February 2017 Lifebook ATC Group Swap

Hello friends

Woohoo 3 posts in one day.  I find uploading and editing photos a bit tedious and so get very behind in posting.  I am a severe procrastinator with a capital P when it comes to certain things.
Anyways I think I am caught up now.  I have February swaps to share the theme was Love.  I had a lot of fun cre8ting these.  My daughter thought I was crazy making the beaded heart ATC and the process was fiddly but the end result is beautiful.  I think anyway.

The heart is cut out

Thanks for looking and happy cre8ting.

Bye for now ~ Liz

January 2017 Lifebook ATC Swap

Hello friends

Sharing my January ATC's for the Lifebook group swap.  The theme was Resolutions/New Beginnings.

Thanks for looking and happy cre8ting.

Bye for now ~ Liz

Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2017 February Block

Hello friends

I am sharing my February block for the CQJP 2017

I am falling behind already with posting and finishing the actual blocks, LOL.  Oh well such is life.

Thanks for looking and happy cre8ting.

Bye for now ~ Liz

Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2017 January Block

Hello friends

I am sharing my January block for the  

CQJP 2017.      

I have always wanted to do crazy quilting and decided I would finally give it a go.  I love all aspects of this type of medium; beading, embroidery, fabric, lace, silk ribbon, collage etc.  I can do it all in the one place and it is a very creative process, anything goes which eliminates boredom for me.  It is quite challenging however to come up with embroidered seam treatments and embellishing ideas considering the embroidery stitches are new to me and I'm learning as I go. The challenge is to complete a block per month and a size of 8 inches.  So very doable.

There are beautiful blocks already completed by participants.  So much inspiration and talent.

Here is my first attempt.

The naked block before embroidery and embellishing

Completed after a lot of embroidery and embellishing!

 

I've chosen a palette of soft pinks, rosy pinks, creams and soft greens. A favourite colour palette of mine. The centre of all my blocks have a machine embroidered motif tying in with the colours and my love of roses.     I will be placing my eventually completed 12 blocks around a central applique block which will most likely be a basket of flowers, another favourite of mine.  So far I've learned cretan stitch, some silk ribbon stitches, curved buttonhole, fly stitch, fishbone stitch.  I'm using all sorts of size embroidery cottons and fancy threads. My background fabrics are all cottons and from my stash.

I've started February's block as I hope to keep on top of this challenge. 

Thanks for looking and happy cre8ting,

Bye for now ~ Liz