Princess Bubbles Creates

I added the purple sequins trim on top of the purple velvet.  I want to think that this block in finished now but...?

I quite like this stitch.  It does not work well for crazy quilting, at least in my opinion so I stitched on paper.  I wish you could see the lovely sparkle that the Kreinik hologram threads gives off.  That is what I used on the black paper in the bottom picture. Thanks to Sharon B at http://pintangle.com

Well, I managed to get it done before the end of the month.  It's okay but it could probably use some more embellishment.  I love the encrusted look but it is not natural for me.  I tend more towards the simple.  I would like to get out of that box though.

My week flew by in a flurry!  But look at my fantastic finds from thrift store shopping.  I can hardly believe that I found so much good loot!  Actually, I feel like this reinforces for me that I am on the right path.  I am more encouraged in that regard with each passing day.

I added the gold trim in the center of the top picture and the ceramic heart button in the bottom picture.  It feels so good to be making progress on these blocks!  I feel like this project will get finished in the not too distant future.  At least the embellishing part of it.  My thanks to Sharon B at http://pintangle.com for hosting this Work in Progress.  It has helped me immensely!

Well, it doesn't look totally great here but I do think I have the hang of this.  I think the thread is the problem not my stitching.  This stitch is new to me but definitely not difficult.  I will use it again, just with a different thread.

As you may recall my bead journal project for this year consists of me stitching onto photographs of rust and pealing paint.  I backed all the photos with fusible interfacing so that the paper would be able to withstand the stitching.  So here is July.