STITCHING "DARK DAYS"-- MAY & JUNE, et al

 

Above is one of my favorite stitching books;

As you can see by the date--I've had this

one for a long time:))) 

It is my "go-to" for great instructions

to learn new stitches

and also

inspiration...

  

I bought this as, at the time, I was

making a lot of Crazy Quilts and

hand embellishing them...so it

was my "dictionary"--so-to-speak--

for stitches...

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With  my "Ellie-Phant" block for

Dark Days coming up this week,

I have been researching what kind

of stitches I'd like to use for

filling her in...

I am planning on filling in her body with mainly

this chain stitch, which I know how to do

and

below....

 is a variation on the chain stitch that I'd

like to use to decorate various little parts

on her. This is a new stitch for me...

  

We shall see if this works and looks good.  

(Hopefully I won't have to be cutting out

stitches as I did with my Fish block!!)

I think Ellie should be a shade of 

blue/aqua(?) with 

lavender (or purple)

and gold threads..

Again, I will have to see how that

would look...

All part of the learning process 

for this SAL

from K3N {on YT} 

which she calls 

"Coverlet of Comfort"...

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My other question is-- should I make this

into a big coverlet, or just sew various

sections (monthly blocks) together???

May is the 5th prompt

and 

June's 6th prompt will be

joined with May's to fit along the 

last central block's side...

[you can see in this photo that this is the

only side where no new blocks have been 

added to the center.  It is really a

long side.

 K3N decided that just adding a 

really long strip wouldn't look that good--so the 3

block solution is what she recommends..]

↨↨↨↨

the three sewn together will span the 

right hand side above...

[if that makes any sense??

the Fish (10")--top

 and Elie-phant--bottom (10")

then

the center area TBD]. 

Here is "Ellie-Phant" now

and this photo below is the type of

filling I'd like to do

This is from a previous YT video of 

K3N's.

My drawing is considerably smaller so I will

have to take that into consideration...

😕😔

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We are having an avalanche 

of pollen here

and fighting allergies--

I am hoping the predicted rains 

for Wed-Thur

will wash the last of it away!!

👾👺👹

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(researching-euse)