2012 Challenge Crazy Quilt

 

 In between my various Round Robin commitments, I have been working on another piece for the 2012 Challenge.  There will be three, four or five of these blocks in reds and oranges, mounted on point onto a black fabric rectangle.  Below are some of the seams and decorated patches. I have been using mostly red, orange and gold threads and beads, so it's looking very rich. 

2012 Challenge Crazy Quilt

This is  one of the three blocks that will make up a wall hanging on the Asian theme that will be my Crazy Quilt Challenge for 2012. 

In between all the RRs that I have been participating in this spring, I've been adding the odd seam here and there to this block.  Another of the blocks went around in the Asian RR, and the third my sister is doing for me, so it will be an interesting mix of styles.

Absolutely spoiled rotten!

No kidding, I feel very privileged to receive this wonderful stitching.  The ladies in this group gave me more than I could imagine.  Nicki Lee, Meg, Rita and Darlene added some marvellous details as you can see.  Rita added the beautifully embellished  fan.  Nicki Lee the appliqued geisha with her pretty hair ornament, fan and flowers at her feet and the cherry blossom broach to the right of the geisha's head and added some

sparkle to the printed fans, third photo from top.  Darlene added the button cluster, gold character, diamond seam with pearls and stars, the seam on the peony patch, Mount Fiji, and feather stitch patch with the pearls.  Meg did everything else, the unusual crochet fan with her signature gold wheel, the pretty fan seam to the left of the crochet fan and the green and pink seam in the second photo from the top. 

Well......true to form, all the photos have changed order when I changed them from centred to right align, who knows why!  But they are staying the way they are.

More stitching from my sister

A few weeks ago while my sister was visiting she started work on one of my Asian blocks.  Apart from seeing my CQ work, she had never worked on CQ blocks and hardly ever embroidered in her life before.  But she is very creative and has a good eye for design and colour.  So, while I was away in Florida she spent some time with Mum and picked up the CQ block again.  This is what she accomplished during her visit.  I left out Judit Baker Montanna's Elegant Stitches as a reference for stitch instruction.  Thanks Helena!

My sister Helena

My sister Helena visited us this past weekend and I put her to work!  She was a very willing worker! She's a very artistic person, first a dancer and now an innovative yoga teacher, so I had no qualms about her working on one of my Asian blocks.  I gave her my favourite little book of seam instructions and seam marker strips, access to my millions of beads and threads and just let her go with her imagination.                       

I really like the seams that she added.  But I think we have the beginnings of another CQ addict.  After embellishing all evening she didn't want to go to bed!

Three Asian Blocks

Finally, here are the three Asian blocks.  The one on the left is my original one that I made a bit bolder.  The lighting isn't the best, but you can get the general idea.