Last Wednesday I tweaked my back. I am prone to this because I have degenerative disk disease in my spine – lucky me. Anyways, this means that there was no way I could sit at my machine and sew, especially since my sewing project currently consists of my mom’s super heavy purple quilt. So instead of sewing at my machine I busted out my favorite crazy block. I designed my very own embroidery design, turned it into an iron transfer and stitched it up. I have totally fallen in love!
Making your own iron on transfer is seriously easy if you have the right tools, I will do a tute for this at some point!
I am in love with where this block is headed. In case you are wondering what this is for and why I’m making it, I will tell you. It is for me, it will eventually be bound and will live in my sewing room as inspirational quilting art. I started this little project to learn some embroidery stitches before busting into my really nice stash of crazy quilting fabrics. So far I am really pleased but there is a lot more embellishment that I want to do.
You still have until Wednesday to link up for August’s goal party for A Lovely Year of Finishes, so make sure you get on that!
Looks great Melilssa! I love hand embroidery with quilting. Hope your back feels better soon….I’ve had back problems in the past…they suck!! Feel better soon!
This is so cute, free, and happy looking.
Boo to bad backs, but yay to finding alternative projects!
fun block. I look forward to seeing how you make a transfer.
hope you are feeling better soon.
those fabrics look crazy to me… its lovely, I joined a crazy quilt group to play with fabric like this.
Your embellishing is looking good!
It’s lovely! I hope your back heals quickly!
Oh man, your poor back. I’m impressed you get so much done. Your mom’s quilt is looking great. It’ll be nice to see more embroidery and transfers.
I just LOVE this little bee!!! SO very cute! 🙂
I know all about the bad back thing (Rotoscoliosis) so I feel your pain there. On the up side,LoVe your crazy quilt block!!