I know. I am getting to this post a little late and it has been a while since I published a new post. Sometimes, I just don't know where time goes.
Here is a picture of my March 2012 CQ project block.
It looks a little bare in the picture above, but I am crocheting some small butterflies to add to all of the blocks. I mean to use the butterflies as a unifying concept. You'll see what I mean later.
For me the best part of this block is the basket of flowers. You should have seem me on breaks at work cutting out all those little white flowers from a salvaged piece of lace. I do think they work rather well with the organza spider web roses.
The fan in the upper right hand corner was crocheted from size 20 crochet thread. Size 10 is more common but I wanted a daintier feel and also I didn't want the finished fan to be too large. It is really funny that the older I get, the worse my vision, the smaller the thread I want to use. The fan is decorated with bullion roses. Mary Corbett of Needle n Thread has a nice video tutorial for the bullion rose. The seam treatment is done by whipping two rows of chain stitch which was featured in her series Stitch Play.
What isn't working so well is the V-stich hearts and what is supposed to be the overcast stitch on the lace. The hearts do not make a statement and the overcast stitch looks like a poor example of crochet. The white valley and peaks created with french knots and the pink straight stitch are bold enough in the right hand corner but would have looked better if more care had been taken with getting the original line better defined.
I still struggle with marking my fabric. I have been using a variety of techniques such as tissue paper, waste canvas, marking pen and patterns. Different needs work better with different methods. I should also mention that I have created a prick and pounce kit but I haven't yet made any patterns to use with it. One thing that concerns me is that the pattern needs to have enough space around it that loose powders are prevented from spilling onto the fabric. I do have a couple of pages ready to go to the printer for printing on vellum. I'll let you know how well it works for me.
Here is a picture of my March 2012 CQ project block.
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| March 2012 CQ Project |
For me the best part of this block is the basket of flowers. You should have seem me on breaks at work cutting out all those little white flowers from a salvaged piece of lace. I do think they work rather well with the organza spider web roses.
The fan in the upper right hand corner was crocheted from size 20 crochet thread. Size 10 is more common but I wanted a daintier feel and also I didn't want the finished fan to be too large. It is really funny that the older I get, the worse my vision, the smaller the thread I want to use. The fan is decorated with bullion roses. Mary Corbett of Needle n Thread has a nice video tutorial for the bullion rose. The seam treatment is done by whipping two rows of chain stitch which was featured in her series Stitch Play.
What isn't working so well is the V-stich hearts and what is supposed to be the overcast stitch on the lace. The hearts do not make a statement and the overcast stitch looks like a poor example of crochet. The white valley and peaks created with french knots and the pink straight stitch are bold enough in the right hand corner but would have looked better if more care had been taken with getting the original line better defined.
I still struggle with marking my fabric. I have been using a variety of techniques such as tissue paper, waste canvas, marking pen and patterns. Different needs work better with different methods. I should also mention that I have created a prick and pounce kit but I haven't yet made any patterns to use with it. One thing that concerns me is that the pattern needs to have enough space around it that loose powders are prevented from spilling onto the fabric. I do have a couple of pages ready to go to the printer for printing on vellum. I'll let you know how well it works for me.
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