09 06 06 Paisley Challenge Begun

This is the begining of a 6 by 4 postcard of a paisley design challenge in the Stitching Post group. Sharon B. graciously allowed use of her paisley designs for us to embroider and interpret. The challenge is to take one of the three designs she posted on her blog and interpret it in any size and any technique. We can add design lines but not take any of Sharon's original lines out. This one has lines added, but i have a feeling that they will be changing as the embroidery progresses.

You can see Sharon's designs

here

0-8 07 06 More Victorian CQ(old post)

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08 07 06 Victorian CQ's(old blog post)

07 29 06 Here It is

Here it is finally!
This is the block for the Chains of Hearts quilt that will be raffled as a fundraiser for Pathfinders. PAthfinders is an organization in England that is helping to match service dogs with those who need them. Pathfinders can be found

here.

If yoou click on the block it will open to a large sizze. I still hate that (&*) dog, but not enough to spend a week dealing with taking him out, or applique-ing over him at this point.

Let me know what you think!

ktj

07 01 06 The QUILT(old blog post)

OverView of The Quilt



A number of years ago Diane Karr put together a quilt top for me that was made up of a number of crazy-quilt blocks set around a central medallian. The blocks had been made by members of the now defunct ACQL list, which was then the first crazyquilt related list on Yahoo. I am still in touch with a number of the folks who made blocks for this quilt top. The top never made it into a finished quilt (long story) and was finally given to me unfinished. It is a beauty and one of my priorities is to get it backed and tacked(or tied) with the names of folks embroidered on the backing. Along withthe quilt top itself came a spiral bound book made by Nikki Young who, along with Deb Tuffree and Diane Karr organized the whole effort. The book has a picture of each block along with a message from each of the block-creators. I have the book in full view in a cupboard in the dining room. If there were someone in my family to inherit the book and the quilt, they would both be heirlooms.
This quilt is an incredibly special piece of work, not only because of the quality of the stitching but because of the incredible efforts and warmth of the people who made it.I often think that one of these days I would like to have NOTHING in my living room but a few pieces of furniture...and this quilt.

The Central Medallian
Debbie Tuffree





Anita Pennington(Neets)


Betty Densford


Carole Miesenhelter


Carolyn Adams


Daphne Secker


Dian Moore


Dorothy Matheson


Helen Thorkelson


Ida Billig


Jane Cunningham


Janet Killups


Janie Jones


Linda Knott


Mae Vernon


Nikki Young


Patti Schreiner


Sandy Fields


Sharon Brewer


Sue Trautman


Valentina Burbank

06 30 06 Red as A Neutral(old blog post)

Quite some time ago I started a piece in response to a discussion about what really constituted a neutral color.....what i came up with was round cq all pieced with red patches.It's about 20 inches across and I have scanned some sections of it. OF COURSE!!!!!!! it's not done...(I mean, what were you thinking!)If you click on the pictures they will open up to quite large sizes.

Blackberry Bush with Coneflower Seam


Coneflower Seam(close-up)


Vine with Woven Spider Flowers
this goes across two patches




Curved Seam with Flowers


Bird and two seam treatments


Spider web flower(close-up)

06 11 06 A gift from Janie Jones(old blog post)

This is a sewing caddy that was made by Janie Jones as a gift for me several years ago. I was so overwhlemed with how beautiful it was, and the thought that some one could make something like that and then give it to ME no less...well, you can imagine i was afraid to use it. Recently however, I decided that i couldn;pt take it with me when i go, so, like the special chine, it's getting used. And believer me, i use it evry day and think of Janie's incredible generosity every day. The insides hold a scissors, small needlebook, thimble in a little pocket, and there is a pincushion, plus a couple of bigger pockets which i am using for threads and extra needles.

When i say this sewing caddy holds so many gifts, i am not talking about what is inside the pockets, but what is inside me when i look at it..thank you so much again Janie for such a beautiful gift, and such beautiful feelings. Below the over-view are details of the various parts of the outside. It folds in three with the dragon part being the inside flap.

If you click on the photos, all but the overview opens to another fairly large view. You can really see her stitching in these views.



TOP

BOTTOM



Fan Detail(guess you could tell , huh?)


Punchneedle tree


Stamped velvet with paint


Dragon applique with embroidery

Isn't Janie's work just wonderful? I am so proud that she made this for me. Janie doesn;t have a blog or site, so any commments you want to make to her, i will make sure she gets them!

happy stitching

ktj