulating lately. The image of the shirtless cowboy somehow connected with me and if he was to be empathetic to any of my quilting, it would be with quilting large quilts (which I called dream sacks) because I have a tiny-throated machine and often it feels like a wresting match when I need to do anything larger than 50"!
For the spur and kerchief, I framed the cowboy block. I read that the kerchiefs are frequently pretty large with the purpose of providing warmth. To warm up the cowboy, I gave him two framed layers and used a paisley print since I tend to associate that with bandanas and such. Of course, the nice cowboy kerchiefs are frequently made of silk. For the spur, I decided to use a block that looked like a spur.
Finally, for the dream sack (i.e., the blankets that cowboys carry with them to sleep on), I made the background of the quilt like a patchwork blanket and referenced it in the quote.
The colors of the quilt were based on some cowboy photo galleries that I found online-- all earthy colors. For quilting, I just did some simple straight-line quilting that echoed the patchwork.
It was a lot of fun to make this quilt and now I can have my own version of Ryan Gosling cheering me on as I craft! The quilt is 17"x21" and was made in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
PROJECT:
Tooling at Knowlton
PHOTO CREDIT:
Aranda\Lasch
Exhibit / Work Shop
Knowlton School of Architecture
Columbus Ohio
2006
The tool-chest is scratchbuilt,the gears leaning against the trailer are from a disposable cigarette lighter,and the decals are dry-transfers from Scale Accents,(I think?)...
It felt good to straighten up and putter at Beth's Bicycle Braintrust today. (Homemade work bench, from scrap wood and old TriMet signs.)
Take special note of all the clamps on the wall behind the bandsaw. He who dies with the most clamps wins! I didn't bother trying to label all the tools on the wall, that would be ridiculous, try to name them all if you wish, and you can win, err, something.
Sainsbury's multi-tool.
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Tools high n' dry and not damaged by the floods, but 2 months on this is the only shop on the mainstreet that was flooded, that is open
Caldwell 9 (Sharpless SH 2-155), commonly called the "Cave Nebula" is a diffuse nebula in Cepheus. Some dark nebula can also be seen.
All NarrowBand Hubble palette.
Image has been slightly cropped.
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SV80ST-25SV F6
SFF7-21
CGE Pro
QSI683WSG-8 @ -15 C
Baader filters 1.25
IDAS P48 LPS
SII 18 x 10 min
Ha 19 x 10 min + 18 x 5 min
OIII 18 x 10 min
Guided by PHD & Sti via OAG
Captured with Nebulosity 3 on 08/19, 08/21, 08/22, & 08/23 2012
Processed by Pixinsight, and Photoshop.
I know I have beat this thing to death and this will be the last of it.
I assembled this version using PixelMath in Pixinsight. Did not use any color correction tools in Photoshop, just curves to establish a black point. No sharpening was used.
Probably still a little noisy but not as murky because of less Ha being used.
I used the following formula:
R = .1*Ha + .9*SII
G = .25*Ha + .75*OIII
B = .5*Ha + .5*OIII
TOOL Concert
Summer Sonic Music Festival
Chiba, Japan
I sneak my camera in the concert since pictures were not allowed. All pictures are handheld without look through the view finder.