Final Round Robin Block

Sadly, the round robin has come to an end.  This is my final block which I have stitched for Lori Truzy.  She made up the brightest summer blocks to stitch up in a summer theme.  She said she wanted to use her blocks for a nice table runner so I did my best to keep things reasonably flat and washable.

I avoided the silk ribbon treatments (not easily washable) and sent her a little package of extra bright lace flowers and buttons to scatter around her finished table runner which will help pull everything together in the end.

It was fun to stitch up these five round robin blocks and I look forward to seeing how mine turned out when they are returned to me.  Go to "RR-1930 Vintage on the Farm" label for viewing my set of blocks.  I will post them all once they have been returned to me.  Hugs til next time.  Have a crazy day!!

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Postcards, Postcards and more Postcards!!!

Just adding more postcards to my collection here.  I have been making them for Birthdays and Mother's Day or for who ever you might send one to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stitch Meditation

Who knew that something so simple could be so addicting.  I recently was invited to join a Facebook group called "Stitch Meditation".  You take the simplest pieces of leftover bits of fabric, trim and whatever and stitch it onto squares of fabric ( I used whatever I felt like, cause there are no rules here).  Make a picture or just stitch them on ... the idea is just to calmly sit and stitch without any worries.  Here are few of my attempts:

 

 

 

 

 

Kathy Shaw's Silk Ribbon Embroidery Course

 

As promised here is my assignments from Kathy Shaw's silk ribbon embroidery class I took on line.  This was back in August and September, life got busy and I haven't had much time to blog so I'm doing some mass uploads of projects this week.



 
 
 




 This lovely arrangement of blossoms
I have show cased in a crazy quilted
decorative pillow, which I will post next week after I have taken some photos.

A grouping of blackberries which I used in a crazy quilted journal book cover.  (see journal book labels for photo)

 

A bird in a rose bush, which I made into a PC and sent to my niece Christine.

 

 

 

A dragonfly which I stitched onto an existing embroidered applique of some Alberta Roses.  This was also made into a postcard.

 

 

Another group of blossoms with embroidered leaves.  I used a pink marker to add a bit of color to the petal tips and pink floss and beads in the centers.

 

 

This pretty lady was a bit intimidating to stitch, the little red roses were stitched with 2mm silk ribbon.  She hasn't found her forever home yet.

 

 

Kathy had us use our imaginations and an assortment of various types of ribbon for this funky flower pillow.  I added a few buttons to fill in the spaces.  Now I just need a little granddaughter to gift it to :)

 

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And what a great course to take if you have the opportunity and are interested in working with ribbon.  She is on line at www.shawkl.com

 

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Outside My Comfort Zone!!

Oh my, I see it's been awhile since I last posted.  I received Sarma's round robin blocks on Friday.  At first I was going to set them aside and have a good think on what to stitch.  I have never attempted anything with an Asian theme so was a little bit out of my comfort zone with this one.  When I was routing around in my charms on Saturday I came across some tiger charms and the light bulb went off.  Perfect....for this project.  She used the loveliest silks and satins and I hated to cover them up.  I used a brown piece of lace to balance the brown in the opposite corner and stayed with black and gold metallic threads for the stitching.  The stitching was done in a way to make your eye travel around the block in the same direction as the tigers chasing each other.  I pulled all the colors together with a nice silk floral cluster.  I hope it works for her.

Novice Round Robin

Finished up another block in the Novice Round Robin.  This one is for Gina Smith in Wales.  She was asking for an "In the Garden" look.  I gave her some blueberries and raspberries with a spider web for luck.  A row of bunnies eyeing up the feast. 

Having a Blast

Well, I was suppose to be working on some assignments this weekend for my ribbon embroidery class, and I was also suppose to be working on a couple quilts but instead I dusted off the old glue gun and made a couple Vintage Journals.  I have been scavaging at the local thrift store and saving buttons, ribbons and assorted junk jewelry for quite some time now and after studying the style on Pinterest, I finally gave it a try.  Let's hope they find a new home at the upcoming craft sale that the Cultural Center is hosting.