Thread Painting

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Comment by Ally Bryant on April 6, 2018 at 5:17pm

After being out of action for ten days or more, I am now beginning to get caught up on my to do list.

postcard challenge I was in, the challenge diamonds this is my take on it.

It was a fun small project to get me back in my sewing studio.

Comment by Terri D. on March 18, 2018 at 5:21pm

So thankful no one was hurt. When houses were built back then, they were built to last forever and almost nothing could destroy them. 

Comment by Barbara Blackwell on March 18, 2018 at 12:24am

Scary damage to the house.... wonderful that no major damage to life or house was done... but a lot to clean up and deal with even so.  In that cold weather too... I can't imagine it.  Gwen, your work is wonderful. I'm thrilled you've been doing some tp.  I love that you are all doing SOMETHING!!!!  I've just spent 2 hours in the garden... first time out there for weeks.  I've managed to pull up a lot of dead / dried out succulents, and rearranged some rocks and put in 160 kg of crushed rock.... I'll put in some pots with plants in when the weather improves and we get some rain..  Everything is so dry..  Today's effort was just to make it looked like someone cared... the weeds of course come up bright and green and robust when everything else is dead. 

Comment by Barbara Blackwell on March 18, 2018 at 12:17am

Charlotte... I've done a lot of my thread painting by applique!!  The Lady in the red turban was my biggest example... I just couldn't get the background flat, so cut her out and thread painted over the edges....I also did random lines of stitching all through the turban and her face along the main lines so it was all attached to the background so it didn't 'bubble' out. 

Comment by Ally Bryant on March 17, 2018 at 8:35am

Char- that looks pretty scary, glad no one was hurt.

Here our winter keeps dragging on, usually we are into better weather, it seems most days we get a light dusting of snow, usually wake up to it. But the wind is strong and biting still in winter jackets.

Just about to begin another thread painting of the cows to give to the photographer who gave me the picture to use.

Comment by Charlotte Gustavson on March 16, 2018 at 9:42am

They were so lucky! They were in the upper part of the house where that other porch is in the photo. Their walls are 18" thick and they've been blessed with the help they've gotten. One of their neighbors had tarps and provided them with water. Their insurance company has been terrific (so far!) and they've been contacted by companies who specialize in historic reconstruction, some of whom have worked on that house in the past. They're learning a lot about the history of their house! lol!

That tree ripped the power lines off the house and the pole, but once they got the tree removed the electric company got their power back pretty quickly. They were only out about 5 days or so, and Erika's mom lives close enough for them to stay there. The only problem was getting the kids to school. The week after this happened, Adelaide (who is now 9!) had a class trip to a "learning" farm in upstate NY where her class stayed for about 5 days. So they only had to worry about the other two. They have a wood burning stove to stay warm, but their water pump didn't work without electricity. All in all, a pretty scary business! There was another tree that hit their garage. That one did damage, too, but luckily (again!) didn't hit the part of the roof that covers the corner they run their toy business from!

Comment by B J Elder/WA on March 16, 2018 at 7:08am

That's a mighty tree that came down!  We have some huge elm and maple trees right by our house and if they tumble our house will not manage as well as that one. Glad no-one was in the path of the damage.

Comment by Gwen/OH on March 16, 2018 at 6:31am

Oh, wow!  THAT was close!  Of course glad no one was hurt; good for the stone to keep it mostly atop.. How they are going to fix that will take some doing!  Thanks for sharing, Char. 

Comment by Sherri Eley on March 16, 2018 at 6:10am

Benda, Thank you for the clarification,

Awesome Charlotte,  thank goodness no one was injured, that is one big tree.  Mother Nature is not to be messed with.  And I believe she is angry with all of us for causing climate change.  We will be living with storms like this for the rest of our lives.  

Comment by Charlotte Gustavson on March 15, 2018 at 8:03pm

This is the damage done by the storm. He was on the porch getting f...

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