March block finished

Wow - it's been longer than I realized since I've posted anything here. My only excuse is that the last week of March, my husband and I helped chaperone a group of students (from the high school where he teaches) on a trip to Europe. We had a wonderful time, but my jet lag was really bad when we came home. I think I'm finally recovered!

I finally finished my March block! Here's how the whole thing looks:

I decided to make a button cluster to echo the cross shape of the gold fabric:

Here's the upper left corner of the block, with beads and silk ribbon added:

The right upper corner also has beads and silk ribbon French knots:

I love the silk ribbon roses in this serpentine chain-stitch on the lower left corner:

Besides some different-sized beads in the lower right corner, I added a few flower sequins:

Now I need to get working on my April block!!!! My consolation is that school is out in just over a month, so I will have more time to stitch (and hopefully get caught up) during the summer months.

Happy Stitching!

(PS Am I the only person who's not impressed with the new look of Blogger's "compose" page? Also, I found it difficult to move my pictures around.)