Re: Happy Quickstep! Singing the Blues is Done

It's lovely, Sally. Well done - lots of patience there! The beads look great. Thanks for showing us the finished product. They may have taken a while to do, but the veins in the leaves really do make a huge difference. Great. . In message , Sally Swindells writes

Sally, it's *wonderful*! Your use of different blues is inspired -- not a single motif is "lost" because of shades blending together, yet the whole is very unified. Gorgeous! :D

Even Robert Johnson or Eric Clapton would love it. I know I do. Great job and I think all those lovely ladies with the matching gloves, hats, and purses will love it too. ;>)

John

Lovely! This really came out well, and I enjoyed seeing the development. Roberta in D

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Just wish I could get the song off my brain!

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

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Thanks Pat - it was lovely when the 'that's enough' moment came!

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

Thanks Sandy.

I've really enjoyed doing it, and its the first thing I've really designed from scratch. All the fabric was from my little bits box except the white background which was some I'd bought by mistake expecting it to be more off-white, and then thought 'When am I going to use this?'. The frame and binding was from a fq of purple/blue batik from the Remnents Shop. So it is a very economical little bird!

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

Thank you John.

The hats and gloves have now disappeared - though we have pictures in the Archives of a Meeting where all the ladies had hats! Pity - I like hats!

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

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Thanks.

Now do I start on the pile of UFOs I was going to finish this year, or do I start on ....?!

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

Absolutely beautiful, Sally! I love it! You are one talented lady. :-)

Howdy!

Yeah, I want to thank you, Sally, for sticking that tune in my head. Thanks! Thanks a lot! Here's one for you:

Btw, that's a pretty little quilt. Congrats to you!

R/Sandy - who has known your "singing the blues" song all my life

I used to loooove that song! Went to the page with the lyrics before I went to see your quilt. And since I now watch Dancing With the Stars, I know what the Quickstep is! I knew there was something educational about that show.

Nice quilt. Love the beadwork! Nice kitty! Nice pastel star pillow (#40 of 45).

That's a happy little tune to start a sunny (I hope) day to!

Unfortunately I haven't known 'Singing the Blues' all my life - I was 16 when I first met it!

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

Thanks. Having been 'volunteered' I just had to put my head down and run at it and pray that it worked!

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

My quickstep wasn't quite up to that standard, especially as being considered tall in an all girls school I had to be 'man'! No wonder I can't dance now.

Kiwi says thanks too - I am trying to keep him away from things at the moment as he is doing an enormous spring moult, and everything round him is furry.

Only two days to the 100th birthday party. One of Miriam's sisters made

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

Dancing the Blues in the moonlight for ya, Sally! Love the quilt. And the song.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Nice quilt! (can't listen toe the music right now though)

Allis> "Singing the Blues" is finished and is on Page 4 of the Quilting Album

Beautiful, Sally!