In this photo hopefully you can see what I did to correct that off white 'strip' in the block I showed you yesterday. The fix included removing the off white as well as the row of fabrics directly above. I didn't have enough of either the peach or the purple to replace what I had used before so another delve in my stash yielded these. I like this much better!
You can also see that I have begun work on the block. I began by mounting the image using two rows of blanket stitch. Then I added the vine which ultimately will have flowers but they are large and I will wait until the seams are done to add those.
As you can see I have added two seams and you can see them below...
Awhile ago I did a little series of seam treatments for you to have fun with and I thought perhaps you might like another one....
This one also began with elongated cross stitches (black); fly stitches (red); straight stitches (blue); and more cross stitches (green); with beads to finish.
Today the quote is from Matshona Dhiwayo..."Quiet love is better than loud hate"
So interesting to see the stitches charted - I often use charts in knitting stitch patterns, but never saw them for sewing before! Clever.
ReplyDeleteA question in case you don't see it on my blog: do you freeze other kinds of cheese besides cheddar? I'm wondering if it would work with gruyere, but have hesitated to experiment because it really is costly stuff.
Beautiful stitch combinations and stitching! Love it. Great links too. Thanks
ReplyDeleteLike the new block layout Mary Anne and the seam treatments are beautiful! Christine x
ReplyDeleteThis is looking so pretty, Mary Anne. Love those stitches.
ReplyDeleteGosh, that looks nice! Those colours really work so well together. Seam treatments look so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI am definitely going to have to rename you the ''seam Queen'....you are so darned good at this.
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