geranium

geranium,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

Last one for today! These geraniums are soooo pretty this year! They have held their color and bloomed and bloomed and bloomed! Again, i'm thinking of possibly trying to stitch them in BE. But....maybe thread designing is more called for so that the depth and blending can be achieved! I'll just have to play around with em a bit I guess!

garlic bloom

garlic bloom,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

Why, you ask, is this person posting a picture of garlic? It does look a bit surreal, doesn't it? LOL!! I have found that i'm looking all around me for inspiration for the stitching i'm doing! I think this could be reallllllly neat if done in BE! It would provide the depth and texture to pop this and bring it to life! Where to use it???????????? Ohhhh....i've got a few places I can hide it! Maybe have a bee hovering or one of our teensy white butterflies that have been hanging about! Anywhoo.....more on stitching progress with garlic....later!

fountain flower

fountain flower,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

This little gem is a new one to me this year! It's called a Fountain flower. The heat has dissipated many of its blooms, but when it was full, there were little sprays of these flowers on a spike! Very neat! The pistils are fairly long and the color of the flower really has more depth that just isn't showing well here. I am planning to try some of these on the pink block I just posted. We'll see! :_)

Beginnings - 2

Block 1 - frndsp,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

This is the second block I will be contributing! I have lace to die for the fan. I don't think bright white will quite work here! I've already started on the stitching on this one. I'm running feather stitching along the long seam above the fan with a variegated thread. I will then come back in with beads and such to soften it and tie in the colors. My friend, as mentioned, loves butterflies, dragonflies, bees, spidies, etc. SOOOOO, she's going to be getting just that. Along with flowers and embroidered lace, etc. After i've gotten a bit farther, i'll post a pic of the progress! Enjoy!

Beginnings

block 2 - frndsp,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

This is one of two blocks I put together for a project Iam involed in. A friend is potentially quite ill, so a bunch of us are making blocks that will be assembled into a throw for her. The borders, as it stands now, will have SRE all along seams, etc. Minkee has been chosen for the back! The sashing will be black velvet and all the colors of the blocks are to be jewel tones, after five fabrics, etc. Well....this lovely lady loves butterflies and will get them, at least on this block I pieced more curved type patches to try and keep the wing flavor and am going to try some of Sharon B's stitches (variations) in her 100 days 100 designs series. I will post as I progress so you can all follow what i'm doing! Only thing....beads will probably be last cuz i'm ALWAYS snagging on them with my thread! LOL!!!