I have finally finished my August block for CQJP 2012! In August, I seriously thought I would get caught up at last, but that was not to be. Going back to work always throws me for a loop, and this year we've got a lot of new technology to deal with at school. Add to that the fact that both boys are running cross country, but at different schools, and I've been going to meets left and right. Today I had a chance to just sit and stitch for awhile. It was wonderful:)
For each of my children's blocks, I'm adding a butterfly. For this one, I cut a butterfly out of gold Angelina that I had previously fused together. I beaded all around the perimeter of the butterfly, then added bugle beads for the body and two larger pearl beads on the wings.
Here's a small button and bead cluster I added to the left side of the photo. You can see that I used cream velvet ribbon to frame the photo. I couched the ribbon down with tiny crystallized beads.
On the right side of the photo, I made a line of chevron stitches and added gold sequins with pearlized beads. There's also a seam treatment of silk ribbon chain stitches with larger beads in between. I'm sorry the photos are a bit blurry. Sometimes my camera has trouble focusing when there's lots of shiny bits on the block.
Happy stitching!
1 comment:
Ah, you're a teacher, too! Or employed in education somehow, anyway. It's the best way to spend a life! Love the butterfly you did, and the soft yellow velvet ribbon.
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