Joy Of Stitching

Yippy! I've just today finished this crochet hexagon blanket for my baby grandson William. I even blocked it. First time I've ever blocked a piece of work - it always sounded so difficult. But it was simple. So I'm feeling rather proud of myself. Next it's back to the wavy blanket I started last year.

Happy St. Davids Day from Port Talbot - Wales  This is the third of my contemporary quilt challenge quilts. And being March's I thought a daffodil most appropriate. AND With it being St. Davids Day today (1st March) St. David is a patron Saint. of Wales AND The Daffodil is our National Flower You'll see lots of these worn in Wales today. If you see someone with a daffodil on elsewhere in the world on 1st March Chances are they are Welsh and showing their Welsh pride.  Anyway I digress This is another project using my new needlefelting machine. I cut out the daffodil shapes in felt  and needlefelted them onto the back of the black felt background to create a 'painterly' effect on the front.  I then freemotion stitched around the outlines and into the leaves and flower I stitched a grided 'nine patch' effect and then stitched around the edge using yellow thread and a zig zag stitch. I had intended ...