Slow Sunday Stitching today. See more great stitching projects on Kathy's Quilts blog.
I had set myself a month-end deadline to complete the last four wool applique blocks on the Greenpiece BOM that has remained a UFO for 11 years. A lot of post-Thanksgiving stitching took place the last couple of days.
The upper left and lower right blocks only need the overlapped leaf and stems to finish--with a bit of detail lines within to stitch. The lower left flower needs the green leaves of the larger flower center stitched down, and a final set of small leaves will be added to the bud below it.
Naturally the last block has the most work! Detail lines within the leaves, stitched stems between the leaves and stitching round those tiny berries yet to complete. I'm going to use perle cotton for the red berries; hmm, I'll have to check if I have a dark brown perle cotton for those two berries. Currently my embroidery thread is in three different places in the house, aside from the skeins placed with pattern and fabric in several bags. One day I may find a better spot to keep it all handy--but not today! These blocks will be trimmed to 8.5" once the wool applique is all done. It feels great to be closer to assembling the long-finished pieced blocks with the wool applique blocks after all these years.
3 comments:
You are well on the way to finishing your blocks. Can't wait to see the finished project.
Best not to collect all your threads today....just put your feet up and enjoy some lovely hand stitching. These blocks are lovely.
Have we seen the pieced blocks that go with these? I look forward to seeing the assembled quilt. You are so close to completing these pretty wool blocks. I know how good it feels to finish up long term UFOs!
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