tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62056036919880270582024-03-04T22:27:24.957-08:00One More Stitchrobin michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512210501809058988noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-54031643093011508062012-01-29T16:49:00.000-08:002012-01-29T16:49:16.351-08:00Making ProgressI've finished the outside of my beaded prayer, finally! Now I just have to do a fringe around the edge. I've never done a beaded fringe so I'm going to look for some directions first. My hope is to finish this by the 31st.<br />
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<br />robin michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512210501809058988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-31330905241282268112012-01-01T11:43:00.000-08:002012-01-01T11:43:15.615-08:00New Project!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was hoping to finish this today but I don't know if I will. I worked on it last night but even with glasses and a good light it was straining my eyes so I quit. This is a project from the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beading-Soul-Inspired-Designs-Contemporary/dp/1931499462/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325446962&sr=8-1">Beading for the Soul</a>. I love this book! It has some great projects in it and this is one of my favorites. It's called a Beaded Prayer. I'm using it more as a beaded intention/wish for 2012. I'm going to bead the outline of the rose and leaves and then put inside a piece of paper with my three wishes for 2012. I thought about everything I'd like to happen in the next year and these three are the most important to me. <br />
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I'm not sure how spiritual I am but it makes me think of the saying to <i>work like everything is up to you and pray like everything is up to God</i>. There are parts of these wishes that I can't control but I think there is a lot I can control and I'm going to work on that.<br />
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After the paper goes in I'll bead the edges and maybe add some fringe. Sorry the pictures aren't great. I kept trying but this was the best I could get.<br />
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The last picture is Mr & Mrs Freddie! I'm going to turn the edges under and then add a felt backing. I thought they came out pretty good. My mermaid is still in the project list but I haven't had a chance to work on her. <br />
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<br />robin michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512210501809058988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-63041359466458169292011-12-12T20:31:00.000-08:002011-12-12T20:31:08.814-08:00Mrs. FreddieMrs. Freddie is coming along nicely. I'm hoping to finish her by tomorrow night. Then I'm going to cut out and back both of them so I can hang them on my Christmas tree! They look nice and sparkly with light shining on them!
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<br />robin michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512210501809058988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-3129957942513166982011-12-04T21:25:00.001-08:002011-12-04T21:29:44.900-08:00Weekend UpdateI worked on my mermaid this weekend and started Mrs. Freddie. The mermaid is looking a bit more glittery - I added quite a few beads. I tried size 11 but they look too large so I had to use 15. My eyes are feeling the strain! Mrs. Freddie is almost completely outlined and then I'll start giving her some character. The outline beads are cranberry. They look sort of purple but in daylight they look cranberry. She's going to be mostly pink, with a little blue maybe. Or maybe some green. We'll see.<br />
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I ordered the 2011 Just Cross Stitch Ornament issue and it came on Saturday. It's full of ornaments I want to make! I'm going to look through my stash and hopefully I'll find everything I need. I'm feeling very enthusiastic and full of energy to get things done. Not sure how long it'll last!<br />
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I started this mermaid project so long ago I can't remember! My plan for 2012, and isn't it impressive that I've already started, is to finish most of my WIP. I say most because I think there are some that I'm going to give up on because they just don't appeal to me anymore. My mermaid is 1st in line and she definitely still appeals to me. I'm going to add beads to her and make her very glitzy and gorgeous! I'll post progress updates as I go along!</div>
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<br />robin michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512210501809058988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-61924829778438976672011-11-29T17:28:00.001-08:002011-11-29T17:32:34.369-08:00Meet FreddieFreddie the Fish! I found Freddie in a book called<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beadweaving-Needle-Techniques-Original-Designs/dp/0806904011/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1322616547&sr=8-8"> Beadweaving by Ann Benson</a>. I don't really like fish but something about Freddie appealed to me. I've been working on him for a couple of weeks and I finally finished last night. I think Freddie is quite handsome! I'm planning to hang him on my Christmas tree and I anticipate that a Mrs. Freddie and perhaps some Freddie children may join them if I work fast enough!<br />
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Pippin likes Freddy too. He's a little confused as to why I keep saying fish but he doesn't smell anything!<br />
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<br />robin michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512210501809058988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-48835164421242786362011-10-06T20:15:00.000-07:002011-10-06T20:15:21.984-07:00Earrings!I've made 9-1/2 pairs of earrings so far. I'm having a lot of fun making these and I think I'm getting better with each pair. They are simple ones since I'm just beginning but the fact that I'm actually making them myself is exciting for me! Here are pictures of nine of them. The 1/2 pair I'm still working on. It's a more complicated technique and I got one made but it needs to be redone. They're going to be very pretty once finished though!<br />
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These beaded ones were fun to make but the pair with the bugle beads doesn't hang well. I pulled it tighter than I should have I think. <br />
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I found this pattern at Fire Mountain Gems. They look like Christmas candies! I want to make a lot more of these. <br />
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I thought these two came out pretty. I like the brown/caramel colored swirls. <br />
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I've had the dance charms for a long time. You can't really tell but the dark beads are purple. I was very happy with the way this pair came out. </div>
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These are Day of the Dead earrings for my daughter. I'm going to give them to her on Saturday. Hopefully she won't see this post before then! <br />
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Some pretty orange and red beads. I needed some earrings in these two colors to match some of my tops. Now I can be color-coordinated!<br />
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For August/September I have chosen to celebrate the sea
deities throughout the world - particularly Iemanja and Aphrodite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got this glass shell bead awhile back and
was inspired by the idea of a shell washed up onshore filled with seawater,
bits of seaweed, pebbles, and other ocean bits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I used some fibers threaded through the shell bead, tied off at the ends
with various small beads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used a mix
of glass seed beads, amazonite chips, freshwater pearls, and larimar
chips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So there's my oceanic shell on
the shore pendant! <i>(posted for Jillian)</i></div>
robin michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512210501809058988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-44451513044491291622011-08-05T18:30:00.000-07:002011-08-05T18:30:35.003-07:00June/July BJP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the months of June and July I decided to create a
bracelet inspired by the Aztec goddess Chalchiuhtlicue - "She of the Jade
Petticoats" Quite a few technical difficulties were encountered in
crafting this bracelet. Though it's more-or-less wearable I will probably
redo it at some point in the future. At any rate, I used hemp cord in
blue and green, various colors of various beading thread, size 08 glass seed
beads, rectangular jade beads, and a couple of turquoise nuggets. I added
the turquoise because "chalchiuh" in Nahuatl refers to any
bluish-green stone - jade, turquoise, or serpentine. In "Bancroft's
Works" her name is defined as meaning "petticoat of water, of a
shade between green and blue" So in my bead and fiber choice I used
green, blue, and turquoise shades. In one picture I posed the bracelet
next to a somewhat battered Talavera frog, since Chalchiuhtlicue was associated
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robin michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512210501809058988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-48860719454211642522011-05-20T12:33:00.001-07:002011-05-20T17:30:15.628-07:00May !For May I have made the Fairy Queen's Herb Pouch! This little bag is stitched from batik fabric and adorned with glass beads, Swarovski crystal, prehnite, and peridot. The fringe on the bottom is meant to be representative of a creek running through a mossy woodland lit by unfolding Spring leaves. I added browns to the creek beads because I realized most creeks here have brown shades from the stones and soil underneath the water. The blues and greens are reflections of the leaves and sky, and of course some clear ones as well for the ripples of water. For this project I was influenced by some of the embellishments in Laura McCabe's "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Laura-McCabes-Embellished-Beadweaving-Lavished/dp/1600595146/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1305937794&sr=8-1">Embellished Beadweaving</a>" book. I used the branched fringe, and spiral rope with drop beads on the top hanger part. The rest I sort of made up, but I think the book inspired me in those! To give an idea of scale the matte seed beads in the moss fringe are size 11s.<br />
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</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}</style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoPlainText">With Spring upon me I was unable to choose just one Springtime deity, so I decided that this project would be for all Spring goddesses and gods!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since it also took longer I made it for both March and April.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's a multistrand necklace with colors inspired by the many green shades of this season, accented by occasional wildflower hues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used different sizes of glass seed beads, from 11 to 6, small Swarovski crystals, and gemstone beads of jade, peridot, serpentine, green kyanite, seraphinite, prehnite, citrine, and green tourmaline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Included in one of the pictures is the Pestemon heterophyllus that inspired the combination of purple and blue in one part of my necklace!<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(posted for Jill)</span><br /></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Us5OcYsHPUA/TboWmzWej_I/AAAAAAAAFds/RklynryWBgI/s1600/MarAprBJP+024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Us5OcYsHPUA/TboWmzWej_I/AAAAAAAAFds/RklynryWBgI/s400/MarAprBJP+024.jpg" 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michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512210501809058988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-8874536684980356622011-02-25T13:23:00.001-08:002011-02-25T17:35:14.457-08:00Bridget's MantleFor February I chose to represent Bridget's Mantle. I wasn't going to use this Goddess, since She featured in last year's February project, but here She is anyway! Since Her mantle is an important part of both Her Christian and Pagan mythology I chose to just render it. I used some of the batik fabrics left over from last year's projects. I even left the inner lining fabric out on Imbolc Eve to be blessed by Her! The beads I used are almost all glass, except for the peridot chips on the front, and the metal knot bead that is used for the clasp. I used some branched fringe (one of my first attempts!) on the front and I was happy with the way it looked. The design on the back depicts a manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.) branch with flowers. Many manzanitas bloom at this time of year and I associate their honey-scented white to pink blossoms with Bridget. This one probably won't work as a pendant, but it might work on an altar!<br />
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I thought this was pretty cool! I have bunches of patterns for stitched bookmarks. I'm going to dig some out this weekend and stitch a couple. I haven't done any cross stitch for so long I'm afraid I might have forgotten how!robin michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512210501809058988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-59392095385624697982011-02-11T12:38:00.001-08:002011-02-11T17:18:48.504-08:00Woden in WinterThis year I've decided to create smallish (probably no more than about 3"x3") little beaded things that can be made into pendants if I so desire. That's kind of vague, I know, but I think I'll really enjoy this kind of loose format. The theme of these objects will be to represent a goddess or god from some belief system (probably mostly Celtic and Germanic Pagan, but certainly not limited to such!) Sometimes the representations will be more literal than others (an actual figure) but sometimes not. I'll just have to see where the shiny beads inspire me to go!<br />
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So, for January I've chosen to represent Woden (called Odin in Scandinavia) I used a small (about 2 1/2" long) piece of an ash tree (Fraxinus latifolia) as a base for my image. I was inspired by the rather rough unhewn types of images the Northern European tribes were supposed to have used to represent their gods. Woden's shamanic aspects are emphasized here with his fringed cloak and ornaments. I also made a sort of hood on the upper part of the figure. The cloak is peyote stitched from size 11 seed beads and the stones I used are black onyx, larvikite, and labradorite.<br />
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I found the BJP in the first year it started and went to different blogs admiring the work beaders were doing. Prior to that the only beading I'd ever done was small Mill Hill ornament kits. I've been doing embroidery, quilting and sewing for as long as I can remember but never beading. Anyway, I sent an email to <a href="http://www.robinatkins.com/">Robin Atkins, </a>who is the originator of the project, and asked about joining. She explained that they'd probably be doing it a second year and I could sign-up to join then. I am not a joiner nor am I a person who writes emails to total strangers. But I was so fascinated by this idea that my desire to participate overcame my initial shyness. There's something about working with beads that I find soothing and creative. And fun! During the first year (second of the project but my first year) my daughter was admiring all the beading and decided to join this year. It's been a lot of fun seeing her projects and comparing ideas. <br />
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You don't have to have any experience or particular skills. It's pretty easy (at my age with a good lamp and magnifying glasses) to put a bead on a needle. And don't feel you have to be "creative." I didn't think I was creative enough to come up with anything original but I have and I've learned a lot in the process. If you have even the slightest interest, just a small thought that maybe it'd be fun, then JOIN!robin michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512210501809058988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-3705732353255280242010-10-24T12:06:00.000-07:002010-10-24T12:06:54.069-07:00Oak PendantsI forgot to post the photos from our class! My daughter and I took a class together and made wire oak pendants. I saw the class offered at a local bead shop and was going to take it and make one for her as a Christmas gift. Then I started thinking she'd probably enjoy the class so I told her about it. We both had a great time and it was fun going to the class with her. I love wire-wrapping but it takes practice and I know I still need a lot more. It's also hard on your fingers - mine were numb and full of pokes by the end of the class. It was fun though! The top picture with the cord is Jill's, the bottom mine.<br />
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These trees reach their most impressive proportions in riparian habitats, but also grow in the company of live oak and madrone on the north-facing slopes of my local hills. Despite being evergreen the laurel drops some of its leaves in Autumn. Shades of yellow change to orange, umber, and - after rain - deep garnet hues. In my project the leaves have fallen onto the stones of an Autumn-dry creek - the grayish green color and patterning of this batik fabric suggested a dry creekbed to me. It seems that every time I go to draw a leaf outline of a fallen bay leaf the leaf is crossed by another leaf. So I arranged my model leaves (which appear in one of the pictures) to suggest this arrangement, which I then stitched with my beads. The little snake goddess pendant is there because I've often seen snakes slithering across the dry stones in arroyos. I decided to give this headless pendant a yak bone skull in observance of Samhain and Dia de los Muertos - times when Death and the dead are celebrated. My next project will also focus on one of these holidays - as I said before I really enjoy Autumn!jethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954221241796912779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-23439747453997925652010-09-19T17:46:00.000-07:002010-09-19T17:46:32.744-07:00September Big Leaf Maple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPnHglOKo79zHNHN2eTGcGqFRffZUHTLYwOjSxWme18zBtTTtQXTrVRQcNs3eeHJWtFOHxwbat8AElawmpO8iGoVPWt_Al3gr2IrIDoXyJ6LoXUIeO6Kw1s_oJ98LHzWBRWeUmho-h4M/s1600/2028-08-31+16-15-23_0002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPnHglOKo79zHNHN2eTGcGqFRffZUHTLYwOjSxWme18zBtTTtQXTrVRQcNs3eeHJWtFOHxwbat8AElawmpO8iGoVPWt_Al3gr2IrIDoXyJ6LoXUIeO6Kw1s_oJ98LHzWBRWeUmho-h4M/s320/2028-08-31+16-15-23_0002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>For the month of the Autumnal Equinox I have revisited my Vernal Equinox leaf from March. The maple (Acer macrophyllum) leaves that were just beginning to unfurl in Spring have now began to turn yellow and brown. Though the leaves turn in a mottled pattern from green to yellow to brown here I gradated them from left to right to show the season's change. I also reversed my half sun half moon motif from the Spring Equinox to show that the days are getting shorter. Though it's the same size as the unfurling leaf I depicted before I tried to give a sense that this a bigger, mature leaf that is ready to fall into the Autumnal mulch. Autumn is my favorite time of the year, so I'm looking forward to the upcoming months!jethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954221241796912779noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-27159358587340414382010-09-18T09:48:00.000-07:002010-09-18T09:49:02.804-07:00Wire WrappingI took a class last week at a local bead shop to make a wire wrapped beaded heart pendant! It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed making the heart. Over the past week I made a wire-wrapped leaf for my daughter. I thought it came out pretty good for a second attempt! I think this is inspiring me to get busy beading again. I'm way behind on my BJP!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Paaiq_3EZS4/TJTtEFDkfZI/AAAAAAAAD0U/KtDZfuAayCA/s1600/beaded+heart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Paaiq_3EZS4/TJTtEFDkfZI/AAAAAAAAD0U/KtDZfuAayCA/s320/beaded+heart.jpg" border="0" height="320" width="313" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Paaiq_3EZS4/TJTtGvKjZEI/AAAAAAAAD0Y/woC1nk2805g/s1600/P1010003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Paaiq_3EZS4/TJTtGvKjZEI/AAAAAAAAD0Y/woC1nk2805g/s320/P1010003.JPG" border="0" height="239" width="320" /></a></div>robin michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512210501809058988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6205603691988027058.post-60223348426529067682010-08-22T17:10:00.000-07:002010-08-22T17:10:24.825-07:00Ginkgo Leaf in Fog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8BuNaHdL1THzkudJDkzpyxuqvIEgs_c7RgVE8JHB9c-tRvoQ_kfTanMIcHc-ZWjPwRKao0Yz3W4aVOm9W23NLnQVzwHZTL0fO90vDB6fpde7YsfAQ5TGBYF_ItZRtEaKtq4U51VOh_A/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8BuNaHdL1THzkudJDkzpyxuqvIEgs_c7RgVE8JHB9c-tRvoQ_kfTanMIcHc-ZWjPwRKao0Yz3W4aVOm9W23NLnQVzwHZTL0fO90vDB6fpde7YsfAQ5TGBYF_ItZRtEaKtq4U51VOh_A/s320/001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This month I chose to depict a gingko leaf. This is my first non-native leaf, but I think that millions of years ago they did grow here, so it almost counts! I remember my grandfather pointing out this tree to me years ago and telling me it had grown when the dinosaurs were alive. This fixed it in my memory and when I met my fiance I learned that he too shared a fondness for gingkos! Since John (my fiance) has his birthday in August I chose this ancient tree for this month. He also has a fondness for bunchgrasses, which I depicted (rather abstractly) in the lower left corner. The right is a fabric following design of ocean colored beads in tribute to the fact that the Bay Area this year has had an unusually cool August. I've enjoyed all the fog rolling in off the Pacific, so I beaded a representation! I chose the fabric color to match the colors of the year right now - Summer-dormancy shrouded in fog that awaits the rain.jethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954221241796912779noreply@blogger.com7