Princess Bubbles Creates

Sharon B at  http://pintangle.com/  shows us the detached chain this week.  I learned it as a little girl as the lazy daisy.  Since I have known this stitch for so very long I feel like I should have been more inventive with it.  However, my plan is to do each of the stitches of TAST onto handmade paper and they will all be in the form of a circle.  At some point I will bind the individual pieces of paper into a book form.

More from my calla lily shoot.  The curves are so sensuous!  I feel like I should say that!  Too bad, I am not editing myself! I am linking with http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.ca/ http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/ http://www.shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/

I added a fun beaded seam treatment to my CQ block.  Valerie at Joyful Embellishments on Facebook is very clever and lists a new seam treatment 5 times a week!  I don't know how she does it!  I truly appreciate her creativity. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/ http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.ca/

There is nothing like a good road trip to get some stitching done!  I had about 2 hours of uninterrupted time to stitch.  I got a fair amount done!  I believe I can get this CQ block done before the end of August and thereby get myself back on track.  That always feels good. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ http://www.supermomnocape.com/category/stitchery-link-party/

So my idea for this round with TAST is to stitch on handmade paper.  It isn't the easiest thing that I have done but I think it is worth it.  I do like the results even though the stitches are far from even.  Since perfection is very elusive to me I tend to embrace the imperfections.  My motto is 'done is better than perfect'.  Above I stitched the Chevron stitched in a turquoise metallic thread.  Thanks to Sharon B at  http://pintangle.com/  for the instructions.

I realize you can't tell that this is a calla lily but that is not important.  They are such a gorgeous flower to photograph! I am linking with http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.ca/ http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/   http://www.shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/

It feels good to get at least a bit of stitching done on this block.  It has been a busy week.  I have been working really hard on a proposal for an artist in residence program.  I dropped off the proposal today and am so glad to have it done.  I have done the chain stitch in triple as per Valerie's instruction on the Joyful Embellishments group.  I quite like the way it looks and will definitely use this again. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/# http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.ca/