Sunday, June 10, 2012

Flowers

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.  ~Chinese Proverb
 What joy flowers bring to us. Even a Chinese proverb states the importance of a flower. Flowers make us smile. I have some gardenias blooming and their scent fills the air which makes me smile.  I enjoy how each flower is so different. Flowers! Enjoy Them!
 Flowers are featured in this Clover and Violet block I just finished.
 I found this little embroidery technique book at a book sale a couple weeks ago. I thought I would try one of the stitches.
You can see I used the rope stitch on the leaves of the tulips. It gives the leaves a little bit more dimension.

Another day of the book-a-round at Maria's Quilt Scraps. She made one of my favorite patterns from the book. I hope you are taking the time to go see the blogs that are featuring pages and projects from this book. Tomorrow come back here to see my post about the book. I will also be having a giveaway. Until tomorrow...



With Passion,
Carrie P.

12 comments:

Purple Pam said...

Your flower is very beautiful. I love the Clover and Violet blocks. I have not seen that rope stitch before. I looks good on your embroidery piece.

Purple Pam said...

Your flower is very beautiful. I love the Clover and Violet blocks. I have not seen that rope stitch before. I looks good on your embroidery piece.

WoolenSails said...

I love doing flowers and your photo is gorgeous, wouldn't that be beautiful to do in thread painting.

Debbie

Sheila said...

Gorgeous flower ! Interesting stitch for the leaves , it really does give it great dimension.

marina said...

lovely flower and your block looks great. The details on the leaves does give it that extra touch and I love the basket too.

Lynne said...

Great quote, lovely block, pretty embroidery.

Alyssa said...

Beautiful flower on the pic and that block of flower on a quilt- makes that quilt lovely and charming to look at. :)

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Linda Lee said...

I love coneflowers. I transplanted several from a friends garden last fall. They are very slow coming this spring/ summer. Your needle work in the Clover and Violet block is beautiful.

I looked briefly at the post from the book. I need to go back and look more closely.

Have a wonderful day in His love,
Linda

IHaveANotion ~ Kelly Jackson said...

Your stitching is lovely. Clover and Violet have great patterns.

Smiles,
Kelly

Miss Hillbilly said...

That is so pretty!!

Allie said...

Love that flower quote, Carrie, flowers always brighten your day! Love your block - I haven't started that bom yet. But it sure is pretty. Good for you on trying a new stitch, it's lovely!

Robin said...

Your embroidery is lovely-- and that stitch really is perfect for those tulip leaves. Love it!