Now I know some of you may have seen this on the Yahoo groups I am in , but I really like how this turned out and wanted to share more about it.
The idea of this RR was to have 1 focus fabric, then the owner would make a block as a sample of what they had in mind. We were then each to use the focus fabric to make a block ourselves. Janet's fabric was the black one you see with the flowers on it.She told me to do it my way and go crazy, so I did.
Here it is at the nekkid stage. There are "NO RULES" in CQ ( that's why I like it so much). But there do seem to be few that people tend to stick to and I broke a cardinal one here.Supposedly you are not to use too many prints, especially next to each other. Well technically every piece of fabric in here is a print. And I like it this way. Plain fabrics bore me and I like to use fabrics with pictures in/on them. I think it helps to tell the story. All my best blocks are themed. I don't know if it is laziness or creative, ( Definitely NOT crafty) to let the fabrics help with the theme. Maybe a little of each
Now here is the block after the laces, appliques and most seam treatments are done. A huge change already
Now here is the finished project. It took me 4 days to sew on all those beads and buttons. I have been gathering and hoarding for this project for almost a year.Janet likes creepy crawlie things and has a major thing for spiders and frogs. I have a thing for fairies and butterflies, so we go together perfect huh?
IF I remember correctly there are: 7 spiders, 9 ladybugs, 23 butterflies,1 humming bird, 6 fairies, 4 frogs, 1 inchworm, 8 bees, 8 dragonflies, 1 snail and 1 hidden Mickey. See if you can find them all.
Close up of the beaded Fairy
And of course Janet's big Hairy Spider I just had to include
I have 4 of my 5 Create Your Own Theme blocks back and will post on them in a few days.
Off to work on more stuff
Later,
Lauri
6 comments:
Wow! What a delightfully, whimsical place. I would love to go to wherever this block is from. LOL It looks so wonderful, like you could dive in and actually meet all the fairies. Great job.
Wendy
I think this is my favorite block of all time. I never get tired of looking at it! Thanks so much for the close ups. This is such excellent work -- I don't know how you can part with it!
That's a block Janet is sure to love! When you put that much on the block, it's hard to tell what the fabrics were anyway, so why not use the prints together! I can see why it took 4 hours to do all that last step! Beautiful job.
Beautiful work! Great spidy!
Hi Lauri
What a fabulously fun block! There are so many details, you could spend a long time just looking. I like the way you've incorporated the prints....even a chickadee! What do you think Janet will do to "finish" it? I know she'll treasure it!
Very, very cool! Love the spider.
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