@LisaSBaker@mastodon.sdf.org avatar LisaSBaker , to random

Urban Desert No. 01: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/urban-desert-no-01-lisa-s-baker.html

A modern interpretation of desert design, blending geometric balance with warm neutral tones. Layers of texture and form suggest a refined harmony between nature and structure. Art by Lisa S Baker.
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@sinituulia@eldritch.cafe avatar sinituulia , to random

Disregard occurring week, make frivolous patchwork blocks and listen to podcast 😶

Same block as before in the background, with another on top. Mostly pinks and blues and greens in the previous one, this one is browns and pinks and oranges. It looks nice. Sini's hand with her usual rings on top, for scale. The finished block is about 16cm by 16cm.
Another scrap block, this time with even smaller pieces and wilder colour combinations. There's floral and botanical motifs on the fabrics, but also one with tiny little cats. There's a bunch of embroidery on this one, too, and this time it's not even any kind of seam. A half finished big pink flower partially in frame.

Another scrap block, this time with even smaller pieces and wilder colour combinations. There's floral and botanical motifs on the fabrics, but also one with tiny little cats. There's a bunch of embroidery on this one, too, and this time it's not even any kind of seam. A half finished big pink flower partially in frame.
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sinituulia OP ,
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I like flowers.

Close up of another block, with sort of more traditional sakura branch motifs in different colours, with tiny little bird's eye stitch blossoms. They're on top of criss crossing tiny little patches of scraps sewn together, and sort of harmonise and contrast with the colours, here mostly blue, beige, pink and browns. A tiny scrap of fabric has just the ears and eyes of a blue cat, peeking out. Sini's fingertips just in frame, showing the tiny scale of everything.
Top down view of the two blocks on a desk. They're pretty chaotic and erratic, and there's a larger embroidered flower with a little bit of beads on the left one, and the right is a more coherent whole with the flower stalks all radiating from a point and despite the colours being different for each one, are all of similar enough style to look put together. The fabrics are all very colourful, if not even loud. Small thread snips in oil slick colours on the blocks.

Top down view of the two blocks on a desk. They're pretty chaotic and erratic, and there's a larger embroidered flower with a little bit of beads on the left one, and the right is a more coherent whole with the flower stalks all radiating from a point and despite the colours being different for each one, are all of similar enough style to look put together. The fabrics are all very colourful, if not even loud. Small thread snips in oil slick colours on the blocks.
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    • sinituulia OP ,
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    More. This one's not done yet, but I enjoy the technicolour fern leaf and will get distracted later.

    A patchwork block on a desk, made up of small pieces and strips of fabric, with embroidery over some of the seams and bigger motifs on top of multiple pieces patched together. There's some fairly sedate flowers and a big old leaf done in chain stitch, in a sort of whorl of a fern configuration. It's done in two variegated threads, going between hues of red, pink, orange, yellow and white. It looks pretty chaotic, but is also tidily done. There's touches of all these same colours on the patches the block is made up of. Sini's hand is on the block edge, for colour comparison, and the tip of the tail of a ginger tabby cat.
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    • @LisaSBaker@mastodon.sdf.org avatar LisaSBaker , to random

    🌸Kitty Paws and Petals for displayed in a pretty frame. 🐾 Hope your morning is off to a paw-sitive start! 🥰✨

    Kitty Paws and Petals / Cat Art by Lisa S Baker. A charming kitten wears a decorative hat and collar, sitting amidst large blue flowers. The background features a patchwork of soft pastel colors, giving it a whimsical and dreamy atmosphere.
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    @Annmie@mastoart.social avatar Annmie , to random

    Yesterday's and today's patches for my blanket
    The thin thread is Symfonie Knitpro. I used it in a pair of socks. I very much enjoyed this yarn.
    The chunky thread is Hjertegarn Milano, maybe bought in Åre, so I turned the rest of that ball into an Åre hat today. It's nice and soft and muffles my migraine.

    Today's is a complete mystery, but I have a very fuzzy memory of being taught to knit with purple yarn, so I wonder if that's what the purple leftovers are from?

    A long simple hat knitted from the chunky green yarn. Turns it it changes colors from mutagen green to forest green, and also visits the domains of navy and hints of grey.
    A deep indigo patch and a light blue patch from very normal yarn. (Not thick, not thin, no color or texture variations, etc.)

    A deep indigo patch and a light blue patch from very normal yarn. (Not thick, not thin, no color or texture variations, etc.)
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    Annmie OP ,
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    I got almost all the I did during my vacation attached to the main body of the blanket.
    Here's where it is at now.
    I still have some four or five lying around that need to be attached. I think it's about 75% ready, but all the edges still need to be crocheted, and there are a lot of loose threads on the back.

    Annmie OP ,
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    The end of draws near.
    I've knitted and attached all my squares. Now I need to start cleaning it up and crocheting the edges. So this means Ihave about a week to tidy up the threads, crochet a border, and then try to block it. This should be 187 squares.
    The front looks a lot more ready than the back.

    @LowOrbitTourist@mastodon.art avatar LowOrbitTourist , to random

    Sierra Leone
    🌍 : https://maps.app.goo.gl/3gkTT8bGsAL25xnP6

    4K link : https://i.imgur.com/7uqHBZl.jpeg

    A satellite picture of a coastal area, possibly a mangrove swamp. In the foreground, there are numerous small, rectangular plots of land, possibly agricultural fields or aquaculture ponds, exhibiting a variety of colors, including greens, browns, and yellows. These plots are separated by thin, dark lines, suggesting boundaries or channels. The background reveals a darker, watery expanse, likely a body of water, possibly a river or the ocean, along with patches of lush green vegetation, possibly mangrove forests. A winding waterway meanders through the landscape, connecting the inland fields to the larger body of water.
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    @sinituulia@eldritch.cafe avatar sinituulia , to random

    I've been slowly working on the cat quilt. Top-stitching one little bit or two, pulling the threads to the reverse and finishing them. Put on the binding but didn't take the basting threads off yet. This variegated thread I had perfectly matches! Mom has seen it and likes how it looks and it looks less trash to me, so that's good. Still very hard to get decent photos of.

    A photo centred on one of the large cat prints. It is a kitten done in a sort of stylised grid of triangles, with a black tail and white chest. The large block has been top stitched with similar random triangles made by crossing the entire block, hitting an edge, and turning at an angle. This, also, takes roughly about forever. Looks pretty nice though, even unironed.
    Close-up of the binding and border going between the block groups. It is blue, with top stitching done in a blue thread that travels between teal, dark blue, gray blue and electric blue. There is both straight stitch and zigzag. It looks pretty nice, but is also covered in errant cat hairs. There is a hand sewn line of tacking thread along it.

    A top down photo of a corner of an immense patchwork quilt. It is made of little square cat prints (which are stylised drawn cats on a white background), a cat fabric with teal, brown, turquoise, yellow and blue cats, and all these colours and grays and creams in different squares, triangles and bands. There is a lot of stitching that starts and stops, small lengths that go around and across, and then you have to cut the threads again. This means a lot of finishing by hand, let me tell you! It looks reasonably nice, though.
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