UTS block for Carolyn

I finished working on the Under The Sea block for Carolyn. This is the end of this round robin. I'll be sending the blocks home to Carolyn early next week. I could send them tomorrow (friday), but they're so pretty I decided to enjoy them over the weekend before sending them home.
Somewhere in my internet travels, I saw a UTS block with a treasure chest and thought that was a neat idea. The sandy bottom of this block seemed to be wanting such a chest, so I made one.

Summer Dreams DYB

This is the work I did on Lorrie's block for the Summer Dreams. I did a 3-D butterfly out of some butterfly fabric I had, and added some tatted butterflies and a couple of boullion stitich bees. I added some SRE to one of the flowers in the fabric and filled the center of the flower with beads. The rest is just seamwork I did.

Under The Sea DYB for Kerry

When I started this RR, I had some doubts, but now that I'm into it it's getting to be more fun with every block. This time I decided that I wanted to try embroidering a fish on felt and appliqueing it onto the block. I found a picture of an angel fish in one of my books and using old pattern paper got it onto the felt. I used long and short stitches and satin stitches to do the fish. It took quite a while, but I think it was worth it.

Summer Dreams DYB for Margreet

Margreet's blocks were bright colors, so I was in my glory. She included a red button for each block to tie them all together.

I tatted a row of lavender flowers for one seam, beaded another seam and framed her button with boullion knots and more beads.

Autumn / Fall DYB

What happened to December? Here it's almost the new year and I haven't blogged since the end of Nov. I have been busy, nevertheless. I managed to get 3 DYB blocks finished.

First was Lisa's Autumn / Fall block. Lisa has all quiet, neutral colors in her house and she wants to make a bell pull from the blocks. It took a lot of discipline to stick to quiet colors, but somehow I managed. I picked out a few things and tried over again until I came up with this.

CQ for Newbies Fall block swap

A few posts ago I told about the Fall block swap in CQ for Newbies, and posted a picture of the block I made. Well, the mail came today with the block I received. I got one of the blocks made by Ruby, and it's a knock-out! I love the way she uses buttons and lots of things with texture.

A needle book for Suzi

My cousin, Suzi, compiled a book of historical facts and figures about her hometown, Denison, Iowa. It was quite an undertaking and she did a great job. She sent me a copy for my own enjoyment, so I stitched up a needle book for her as she does quite a bit of hand work also.