{"id":3094,"date":"2013-04-22T19:04:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T02:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2013-04-22T19:04:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T02:04:57","slug":"celebration-a-mixed-media-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3094","title":{"rendered":"Celebration\u2013A Mixed Media Piece"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am in the process of completing a personal project to celebrate the 40th birthday of a family member. I saw an image of nautical flags<\/a> used for code and liked the idea of each flag representing a letter of the alphabet. I decided to make my own alphabet of stitched pieces for each letter of the alphabet, numbers from 0 to 9, and two types of spacers. I have included images of the actual stitched blocks that I used for this project. The blocks are composed of a piece of 1\/4″ hardware cloth, a piece of starched burlap, and cotton embroidery floss.<\/p>\n

I attached the blocks vertically together with jump rings just to get a notion of how they would look. Each block is approximately 1.5″ x 1.75″ and the spacers are .75″ and .5″ in height which makes the pieces if stitched together approximately 1.5″ wide and 63″ in height.<\/p>\n

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While the jump rings are a visual distraction, I do like the the vertical arrangement. When I decide for sure, I will build a narrow cedar box\/frame to house the blocks. Currently the plan is to wax the blocks and attach them to the inside of the box with brads.<\/p>\n

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Block Number 0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Number 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Number 2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Number 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Number 4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Number 7<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Number 9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Letter A<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Letter B<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Letter C<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Letter D<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Letter E<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Letter H<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Letter I<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Letter L<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Letter O<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Letter R<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Letter S<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Block Letter T<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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