I have started embellishing the blocks. If you think assembling the blocks was time consuming, you have no idea how the next process works. It is so hard to decide how to embellish. Stitches go in and I don't like the result. Unstitch, keep stitching?
The first two blocks are done, I think. I started with a crazy quilt block. I should have photographed it before I started but I didn't.
This is the finished I think block. I think because I'm not sure if it needs anything else.
The frame is the last of Mel's ties. The white fabrics are family wedding dresses or fabrics. The threads, beads and findings are those I have amassed over the years. I am also trying not to buy anything for this project but I think I may need to - I am letting the frame tie colours dictate the white sections embellishments. My next crazy quilt frame is primarily dark blue with hints of gold and green. I have next to no gold threads. I will see.
The second block is one of the ties I received from Brenda, or perhaps someone else. This time I remembered to photograph a "before".
And this is the after.
Imagine it rotated left so the feathers are hanging.
The burgundy is duppioni silk from a sample from my neighbour, the upholsterer.
For this one, I tried several things and this is how it ended up.
I don't have to be in love with each piece, just to do my best to finish them estheticly.
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