I went with bright greens and yellows as they just seemed to make me think of spring.....bright sunshine and new green growth.
The smaller sized block was much easier to deal with as the embellishments were just little snippets instead of major productions:)
At first I got out all my yellow and green trims and beads but then I realized that it was all wrong and very boring. I had some pretty variegated pinky peachy DMC embroidery thread that I won from So September in October 2012. I made some little "flowers" with some iffy (don't look too close) French knots and that was it. Away I went:)
By the way, if you want a few ideas on how to couch rick rack and ribbon, Corinne at So September has just done two tutorials recently that you might find interesting.....
here and
here.
I made a cardboard window frame of sorts so you can see what it will look like once I bind it. I stole this idea from my buddy Vee over at
The "Bearister" Bookcase. She made
one so she could pick out areas on her white work for her pin pillows. I thought it was a brilliant idea:)
I have no idea how to describe my crazy quilting style...it's different from what I see in Bloggerland. I haven't learned the "rools" yet.
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Lean to the left to view:) |
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Forget me whats. |
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The flowers are all different...don't look |
I really really REALLY need to practice some embroidery stitches. I've been doing cross stitch so much that I've gotten out of the way of doing other stitching.
The next block is Summer.....sun, bright colours, buzzing bees...no snow...no freezing temps...heat:)
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Asian lilies in my garden... summer 2013. |
I'll leave you with that image.
Take care:)