"Morris and his Farm Friends" finished

I've finally finished "Morris and his Farm Friends" which was my May CQJP piece.  I started and stopped so many times on this block that I seemed to lose my focus and where I was headed.. I may go back later and fiddle with it some more...

I should have really added a garden snake as one of Morris's friends.  They freeze still when he approaches and barks.  He never tries to catch them and seems mesmerized by them.

  I had   wanted a "peek-a-boo" feature for the rabbit with just the tail and ears showing. I'm still undecided between a sun or a sunflower. At this point the sun is winning out.

Now I can start on June "Morris loves Molly".   It will have very few french knots.... I can guarantee that for sure...but it will have lots of hearts and I'm in the mood for seams after all the french knots.

I can also start thinking about Maire's goldwork block which I was saving so I didn't have to hurry but I don't have a design as yet.. She wanted "The strawberry thief" by Wm Morris as the inspiration and I remember looking at several pieces of his wallpapers that used this theme.  Today is a "free at-home day" for me and I will google  it. I've been waiting all week for this day of no commitments... I will shut the gate on the driveway and not answer the phone...