Princess Bubbles Creates

I hit the mother load of specialty threads at the thrift store!  To top it of they were having a half price sale.  Pictured above are some of finds.  There were about 10-15 skeins in each package and the packages were marked down to $1.50!!!!  Wow!  This is going to keep me happily stitching for many years to come.  So fun!

This is a macro of the same blue rose that I posted last week but it includes a lily petal as well.   I have so much fun  with my macro lens.  I am linking with Laura at http://www.shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/

I have jumped into my July bead journal project and have it almost finished!  Usually it takes me a lot longer to get these pieces completed.  Well, it is isn't finished yet so I better not speak too soon.  This is 4x4 inches on a needle felted base.  I am pleased with the way it is progressing. I am linking with http://pintangle.com/ and http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/

The Woven Trellis stitch is in the upper left of this piece.  Sharon B at / http://pintangle.com/  gives the instructions for it.  I really like the woven stitches but I should know better than to do them on a needle felted base.  The fuzzies tend to get caught in the stitch.  I really want to do some more of this stitch on other pieces.

I worked the longtail beaded chain stitch and the beaded feathered chain stitch on this piece.  The background is wool that has been needle felted.  It feels good to have it done.

I enjoy participating in the I heart Macro blog posts.  This week I decided to change it up a bit and feature something other than my auto wrecker shots.  This is an close up of a blue rose.  You can see some other gorgeous macro shots at http://www.shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/

I had a wonderful time the other night.  A friend invited myself and another friend to her home to teach us a technique she had learned from Judy Farrow.  We traced a leaf onto copy paper, layered it with sheer fabric and then stitched the outline and veins.  We went over our stitching a few times so that it would have a sturdy edge.  We then painted the paper leaf and took away any excess paper from the outside edge.  We burned away the fabric with a heat tool.  I also tore away some of the paper that formed the leaf to make it more distressed.  Then added some angelina fibres.  I really enjoyed learning the technique.  My mind is a spin with how I can us it!