Friday 26 February 2010

Seeing Circles

I signed up for the Monthly Design Challenge over at Finki’s a few weeks ago, and this month’s theme is Seeing circles.

As my soft and thrifty Seeing circles project made from grandma squares still needs more work, I have made another piece: “Ode to a turkey neck”
Loosing weight is all good, but my former taut and wrinkle free spare chin is slowly growing into something soft and with a touch of flabby. The chances of me running into one of the characters from Ally McBeal are rather small, so I decided to pay tribute to my chin myself. Hey – if you cannot beat it, join it, right?

I even cut a big chunk out of my favourite circle fabric which I had saved for something special. I guess this was special enough. Are you seeing circles yet?


I also finished the two Big & Strong quilts from last week’s Friday Night Sew In: Big & Strong, Swimsuit Edition I and II.

Now I’ll add this to Amylouwho’s Sew & tell, pop over and get inspired.
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32 comments:

  1. Barb26 February 2010 at 09:54

    YOu are so funny....love your swimsuit eddition.

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  2. Mari26 February 2010 at 11:28

    I love your Turkey neck-quilt !
    And welcome to the wrinckle-world

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  3. Carla26 February 2010 at 14:42

    Love your philosophy. Embrace what you can't change. Very cool!

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  4. jovaliquilts26 February 2010 at 15:15

    That turkey neck outline does NOT look like you, but it does look like Alfred Hitchcock! :)
    Your penguins are adorable. I agree with Barb, your sense of whimsy is just wonderful.

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  5. Needled Mom26 February 2010 at 16:03

    Love the turkey neck. That is just great!

    The penguins are too cute as well. Nice work.

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  6. Dee26 February 2010 at 16:14

    This is too much fun! I thought of AH too!

    Thanks for making me smile this Friday!

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  7. Anne26 February 2010 at 16:31

    Takk for morsomme ord på en litt mørk fredag.

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  8. Deborah26 February 2010 at 16:38

    Great attitude! Thanks for the smiles.

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  9. Kris26 February 2010 at 16:54

    I just love your outlook on life and how you express it in your craft! You are fun!!

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  10. Lesly26 February 2010 at 17:00

    Had to laugh - too funny!

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  11. Lynda26 February 2010 at 17:25

    Love reading your blog....its always good for a laugh or two. You have been so busy. I seemed to have slowed down these past few days. Have been sewing red and cream snowball blocks but nothing noteworthy to show.

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  12. Cal26 February 2010 at 17:29

    What a great sense of humor! And a great piece as an end result.

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  13. Kimberly Tripp26 February 2010 at 19:26

    those are hilarious! I also love the thread colors you chose on the turkey neck one. And since blogger wouldn't let me comment on your roosters, loved those too. How clever, what a fun surprise!

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  14. SueWis26 February 2010 at 20:06

    Haha, so cute! Glad that you can laugh at our human imperfections. :) Congrats on the weight loss!

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  15. Kristen26 February 2010 at 20:25

    I love it! So cute- swimsuit edition. Congrats on the weight loss!!

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  16. marit26 February 2010 at 20:30

    Herlig. Fikk meg en god latter her på fredagskvelden. For en fantastisk humor du har. Ha en fin helg.

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  17. Sharon (Stitches on Mars)26 February 2010 at 22:29

    Hi Nina Lise,

    Thats fabulous....congratulations on the weight loss )I'm allegedly trying LOL). WHy not embrace life's imperfections. we don't want to look like plastic dolls :)
    Hugs, Sharon

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  18. pinksuedeshoe26 February 2010 at 22:36

    Penguins in swimming suits make me laugh!

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  19. QuiltyBee26 February 2010 at 22:36

    Love the circles, share the turkey neck. sigh. That and finely wrinkled cleavage seem to be sure signs of middle age. sigh again. Always love your projects!

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  20. pinksuedeshoe26 February 2010 at 22:37

    and turkey necks too. SO funny, and cute circles!

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  21. Day before Michelle26 February 2010 at 23:53

    hehe Well done ;)

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  22. Rene'27 February 2010 at 00:17

    Too funny! Love the Alfred Hitchcock look alike aka Ode to Turkey Neck. The swimsuit edition is adorable as well! Kudos on the weight loss.

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  23. Karen27 February 2010 at 03:27

    Love how you tackle the big issues with such humour. What a wonderful attitude. Love your favourite circle fabric.

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  24. amylouwhosews27 February 2010 at 03:55

    hilarious and cute! I love your original designs!!

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  25. Leslie27 February 2010 at 04:37

    this is hysterical...you are so funny. i love the ode to turkey neck. and the swimsuit edition is pretty funny as well.

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  26. Mary27 February 2010 at 07:24

    I LOVE these! Hilarious! I love the use of humor in quilting!

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  27. Nina...27 February 2010 at 19:15

    Those penguins are adorable. Congratulations on the weight loss...keep it up!

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  28. Anonymous27 February 2010 at 20:00

    This is great! :) You are a genius in combining humor and quilting.

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  29. Anonymous27 February 2010 at 22:01

    Sad to say I recognize the neck oh so well,
    and the swimsuit silhouette too.

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  30. Quiltpiecer27 February 2010 at 23:58

    These are hilarious! You are too funny, and I love it! Great work, too. Thanks for sharing!

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  31. ktquilts28 February 2010 at 02:18

    Very, and brave!
    Blessings,
    KT

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  32. jlk28 February 2010 at 02:47

    Hilarious! Love it :)

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