More quilting around embroidery!

Slow progress is being made!

The sashing and boarders are done...

now it's time to quilt around the embroidery!

Slowly!

Here is a close up

you can see where I have stitched 

in white thread going up the leg.

My Janome 6600 is Loving

White Aurifil 50/2 #2024

Using the Sharon Schamber's

"Quilting Halo" really helps!

Here is a good close up

of the stitching

Just a few more blocks to go…

then it's time to make the piped binding using

Sue Cleveland's "Groovin' Piping Trimming Tool"

and then this way cute label!!

Just in time for the 

Silver City 2015 Quilt Show!!
September 19th and 20th.

Can't wait!!

Experimental Iris

I've been working on several projects lately.

This one ... "Experimental Iris" as I call it - is one that I started last year

at an applique class that I took from Maria Lage (she is a fabulous appliquer!)

I had the applique Iris all done but wanted to experiment with a few different surface embellishments.

First I marked my lines and added the Sashiko stitching

then I wanted to make it "pop" so I tried my hand a micro stitching....

well this is MY version of micro stitching!

Oh I tried my quilt halo - it's weighed and you use it in place of quilting gloves.

It took me a while to get use to it - but after I got the rhythm I liked it!

The Quilt Halo is a Sharon Shamber product

Here is the micro stitching - I took it over to the edge as well.

then I wanted to do something with the moon,

I tried several different ideas ... more sashiko,

hand stitching, machine stitching....

sashiko with gold thread....

and I finally decided on a simple beading design.

next I'm going to go in and bead the flower....

but that for another post!