The challenge this month is perhaps a bit obvious but I am going to ask …
What is it to be at the half way mark?
For me three word lead to a mix of ideas. “Half”, “Way” and “Mark” all lead off into interesting directions that can be represented in all sorts of ways. So that is the challenge for this month
The colour scheme was taken from the screenshot of the design produced by the Flower maker I wrote about yesterday.
Remember that the colours can only ever be a suggestion as computer screens display colours differently. The aim is to be as close as possible to the colours on your screen. From ColourLovers you can download swatches to use is Photoshop, Illustrator, or in a CSS file.
As usual when you have worked the idea swing back to this page and leave a comment with blog or flickr address so that people can take a look at what you have been working on or done. There is a flickr group for the Take it Further Design Challenge and Debra Spincic has set up a another TIF blog. Please remember if you use Debra’s TIF blog to swing by here too!
As I have mentioned before over on Stitchin Fingers in the Hand Embroidery group we are going to have a stitch along which starts today! If you have not yet checked out the stitching fingers community please do, as we have grown to over 750 members and the site hosts all sorts of challenges, and swaps. There is a even a Take it Further group formed there too! So do make a little time to visit it poke around and you are welcome to join in on the fun just join!
Finally posted to flickr and recalled I should let you know I fianlly finished … this was nearly going to be a permanent half way done piece.
Worked with the colours in a “suptuous surfaces class” style.
Catching up on posting finished TIF projects today… here would be link to Julys
http://www.takeitfurtherchallenge.blogspot.com/2008/08/june-roxys-pub-jane-b.html
Jane
I finally finished my July piece, am just finally getting caught up after our daughter’s August wedding:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karrinscq/2844868795/
My July piece is done although it will take another 44 years to complete!
http://skybellarts.blogspot.com/2008/08/july-tifc-day-six-done-ish.html
Late but completed. I posted all about the July TIFC on my blog and am very happy that I was able to complete last month’s challenge. I hope you all stop by to read about it. My blog is located at http://www.dianem.wordpress.com
My entry for this month can be seen here
http://red2white.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/take-it-further-challenge-july/
I managed to catch up a bit with july challenge. http://patchworkbroderieetcetera.blogspot.com/2008/08/tif-challenge-july.html
I finally finished my piece for July’s challenge. I decided to try the color challenge this time. I’ve posted a photo on flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/celeste_embroidery/
Celeste
I have just posted my completed July block on my blog= http://www.gettingtocrazy.blogspot.com
Only 4 days late! I’m catching up; I already have my August block pieced. It’s looking ghastly as usual!
My Milestone is up on my blog, http://moonsilk-stitches.blogspot.com/, (and the TIF blog and flickr sites). Marjorie
My response to this challenge, was very positive, I talked of celebration, but with time to reflect celebration has become ‘pleasure’ with a caveat! Classes last month, real and virtual have helped me recognise that I’m only half way there …….. at the most! I can take a technique or idea and process it but then when I use it, I don’t take ownership of it, I don’t develop it into something that is mine. How I use an idea or technique is mine, but there isn’t that push, the exploration of the ‘What if?’ that really will take things forward.
http://bilsblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/july-tif-challenge.html
Well, it’s the first of August I finished this challenge last night.
I didn’t blog about it before hand as I wasn’t sure until the last minute whether the idea would work. It was really an experimental piece of sorts because I tried different techniques to those I have tried in the past. All in all as a piece of work I don’t particularly like it but it says what I wanted it to say, well I hope it does.
So here goes:
Half Way Mark to me made me think back to the hot summer exam days. Sitting in a hot classroom in silence watching the clock tick by trying desperately to finish my exam paper before the time was up. I would always be thinking whether I had reached the half way mark of the exam. Half way through the time and was I half way through the paper yet. Well, as it was Summer I wanted to try an image of my sunflower in the garden, so this in a subtle way became my clock. You can see the finished image on my blog. Right on to the next one. Good Luck everyone Cheers Tricia
I posted my TIF challenge yesterday afternoon. I can’t believe we’re half way thru!
http:/miamithreads.blogspot.com
My July challenge has evolved into something different than planned. I am not sure if it is done yet, or if I will add to it. More info on my blog: http://www.enchanted-art.blogspot.com
How can July be gone already? I’ll need to catch up in August.
I have just added my July piece to my blog. I will be working more on this month’s project.
Half way mark – here is my interpretation:
in the middle of my life and in in the middle of this wonderful challenge
It needs a bit more stitching but my July TIF is up on my blog. I tried to stick as closely as possible to the colour palette, even the order of the colours and the ‘marks’ are both crayon frottage and stitch
Margaret
http://magsramsay.blogspot.com
I have my blogging done for the July TIF
http://megabqfabricchallenge.blogspot.com/
There are some beautiful projects this month, does anyone know how many people are still participating in the challenge?
Oh well it helps if I give you the link.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hockey_kitten/2720011298/?edited=1
I am not done yot but here’s my update. I hope to have this done in the next 2 weeks for a donation to a women’s symposium for the support group I belong to which this saying came from.
finally got a TIF posted on my blog 🙂
http://www.goatgoddess.wordpress.com
It might need a bit more tweaking, but my July challenge piece is up on my blog:
http://tangomusings.blogspot.com
Hi, I’ve finished my July piece, and it is posted on my blog:
http://debkolar.wordpress.com
Between time constraints and a lack of inspiration, I didn’t manage to do July’s challenge, but I am looking forward to August and getting back on track. Just wanted to drop a comment so that you know I haven’t just quietly faded away.
http://www.tyquilts.com/blog
My musings on the July challenge are on my personal blog, still a few days to produce a finished piece, so there is still hope, LOL.
Hooroo,
Christine
http://missmuffettwo.blogspot.com/
I’ve hit the half way mark with a project, check out my blog
http://www.comequiltwithme.blogspot.com
i posted a July challenge piece in my blog 🙂
http://blog-doris.blogspot.com/
Hi ya’ll
my July entry is already up at http://amovablefeast.blogspot.com.
Please drop by.
neki desu
I posted a July challenge piece yesterday on Stitching Fingers photos. This challenge compelled me to try a landscape on the new needlefelting machine. Thanks for the colors and the theme!
Looking forward to August’s challenge.
I have finished my July Journal Quilt, pictures and thoughts on my blog, I used both the concept and the colours.
Sue McB
http://paddysdaughter.blogspot.com
My July piece is finished and posted. Halfway though the year for me is synonymous with lemonade !
Enjoy and happy stitching!
Jennifer
http://mamascrafty.blogspot.com
Okay, this was *way* harder than I expected it to be! I have posted my thoughts and the results on my blog: http://sewingmagpie.blogspot.com
I’ve just posted my July TIF on my blog. May & June still in progress. I did a postcard this month.
http://www.linda-stokes.blogspot.com
Well, after much thought and working on ideas, I’ve decided to take a sabbath on July. I’ve written some about my thinking at http://justenoughtime.wordpress.com on July 24.
I’ve finished mine. All projects are listed on this page:
http://blog.theflossbox.com/?page_id=781
halfway through? who knows…http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/spirit_cloth/2008/07/stitching-a-tra.html
Hello all,my pages for the July TIF are complete and on my blog.
http://www.millionlittlestitches.blogspot.com
July is finished and on my Flickr page. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stitchintime
http://miekenoor.web-log.nl/mijn_weblog/
Finished my TIF July! Again, fun to do! I made a kind of portrait of poppies, they’re halfway their process of growing. Come and see them!
There is a party going on. We are half way thru and half way to the finish line and we are halves.
The only thing we decided on was that we were going to do 1/2 of a face and where the cut line was going to jog. After that we thought it would be fun to see how they fit together.
This is it!
Check it out at:
http://www.sisters38.blogspot.com
http://takeitfurtherchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/584069@N24/pool/
I’ve finished July! Check it out here http://www.fiberartmusings.blogspot.com/
I’ve uploaded the finished piece for this month on my blog http://focus-on-fiber.blogspot.com
My July piece is done – finally – and up on my blog
http://zquilts.blogpsot.com
Marie
completed July piece, not sure if I like it or not, oh well 🙂
http://travelfibreandthread.blogspot.com/
I’ve completed my piece for July. It is on my blog if you would like to see. http://ruthsfiberphotos.blogspot.com/
My project for the July TIF challenge is completed and posted at http://www.colorlineandtexture.blogspot.com. Best regards,
Bernadette
Hi Sharon
I have finished my July CQ block—I was a bit wary of the colours in the beginning but I am very happy with the way it has turned out.
Now to catch up on the Journal stuff.
Doreen G
http://doreeng.blogspot.com/
Hi Sharon:
I have just published a design for July TIF, I used the palette on fabric white.
Regards
http://alarttex.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/tif-challenge-julio-y-premios-recibidos/
Maria del Valle
AlarTTex
I have posted my July TIF it took a lot of thought but they are on my blog
http://backvalleyseasons.blogspot.com
July TIF finished and blogged at
http://fibrefan.blogspot.com/
I liked the idea I had, and love the colours, but don’t like the piece I made – o well 🙂 maybe the next one will be better.
I’ve finished and posted my July TIF to my Flickr site.
I have also bookmarked Dianne’s and Kitty’s sites so I can use their colour palettes.
Thanks girls for posting these as they are a great help to me.
Maureen
http://flickr.com/photos/crazyqstitcher/
I’ve posted about the July TIF here http://aufildujardin.blogspot.com/2008/07/tif-july.html and here http://aufildujardin.blogspot.com/2008/07/tif-and-sewing.html
Thank you for dropping by!
Posted my July piece. I decided if I left it any longer I would keep adding to it. As it is I am still not sure I am halfway or three quarters!! I used both the colour scheme and the subject. Grace
Posted my June piece. Based on the color scheme, and continuing the theme of circles. Have a look, thank you!
http://debkolar.wordpress.com
My July piece is half done. I don’t know if I want to add more. As it stands it is half way there but if I finish it I am not at the half way mark. I have used the colours which are unusual to me but work well. I will have another think about the word “Mark”. Grace
Hi Sharon
Finally I have my July Crazy Quilt square done and posted on my blog–I am running behind a little because of all the extra goins on at present but I am enjoying everything.
Now to get on with the embellishing.
Doreen
http://doreeng.blogspot.com/
Hi !
my work of July is on my blog. Not the half-way of my life but my quaker’s.
http://monique-28.over-blog.fr
Just got a chance to look at this month’s challenge today after a cross country move and starting a new job. Not sure if I’ll be able to do this month’s challenge, but will give it some thought and see what I can come up with. It was fun to finally be back with the group as we just got our internet service set up today after being offline pretty much for two weeks. How we have become dependent on it. And I have really come to feel a part of the TIF community and have really missed it. Glad to be back seeing what everyone is doing.
My piece is finished for July and is on my blog should anyone want to see it!
Thanks again Sharon for all you do.
Cheers
Mary Anne
http://magpiesmumblings.blogspot.com
I just posted my July challenge to Flickr. I used the colors.
Betty
Halfway to cooler weather, we hope in Texas! I’m halfway to somewhere, I think – maybe to a new stitching adventure or new idea, (or even the nursing home. Oh No. I think my daughter’s guest quarters is my Halfway House) anyway – I’m working!!
http://www.fairy-crafts.blogspot.com
Further thoughts of the meaning of the word “Mark” have been going round and round in my head. We embroiderers make marks each time we pick up a needle but then that led to marking time. A clockface? Or marching feet? Too many ideas at once I think. Grace
I’ve posted the supplies I’m using this month on my blog http://focus-on-fiber.blogspot.com
My initial thoughts went to the cliche of a glass half empty/full, then the notion of a window half way open or a door. That’s what’s been rattling around in my brain but today a vivid image of an hourglass filled with words and scenes from my life has trumped those first responses. Now to create what my mind’s eye sees.
Hi. I’ve blogged my first thoughts for the July TIF Challenge on my blog, hop over and leave a comment if you’d like to.
Hooroo,
Christine
http://missmuffettwo.blogspot.com/
Still thinking about the words. Half way is fairly straightforward but connecting them to the other one I find hard. Perhaps I will treat them separately and then put them together afterwards. I like the colour palette this month, very subtle. Grace
Sorry it’s late, June Challenge, I have sewn my story into a present for my daughter, it has a great deal of meaning for me and I hope it will for her too. take a look if you get the time at: http://lets-create.blogspot.com/ Right now to the next one. Tricia
I finally finished my blog piece for June. Check it out here at http://www.barnyardchatter.blogspot.com.
As for July (I’ve also posted about this topic) I’m glad I’m still here, trucking along AND have reached the half way mark. Yippee! Let’s see what I come up with next. My first thought is just what Sharon said, I’m thinking about the words separately. Who knows how this month’s will end up.
just posted first thoughts on this months challenge
http://travelfibreandthread.blogspot.com/
Whew, this isn’t an easy one! I’ve posted a few thoughts on my blog (http://tangomusings.blogspot.com)
Linda
Hi Sharon, Thank you for another challenge! I’ve matched the color palette up to the DMC floss colors and just posted to my blog.
http://www.kittyandme.com/
Pam
For such an obvious concept this one certainly has me stumped! I’ve already written pages of ideas and discarded most of them for one reason or another. It’s going to be fascinating to see what I finally end up with!
Nearly finished my June TIF. I have and update on my blog as well as my initial thoughts for July TIF.
http://barbs-spiritsong.blogspot.com
Hi Sharon:
Many news friend!!, which magnifies quantity of ideas, thank you very much for sharing.
Also I like the TIF palette.
The best for you.
Maria del Valle
AlarTTex
Again there is more to it than I thought before, Sharon. This month I’ll be 48. Am I halfway, or way past it? I’ve snorkeled some pictures up to visualise this month’s theme. See my thoughts on my blog and maybe you’ll find some inspiration? I do hope so…
I finished stitching on my June piece. I still intend to make it into an eyeglass case. I can’t seem to post my comment with my blog address in in though, as it says “discarded”
First thoughts on the blog. Love the colours this month – I have two background collages already done from June scraps in those colours, and am itchin to start stitchin….
Half way and I’m still with it. May run late this month, though, as I’m very busy.
On your blog today Sharon, when talking about samplers, you said, “I have always been interested in autobiographical statements in fiber. Often the way women tell their stories if via the medium of textiles.” TIF has given me the opportunity to do this. Each month so far has brought up personal thoughts and memories that I would like to leave in visual and written form for my family. I intend to make a fabric book out of my 8″ squares. However, I don’t know where to take July. Hmmmm…. waiting for that inspirational thought.
I’m almost finished with my May block, I have the June block pieced but not started on the embellishing. Now, I’m going to force myself to put this project away until August.
I’ve just started Sharon’s Journal class at Joggles – and it is starting out to be very interesting and fun. I also have two deadlines – both projects have to be done about August 1. As soon as the rush is over, I will return to my TIF project and get some pictures posted.
See you here in August,
Marci
“half way mark” right now I think I was half way nuts to sign up for this. grin. I know the color palette will not work for me this round, so will put my thinking cap on and see what I can come up with in the next couple weeks.
Busy month here as its state quilt convention, and quilt show, so lots of hours not spent stitching.
Hi everyone,
I created this month’s color chart for everyone again – shading from black to white. Please feel free to copy and use it for this month’s challenge. It’s on my blog http://www.dianem.wordpress.com
Enjoy!!!
Half-Way-Mark gives me three corridors of thought. Can I include all three in one piece I wonder. Food for thought!! Grace
… is the glass half empty or half full?
Am I half way there already? Or only half way there?
… not that I am even AT the half way mark yet … in fact I kind of … er … have not even got started with these challenges yet, so I am still on the starting line! … oops …
btw – LOL @ the picture you used for the pallette … after reading your post about it and following the link I “lost” at least half an hour at that B%^&^%&& website last night! LOL
(but it was fun to play with 😉
half way down the mark. hmmm that’s the situation of my corridor. half painted.the color is gorgeous though 🙂
will try and think about something deep and meaningful, although it’s really too hot for much brain exercise:)
beautiful colorway!
neki desu
What neato-torpedo colors, Sharon! And Half-way Mark is a perfect theme…can’t wait to sink my little fingers into my fabrics and fibers for this!
😉 this mouth i will use the palette, but i don´t know wath material i will use…
http://blog-doris.blogspot.com/
What an excellent challenge. I’ve only recently learned (had the courage???) to reflect on previous work so that will be my focus. The theme will be one of celebration I suspect as staying with this challenge was a huge unknown for me. I had no idea whether I would be able to work to an idea – my previous starting points had always been colour and shape.I didn’t know whether I could work with words/ideas. Not only have I found out that I can, I’m positively enjoying it. My next challenge will be to see whether I can work to my own words – not yours! Thanks for the last six months!