Princess Bubbles Creates

This feels pretty monumental to me.  I started this quilt about 10 years ago!  It took a while to collect all the fabrics that I wanted to use.  I pieced the blocks together fairly quickly after I had all my fabric.  Of course it is the embellishing that took so much time.  Granted I would put the blocks away for a while when I tired of the projected and needed to work on something fresh.  This past weekend I stitched all the blocks together. It feels good to have thathttp://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/ done.  It feels like this quilt we be finished some day!  I would like to do some more embellishing over the seams as my corners are not perfect.  I will then need to put a back and binding on it.  I think I will use a burgandy velvet for the backing.  The binding is the part that scares me.  I really don't have the right skills to do a binding. I am thrilled to have found this blog and  link with the work in pro...

There is no Take a Stitch Tuesday today so I thought I would post about a altered book I have been creating.  I started this book years ago but have set it aside for a while.  It feels good to be creating with paper again.  I have been concentrating on my stitching for quite a while!  It is good to mix it up a bit!  However I do think I want to add some fabric/fibre to this book!

Yesterday I taught an Embedded Fibres workshop to four very talented artists.  The time flew past so quickly!  The chatter and creativity was invigorating!  Pictured above are their terrific creations.

This is my July crazy quilt block.  I am making some good progress on it.  I feel confident I will be able to have it finished before the end of the month.  I am really happy with the glittery, gold ricrac.  I think it works really well with this block.

I have to say that when I first looked at the instructions for this stitch on Sharon's blog  http://pintangle.com/   I thought I would skip it.  It looked a bit daunting to me.  But I decided to look closer and actually read the instructions and decided that I can do that.  I am really glad that I attempted it.  It is a neat stitch and not that difficult.  Mind you I have not perfected it but I will continue to work at it.  I must say that I did find it easier to do sideways rather than up and down.

I have been a subscriber to Workshop on the Web by Maggie Grey for about a year and a half.  Maggie and her cohorts are extremely creative and inventive.  I always look forward to receiving the interesting articles.  Right now they are offering a free book to new subscribers!  What a great deal!  Check it out here http://www.workshopontheweb.com/ or here http://magstitch.blogspot.ca/2013/06/a-very-special-offer.html You won't be disappointed.

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.