Princess Bubbles Creates

This is my July crazy quilt block.  I am making some good progress on it.  I feel confident I will be able to have it finished before the end of the month.  I am really happy with the glittery, gold ricrac.  I think it works really well with this block.

I have to say that when I first looked at the instructions for this stitch on Sharon's blog  http://pintangle.com/   I thought I would skip it.  It looked a bit daunting to me.  But I decided to look closer and actually read the instructions and decided that I can do that.  I am really glad that I attempted it.  It is a neat stitch and not that difficult.  Mind you I have not perfected it but I will continue to work at it.  I must say that I did find it easier to do sideways rather than up and down.

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July is a fun and busy month because of that I will not be offering classes on Saturday mornings as usual.  I will be teaching on Friday afternoons from 1 to 3pm instead. I am offering the following two repeat classes as a number of people have requested them.  Should be great fun! Friday July 12 Embedded Fibres   I am sure that I am not the only one who collects interesting yarns and fibres. This workshop is a great way to use up some of that beautiful stash. No, you don’t need to bring any of your collection to class. I have more than enough to share! A lovely project will be created. This is a project that you can take home and add stitch to it or frame as is. There is no sewing involved in creating this project. Friday July 26 Tortured Fibres We will be torturing fabric as well as a few other surfaces.  Burning, fraying, melting and distressing fabric will be the fun for the day.  Great texture can be created with these techniques.

I love tatting.  I was thrilled to find these pieces at a thrift store.  It seems hard to find tatting at thrift stores, at least for me.  These pieces feel a bit stiff and they are very regular so it makes me wonder if they are hand made.  Can tatting be done by machine?

Okay, I guess it doesn't look like I did much to this block but I did add a bit of stitching.  I am calling this block done now.

This is my June crazy quilt block.  I am thinking it is pretty close to finished.  There are only four days left in June so I better get a move on!  I am aiming for the encrusted look around the cameo.  I think I have come close to what I want but it is not quite there yet.