February block for CQJP

Here is my bare block for February, which will be part of my 25th Anniversary crazy quilt:

Since I love the blocks in antique crazies, I modeled this block after the four corner blocks in the quilt "Aesthetic Dress Crazy" by Caroline Kountz Jones, showcased on page 49 of Cindy Brick's book, Crazy Quilts.

When I was making my first CQ, I bought an old hanky that's monogrammed with an "S," since my last name starts with S. I didn't end up using it on that CQ, so I decided to use it on this block. The edges of the hanky are plain (you can see at the top or side of the block, where the fabrics extend past the 6" stitching). I added lace on the two sides of the hanky.

Here's the block with some embroidery:

For the edge where the lace is sewn onto the hanky, I used three different-sized button-hole stitches. Then I made a diagonal chain stitch at the top of every third button-hole. I added some feather stitching to the backwards L shape, with some of the stitching holding down the edges of the lace.

That's about all for now.