Last year, I pieced this block as part of the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2014 (CQJP 2014.) My goal was to embellish a block to create a purse or bag with each month. (I fell behind, but I am still plugging away!)
This was the bare block. My goal was to only use orange, black and white embellishments. Sometimes working with only 3 colors can be a challenge. On this block it was a lot of fun!
Some of the seam combinations I used were introduced by Valerie Bothell in the Joyful Embellishments Facebook group.
Others were shared as examples of stitches taught by Sharon Boggon through her Take a Stitch Tuesday (TAST) lessons.
I also played with some glow-in-the-dark #8 fine braid Kreinik to create this spider and web. (I learned how to make this type of spider from Marsha Michler's book The Magic of Crazy Quilting: A Complete Resource for Embellished Quilting. Please note: the link will take you to the book on Amazon.com. I am not affiliated with the book, but if anyone enters Amazon through my blog and makes a purchase, I do receive a small credit. I found the glow-in-the-dark Kreinik at Amazon.com and at the Friendship Crossing cross-stitch store in Corvallis, Oregon.)
It was hard to photograph, but you can sort-of see it glow in this picture. (I had to play with it a bit in Picasa to get it to show up at all. It may show up better if you click the photo for a larger view.) It looks SO great in person. The web glows a yellowish-green and the spider glows orange. I just love things that glow-in-the-dark!
Creating unique Oregon State University items for the OSU alumni in my life is always fun. (There are enough OSU grads in my family that I think it makes me a Beaver fan by default!)
The block will be finished off in a project later this week and I will share it with my 1 Xmas Item a Month post.
This post is being linked to the Monday Stitchery Link Party #20 at Super-Mom No Cape! If you have a blog and do any hand embroidery, I encourage you to join the fun. If you do not, I still encourage you to see the variety of lovely work other bloggers share.
Thank you for stopping by!
Renee
Creating unique Oregon State University items for the OSU alumni in my life is always fun. (There are enough OSU grads in my family that I think it makes me a Beaver fan by default!)
The block will be finished off in a project later this week and I will share it with my 1 Xmas Item a Month post.
This post is being linked to the Monday Stitchery Link Party #20 at Super-Mom No Cape! If you have a blog and do any hand embroidery, I encourage you to join the fun. If you do not, I still encourage you to see the variety of lovely work other bloggers share.
Thank you for stopping by!
Renee
6 comments:
I really like what you have done here. I am sure that working with orange, white and black has been somewhat of a challenge. Your embellishments are beautiful.
Hello Renee! What a beautiful finished block! I love it! The colours and stitching are lovely! Christine x
I'm not an OSU fan, but I love the stitching on your block!
Fun block! I don't know OSU, but the colors are sure sparking a Halloween inspiration!! It's never too early to think orange and black.
xx, Carol
This can do double duty - not only for the team, but also for Halloween. Win/win!
I really like your orange, white and black block, as you know. I especially liked your Y-stitch seam.
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