Princess Bubbles Creates

July is a fun and busy month because of that I will not be offering classes on Saturday mornings as usual.  I will be teaching on Friday afternoons from 1 to 3pm instead. I am offering the following two repeat classes as a number of people have requested them.  Should be great fun! Friday July 12 Embedded Fibres   I am sure that I am not the only one who collects interesting yarns and fibres. This workshop is a great way to use up some of that beautiful stash. No, you don’t need to bring any of your collection to class. I have more than enough to share! A lovely project will be created. This is a project that you can take home and add stitch to it or frame as is. There is no sewing involved in creating this project. Friday July 26 Tortured Fibres We will be torturing fabric as well as a few other surfaces.  Burning, fraying, melting and distressing fabric will be the fun for the day.  Great texture can be created with these techniques.

I love tatting.  I was thrilled to find these pieces at a thrift store.  It seems hard to find tatting at thrift stores, at least for me.  These pieces feel a bit stiff and they are very regular so it makes me wonder if they are hand made.  Can tatting be done by machine?

Okay, I guess it doesn't look like I did much to this block but I did add a bit of stitching.  I am calling this block done now.

This is my June crazy quilt block.  I am thinking it is pretty close to finished.  There are only four days left in June so I better get a move on!  I am aiming for the encrusted look around the cameo.  I think I have come close to what I want but it is not quite there yet.

It has been a busy spring and I have not a lot of time to play and experiment.  I am grateful that today was a quiet day and I could do some playing.  I love Inktense pencils and blocks so I pulled them out.  I had bought some interesting cotton yarn and decided to try to color it with the Inktense blocks.  Here it is wrapped on old gift cards and waiting to dry.  I am curious to see how it will stitch.

These darling hankies were found on a recent thrift store haunt.  They are sweet and delicate!  It is hard to imagine using them for their intended purpose!

This is my crazy quilt block for June.  I am going for the encrusted look.  I have a lot more stitching to do.  I hope I can get it finished by the end of the month.