Princess Bubbles Creates

It is a little difficult to see but there is a tree outline on this block.  It is the same tree shape that I have used in the past.  Working in a series never used to appeal to me.  You would think that all the french knots I used to fill in this tree shape last month would deter me from doing another.  Nope!  I am having so much fun with this shape and will definitely be doing more.   This is my stitch a day project for May.  I am using only silk ribbon this time. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ http://www.supermomnocape.com/ http://www.quiltfabrication.com/ https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.ca/

Here is my Beaded Oyster Stitch .  I think it worked quite well to add to my crazy quilt journal project.  Thank you, Sharon B  for the excellent instructions.

I can't imagine that I will ever tire of looking at flowers and photographing them.  Such beauty! I am linking with http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/ https://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca

Our guild has really enjoyed working on these six-inch blocks (sinchies).  I took a mixed media approach to mine and have really had fun.  Tuesday the guild will meet to put together a display of all our pieces.  We plan to adhere them temporarily to a large piece of black fabric that will hang at the St. Jacob's Quilt and Fibre Festival.  I am pondering what I will do with mine once the display comes down. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/

The beautiful thing about life is you can always change, grow and get better.  You aren’t defined by your past.  You aren’t your mistakes.  Such a great idea.  I like to think that it is true.  I hope that even when I am very old I am still growing and getting better!

Oh, I am having fun with this one!  I have used some of my hand painted silks as the base of this crazy quilt project for May.  This block is bigger than my usual and therefore may take me longer to complete.  I may have to stretch it into a two month project.  I try to stay on top of the commitments I have made but I don't want to rush this one.  There is still a lot to do. 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-109/

I am so glad that I always leave a comment on  Sharon B's  blog when I do a TAST.  I really had no recollection of doing the  Interlaced Up and Down Buttonhole stitch .  I stitched it onto a substrate of painted tissue paper adhered to felt.  My comment at the time was that I need more practice to make this stitch look good.  I have not practiced it at all.  However, I don't mind how this stitch looks now.  It isn't nearly as nice and neat as Sharon's.  That's okay as it is interesting.  I was just showing this piece to a friend a few weeks ago.  She absolutely loves it.  She is such a dear friend and always so encouraging to me.  I plan to use this piece in a quilted book.  That will be another one for my trunk show.