Showing posts with label challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label challenge. Show all posts
Friday, March 23, 2012
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Basic Start Block Continued
I posted this basic block with seams on Wednesday. Here is the rest of the work...ready to mail it out tomorrow. After the basic embroidery combination seams...beads were added to enhance the seams.
Next, the silk ribbon flowers and butterflies were added; as was the embroidery vines and leaves.
And, if you want to see details...here are close-ups of the Silk Ribbon Embroidery areas.
And lastly...the charms and beaded butterflies were added to fill in some more space. All done!
And, if you want to see details...here are close-ups of the Silk Ribbon Embroidery areas.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Fairy Tea Party Block
We just finished a teacup challenge block contest over on the HGTV board. So, I can now post photos of my block. Over 30 ladies entered their blocks, and they were stunning! Check them out here: TEACUPS
The hostess sent us three small pieces of fabric, 2 scraps of white, and a cream background teacup. To this she added a snippet of lace trim, a pewter teapot charm, and a brass basket charm. Eclectic mix to be sure!
I pieced my block of creams and white with lot's of lace to make it girly! Next I found a photo of some Mary Engelbret stickers and enlarged them, printed on silk, and added fusible to the back for adhering to the block. I treated several seams as "shelves" and set my ME teapots and cups there. The white/cream backgrounds in the patches bothered me...so I stitched some "wallpaper" on them.
An applique teapot and an embroidered teapot were added to the mix; along with several of my pewter fairies.
The fairies and the pewter teapot charm were painted with nail polish. The basket charm was also painted to blend with all the other elements.
Lot's of beads, silk ribbon, buttons, and stitches...
and voila a Fairy Tea Party Block! I like the "wallpaper" and will do that again...but hand stitching all those back-stitches and wrapped back-stitches took some time!!
Here's the close up of the teacup fabric square...filed with flowers and a dancing fairy.
The hostess sent us three small pieces of fabric, 2 scraps of white, and a cream background teacup. To this she added a snippet of lace trim, a pewter teapot charm, and a brass basket charm. Eclectic mix to be sure!
I pieced my block of creams and white with lot's of lace to make it girly! Next I found a photo of some Mary Engelbret stickers and enlarged them, printed on silk, and added fusible to the back for adhering to the block. I treated several seams as "shelves" and set my ME teapots and cups there. The white/cream backgrounds in the patches bothered me...so I stitched some "wallpaper" on them.
An applique teapot and an embroidered teapot were added to the mix; along with several of my pewter fairies.
The fairies and the pewter teapot charm were painted with nail polish. The basket charm was also painted to blend with all the other elements.
Lot's of beads, silk ribbon, buttons, and stitches...
and voila a Fairy Tea Party Block! I like the "wallpaper" and will do that again...but hand stitching all those back-stitches and wrapped back-stitches took some time!!
Here's the close up of the teacup fabric square...filed with flowers and a dancing fairy.
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