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Retrospective (7/25/2016)

Patch #204 Tennis whites

While we were (belatedly) in Austin, we spent some time bouncing tennis balls to G. Turns out he's a natural. Anyway, his Wilson kid's racket brought back memories of fingering the strings on my beloved Slazenger wood racket. Guess that and the reference to tennis whites pretty much date me!

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So, I wanted to make a patch that recalled the beautiful presentation of the A-Tan Sushi Tuna Tower on July 19th. Eventually, I ended up here ...

but it wasn't easy. 

My first try looked like this ...

and the back was even worse ...

But I persevered, deciding to make a much larger version ...

which I stitched Spirit Cloth style onto a fine linen backing ...

Then I auditioned possible patches ...

ending up with the final version shown up top for the July 19th post. I dare say, it had a much neater back than my first try ...

And unlike lunch at A-Tan, this time there were some leftovers ...