Princess Bubbles Creates

Stitching on my crazy quilt block for April.  I am not too sure about the placement of that lace.  It is probably going to have to move.  I can hardly believe that it is April and this is the last month that I have anything definite planned for my CQJP.  I am leaning towards doing a CQ book.  I think someone else participating in the project is doing a book and I really like that idea. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ http://www.supermomnocape.com/vintage-embroidery-monday-stitchery-link-party-104/

I decided to try the Whipped Spoke stitch on handmade paper.  I haven't work on it for a while.  Obviously, not every stitch will work well on paper.  I think this one works alright.  Part of the circle I whipped three times but could not continue all the way around because the thread would not pass.  I didn't want to rip the paper.  I don't mind that it is uneven.  I kind of like that you can see the spoke stitches.  Thanks to Sharon B at  Pintangle  for the great instructions.

I was delighted to find some lovely flowers at work today. I am linking with https://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca/2017/04/small-town-charm-through-my-lens-nr-88.html http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/?utm_source=image-in-ing&utm_campaign=0b5d82aa94-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adfb5a538b-0b5d82aa94-70817477

I am pretty pleased with myself.  I have managed to stay up to date with commitments and challenges.  No easy feat with having had a three week holiday on the other side of the world!  Admittedly, this stitch a day project got a bit stalled.  I took a package of silk threads with me on holiday.  They had been languishing for years and I decided it is time to use them.  I started stitching with said silk threads at the beginning of the month.  After about a week I realized there really isn't enough color variety for me.  They are all light in tone and for a work to pleasing there needs to be darks and mediums.  When I got home I dug out more silk threads and continued stitching.  Stitching silk threads onto silk fabric was lovely. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/

All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today. This quote says you reap what you sew in a pretty way.  I think that this has been proven true.  I hope that I am sewing flowers!   I fed my paper through the printer the wrong way so the quote is quite hard to read.  I used a colour copy of a stitched project for the background.   

I have managed to complete my March crazy quilt block before the end of the month.  Yay!  I really like when I can stay on track.  The first four blocks I am doing this year all have similar colours as I plan to stitch them all together.  They each have a bead journal project from a previous year incorporated into them as well.  I have been keeping the seam treatments fairly simple so that the beaded part will be the focus. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ http://www.supermomnocape.com/vintage-embroidery-monday-stitchery-link-party-103/

This is my feathered up and down buttonhole.  Thanks to  Sharon B  for the instructions.  It seems that I have done this stitch before as I commented about it on Sharon's blog.  I actually have not recollection of it!  I used to have such a good memory!  It is a nice looking stitch.  I hope I can remember to use it again!