The blurb goes like this "Grab your needle,thread and favorite project and take 15 minutes out of your day to sit down and stitch! With 15 minutes a day we can get something done and take a bite out of those projects that have fell by the wayside. Be it redwork, crewel, a UFO or crazy quilted project, kick up your feet, take a few minutes for yourself, and get to stitching! "
Well, heres what I'm doing...
You may have seen the picture of this blank block a few weeks ago. It is pieced in cotton fabric and is my first attempt at a specifically arranged piecing technique rather than my previous 'sew pieces of fabric on till the shape I want is covered' technique.
Heres what I did on it last night. I'll be doing more it this evening. So far I've just used Rajmahal Art Silks on it and one of my beaded polymer clay faces.
These top two seams are; on the right, tied herringbone, and on the left blanket stitch.
These lower seams are; vertically, chevron stitch with a straight stitch between the gaps on the seam, and horizontally, two curved rows of back stitch. (excuse the chalk mark I haven't sponged off yet.)Right, am off to do more stitching now, after popping over to Sharon B's 100 details archive to get some inspiration!
4 comments:
Nice work, Elizabet. YOu can do a lot of stitching in 15 minutes!!
i have to admit that was more like an hours worth of stitching...
I like your colors. The polymer beaded face is an interesting addition. You photographed it on plaid, but that's not a part of the block, right?
No, the plaid is actually my winter wrap I tend to use to photograph things on. Its most definetly NOT part of the block!
Am really happy with the colours, but am still trying to decide whether to make a whole quilt in those or not.
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