{"id":8849,"date":"2019-08-07T10:29:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T17:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=8849"},"modified":"2024-03-17T08:25:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T15:25:57","slug":"patch-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/patch-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Patch play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7638.jpg\" width=\"629\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7638.jpg 629w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7638-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I laid out the two-inch patches and played with finding pleasing arrangements. I like some of these a lot and may stitch them together. Some are still a play-in-progress. My favorite part of this process might be the stitching together while pondering names for the piece. It takes time.<\/p>\n<p>Hesitation: Jude is posting about adding more detail based on the grid. Tiny squares in the center and extra stitch detailing. I feel happy with the simple nine patches, but maybe I&#8217;d be even happier with more detail?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8846\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8846\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7637.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7637.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7637-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue and white.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Still playing with the rotation of some of these squares. I have an extra white square with blue streaks but can&#8217;t shoehorn it in. The piece demanded darkness in the center. I like how the lower center pieces make a shape that looks like a tornado.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8845\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8845\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7636.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7636.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7636-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bronze Age moon.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Loving this unlikely color combination of the deep walnut and purple pieces with the lighthearted pinks and aquas. And that glowing peach moon.<\/p>\n<p>I just stitched three of the Threadcrumbs moons into puzzle pieces today. I didn&#8217;t want to touch them, they seem so perfect unto themselves. But they really add extra dimension to the center of these patches.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proud to say that some of these were dyed by me:<\/li>\n<li>Top left from the &#8220;clearing in the woods&#8221; course with India Flint. I have leftovers. I don&#8217;t think I can explain how these colors came about, but it involved long steeping and plant matter and metal (probably iron) and a lovely piece of duppioni silk.<\/li>\n<li>Aqua squares were dyed in a Suzanne Grosjean workshop. I think they are weld overdyed with indigo.<\/li>\n<li>Dark bronze silk in the middle row also from a Suzanne Grosjean workshop. Black walnut.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_8844\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8844\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7635.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7635.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7635-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finding gold.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I wish I had more of that golden yellow, it&#8217;s so rich. This patch is like a summer meadow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8848\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8848\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7634.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7634.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7634-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moon shadows.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I originally had the purples scattered about, but it&#8217;s a hard color to coordinate. It seemed to lend a confetti-like aspect to everything it touched. So I grouped them all together with a moon. Nice. I feel contented when there is a symmetry to the colors like this. Disrupting it may be something to try?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I laid out the two-inch patches and played with finding pleasing arrangements. I like some of these a lot and may stitch them together. Some are still a play-in-progress. 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