Tree quilt with leaves

I worked on a quilt top today which turned out exactly as I had imagined.  I used some neutral oatmeal coloured fabric for the background and stitched in three lengths from my roll of stitched 2.5" pieces.  It took a while for me to figure out how I would angle the trees in the fabric.  In the end I stitched my background and cut it apart in order to insert the "trees" -  a strip of stitched pieces.  Worked very well!!  Next, I cut out 36 little green leaves from scrap fabric.  These will be slow stitched in place along the trunks of the trees.  I may consider some slow stitching to the background as well once I finish the leaves.  We shall see!!  It does look a little plain right now.  Once that is finished I will complete the quilt with a batting, backing and binding!!  Likely will be a while before it it done but that is the nature of quilting with slow stitching!! I really like the look and feel of stitching on my quilts.  Therese
 

Slow Stitching - large leaves - blanket stitched edges and filling in

I am progressing with my current slow stitch project - my border with large leaves.  I have now finished my double blanket stitched edges on all the leaves.  I did one set of blanket stitch with the line a generous eighth inch from the edge and then went around again with another row of blanket stitch with the line on the edge.  I really like how it has finished the edges and given them some presence.  

I used different colours of thread which also gave the edging some interest.  Have the double row of stitching has also nicely filled between the lines of stitching.  Should protect the edges from fraying too much.  You can see below that I have started filling in the leaves with running stitch.  I drew one line to begin with to keep the stitch straight and I have using different colours of thread to give some interest and texture to the interior of the leaves.  It will be quite a while yet before this project will be complete but I am looking forward to doing running stitch and using a variety of colours of thread.  It will be a fun project and one that will not require too much concentration which is the benefit of a slow stitching practice.  Will post an update when I move on to the next leaf.     Therese

 

All occasion card featuring an embossed and sanded heart background, ribbon and a cute little dog

For this all occasion card I started with a tan card front.  I embossed and sanded a brown cardstock with a white core which the sanding revealed.  I added a little red plaid ribbon and tied on a little red fiber to add some texture.  I watercoloured the little dog digital image (Cre8tiveHands) which was laser printed and trimmed to size.  I layered it onto a piece of red cardstock and mounted it to my card front over the ribbon usind 3D foam tape.   

Therese