Margo the twisted stem is really a lovely effect. And the quilting on the silk is fab.

OK...here are some things I tried with lesson 3. I really don't like the way my grasses turned out. Even though my tension was right on the practice piece, it didn't do the same on the real thing, and I unsewed and re-stitched it twice, then just left it. Instead of three lines of the stitches I wasn't pleased with for sewing down the ribbon, I found a cute triangle design on my Bernina that fit just perfectly in the default settings and that went really well.



The stems on the bud block needed to be a light value on the silk, but when it crossed into the fabric below it needed to be a dark value, so to make that work, I took two shades of green yarn and twisted them as I couched them down with MonoPoly thread and I really like the way that worked.



Everything else was pretty routine except that I got carried away with the quilting on the silk! Did I tell you that I luv the sheen of this stuff!!

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Good point Nancy!

rehak wrote:
Thanks, everybody! I have lots to keep me busy until that package arrives.

loise98 wrote:
Lois -

You might want to wait until you get your kit to pick out your other colors. The colors vary in the kits. My piece of Radiance was a fairly deep blue.

Nancy

It's a great gentle project. I'm just doing the rickrack and ribbon bit and pottering through it, so don't rush to catch up. None of the weeks seem to have hours of work.

Margo wrote:
Thanks I went back to look at the kit again and printed out some of the color photos hoping that would help with the color selection. Hope I can find the rest of the stuff from my stash. Can't wait to play.

Hi Lois, glad you are coming out to play! We will wait for you to catch up.

Lois, the green silk (center block with berries) and teal linen (top/sky block) come in the kit, so you might want to keep that in mind when selecting your fabrics.

Guess I need to pick out some fabric.

Hi Lois -

I just started mine last weekend and it took a concerted effort, but I'm caught up. I'm sure you can catch up, too! My embellishment kit came almost immediately.

Nancy

I sent for the embellishment kit yesterday. Do you think I can catch up? Hope so!

I cut out my letter separately rather than smooshing them together. My text is "Live Laugh" so I did like Wendy and snipped a little in the holes for the e, a and g so I could get my scissors in. I decided to keep my letters separate because I think it's easier to cut out and so that I could lay each letter on the quilt until I got the look I wanted.

Nancy

I folded then snipped out a triangle so I could get my scissors in.