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Okay, /{F um, } I guess, {F um, } this is probably really a good subject for me because I really like to do, {F uh, } hand work. /{F Uh, } mostly I do needlepoint, I guess. /
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[1093]
{F Oh } really. /
[1014]
{C But, } {F um, } -/
[1093]
What kinds of things have you done? /
[1014]
{F Um, } {D well, } I've made a lot of baby gifts
[1093]
Uh-huh. /
[1014]
It seem like that's, - /{D like, } especially lately there's been so many babies,
[1093]
Do you ever keep any of your stuff? /
[1014]
Isn't that funny. /No
[1093]
I do crochet and a lot of, {F uh, } things like that, /{C and } I have very little of my own stuff, /{C and } it's kind of embarrassing. /People say let me see some of your work. /
[1014]
[1093]
{F Oh } {D well, } can you do it (( )) ? /
[1014]
Yeah, /
[1093]
Ooh. /
[1014]
-- {C and, } [ I, + I ] needlepointed the face, /{C and } I, {F uh, } kept that because she gave me that. /{C So, } -/
[1093]
[ That, + that ] would be definitely something you'd want to keep. /
[1014]
{F Oh, } yeah. /{C And } it's real neat. /
[1093]
[ Was, + was ] the whole face done or just the numbers, [ and, + and, } like minute marks? /
[1014]
{F Um, } basically, the whole, - /{D well, } no, /I guess the minute marks, /{C but } the minute marks are done, they're like hearts. /
[1093]
Oh. /
[1014]
{C And then } the, - /at the numbers [ they, + they're ] kind of outlined and stuff. /[ It, + it ] was quite bit of work, /{C but, } {D you know, } it was a lot of fun, too. /I really like doing stuff like that. /{C So. } -/
[1093]
I did some needlepoint years ago, /{C and then } I got into the Bargello. /
[1014]
{F Oh, } what's that? /
[1093]
{D Well, } it's an Italian, {F um, } needlework, [ using, + using ] the {F uh, } - /I started to say the canvas, /{C but } the, {F uh, } {F huh, } - /what kind of cloth uses that. /[ I, + I've ] just gone blank. /{C But } it's used with yarn, /{C and } it usually takes long stitches over two or three openings in the cloth -- /
[1014]
Huh. /
[1093]
-- {C and } you weave intricate patterns and use different colors. /{D Like } it could be a flame stitch where [ so + ] rather than drawing a picture you're making a design like a geometric or whatever, /{C and } it was used quite often in the colonial times [ to, + {F uh, } {F uh, } to ] upholster chairs, and so forth, as well as the crewel, {F um, } embroidery work that was done on them. /
[1014]
{D Wow, } that's interesting. /[ What did you, + what kind of things did you ] do? /
[1093]
What I did, when I was doing that was mostly pillows, {D you know, } for sofas and so forth, /{C and } I can't find one that I've done. /
[1014]
Oh. /
[1093]
It's one of those things /[ I did-, + I didn't ] give them away, /{C but } I didn't know if it's been my color choice or multiple moves --
[1014]
Yeah, /
[1093]
-- [ or, + or ] what, /{C and } it, - /I was so proud of them when I
[1014]
What did you call that? /
[1093]
Bargello. /It's B, A, R, G, E, double L, O <
[1014]
Huh. /That's, - /I've never heard of that before. /I've probably seen it, though, /
[1093]
[ I suspect you, +
[1014]
{E I mean, } when you described it. -/
[1093]
I suspect you ] have. /
[1014]
Yeah. /{E I mean, } when you described it, it sounded like something, {D you know, } that would be around, I guess. /{C But, } I've never heard of it before, /{C and } it's really interesting. /{F Um, } I guess I've decorated baskets and stuff before in the past, /{C but } I've kind of gotten out of that. /I use to do a lot more and sell at craft shows. /
[1093]
Me, too. /
[1014]
Really
[1093]
Yes
[1014]
Yeah, /it is. /
[1093]
How did you know to choose this subject, tonight. /That's funny
[1014]
{F Oh, } basically bows and lace --
[1093]
{F Um. } /
[1014]
-- {F uh, } ribbons. /{F Um. } I really wanted to do, - /{D you know, } so many of them now have the ribbons where, I'm not sure how they do it, /{C but } the ribbons, they make them, they {D like. } - /I don't know how to explain it. /They make them hard, {D you know? } /
[1093]
Like fabric that's been stiffened. /
[1014]
Yeah. /
[1093]
Yes. /
[1014]
I've never done that, /{C and } those are so neat. /{E I mean, } I would really like to do those /
[1093]
I've seen some, /{C and } [ there, + there, ] they, - /I suspect they're fairly simple, because the one lady I've seen, I know that does it, I've never asked her any questions, /{C but } she has three kids all under the age of like six. /[ {C And, } + {C and } ] they're all a handful. /{C So } it's got to be something she can do fairly easily --
[1014]
{F Oh, } definitely, /yeah. /
[1093]
-- and fairly quickly. /When I do, {F um, } crochet, it's usually the lacy Victorian type --
[1014]
Oh. /
[1093]
-- things like that, /{C and } I stiffen those with [ a, + a ] glue mixture. /It's like white glue, /{C and } it may be something similar to that that the fabric is dipped in and then, {F um, } allowed to dry in [ [ those, + those draping bows, ] + {E I mean, } those draping streamers. ]
[1014]
Oh. /
[1093]
I don't know. /I was just. - /There's bound to be some kind of fabric stiffener like that that's very similar --
[1014]
Yeah. /
[1093]
-- that's not going to melt too much with, {F uh, } {F uh, } high humidity,
[1014]
[ That's -- +
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in a room, /
[1014]
-- I think that's ] what my concern was, was it really sure, and [ how they would, + how they would ] last. /
[1093]
Do you know what my concern is? /How will I dust this thing? /
[1014]
[1093]
That's terrible. /
[1014]
No /that's true. /That's funny. /
[1093]
[1014]
Yeah
[1093]
{C And } most of my things are dust collectors
[1014]
[1093]
{F Uh, } {C and } I hate to dust. /
[1014]
I know. /
[1093]
{C So } first thing I think of is how easy would this,
[1014]
[1093]
thing be to clean. /
[1014]
That's funny
[1093]
{F Oh, } you don't have time. /
[1014]
No, /{C and } I have two children also
[1093]
You definitely don't have time. /
[1014]
It keeps me very busy. /{C But } I really enjoy it when I do do it, when I get the chance, {D you know. } /It's really, - /it's so relaxing to just sit, /[ {C and, } + {C but } ] once I get started, I can't put it down. /I just, -/
[1093]
I have a similar problem. /I've got to have time /{C or } I don't even want to get into it in the first place. /
[1014]
Uh-huh. /Uh-huh. /
[1093]
{C And so } I end up lots of time not doing anything at all. /
[1014]
I know, /I started a project, {A it's been over a year ago }
[1093]
You just didn't say which Christmas, right
[1014]
That's what I keep telling this person, /{D well, } I didn't tell you what year <
[1093]
What was this project? /
[1014]
{F Um, } {D well, } [ it's a, + it's ] {F uh, } cross stitch, /{C and } it's a picture, /{C and } it's a wildlife, /it has deer and trees /{C and, } it's really beautiful, /{C but } it's going to be a lot of work, /{C and } {D you know, } [ I've, + I have ] worked on it quite a bit, but not as much as I'd like to. /{D You know, } it's just so hard. /
[1093]
{D Now } this is done in the needlepoint? /
[1014]
Uh-huh. /{D Well, } I should-, - /it's counted cross stitch, {D actually, } is what I'm doing, /{C and so } [ it's really, + since it's counted, {D you know, } it's really ] a lot of work. /
[1093]
Yes. /Yes, /I do know. /
[1014]
Yeah. /
[1093]
I have done a little bit of that, /{C but } I decided that that's something that demands [ my tim-, + [ my, + my ] total ] attention. /
[1014]
Uh-huh. /
[1093]
{C And so } I've got to have [ total, + almost total ] silence. /I can't really watch television if the pattern is very intricate. /It sounds like you'd have lots of shading --
[1014]
Uh-huh. /
[1093]
-- on that particular piece. /
[1014]
Yep. /
[1093]
It [ is not, + does not ] sound like an easy one to finish. /
[1014]
No, /it really isn't, /{C and } I tell you, {D really, } I could just kick myself for even starting it, because I have a feeling I'm never going to get it done. /I'm probably going to hear about it the rest of my life
[1093]
{F Oh, } I'm sure you'll get it done, /{C but } it just may not of the original, - /obviously not of the original time schedule. /
[1014]
No, /that's true. /[ I, + I ] just don't know when I'm ever, - /it just seems like there's just never enough time to pick it up and do it, /{D you know, } it's just really hard. /{C But } I really do en-, - /{D like } I said I really enjoy it when I do. /
[1093]
Just hard finding the time --
[1014]
Uh-huh. /
[1093]
-- that can be dedicated. /
[1014]
{C And } [ there's, + there's ] so many other things that, [ I, + I ] have done, {D you know, } in the meantime, like I said, so many baby gifts. /I've made a lot of bibs, and wall hangings, /{C and so, } {D you know, } those don't take much time at all. /{C So } it's no big deal for me to pick those up and do them. /
[1093]
[ Do you, + do you ] use [ patterns, + {E I mean, } {D like } a book of patterns, ] /{C or } do you go out an buy [ a, + a ] kit, {D like } for a bib or something like that. /
[1014]
No, /I usually just buy a pattern book. /I have several pattern books, /{C and } I just go with those. /
[1093]
Okay. /
[1014]
{C And then } I buy the bibs separate. /Usually I think it's a little bit cheaper in the long run, /{C and then } I just use whatever colors I want to. /I don't usually use the colors they tell me to. /
[1093]
{F Um. } /
[1014]
{C And } [ it, + it ] depends on what it is, {D you know. } /{C But } some things, especially letters, if they suggest certain colors for letters, I just go with whatever I want to. /
[1093]
That's what I would do, too. /
[1014]
Yeah, /yeah. /
[1093]
Or whatever I have. /
[1014]
[ There's + {D yeah, } there's ] a few designs I guess I've done myself, but not very many. /
[1093]
Ooh. /
[1014]
It was really easy. /{E I mean, } [ just, + just ] did a thumb print. {D You know. } /
[1093]
What. With ink? /
[1014]
Uh-huh. /
[1093]
{F Oh, } okay. /
[1014]
{C And then, } {D see } I didn't cross stitch the actual thumb print, /{D you know, } that was just the ink, /{C and then } I made the ears and little eyes and nose and mouth. /That was so simple
[1093]
{F Oh, } that sounds really neat. /
[1014]
It didn't take anything at all. /
[1093]
[ Did you do, + did you use, ] {D like, } {F uh, } a stamp pad --
[1014]
Uh-huh. /{C And then } I just, -/