It was inspired by the Craftsy class 'Fabric Play: Sewing Mojo Minis' with Suzy Williams of Suzy Quilts (part of my Year of Craftsy). It started as a simple free form Log Cabin block, and I knew that I would add embellishments to it to make it my own.
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drift wood, feather, tiger eye beads |
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shisha mirror cut from an old mirror |
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old lace, beads, fabric painted appliqué |
I attached the piece to stretcher bars to hang it - keeping it simple.
This week I also pieced a couple of quilt-along blocks. The large one is Wandering Lover, the first block from the 2018 BOM Antebellum Album by Barbara Brackman over at Civil War Quilts - it is a 12" block. The small one is the first block from the sew along called 1880 Sampler over at the Temecula Quilt Company blog - it is a 4" block.
I don't plan on finishing these blocks as the quilt-along quilts,
I plan on adding the blocks to other leftover blocks that I have to make an Orphan Block quilt (you might recognize some blocks from a couple of quilt alongs last year that I didn't like how they were progressing).
This week I really concentrated on knitting. I finished knitting the body, saddle shoulders and started on the neck band for the Tealeaf Sweater. I will knit the sleeves last because the neck band is quite wide and I want to make sure of the sweater's fit when I am knitting the sleeves (they are knit top down and the sweater has drop shoulders).
All the best!♥︎
3 comments:
Love the texture overlays of your embroidery piece. Absolutely beautiful!
I love your embroidery piece!
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Your work is amazing as always! Love the embroidery! My mom used to do pieces like that, using crewel embroidery, shells, feathers, driftwood and beads. They are treasured works of art to me.
I'll be looking forward to seeing your orphan block quilt...that's such a great idea to use up old blocks. I should do the same.
And love that sweater. It's going to be beautiful.
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