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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Bird Purse - Secret Revealed!

I did some more beading on the appliqué on my bird purse yesterday:

Bird Purse

With all the excited of setting up the new fish tank, I couldn't sit still long enough to stitch so I didn't get in as much stitching time as I would have liked but that's ok.

Now, you're probably still wondering what that glittery green stuff is to the right of the bird. I didn't think anyone would figure it out.

It's one of those glittered floral picks that you can use to tie on packages or to make flower arrangements:

Glittered Pick

I found them at Michaels Craft Store back at Christmas time. They were on sale so I bought a bunch of them thinking they would be great on Seascapes. I was looking for a piece of lace the other day and saw these in my drawer and thought, "hey, I can use a piece of that on this project" so I clipped a piece off and sewed it on!

If you want to give this a try, I just want to warn you: some of the glitter will come off onto your CQ. Not to worry! After you get it sewn on and add some do-dads to it, just hold it face down over a waste basket and tap on the back a few times and the excess glittered will fall off of your stitched piece!

I've been told that I use some unusual things on my CQ projects and yes, I do! The great thing about crazy quilting is that there are no rules. If I can sew it on, I will sew it on!

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:29 PM

    WOW!!! That's coming along great! I can't always see your logic in using the fabrics you use for the "block" so I'm always amazed to see how it turns out when embellished.

    Thanks for sharing your progress!

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  2. I love how this looks, and I love your attitude about CQ. =)

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