How about this! Three projects finished this week. My friend Mo arrived from Florida for the summer and once he had made his tour around my place changing lightbulbs and stopping dripping taps, etc. he got down to the "jobs"! First on the list was my holiday block that needed to be framed. This CQ block represents my three-part vacation last fall beginning in Breckenridge, Colorado, on to New Orleans and finishing up in Florida. While he was working on that I got on with the tea cosy which I had stalled on when it came to lining and finishing. The other is a beaded velvet camera pouch for my friend Jan who recently was visiting from Victoria, BC. It is very satisfying to have these items crossed off the to do list
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
2010 Making Memories Block for Breast Cancer
It's finished! This is the Making Memories Breast Cancer Block that I began a week or so ago. The naked block is shown in a previous post. This was a lovely block to work on. The fabrics were mostly rich satins, of white and deep cream. All the embroidery had to be in pastels, and that is what I did. First I beaded the centre motif. Other seams in the photos are a chevron seam, an up and down blanket stitch seam, and a row of chain stitches with straight stitches and beads addded. I tried a stitch I hadn't used before, the double knot. I embroidered two paralell rows of double knot stitches and each row is laced with cream #8 perle. I also used two rows of cretan stitches, added lazy daisies and wrapped again with #8 cream perle. Below that seam there is a button and bead cluster which fitted nicely in the bottom corner.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
2012 Challenge Crazy Quilt
This is one of the three blocks that will make up a wall hanging on the Asian theme that will be my Crazy Quilt Challenge for 2012.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Meg's Silk Ribbon Embroidery RR Block
Here's Meg's finished block. The naked block was totally blue. Now it's beautiful, bold and bright, with loads of colour. Susan, Arlene and Candji worked on it before I received it. I had to "think big" to stay within the spirit of it. The bottom right hand corner was left to do and I filled it with large orange and black pansies, a scalloped wrapped seam and some woven roses.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Dorset Button
I've been wanting to make a Dorset button for a long time now, and finally came across some 1" diameter curtain rings which were about the size I wanted to start with. It's quite a nice little object, and I'd like to try a smaller one next. I'm not sure how I can incorporate this into a crazy quilt block though......any ideas?