Princess Bubbles Creates

For the month of April, I stitched french knots.  Oh, so many french knots!  Not sure why I thought that was a good idea.  I do like the way my little tree turned out so it was worth it.  I should have counted how many french knots I stitched while stitching them as it would be interesting to know.  Not interesting enough for me to go back and count them now though.

Looking through my photos this morning this one made my heart skip a beat.  The soft blur is so dreamy.  It speaks to me of a Georgia O'Keefe painting.  There is a display of her paintings at the Art Gallery of Ontario right now.  I really must make plans to get there. I am linking with https://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/

I am not completely happy with this block now that I am looking at a photo of it.  That lace is still bothering me.  However, I think it can be fixed.  Once this block is sewn to the other three blocks I think it will all come together.  On a positive note, these colours make me really happy. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/

A guild member suggested to me that I mount my bead journals on something bigger and thereby making them more important.  I like her suggestion and I am thinking about applying this bead journal to this.  This was just a little experiment with my hand dyed pieces of cotton.  I think this could work. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ http://www.quiltfabrication.com/ https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.ca/ http://www.supermomnocape.com/vintage-embroidery-monday-stitchery-link-party-107/

Sharon B  has challenged us to use three stitches in a project.    I decided to add the  Fly Stitch ,  Chevron Stitch , and  Long Tail Chain  to my bead journal for April.  All those stitches are beaded.  The top photo is the whole piece.  The bottom photo is a close up of the beading.

Another beautiful hydrangea.  This one is no longer at its peak yet I still find it beautiful.  Finding beauty in the aged is a theme developing in my life. I am linking with http://image-in-ing.blogspot. https://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca

I am quite pleased with this little quilt.  I hand painted the silk top.  I hand quilted the three layers together.  I used silk batting, silk backing, and silk thread.  So luscious.  In the last month, I have finished or very close to finished 7 quilts.  I am a machine!  It feels so good! I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/