Showing posts with label Forget Me Not BOM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forget Me Not BOM. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

It's all in the details

Here is the next block in the BOM "Forget Me Not" by Esther Aliu.  It is a Calla Lily. I selected the color after checking out various color options on the computer. What a great tool the computer is, all I had to do was Google Calla Lily and look at the images and voila. Who knew these flowers came in so many colors!  If you look at this block in a previous post, you will see that it looks a little flat.  It really didn't come to life until all the embroidered details were added and I even did a little extra shading inside the flowers with Prisma colored pencils.  I wasn't sure about the color combination til the block was complete - this really is a case where the details make the block.  I'm looking forward to prepping the next block this weekend.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Peony finished

Another busy, busy week that included a trip to Charleston to celebrate the college graduation of my youngest DS.  How exciting that 2 1/2 years after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a car accident and almost dying, that he not only recovered but graduated Summa Cum Laude.  The only sewing that went on this week was the completion of this peony block from the BOM by Esther Aliu. The third one comes out tomorrow so I'd best get busy on number 2 today!!