Princess Bubbles Creates

A month or two ago I found this beautiful butterfly at a thrift store.  Of course I had to bring it home.  I didn't know specifically what I would do with it but I did know that I could use it eventually.  Well, I think it fits perfectly with this block.  The color is just right.  I guess you can't really tell that from this image as it doesn't show the whole block.  Oh well, you will just have to trust me on that one. I am so glad to be participating in this work in progress with Sharon B at http://pintangle.com   as it really is helping me.  Granted adding one motif isn't a huge deal but it is a step forward.

I LOVE this stitch.  I saw it demonstrated many years ago and have always wanted to try it.  Sometimes you need a poke to get at things!  Thanks to Sharon B at http://pintangle.com/   for the needed poke to try this stitch.  I need more practice with it but I will definitely be using on my crazy quilt projects!

For some strange reason I had been thinking that I should only add beads to my journal pages.  Also, I have been feeling a little bored with the project this year.  That is not good.  Time to spice things up a bit.  Why not add another element?  I adhered a bit of silk roving, actually I think it is called something else but I don't know what that is.  It helps break up the strong straight line that is in the photo. 

Check out the wonderful lace I found at the thrift store!  I can hardly believe I got all of this for $2.00  I am pretty sure it is all handmade!  How cool is that.  I can't wait to add some to my crazy quilts.  I am intrigued by the pink rick rack that has been incorporated into handmade lace.  What a neat idea!  I have never seen that before.

My favorite thing to do is experiment.  I love just finding out what happens.  There was a technique I read about in Maggie Grey's Workshop on the Web a while ago.  It used paper towel as the base.  It got me thinking about using fabric as the base as then it would be sturdy.  I painted the fabric, you can't tell at all as I applied transfer foil with fusible web on top of that, after the paint had dried.  I then applied one layer of a very pretty paper napkin.  I think that you can see the foil shining through the napkin.  For sure you can in real life.  This layered fabric now has an very interesting feel to it.  It would make a good book cover.  There are a lot of possibilities with this technique.

I added the purple sequins trim on top of the purple velvet.  I want to think that this block in finished now but...?

I quite like this stitch.  It does not work well for crazy quilting, at least in my opinion so I stitched on paper.  I wish you could see the lovely sparkle that the Kreinik hologram threads gives off.  That is what I used on the black paper in the bottom picture. Thanks to Sharon B at http://pintangle.com