Princess Bubbles Creates

I am calling this block finished.  I marvel at the way people embellish their crazy quilt blocks.  Some are so ornate and encrusted.    I tell myself that I SHOULD do my blocks that way.  SHOULD is a dirty word though.  A friend shared a fun quote with me once - I won't should on you, if you won't should on me.  I really like that!  I have decided that I won't should on myself either. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ and http://pintangle.com/

Thanks to Sharon at  http://pintangle.com/  for the instructions for the the Shell Chain stitch, bottom picture and the Beaded Link Chain stitch, top picture.  The close up pictures aren't all that clear, sorry.  I don't want to show more of the pieces as they are projects that are in the works and no where close to finished.  These stitches have a lot of potential and I look forward to using them now that I have learned them!

I thought I would try removing something from this piece.   The fabric has paper towel adhered to it so it doesn't fray or ravel when cut.    I am really liking what is happening with pieces cut away.  I definitely want to do some more cutting away.  Hopefully once I have done that I will be able to start stitching into this piece.  I feel like I have learned a lot from my explorations with this piece.

I wasn't overly in love with the piece I started and showed earlier.  I decided to add a layer of paper towel that had bright pink and turquoise on it.  I adhered it to the fabric with a thinned down white glue.  I thought the bright colors would perk up the piece.  Well, the paper towel over powered the piece, see the top picture.  However the colors bled through to the back of the fabric and made that the more interesting side, bottom picture.  Granted neither of these pictures are accurate in regards to color.  I am still not in love with it and I am considering trying one more thing.  Just not sure what that will be at this time.  I am enjoying the freedom of exploration.  I am not too caught up in the end product.  If works out to be something good, great!  If not, it was a learning a process.

This is a project I started quite a while ago.  I finally have all the hand quilting done on it.  I started with an image of Queen Anne's lace and brought it into my Kaleidoscope Kreator program.  I used the program to work its magic and then printed it on silk.  I did some beading and now it ready to be mounted onto a canvas.  At least that is what I am thinking I will do with it. I am linking with http://pintangle.com/ and http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/

I am delighted that Sharon at  http://pintangle.com/  has posted a new stitch.  I am an eager learner!  This week the stitch is Linked Chain stitch.  I liked it so well I did it in three different places on a couple of crazy quilts.  I am excited to do the Beaded Chain stitch next week.  I think I will do it on my bead journal project for February.

This piece of cloth has been gelli printed.  Then I painted on the hearts and swirls.  I used a gold metallic paint and a red metallic Derwent pencil crayon.  Eventually I will stitch into this but I think it needs another layer of something first.  I haven't decided what that will be just yet.  I am debating on using a light spray of paint or possiblly some paper.  We will see.