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| More texture and stitches added to my Queen Anne's Lace project. |
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| Hand embroidery stitches added to one of my stitch journal pages. |
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| And more hand embroidery stitches added to finish a journal page. |
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| Close up of Rice Stitch, Fly Stitch w' Twisted Ties and Italian Chain Knot Stitch. |
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| I finally get to display some of my art quilts! |
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| Color arranging experiments. |
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| The first Crocus of the season, purple for beauty and peace. |
Hello Quilt Friends, Quilt News! from Maple Valley, home, really?
and it's March with daylight savings starting tomorrow, that came fast...
I finished another Stitch Journal page and started another. I'm following Roxy's Creations Stitch Journal Challenge and I'm going at my own pace, slow stitching! Next after finishing this last page of stitch samples will be to design and finish my covers, front and back. There are a lot of ideas and a lot of encouragement on Roxy's Creations Stitch Journal Tutorials on YouTube.
Also I've had time to add more stitching and texture to my Queen Anne's Lace project. One of the new to me techniques I learned and put into practice from Rachel @ Roxy's Creations, is Invisible Tacking.
Jude Hill @ Cloth Whispering also uses and demonstrates that stitch. I love the subtle puckers that invisible tacking gives.
And Carin @ Queeniepatch has good stitch tutorials and always a new interesting stitch to consider.
Experiments with color and shape combinations have been entertaining me also. If Slow Stitching is a good thing, and I think it is, why not Slow Design? Kaja @ Slow Slowly practices 'slow' design and quilting and has beautiful results.
And that is the Quilt News from the valley!
Where I'm remembering to be thankful.
I'll be by to visit.