Candji's first nakid block went missing in action, so she quickly put together another for the CQI round robin. This is a 16" x 16" block and here it is after I finished my additions to it. I am the first stitcher to work on it and I started on the peach patch with a rose tree, some foxgloves, iris and little filler flowers. The pink ribbon roses are quite tricky to do properly. I used 13mm ribbon which gets pulled to the right side and then twisted many times. Put the needle through to the back of the work very close to the place the ribbon came up, and fold the ribbon over at the half-way point, hold it and let it twist on itself. Gently pull the needle on the wrong side and this pulls the twists flat into folds which really look like roses. The trick is to keep the shape of the folds without it unfolding all over the place. I have many small stitches holding the petals in place. I loved the look of the strip of green velvet and added big pansies in 13mm ribbon. I kept the seam treatments small and quiet so as not to intrude on the SR embroidery. Note: I changed the photos from centred to left alligned and somehow that changed their order around. Sometimes I just don't understand Blogger's internal workings!
