{"id":698,"date":"2007-06-30T19:27:22","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T00:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/06\/another-grandma\/"},"modified":"2007-06-30T19:27:22","modified_gmt":"2007-07-01T00:27:22","slug":"another-grandma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/06\/another-grandma\/","title":{"rendered":"another grandma"},"content":{"rendered":"

this is the way these pieces happen-<\/p>\n

I’d been thinking about ladies in curlers for a while. I even mentioned it at the end of this post<\/a>. I pulled out my grandma\/big lady design and got to work, cutting out the main body pieces, looking at photos tagged “housecoat” and “curlers” on Flickr. btw- Who ever knew there are curler fetishists<\/a>?! The things I learn everyday!<\/p>\n

I start doing floral applique on the body pieces and soon it seemed way too pretty to be a housecoat. That’s when I started<\/a> the purple one. Sometimes a project goes it’s own way and there is no point trying to force it into towards where I thought I was going.<\/p>\n

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And another detour. I drew the face on paper, cut it out, made myself a little stencil and transfered the features… but somehow my happy smiling grandma turned into this-<\/p>\n

\"630face1.jpg\" She looks terrified! Somehow I was unable to see that until I was all done and ready to take photos. So, back upstairs for a face rework-<\/p>\n

\"630face2.jpg\" Much better! She actually looks happy now.<\/p>\n

I am thinking of her as the post-curler grandma- look at her lovely hair-<\/p>\n

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The photo is washed out, but the embroidery floss I used is variegated light blue.<\/p>\n

The front-<\/p>\n

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and the back-<\/p>\n

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and the bottom of her shoes-<\/p>\n

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and one last photo- she is sitting in the thyme and lavender- so perfect for a grandma.<\/p>\n

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Now- the flower of the day- an amazing poppy! Too bad they only last for one day-<\/p>\n

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One last thing- has everyone read Shula’s wise words\/rant<\/a> on the topic of crafting and craft bloggers? Wow, can she say it! I felt she was speaking right to me, although not about my recent personal experience. Just happened to come up at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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