I just finished stitching on Marci's block as my part of the Round Robin group on Crazy Quilters International. It was a really pretty block to work on, purple, tan, green, cream...very well constructed...and I truly enjoyed stitching on it.
The green drew me to it first, and I had a piece of velvet rickrack that matched the colors beautifully...so stitched that down across one corner seam...and included some straight stitches, crystals, bullion roses, and a tiny hummingbird in flight.
Then, include one of the TDiTM stitches...my favorite...lot's of French knots. Added some "rocks" at the base of the flower garden.
Lastly, I decided on a mixed group for my motif. I had a little basket button...it was shank...but I cut the back off so it would lay flat. Then I got out the drill and put about 5 holes in the basket so I could end my SRE leafs right on top of the basket or a more realistic look. Added some embroidery "wheat" and padded leaves. Thought about SRE for the flowers...but I had recently gotten some really neat little flowers, and decided to use those...with some crystals, rocialles, and seed beads for a little more bling.
8 friendly comments:
Love the stitches you did on this block, all the ideas are very good!
Looks beautiful!
This is phenomenal. Absolutely beautiful. I hope I can reach this level of expertise one day!!
Beautiful stitchin, and I love what you done with the flower basket. Awesome idea drilling the holes, and adding the ribbon like that.
Very nicely done, especially the basket. Thanks for sharing the details of how you did it! Wherever did you find velvet rickrack? I've never seen that.
Hello, Your stitching is lovely on this block. The ric rack gave the seam an appearance of heart with the bullion roses. I loved the rock garden, very imagintive. The basket of flowers are also very lovely. Great job of stitching. Hugs Judy
Simply fantastic! I was wondering how you got the silk ribbon leaves "through" the basket when I first saw the pictures on CQI...now I know! I never would have thought of that!
Great job!
I love that flower basket. What a brilliant idea to drill holes through the basket so you could sew the silk ribbon through. It is a lovely look. Way to go, Kerry. Hugs, Diane
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