{"id":3169,"date":"2024-01-06T14:33:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T13:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2024-01-26T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T12:34:43","slug":"small-ufos-fell-on-my-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/06\/small-ufos-fell-on-my-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Small UFOs fell on my head."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am still finding un- and half-finished bottle-cap quiltets<\/a> while looking for other things. Last week I sat down for a few hours and finished off three, while I thought about my 2024 project list and binge-watched episodes of Dahoam is Dahoam<\/a><\/em> from 2008. (I am pleased to report that my comprehension of the Bavarian language has increased from approximately 30% to approximately 33%. At ten episodes a week, it will take me seven years to catch up to yesterday’s episode.)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Root beer!
2012-ish.
Photo December 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I’m happy to see the Triple XXX Root Beer<\/a> still exists; the cap came into my collection from a former colleague a long time ago, and around that time I made this quiltet. When I re-learned shisha embroidery in 2019, I ripped out the old bad stitches and replaced them. Unfortunately, that caused some damage to the fabric in the petals.<\/p>\n\n\n

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But look how good that chain stitch around the edge is!
December 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

So I edged the petals in sequins, being careful to avoid covering up my beautiful chain stitch.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Flat sequins that have been in my collection for approximately twenty years.
January 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The frame around the edge isn’t doing it for me anymore, so I tried out a new formation from an embroidery book from the library.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Finished!
January 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Next: A Sam Adams Octoberfest cap. I believe the origin of this one is more recent, perhaps 2021 when I made these<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Breaking my arm patting myself on the back for that chain stitch.
January 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The 3-D five-point flower sequins are completely new to my collection, my folks brought them over for me last October. They are my favorite thing until the next time I get to make meatballs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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January 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

OK, I know I said the sequin frame on the edge wasn’t my thing anymore, but I couldn’t find a way to bling up this 2010 cupcake (are cupcakes still a thing?) without distracting from the motif. Respect the classics.<\/p>\n\n\n

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January 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

What’s next? I have no idea. Just because I made a 2024 Project List doesn’t mean any of the projects are going to get finished…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am trying to be less boring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[219,64,76,218],"class_list":["post-3169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stitching","tag-bottle-caps","tag-finished","tag-sequins","tag-small-projects"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t