Drum roll please . . . Da daaaaaaa . . . The All that Jazz block is off the hoop finished and done!
As you can see the magnolias spread and the wisteria grew a bit. The mask and the jesters hat came up OK with beading. For those who are wondering the Music is the first few bars of Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World.
Stitches used in this block on the seams are two rows of Herringbone , Oyster stitch worked in a row, and buttonhole . On the music and the edge of the fabric shapes I used couching . The Wisteria is done in French knots using silk ribbon and the leaves are detached chain and stems are worked using a whipped running stitch.
The ticker is moving a long and so are other people who are making blocks for this project. Take a look at the blocks on the flickr group called All that Jazz Katrina Hurricane Survivor Quilt
It is Sunday morning here and Jerry is up bright eyed and bushy tailed as we are off to the local swap meet. I think in other states people call them Trash and treasure. In other parts of the world it’s a local community market where people clean out their garages and bring it to parking lot and sell it. Sometimes you find all sorts of gems other days its not so good but the trick is to go early. So if I am to find any bargian it is time to be getting a wriggle on – imagine to self – broad beamed woman getting a ‘wriggle on’ mmmm not good
Ohhh Sharon, I read a few emails and they talked about your Wisteria stitching and I finally found the entry but for some reason I get red Xs instead of photos and I’ve refreshed etc. I’m wondering if you could email me that entry with your picture? If not I’ll check the old blog and see if it’s there. Thank you so much for sharing, I’ve enjoyed practicing some of your stitches on my pieces very much.
Wonderful work. The colors and details are absolutely captivating.
Sharon, this is exquisite! What more can I say?
Lovely to see you back online,
Your Katrina block is beautiful, I love the silhouette of the trumpet player and is perfect for the block
Sharon, I am so glad that you’re back! And your block is so beautiful! I love your ribbon work.
Beautiful work…but I knew it would be. Lovely magnolias…!
Hope you find some goodies at the T&T! In our area, it is a flea market. Whatever you call it—it’s FUN! ….poking about in all the stuff….
Sharon,
You are “killing me softly with your art”… but before that I’m sure I’ll go sick if I miss your class at Joggles…. reallllly sick.
Candida
Stitching in São Paulo
It’s so nice to have you back. The Katrina block is beautiful! It reflects the joyous spontaneity of the quarter and Bourbon Street as well as the refined elegance of the the historic Garden District. What a wonderfully, generous gift to help the victims of Katrina.