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I love it when a plan comes together and it seems like I'm on a roll with my Le Challenge makes. This week I finished my high voltage lampshade:
Last night the fates conspired and I have the perfect project for next month's theme, which is STRIPES. So I had a dig and found the perfect fabrics:
I think it'll look good. If you're working on something with stripes or fancy having a go, and you complete your project, please link up with us at Le Challenge on November 15th for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop. Go here to read more!
I'm also well on the way to finishing quilting a pattern I'm testing:
And doing some planning for putting my alphabet blocks together (I'm going to have to catch up on the proper ABCBOW now I have the book 'S is for Stitch' by Kristyne Czepuryk but I will start when I've finished some other stuff!). Don't you just love my highly technical drawing and planning?! No quilt design software here!!
High Voltage Lampshade - Le Challenge THRILLER
My inspiration for this project began when I saw a sneak peek last month of a wicker cross stitch lampshade tutorial by Elizabeth Cake, which is in Issue 7 of Crafty Magazine.
Then while watching La Ink I was drawn to the High Voltage Logo and realised I wanted to stitch lightening bolts, after all a good storm is pretty thrilling.
Originally I was going to use all bright colours but after seeing the Pantone colour report for Spring 2014 and watching the great introductory video I decided to use a mix of pastel and brights. I love the result.
Each of the lightening bolts is slightly different and I purposely made them striking in opposite directions so it would give a bit of movement to the design.
It was a simple and quick project and I like having a touch of my crafting in the hallway
and of course I couldn't resist putting it on my head before I hung it up!
I managed to snag two of these lampshades from Ebay and I'm still deciding what design to do on the other one. This is the first check off my FAL list for this quarter.
Head over to Le Challenge to see what other people made for this month's theme, thriller and check out Nat's post for a chance to win her thriller make!
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