Corgis are a herding breed and Morris takes this seriously. He is continually gathering things throughout the house and brings them to a pile the living room and guards them.. After a while he'll wander through the house again to find something else to add to his treasures and guard again for a while... then repeat.
I deliberately chose a rather congested photo of his "stuff" and even added a few things to it... Now I am making motifs around the photo of some of his favorites......ball, hammer, various toys, food bowl, leashes etc... for a "find them in the photo" exercise.
I am particularly pleased with the ribbon treatment around the photo...In Wichita Candace Kling had a display of such folded ribbons and I loved them but hadn't tried them yet. I saw such a treatment on a pillow at Cathy's home and tried it on this block. The grosgrain was really too heavy but I loved the bright yellow with white polka dots so forged ahead anyway... Cathy even had a book of folded ribbon treatments which I found online and ordered so you will see them frequently.
Gerry, I love seeing the progress of Morris's quilt. We lost our beloved Sheltie about 5 months ago and the grief is still raw, but after seeing what you are doing we have started going through pictures of our Corda and will use them in a quilt.
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Morris is quite a character. I have very much enjoyed learning about Morris as you construct his quilt. We had a border collie; needless to say, he did a lot of herding. Mostly he herded us. We had to keep him busy otherwise he would find something to occupy himself and we were guaranteed to not be exactly pleased with what he found to do.
ReplyDeleteOh goody, another Morris block. I love Morris blocks. The folded ribbon treatment is really intriguing. I got Candace's book The Artful Ribbon at a thrift shop a couple of months ago. It was my find of the year until I found an old Singer 201K a couple of weeks ago. I'm working at restoring it and I hope I can get it running again - I'd love to sew with it. I'll have to see if I can find Candace's books on folding ribbons too.
ReplyDeleteOh goody, another Morris block. I love Morris blocks. The folded ribbon treatment is really intriguing. I got Candace's book The Artful Ribbon at a thrift shop a couple of months ago. It was my find of the year until I found an old Singer 201K a couple of weeks ago. I'm working at restoring it and I hope I can get it running again - I'd love to sew with it. I'll have to see if I can find Candace's books on folding ribbons too.
ReplyDeleteGlorious! This quilt is just too much fun!!! And your Candace ribbon looks great too...xo Susan
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