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I'm blue for Blue Beijing!

3/13/2013

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68 1/2" x 31" A perfect runner for our hall.
So this is my Oriental effort.  Such a pretty pattern and would be so lovely in our home.  Now that I dug it out I'm feeling warm and fuzzy again.  There's a lot left to do but I could make an effort to pick away at it.  Maybe the hooking fairy will drop by or maybe I should be hooking instead of writing when insomnia steals my night. 

I have bags of wool for this piece stuffed away in some corner, I should have a look around.  I hadn't totally worked out the colour placement for the border but they will be the blues, green, red and gold of the tiny stripped border.  I see there is a bit of one of the shous to do and some of the blue here and there.  Yes, this would be lovely and I would have a grand sense of accomplishment to have this puppy finish and off the bucket list.  

If only I could clone myself.  I would get to do all the exciting stuff and I'd give my double all the crap jobs and then when I need a couple of kidneys or a heart, well so long, it's been a slice!

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Chinese shous represent luck in love, prosperity and good health. I actually took a bit of artistic licence to do a bit of custom stylizing to get the effect I wanted and to balance out the center design.
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This closeup shows off a bit of the border. Lots of straight lines in the design that I've taken from blue willow plates. I've added in buildings and a few pagodas with a rock bridge in every corner.
5 Comments
Adena Clark
3/13/2013 01:37:07 am

I'd love to do a runner someday, this one is lovely and I'm looking forward to seeing the finished mat.

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Sandra Sampson
3/13/2013 04:21:32 am

Now that you have brought this runner out, I hope you finish it - the colors and design are so pleasing. Maybe if you had it out in plain site you could spend 10 - 15 minutes a day on it (nudge, nudge)

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Christine Little
3/13/2013 06:09:14 am

I would need kick butt trainer to keep me on track! But that was a good idea, to leave it out so it speaks to me...out of sight out of mind!

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Mary Doig
3/15/2013 09:56:33 am

Maybe we should get back to our orientals. If you hook yours, I'll hook mine.

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Christine Little
3/15/2013 12:04:00 pm

Hey Mary, I thought you'd finished yours...that only Shelley and I were left to finish!

Drop by the shop. There is a dye book with your name on it. We used two of your formulas so that entitles you to a freebie!

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