This is a new stitch to me. Another one that I really like. I love the dimensional stitches! It is a bit fiddly but worth it. I had a really hard time getting a decent image of my work. This is a good as it gets.
Yesterday I spent the morning with three delightful students. Davina, Patricia and Barb all created lovely pieces! My photos really aren't doing the pieces justice. Nevertheless they were all pleased with work! I think as the teacher that is rewarding and means I did my job well. I know when learning a new technique you don't always produce something you really like. Truthfully I think that is fine as it is learning the technique that is important.
These are not typical of the colors that I like to use. But oh my gosh! The texture makes my heart sing! In case you have forgot I am working all of my beading for this project on photos. The photos are ones I took while on an outing with my photography club. We went to an old auto wreckers. What a glorious way to spend a morning! I am looking forward to going again in a couple of weeks.
I added the lace and pearl motif to this block. I painted the lace first with my Inktense pencils. Oh how I love my Inktense pencils! I have all the colors available, no surprise to anyone that knows me. I am a bit concerned that I could be working on this quilt forever. I keep learning new things and want to implement them.
Sharon B. at http://pintangle.com/ shows how to do the buttonhole wheel cup stitch this week. I have done the buttonhole wheel prior to this. Adding the cup part was new to me. I REALLY like the look of this stitch. Well, at least the single cup. I am not terribly fond of one on the far right. I added two rows for the cup. It looks a bit messy to me. But that is probably my fault, I probably should stitched a little tighter.
A fun diversion for me. I did some wire crochet with beads to create this bracelet. It worked up pretty quickly and I really like it. I believe I will do some more!
Next Saturday the 27th I am teaching a class on embedded fibres. This is the sample I have produced. It looks a bit dark in this image. I am really excited about this class! This technique has a lot of potential. There is still some space if anyone is interested in taking the workshop.
The Italian knotted border stitch is the stitch Sharon B at http://pintangle.com is featuring this stitch this week. I have not done this stitch prior to this. I am grateful that it is a stitch that I can comprehend. The last couple of stitches in this series just looked too complicated to me so I didn't even bother trying them. I have no desire to overwhelmed by an embroidery stitch. That may sound like I do want to learn and improve in my stitching but that is not what I intend. I love learning new things.
I used a pre-made tag and added some lace as well as silk chiffon. The colors all went perfectly together! I had a lot of fun making this book. I definitely plan to make another fabric/paper book. Maybe not quite so many pages in the next one though. This book is super thick!
The left page is rather simple, a lace doily and a key. The right page was created with the treasures I found in Paris last year. The fabric and wooden fairy heart I found the last day I was there. The shop was a delight to find. My loving husband sat outside patiently waiting on a bench while I shopped to my heart's content. Such a lovely memory!
I added the braided ribbon around the image of the girl. I haven't stitched down the lace flowers yet. I just pinned them on to see if I had the placement right. It is not quite right so I will play with that a bit before stitching. Sharon B at http://pintangle.com/ is hosting this work in progress Wednesday. I really appreciate it as it is definitely helping me to make progress.
The top photo is a page that I created based on the thought of heart strings. I have seen some jewelry made in a similar way. I felt a strong need to make some but I would never wear jewelry like that. So a book page was born. The bottom photo is a collage that contains three beautiful buttons. My dear sister sent them to me! They work perfectly with this book.
The page on the left features an envelope given to me. It was lovingly made to commemorate a special gift. A lovely friend, Betty, made me a warm and cuddly shawl. I treasure it and use it often. I feel covered in love when I snuggle up with the hand knit shawl. What a treasure! Well, if the shawl wasn't enough Betty's cousin made the envelope which contained a note about the shawl. Of course, I had to put the envelope some place special!
It has been a while since I posted some pictures from the book I have been making. On the left side I created a small crazy quilt to put into the book! Kind of fun! On the right side some dimensional flowers and music fabric as well some lace were glued into the book. I showed the book to Mom and she raved about it. She called me a genius! I love it!
I added some beads to this block. I am not sure what to do next so I might set this block aside for a bit and work on a different one for my fruit quilt.