Sunday, June 20, 2010

ROUND ROBIN on it's way home to Roseann

On Friday after teaching all day at The Country Loft I came home to a package from Pat Sloan. It was the looooong awaited round robin pincushion. .....but as you can see it was worth the wait!!!! Pat warned me that she had sent me a challenge. She had completed not one, but two appliques...but her second one went from being a "sun" to a flower and she wasn't sure where it would take me......


The green line is part of my solution, but I am leaving you in suspense a little while longer...:))) Is it a worm??? ..a snake??? The little patch off to the side seemed a little lonely, so I added a flower garden...I built my garden with a blanket stitch and then added some bullions and french knots for flowers....it still needed something, so I couched a few longer lines and added some more knots....A stitchery can never have too many!



As you can see the green line was not a wriggling critter, but only a stem with some leaves. It still looked a little bare, so I added some backstitched lines and you guessed it ...some more french knots...... And what would a garden be without a butterfly.

The raw edge under the flower was still in need of a stitch so I added a simple fern stitch...no fancy stitches were used, because I figured there was enough going on....:))))


Now it is off home to Roseann. I think that she will have a great time making it into a pincushion......We will all get ours back in the next week or so, so check in to see what becomes of them.....
I saw today that Brenda is all ready starting another one!!!! How about you? Will you be the next one to have a Round Robin going? I hope so! I can't wait to see them.
Happy Sunday (and Father's Day) to everyone....Jo Ann

8 comments:

  1. I would have never thought of that.WOW! It looks beautiful JoAnn, I'm in awe of your talent!

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  2. That came out so cute! You have such an imagination and are so talented! I finally got my background done for my block that I've been so scared to start and then I looked at it and said now what? LOL HOw do you come up with all these great ideas!?

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  3. It is beautiful!!!!! Your work is impecable and such an inspiration! Someday when I get good (?!?!?!) I'd like to do a round robin block. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Jo Ann,

    All these pictures are truly inspiring, thank you for sharing them with us all.

    I recently got your book and have been collecting wool pieces and jotting down ideas to get myself started on a piece.

    A question, it is hard to tell from the pictures, how big were most of the pincushion tops?

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  5. Thanks everyone for all the nice things you have said about the pincushion tops.....They are all slightly different sizes, but the criteria was that they should be between 6 and 8 inches and any shape that you wanted. It is a great small project to ease you into doing Wool Crazy..:)))

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  6. Hi JoAnn!
    You REALLY transformed this pin cushion...have you ever thought of writing a book on wool work?! ha ha! Just love your work!! Take care!
    Paulette

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  7. Have your book but haven't had time to work on anything. It is truly inspirational to visit this blog and see your round robin..too darn cute.

    I wish I could visit The Country Loft more, but live so darn far away. :-(

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  8. What a great idea! I worked on a similar project with the Yahoo Rug Hookers, sending it all over the East Coast before heading on to it's lucky owner. I never would have thought to do it with a wool stitching project. It's beautiful by the way. :)

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