CQJP 2016 March Block Motif 1

I had a lot of fun adding this flower to my CQJP 2016 March block!

It was actually embroidered back in January and shared as part of my review of Sharon B.'s Crazy Quilt Templates Set 2 published in the Summer 2017 edition of the Crazy Quilt Quarterly.  (NOTE: I am not affiliated with the templates or the magazine. I do love both, though!)

After tracing the flower petals, stem and leaves, I used long-and-short stitches and size 8 red pearl cotton to fill in the petals. 

Rope stitch created the stem and the leaves were filled in with a tiny straight stitch at each tip, followed by fly stitches worked in the same shade of size 8 green pearl cotton.

I love the way it turned out! (The photo does not do it justice. I cannot get the lighting to cooperate...)

The Crazy Quilt Journal Project a personal stitching challenge. If you are interested in signing up in 2017, please hurry! 

Registration closes on December 28th. You may read about the rules here and learn how to sign up here.

If you register, please let me know. I would love to cheer you on! 

You may view CQJP 2016 blocks and completed projects here. 

This post is linked with Monday Stitchery Link Party #89 at Super Mom - No Cape!

If you have a blog and do hand embroidery, please link up. The more the merrier!

I do hope you will peek back in next Monday. I am incredibly excited about the project I plan to share.  

Thank you for stopping by!
-Renee

TAST 2016 Stitches 25 and 26

Well... there is still an hour left of Wednesday here and I am going to pretend it is Tuesday to share my TAST post.

TAST Stitch 25: Twisted Chain Stitch or Rope Stitch

This is a fun stitch to create vines with! I used size 8 pearl cotton and love the texture. 

It is my understanding that you work the twisted chain stitch tightly to create the rope stitch. That was my goal here. 

I would love to share a more exciting picture, but this is just a sneak peek as this particular project will be a secret for a couple of months. I am sure the rope stitch will be popping up again soon on other crazy quilt blocks, though!

TAST Stitch 26: Arrow or Arrowhead Stitch

I used the arrow stitch to tack down a ribbon with size 12 pearl cotton. Stitching through the little eyelets on this ribbon made spacing my stitches easy work. 

Then, I opted go back through once more, creating a laced up look. It is an easy stitch that I look forward to playing around with more in the future.

TAST stands for Take a Stitch Tuesday. It is a personal stitching challenge offered by Sharon B. on Facebook and on her blog, pintangle.com. You may read more about it here. If you follow the TAST Facebook group, you know there are some incredibly inspiring examples of these stitches being shared. Anyone may join at any time during the challenge. Thank you, Sharon, for offering TAST!

Thank you for stopping by!

Renee