Wednesday, January 22, 2014

My Soupçon Progress!

Karen from faeriesandfibres.blogspot.com has the most wonderful sew-a-long.  She posts clues every two weeks for a medallion style wall hanging.  She offers so much support though.  Examples of others work, tutorials and explains things so well.
I had a hiccup when I started though.  I did not do the hexie download properly and my hexes turned out to be too small.  I had already cut and basted the pieces.  Oh well, it is fixed now and I have everything correct and as it should be.
 Here are the correct size pieces which I needed!
 All basted with no tails sticking out at the top!
 I'm happy with the effect the fabric gives the rosette!
 I spent a fair amount of time auditioning background fabrics.  I like this one!
 One of the corners has its embroidery done.  I used three different strands of color and combined them to make the flower.  I like how it turned out.  I am also using a variegated floss for the leaves.  I have really enjoyed this project so far.  Give it a try!  Thanks for stopping by.

5 comments:

  1. Hi Chantal - your block is so pretty and I can't wait until it is finished and posted on FLICKR. I love the green fabric with little pops of turquoise - it is jewel-like! I too spend more time auditioning background fabrics but it is fun to see the effects of different fabrics and it gives me great ideas for colour combinations that I might otherwise not have considered.

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  2. So nice to meet you Chantel, the GYB party was a fab idea. Love your work.

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  3. That's lovely, Chantel. Hope the GYB party is a help in growing your blog.

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  4. I just signed up to follow your blog! Hope you'll jump over to visit mine sometime. I also plan to link to your hexagon tutorials on my blog. I will show one photo, credit to you and then link to you. I do these links on Fridays under "Friday Finds". Please let me know if you do NOT want me to link and use your photo.
    marsha.hodgkins@yahoo.com
    http://quilterinmotion.net

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  5. Hello Chantel, Stopping by from the GYB party. Had a nice time reading through your posts. Beautiful stars and handwork. I am a new follower. Stop by to enter my nifty fifty giveaway. Happy blogging!

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