Well...best laid plans and all that...I didn't get to finish my piece with the doily's in time for the opening of the show on Friday night, instead I decided to lay them out on the table, so at least some people would see them. I had a variety of different ideas for my display, none of which involved piling them up on a table cloth, but in the end I realised I just didn't have the time to achieve what I wanted with them, and would have to settle for a compromise. I was in two minds about showing them at all, perhaps I should have just put them on hold until another opportunity came along, but after the work me (and my mum) put into them I just didn't feel like sticking them back in my bag and taking them home again.
In a way it's funny that they didn't get finished, because they were the first piece I had visualised for this show. I had decided I wanted to work with doily's and embroidery even before my friend gave me the bag full of them. However, something's just don't run to plan and I ran out of time, or rather maybe my ideas grew bigger and needed more space to develop and i'll have to wait and see where they head next.
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I love the doilies with the messages on them and would so love to hear or see what you had in mind. I collect doilies too. I haven't yet used any and haven't decided how I will so love to see what others come up with. I tried the link on another post to see your show but it didn't work... boo hoo.
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