Princess Bubbles Creates

Fondly Remembering is the title I gave to this piece.  This piece was created with a portion of my mother's knitting.  My mother's exquisite knitting has wrapped her whole family of four children and fourteen grandchildren not only in garments but in love for many, many years.  Mom was always generous and the homeless too have been blessed with socks and mittens to keep the cold at bay.  As her dementia progresses I see her skills unraveling.  Although that saddens me I encourage her to continue knitting as she loves to keep her hands busy.  I incorporated watch and clock gears in this piece to signify the ravages of time that we all must face.

I added the blue feather stitch to this block.  I used some beautiful silk thread for this stitch.  Oh my, how I love working with silk!

This is a new stitch to me.  I struggled with the instructions a bit.  I do think that I did get it though.  It is an attractive stitch.  Thanks to Sharon B at http://pintangle.com/

I have recently started volunteering at a local thrift store.  It is actually pretty fun.  The time flies past.  Check out the dainty pretties I found this past week.  I did not pay more than $1.00 of any one thing!  The necklace is made of iridescent glass beads.  So pretty yet so difficult to photograph!  I am not sure if I should wear it or take it apart to use the beads.  I am leaning toward taking it apart.

Oh how I love Swarovski crystals!  The sparkle so brightly!  Too bad I couldn't catch that sparkle in my photos!    There is only one bead journal left for this year!  Wow.  I am pleased with the body of work I produced this year. 

Back to this block.  I added the purple velvet rick rack trim, lower right, top photo.  I also added the lace flowers with bead centers in the very fuzzy lower photo.  I feel like this block is getting close to finished!

The checkered or magic chain stitch is what this is called.  It truly is magical how it works!  I love it.  I have done the chain stitch previously but never in this magical way.  Love it!  Thanks to Sharon B at http://pintangle.com for teaching me this new stitch.