Tres' Chic

Before and after for my Paris/France Round Robin Block.  I received it a while ago, but have been remiss in posting. I think it is marvelous!

Paris Round Robin

I have been so remiss in posting... lots of catching up to do.. hopefully over the Thanksgiving holiday. For now, here is the naked block of my latest Crazy Quilting Round Robin... the theme is Paris.

 

I was absolutely thrilled with the first additions... Cathy of Utah added this delightful spiderweb and the corset...!

Linda's Pet Round Robin Block

I really enjoyed the colors Linda chose for her block. I added the pink ribbon and tatting, then embellished the dragonfly fabric, with threads and beads. I thought it was too pretty to cover up. I finished with the feather stitch seam and flowers.

Wine Round Robin Comes Home

I was thrilled to receive my block back yesterday from the Wine Round Robin. Thanks to Kathy, Carol, Meg, and Beryl for their fantastic work. Here is the before and after:

Alice's "Fancy" Block

This is the first of the  blocks for the Pet Round Robin. This belongs to Alice and is in honor of her cat "Fancy"... I decided to embroider her name and embellish around.....  I can't believe it is almost two weeks since I last posted. I had a little client with a cold about three weeks ago and I have been suffering with a cough, sore throat since then. I am starting to feel a little better.....

Warm Day for Photos

I used the cropped closeup and transferred it to fabric for the focus of this block. It is my next Round Robin project.

My Work on Meg's Wine Block

Meg's block presented some challenges as there were lots of long vertical lines. I decided to soften the left side by adding lace, then adding a circle of flowers to camofllauge part of the line. The bottle of wine in the flowers is made by wrapping the applique bottle around a hard surface after embroidering to embellish.    Also hand dyed the grape lace in the upper right. Beryl did the embellished cork.

Here is the block so far with only Kathy remaining to add her touches.

My Work on Beryl's Wine Block

I added embellished wine label

Beaded cork, ribbon and neighboring seam

Completed block so far

Joyce's Finished Block

I finished and mailed off Joyce's block. I added the wire bird's next and eggs, the lace and beads on the lower left seam, and the birdhouse motif.  I hope she likes it...

Joyce's Bird Block

I received Joyce's bird block last week. She had lots of ideas for additions. She mentioned that she enjoyed religious (Christian) references. I could not come up with a bible verse concise enough to add with a bird subject, but I thought of the song "His eye is on the sparrow"... I hope she likes. I also beaded around a hummingbird earring and added that. I am thinking of what to do in the space above the sparrow quote, and in the lower left corner, then off to Joyce.

Block so far...

Carol's Wine Block

After a few adjustments I finished my work on Carol's Wine block. I was the first to work on it. I dyed grape motif lace. Stitced a grape beaded seam, and a bunch of grape beads. I accented the red around the wine label, added trim to the curve and another lace grape motif. Hope she likes it. She chose really nice fabrics.

Sewing Round Robin

I received my block back from the Sewing theme Round Robin this week. Here are the before and after pics. I may make a sewing machine cover out of this block. I have a few more things I may add to the block first. Overall I am very pleased with the block, thanks to Lorrie, Sharon, Pegsue and Carol.

Lorrie's Finished Machine Cover Block

I finished up the last block in the Sewing Round Robin. This one is for Lorrie in Canada, she is using it to make a sewing machine cover. She requested butterflies, since no one had added any yet, I gave her three and threw in a dragonfly for good measure. I also added buttons, lace, charms and ribbon. It was bigger than the suggested 12" block so there are a few patches left for her to complete.  I hope she likes it. I have added the block before embellishement and after 4 worked on it!

Wine RR

A new Round Robin will be starting soon. It has a "wine" theme. Here is my block, pieced and ready to go.

Paisley's for Hubbie

My husband, Fuzzy has loved paisleys since the 60's when he wore a paisley tie each day to Catholic High School. So for a surprise this year I created a piasley wall hanging for him with the blocks from the round robin I was in earlier this year. I could not find any black background paisley to surround the blocks, so I went with the peace sign motif.  A little busy for some people, but he loved it....

Winter/Holiday Round Robin Finale

After literally traveling around the world my Holiday/Winter blocks are back. Somehow they ended up in Finland twice and then to South America before returning to the proper rotation. Needless to say, I am happy they are back, even though 5 months behind!

From Wendy in Arkansas

From Alice in Wisconsin

From Lorrie in Canada

From Meg in Uruguay

From Helina in Finland

The Swedish block is left for me to do.

Fairy Tale Blocks Home.

A week or so ago I received the 6 blocks I sent around with a Fairy Tale theme. I chose centerpiece motifs of pictures in vintage children's books. Here are the results:

First is from Misty in Pennsylvania who chose the Frog Prince. I love the big flower and how she embroidered over the pattern in the brown fabric to make it showier.

Next, Rita in Kansas chose Little Red Riding Hood. She commented that her maiden name was Wolf, so this block called to her. I enjoy using pieces of broken jewelry on blocks, her owl is an example of how this can really add glamour to a block.

 Beryl in New York chose Jack and the Beanstalk, she added a terrific vine effect to echo the theme.

 

Carol of Kansas chose Rumpelstilskin and took advantage of his love of gold.

 

Last, but not least Cathy in Iowa settled on the Princess and the Pea. She did not disappoint with her addition of the spectacular embroidered pea pod.

Puss n Boots, came back for me to finish.

 I liked these blocks so well, that I have found a few more silkies and plan to make a few more. Here is Beauty and the Beast. I also have a Cinderella I haven't pieced into a block yet.  I'll keep you posted.

Paula's Bird Block

I have had this block a while and kept looking at what I could add. After reading Paula's wishes, she said she loved butterflies as well as birds. So I decided to make one using my embroidery machine on fabric made of Angelina Fibers.  Here is the result. I embroidered the flowers using the print on the white fabric as the pattern.

My Bird Round Robin Block

This is my block I pieced for the Bird Round Robin, I love how the colors go together.

Joyce was the first to work on it. I love the peacock and how she echoed the silkie picture with her hummingbird motif. Can's wait to see what the rest of the "gang" comes up with.

Wine Round Robin

Here is my newest block, pieced for an upcoming Wine theme round robin....