Love Buzzard's Crafts & Life

Shown below is the third block on which I worked for the round robin I was in with the Crazy Quilting Sisters group. The block owner’s favorite color is pink so I put as much pink on the block as I could. Of course I had to do the magnolias in white. Pretty happy with these three this time but the three daisies leave a lot to be desired. I have a feeling that I will never get over being a perfectionist. I know it is counter productive, but when one has done something for sixty years, it is hard to break the habit. :O)

The fabric between the magnolias and daisies was printed with small flowers and I decided to do silk ribbon embroidery over them. That is a method of embroidery that I really like. There is a name for embroidering over printed motifs but right now I cannot think of it. Still had some of the lace motifs that I bought for my first round robin so dyed some pink but it did not dye as successfully as I wanted but used it anyway. :O) And then of course I have my signature heart in the upper corner.

This is the fourth and last block that I worked on. Again I used the lace motifs and added some pearls for pizzazz. I really liked that lace when I bought it but think maybe by now I am a little tired of it. Seems that I am putting magnolias on every block but this time I did an entire branch full of blooms.

In another one of my embroidery groups we have been discussing rick rack. It was used so much when I was a kid that I developed a great dislike for it. But then I saw the really pretty flowers that some of the ladies were making with the rick rack. Was in Wal-mart and saw some wide, gold metallic rick rack and decided to buy a package. Funny thing is that it seemed to be the perfect thing to put on this particular seam. At the top, to cover the raw edge, I put a hot pink glass heart but in the picture it looks lavender.

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