Sometimes when I'm searching for something in my blog I find pleasant memories... By far my most favorite round robins were the two faux...

Charting new waters or wading in over my head.  I'm about to start the waxwing and they have such a soft smooth look that I want to us...

One of the things I failed to mention last month that often I will print several paper copies of a bird (or other image) in various sizes an...

From its inception Susie and I had planned this visit as "all work and no play."  Usually we do a lot of stitching, shopping and...

I've had many inquiries about a pattern for my little gold bird.  I worked directly from a picture of a real wren and just marked off s...

I know I said I would photograph how I did the bird and I had every intention of doing a step=by-step but I got started and so caught up tha...

Several years ago I did a series of RR blocks doing my version of goldwork using ticky-tacky Christmas trims and combining it with CQ.  Sinc...

I spend so much time stitching while sitting with mother that I have not only finished March and April CQJP 2015 and I have started on May...

My very last word  on my Golden Adventure with Christmas Trims is GIVEAWAY.... I am giving away TWO packages of golden goodies.  Each pack...

Remember this piece designed by Wm Morris entitled "Strawberry Thief?"  It was my inspiration piece requested by Maire in the Fo...

I know that it doesn't look like I accomplished that much at the retreat but I did work on this block a lot... You can see compare...

Where I'm at..... the vines are all stitched down and I am satin stitching the berries at the moment... I modified my larger leaves an...

Everything now will be spontaneous placement.  The strawberries (ripe and unripe) and the beak will be stumpwork.. Shapes cut out of ...

I've finished the couched frilly leaves at the bottom of the block with 4 rows of gold cording..  I haven't beaded inside the leav...

It's hard to say which I enjoy more... the design stage or the important decisions stage... Decisions I make at this point are not rev...

This is about as finished as my designs get and I make changes as needed as I go along...  I did clarify the leaves in the corners on the ...

The one element that really defines goldwork for me is the couching so I wanted to focus on it in this last block... Also I wanted to incl...