Teacup Kittens

After 2 days of dark dreariness and heavy fog, the clouds finally lifted and we have some sun!  I almost didn't recognize it!  LOL!!!  We had a cold front come through but the sun feels good!  I think I'll make a cup of hot tea and go sit out on the front porch for a little while this afternoon.

My current Crazy Quilt project is this Kittens In A Teacup pillow:

 And here's a closeup photo of the silk ribbon embroidery that I did around the kittens:

I'm going to have to order some silk ribbon so I can hand dye some more shades of pink.  This is about the last of what I did last time.  I ya'll know I do a lot of things in pink!

Here are a couple of closeups of the bead work I did on a couple of the seams:

I'll be working on this more this afternoon.  I've already done all my housework for the day.  I just have to run my washer and dryer a few times.

Is anyone enjoying The Cinnamon Bear?  I haven't heard from anyone and I think it was a fun thing to share since it's one of my favorite Christmas story's.  Please let me know!

Students Please Check In

First, I would like to ask my students to check in with me.  Could you please leave a comment here on my blog or drop me an email.  I need to know how many students I currently have taking my Color & Composition Class.  Thanks!

I've been working on a few cellphone neck pouches so I thought for today, I would share the first one.  Here's the stitched pouch:

Lot's of bling here! 

And here are some closeup photos of the stitches, bead work and embellishments:

Something I like to do with prints is to highlight the design with stitches.  In this last photo, you can see that I outlined the large red flower with a Kreinik metallic #4 braid.  This gives it some dimension.