September CQJP.

 

 

Lots of textures bouncing against each other.

Velvet,silk, ribbon,lace, covered in stitching and sequins.

 

Happily stitching,

 

Phillipa



CQJP. July & August

 

I keep wandering away on creative tangents.

 

Still stitching tho.

 

Phillipa



Again with Flash, Crazy quilt Block

I think this shot is a bit better.

Still stitching

Phillipa



Crazy quilt Block #5

Pulled finger and got my act together ;)

Another block for the CQJP project.

Its a lot richer than it looks in the photo.

I think she's giving me a very "its about time" look..lol

Happily stitching

Phillipa



April CQJP Block done

Another done. :)

Dont forget that you can get a better looksee by double-clicking on the image :)

More happy stitching

Phillipa

CQJP has been updated

Head on over to the site

Crazy Quilt Journal Project

As they have updated the site and all our blocks submitted so far are under our names,

on our own pages.

 This is sooo cool :)

Happy stitching

Phillipa





French-knot detail

French-knots are perfect for tiny details.

This silk-print lady was wearing a cap or hair ornament so

to make it detailed I stitched tiny french-knots

in a fine wool thread.

Happy knotting

Phillipa

CQJP March Block Finished

Colourful and full of texture.

A few close-ups first

And the whole block.

Upcycled crochet pieces , velvet ribbon. wire edge ribbon.

Lots of stitching  then beads and button.

Roll on April stitching :)

Phillipa



CQJP March in progress

Surrounded with flowers.

Running low on silk ribbon. Note to self.

Buy metres and metres :) lol.

Yes the photo has shadows across it, as its hard to get a good shot at the mo as we seem to have gone into an early Autumn here and the days are very changeable.But you get the idea. :)

Love to stitch

Phillipa



CQJP February Block Finished

The finished block and a few closeups for you. :)

Daisy like flowers in all sorts of textures are my main love in crazy quilting. I use Stranded embroidery threads, silk ribbons, organza ribbons, crochet cottons, with upcycled crochet motifs and bits of lace and net.Lots of basic embroidery stitches and THEN

Beads. Lots of beads :).

You may notice that scattered all over the place are little bunches of french knots. I do these to use up the ends of any threads.

Little triangles of 3 knots always adds a dash of texture.

And the block as a whole.

I have a heap of the black butterflys and they will be seen alot in this quilt :)

I'm thoroughly enjoying stitching these blocks.

Happy Crazy stitching

Phillipa



CQJP Block. February still in progress

Ready for beading.

Nearly there. :)

Bead, Bead, Bead

Phillipa



CQJP in Progress. Silk Ribbon Flowers and more

Embellishing is soooo much fun.

Silk ribbon gives a wonderful texture difference on velvet or lace.

Stitch stitch stitch.

Happy Stitching

Phillipa



Embroidered Seam Treatments on CQJP

Some embroidered seams and the start of a

textured flower.

How's your progress going for February.

I'm all over the place on all my blocks. :)

Happy Stitching

Phillipa



CQJP January Block . Done :)

Details first. :)

And the finished block.

Lots and lots of colour and texture.

Trimmed to approx 9 x 9"

This is great fun.

Happy Happy Stitching

Phillipa





Lots of Colour

Yummy colours for stitching down

my backgrounds. :)

And DMC Rayon thread is yummy for doing plump

french knots when using all 6 strands.

This is great fun :)

I hope everyone else in the challenge

is having as much fun as I am :)

Happy Colourful stitching

Phillipa

PS. dont forget to double-click on the photo to get a larger version.





CQJP progress. January

Ribbons, motifs, braid, simple stitches in different textures.

Colour, colour, colour.

Happy Stitching

Phillipa



Supplies for CQJP

Am busily stitching my backgrounds to create the base of laces ribbons and motifs.

This little lot here is for the start of embellishing.

And these 2 books for reference.

 

Happy Stitching

 

Phillipa

 

Getting Started.CQJP

Like some others who have joined the CQJP, I cant work on one block at a time at the beginning.

So here are my blocks.

They are approx 11" sq at the mo, but after the next stage I will trim them to about 9-10. Will make a decision when i get to that part. :)

And some silk prints.

Happy stitching for 2012

Phillipa