Class Block with Sharon

A few months back I took an online class with Sharon B. What an experience that was and I look forward to doing it again when she offers stumpwork and seam embroidery! With Sharon's background in art and theory she gave us guidelines on how to put a block together, motif placement, making the eye wander around the block, and it was a great experience. If you want to look at Sharon's work I am including links-

http://inaminuteago.com/crazyquilting/cq-samplerquilt/quiltindex.html

http://inaminuteago.com/crazyquilting/buttonquilt/buttonboxgallery.html

I want to share my class block today. The focus fabric was the orangey fabric in the center. It has metallic running through it and little flowers of pink and lavender. What a combination! Who wouldda thunk?=)

I haven't completely finished it yet, but someday will... =)

Another motif from Cotton Crazy Quilt

The silk ribbon in this motif was dyed using the white dyers ribbon and dyes from ribbonsmyth.com. When you buy in bulk you really save SO much money and can have any color you want lickety split- about 5 minutes. Quicker then ANY trip to the store. I have also dyed lace motifs with great results even if is wasn't recommended. (a bit of experimentation!)

The seam to the left was made using Carole Samples templates, and what a great resource they are.

Other seams on the cotton crazy were using Kelly Gallagher Abbott's templates from jukeboxquilts.com. I love CQ goodies- can you tell? =)

Cotton CQ- More motifs

Thought I would share more work from my cotton CQ.

The top photograph is a motif that I made up to fit around the rectangular button. I think it is rather vintage looking.

The second pic is Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery using pearl cotton. I think I prefer this better instead of using the rayon thread. For some reason I never really liked the sheen of the rayon thread.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Lillian