my creative week including embroidery, sewing piecework, and a painting

 

still trying to live a creative life, and this is a mention of this week's work... glad you're here! 

the pic above is my latest finished embroidery. I learned to make tassel flowers, very wild and 3-d

more about the embroidery in a minute, but first my stay at home round robin nest row was slice into a block and insert a new fabric. It was a hard pain week so I took it easy on the creative front. I did a sliced insert in an X thinking it would look like a trellis... well.... 

it's too many lines too close for me but maybe this sewn row will fit in later?? 

I used one of my Mary Englebreit prints

I made some blocks to try them out using my blue floral scraps (Kim are you listening?) (she inspired me with her flower pics at https://sarahlizzies.blogspot.com/

I like it! Imagine it with lots more floral fabrics! 

I inserted a pretty iris scrap in the center, and tried out some borders 

and it's okay but what about this larger scrap? 

this one just needs a pretty pink floral border I think. (It's easier to work small right now)

back to my latest embroidery (a kit from Buscilla gifted to me from DH

I re-learned how to do a woven flower, filled lazy daisy stitch, 

I blended two shades to grade the ombre colored purple stem on the right

top-- light purple 3 strands, next two light one dark purple strand, next two dark purple and one lt purple strand, then 3 dark purple strands. 

tried to put my initials on bottom but it' a blur

I finally got out paints and a brush to make DH (Mon Mari) a V-day card... 

simple but says it all

and an older V-d quilt from several years ago

linking with

SAHRR

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/

patchwork Sunday   

oh Scrap Sundays

 slow stitching Sundays

https://melvalovesscraps.blogspot.com/

design wall Mondays at smallquiltsanddollquilts

https://songbirddesigns.blog/

http://www.inquiringquilter.com/ Wednesday wait loss

Midweek makers wednesdays  

http://www.myquiltinfatuation.com/

finished or not

https://beadwright.blogspot.com/

https://myblog-lunchbreak.blogspot.com/

https://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/