Corticelli Laundry Instructions

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106 years later, this is still the proper way to launder embroidery. I use Orvus rather than Ivory. For those of you who haven't heard of Orvus, it's an Equine Shampoo. To read more about it, visit Martha Beth Lewis' website.

More Color Plates From The Corticelli Booklet

Here are the last 3 color plates from my Corticelli booklet. I just think these are so beautiful!



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Pansy Block Embellishment Started

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I worked on this for several hours yesterday. As you can see, the feather stitch is a favorite of mine!

I tried something different with the tatting. I had some #3 Perle Cotton that I hand overdyed a couple of weeks back. The colors looked great on this block. I did my usual simple tatted edging but along with the Perle Cotton, I added a strand of Kreinik #4 Braid in silver. I really like the way it looks! I might try this again with a #5 or #8 Perle Cotton!

Later today, I plan to add some SRE to the unfinished seam. If I feel like doing SRE. You know it's not my favorite type of embroidery to do so it will depend on the amount of patience I have at the time. If I don't feel like doing it, I'll sew on some prefinished ribbon flowers.

Usually, I add beads as I go along. Many CQer's avoid this as threads get caught on them. This time I decided I'd try covering all of the seams first and then start adding beads. Who knows, maybe I'll get some unexpected and pleasant results!

Pansy Crazy Quilt Block

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Some of you may remember from when I was blogging at my EZ Board, I sewed up a couple of 8 inch Crazy Quilt Blocks. I promised I would post my progress on each block as I embellish it. This is the Pansy block.

The dark green is crushed velvet, the dark purple fabric is brocade, the light green is a shimmery cotton, the pansy fabric is cotton with metallic silver outlining the pansies and light purple fabric is a cotton with shiny threads running through it. The light purple fabric was left over from my prom dress. My mother made it for me. That was 1980. Yikes! Is it vintage yet?

Kay Susan's Embellishment Challenge Project Side 2

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This is side 2 of Kay Susan's project. How creative! I love her use of fancy stitches and beads. Goes to show how a stitcher can do alot with a handful of pretty threads!

Thank you Kay Susan for doing this project and sharing it with us. You did a lovely and very creative job!