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    This is Annie Whitsed's Crazy World a world where I stitch the joys and chaos of life into beautifull crazy quilts. email annie@loopylace.com
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Bamboo – Detail 208 March 23rd, 2007

reminder of bamboo to0This Visual Journal sketch is another idea from a seam in The Magic of Crazy Quilting by J Marsha Michler…whilst flipping through looking for an idea for a seam today, I looked at it and saw Bamboo which reminded me of last nights outing to Varekai by the Cirque Du Soleil which had long bamboo poles as part of the stage props…figuring that to be as good a reason as any to do a seam, I produced the seam below which is straight stitches in a very rough herringbone layout with each stitch couched in the centre.

reminder of bamboo

An Exciting Day March 23rd, 2007

I havn’t had a car since mid Dec, which has been difficult living in a city where it is hard to get anywhere without a car, so it was with a little trepidation that I set out this afternoon to visit the car yards hoping that there would be a nice little car, that I could afford with my meagre budget, just waiting for me…and it was with great excitement that I drove home my new, 14 year old, blue Daihatsu Charade.

My new Car