Peacock Wall Hanging Update

Just a quick post for today everyone.  I thought you would enjoy seeing an update on my Peacock Wall Hanging:

The tail is attached by not "arranged" yet.  I will show you how I do that when I get to that point.

Tomorrow I will post a tutorial on how to do the Shibori Ribbon like I did on this piece.  I'm about ready to get off the computer for the day so I think the next thing I'll do is to iron down the Broiderie Perse applique rose and get started on stitching that. 

You can click on the photo to see it up close.

It'll Be A Peacock!

For those of you who guessed a peacock for the focal point on this wall hanging, you are correct!  Unfortunately, I haven't gotten that far with it yet:

Here is a closeup of the floral spray:

And closeups of the seam embroidery:

I did not embroidery the fabric in the above photo.  I'm fortunate enough to be give outdated fabric sample books from a local decorating store.  Some of these fabrics are so incredibly beautiful!  The floral fabric in this photo is from one of the sample books.  Some of these fabrics sell for $150 - $300 per yard.  Yikes!!!  I couldn't even afford a 1/8 yard piece!

But I'm so grateful that the store owner gives me the sample books for my crazy quilting.  How else could I have some of these wonderful fabrics to use in my work!

Spring Is Just Around The Corner!

Well at least I'd like to think it is!  I just listed the newest Spring items that Mom and I have been working on.  Everything is in my Etsy shop now:

I know Mom is working on some Easter Tussy Mussy's so those should be available next week!

Crazy Quilt Wall Hanging

I've had a few guesses here and over at Facebook on my current project.  I asked the other day for guesses as to what the focal point will be.  So far, no one has the correct answer:

It's one of my absolute, most favorite themes to do!  Come on ya'll, I've done tons of them!!!!

Does this photo give you a hint?  I usually use some type of fancy yarn, in this case, it will be this gorgeous Sari Ribbon:

Send me your guesses!  I'm sure someone will figure it out now!  PS - if you look closely in my sidebar, you might find the answer!

Hand Dyed Silk Ribbon

I spent about 3 hours this morning hand dying 50 yards of 7MM Silk Ribbon:

I was out of pinks all together and running quite low on greens and blues so that's what I focused on for this batch.  In a couple of weeks, I'll order another 50 yards and do some more muted colors.

I use Rit dye to do my silk ribbon.  It's inexpensive, easy to find in stores and works nicely.  Here is a tutorial for dying Silk Ribbon with Rit Dye.

In other news, I finished up the stitching on my Crazy Quilt Bird Pillow:

It just screams Spring doesn't it?  I want to get this sewn together sometime this week.

And finally, this is my next project:

This will be a wall hanging.  If you look closely, you should be able to see the point at the bottom.  Just follow the basting stitches.

The rose is not ironed down yet.  It's a Broiderie Perse applique but I haven't decided on where it will go yet.  This piece will have a focal point theme so where the rose goes will depend on how the focal point comes out. 

Does anyone want to guess the theme?  Leave me your guesses in the comments!