Princess Bubbles Creates

This Burlesque Challenge with the San Fransisco School of Needlework and Design seemed the perfect time to unleash my love of all things sparkly.  Anyone who knows me knows that I love glitter and glitz.  In most cases, I try to keep the shine under control and balanced.  However, I felt that over the top sparkle was what was needed for this challenge.  Kreinik supplied beautiful shimmering threads for us to use.  What fun to stitch with them!  Going through my stash of fabrics to create this crazy quilt block was also a joy.  I am looking forward to the next challenge! I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

My bead journal for July is a bit of an odd combination but I think it works.  I am so happy to have finally come up with a way to use the piece of indigo dyed cotton that was gifted to me.  Even though the tatted doily is a failed experiment with surface design I love the riot of colour.  The beading isn't exceptional but good enough.  This will eventually be quilted.  I am linking to https://www.quiltfabrication.com/ https://estheraliu.blogspot.com / http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.  Sam Levenson I am linking to http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com https://mersad-photography.blogspot.com

I bought an Epson large format printer.  I neglected to think about the size of this printer would actually be.  Of course, it is large!  There is no room in my studio for it.  Thankfully, it works with wifi and my dear husband was able to set it up for me elsewhere in the house.  I have finally got around to giving it a try and I am pleased with the results.  I printed a kaleidoscope photo onto silk.  Naturally, I want to take it further with beading and stitch. I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

This bright and cheerful piece is coming along nicely.  I still have the sky area to work.  I am thinking some gorgeous metallic threads would work well.  Also, I am considering adding beads, big surprise.  This piece is just for fun, no challenge is involved.  I am linking to http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/ https://estheraliu.blogspot.com/

When I first saw the  Half Chevron Stitch  this week I thought, 'I don't like it and I am not going to do it.'  I thought about it a bit more and decided to try it.  Then I looked back at the comments on  Sharon B's  blog and saw that I had tried it last time and really liked it.  Interesting.  I stitched it on handmade paper.  Eventually, I will have enough of these pieces to put them into a book form.

Throw kindness around like confetti.  anonymous I am linking to http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com https://mersad-photography.blogspot.com