{"id":6891,"date":"2021-08-12T08:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=6891"},"modified":"2021-08-12T08:50:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:50:47","slug":"very-small-pieces-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=6891","title":{"rendered":"Very Small Pieces, 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m continuing to make small samples in the SAQA 100 Days Reboot Challenge, and at the moment I&#8217;m exploring some stitch textures and presenting them as 3.25inch squares mounted on recycled foam core, as per the plan I outlined just before it started.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The challenge is a private group on Facebook, but from time to time I&#8217;m posting some of the images here.  So far so good.  On Day 9, Tuesday of this week, I posted this gold dot on black patches with orange neon stitching:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" data-attachment-id=\"6894\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=6894\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/black-with-gold-dot-and-neon-orange-stitching-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"black-with-gold-dot-and-neon-orange-stitching-blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/black-with-gold-dot-and-neon-orange-stitching-blog.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/black-with-gold-dot-and-neon-orange-stitching-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/black-with-gold-dot-and-neon-orange-stitching-blog.jpg?resize=500%2C499&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/black-with-gold-dot-and-neon-orange-stitching-blog.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/black-with-gold-dot-and-neon-orange-stitching-blog.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/black-with-gold-dot-and-neon-orange-stitching-blog.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Fused black\/gold pin dot shapes with neon orange stitchery.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This next one I made and posted on Day 10, yesterday.  I also have several others waiting in the wings, so fingers crossed I can keep up the momentum and remain a few ahead, not that there&#8217;s any stress over it as I was going to be exploring anyway &#8211;  but <strong><em>it would be nice to get to the end in early November having achieved the 100 posts on time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-attachment-id=\"6892\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=6892\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eggs-and-bacon-with-metallic-stitch-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Eggs-and-bacon-with-metallic-stitch-blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eggs-and-bacon-with-metallic-stitch-blog.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eggs-and-bacon-with-metallic-stitch-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eggs-and-bacon-with-metallic-stitch-blog.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eggs-and-bacon-with-metallic-stitch-blog.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eggs-and-bacon-with-metallic-stitch-blog.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eggs-and-bacon-with-metallic-stitch-blog.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Fused fabrics, glittery on top of the sheer, metallic hand stitch.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m particularly pleased with this one,<\/strong> because before I worked out what stitching to add to the fused shapes, it looked rather boring.  There&#8217;s a lot of exciting potential, both at this delicate scale and at something larger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking of &#8216;larger&#8217; my floor frame is nearing  completion, but needing another adjustment, which probably won&#8217;t happen until next week&#8230;. but that&#8217;s OK, because I&#8217;m doing a lot of auditioning while thinking about which larger project to work on first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m continuing to make small samples in the SAQA 100 Days Reboot Challenge, and at the moment I&#8217;m exploring some stitch textures and presenting them as 3.25inch squares mounted on recycled foam core, as per the plan I outlined just before it started. 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