My favorite part of any project is pulling together the materials. It's fun to imagine and think about and plan. So this weekend I went "shopping" in my stash to find supplies for the online crazy quilting class I'm taking.
As I was digging in the stash, I found some crochet trim that will fit all around the block. A start on the finishing! It also helped to push my color choices more to pinks than I had been planning.
As I was digging in the stash, I found some crochet trim that will fit all around the block. A start on the finishing! It also helped to push my color choices more to pinks than I had been planning.
So here's the collected stash (weeded down a couple of times already). Below: Beads, trims, lace, sequins. I really like the faded blue crochet trim. I'm not a huge fan of "shabby chic" but this block is seeming to fit that genre. I'm okay with that.
Perle cottons for embroidering the seams.
Silk ribbons for embellishments.
I found this box of tiny shells. They have holes for attachment and I like the pinky-red color.
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Below are some of the embellishments laid out (on my bright violet notebook cover). 5mm sequins are at the top. The larger buttons are 1/4" for scale. The "orange" buttons and larger beads are actually translucent amber--darkened by the notebook color. I think the tatted motif is too big, but it fits my new "theme" nicely. Along the bottom are some odd beads--leaves, flowers, butterflies. The thing above the lace on the right is an earring with no partner. I thought I could take the Chinese character off and use it as a charm.
