Flora's fool's gold finished

Just for fun, I photographed the finished block both with and without the flash. This is without:

And this is with:

Funny how different details show better in each method.
This doesn't officially have to be off to Gerry until March 15th, but since I'm done with it, I'll probably send it off this week sometime.

Squirder? Spiderell?

Whatever you call it, I want one.

Fool's Gold round robin

This is the block I'm going to work on for Flora.

I started with some gold netting that has gold glitter on it. Then I chain stitched around the shape with a thin gold braid. On the outside of the chain stitch, I couched a gold cord and sectioned off the "petals" inside the flower shape.
The gold leaves are just pinned on, as an audition.

Photo albums, done

I was asked to make 3 Christmas albums for some friends.



And a couple of baby albums for another friend.


Isn't that Christmas star print fabric cute? It has metallic gold accents.

More hearts and thrift finds

I enjoyed the 2 previous hearts so much that I just had to piece a couple more, this time in shades of white, grey, black. These take such a small amount of time to embellish: almost instant gratification!


Here's an interesting thing I found at Salvation Army. Not sure exactly what technique was used (if anyone has an idea, please leave a comment), but they are so charming, even as wrinkled as they are. There's a man figure with a "snowflake" or wheel shaped design.


And a lady....

Two of each on each square, and there are two squares. They were sewn together when I bought them, but I've separated them.

This adorable little fellow was framed and very dusty. I took it out of the frame and gave it a gentle bath, which really brightened up the fabric and the stitchery, which is done in wool. It will end up in some CQ project, someday soon.

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Allison Aller's CQ playing cards

Are these fun or what? I saw them on Facebook and promptly ordered them from Amazon.

I love everything CQ, but it also feels good to support a very nice person.

Of course, she's kind of a joker, too....

Heart swap

On CQ for Newbies, we're having a heart swap. These are two that I've made for the swap. I used "fancy" fabrics for these two, but I think they are lovely made in cottons too.
The lace in this one is dyed with potassium permanganate. It gives lace a wonderful non-metallic gold color. I bought this motif from Cathy K .

This one has 5 different vintage metal buttons and some schiffili lace that I dyed myself with alcohol inks.