52er - Woad and Linen - March

I seem to have gone a bit flowery this month.

I do often get on as roll with one design idea and build on it.

These flowers are based on a circle of wool.

Flowerpot with French Knot flowers

Leaves created from one of my quilting stencils

Flowers with button centres

52er - Indigo March

This month starts with some simple rows of sashiko stitching with

thread slightly darker than the fabric.

Now onto some simple Hitomezashi as I was teaching this class 

and some extra samples were handy.

Hitomezashi is a variation on sashiko.

With it the stitches are allowed to touch and create a geometric pattern.

I love the addition of two colours into this work.

More Hitomezashi but not all the block is stitched.

See you soon for April blocks

February 52er - Woad Blue and Linen

These are my February Woad and Linen blocks.

Sorry I seemed to forget to post them last month

This is 'fussy cut' from a French General fabric and appliqued.

Running stitch outline.

Bonjour was embroidered on a piece of ribbon and appliqued on.

Stem stitch word with running stitch outlining the ribbon.

Rooster - one of the National Emblems in France

Stem stitched

A piece of tatting that I picked up at an vintage fair at some stage.

I have been collecting anything I find in this woad blue colour for several years.

Inspired by French General Woad fabrics.

Happy stitching