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I have to be quick about it this morning since I have a ton of quilting homework to start today from yesterday's day one class.  there is a huge queen/king sized duvet cover on my task list so I best get on it.  and there's the issue with the latest spinning adventure for tour de fleece.

okay so here we go -

the merino silk sample I spun


 
this is the fiber that John picked.  it's Ashford merino silk blend in the colorway Ocean.

 
 
to me it didn't look like ocean right away. until I spun a little.  I think it was the greenish brown in there, but once it's spun you can't tell it's really in there.  just a little, like the ocean floor and kelp swirling around down there.

 
 
did you notice this one has silk in it?  would you know what to look for?  it's that sheen, a slight shine to the yarn.  I looked yesterday at Betty's to see if I could find any other silk yarn to compare to and I really couldn't distinguish anything unique from their selection.

 
 
okay - now to my latest quilting adventure.  this is the "easy" drunkards path.  spoiler alert there isn't really any circular sewing or cutting.  it's basically an applique that you trim after it's sewn to get the same look as a drunkards path.  but the good news is that you can't tell and you can streamline the process in an assembly line to assemble.

 
 
mine is done in two tones, a "green tea" color and yes the fabric color is really called green tea. and another complimentary color with olive and black swirls on it.  it matches exactly to our current bed set.  I'm very pleased with this project so far.  I'll keep you posted!

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