January 27, 2010

Fabulous First-Timers #6

This is the Fabulous First-Timers #6 Round Robin, which began and ended in 2009.   The participants were Dakota, Juli, Marci, Kathy S & Nancy.  The FFT round robins allow the participants to choose any theme they desire, and the results, as you can see, were varied and spectacular!

Dakotah's Block


Dakotah's Naked Block


Marci's seam on Dakotah's block


Fan decorated by Marci


More of Marci's work


Juli added a basketful of flowers


Block after Juli and Marci



Butterfly and beaded trim by Kathy


Nancy stitched these lovely bullion roses



More of Nancy's work.  No final picture of block available.



Juli's Block


Juli's Naked Christmas Block


Juli's Block with Kathy's work


Floral Spray done by Nancy


Dakotah's work



Snowflakes by Marci



More of Marci's lovely stitching.  No final block picture is available.


Kathy's Block


Kathy's Naked Block


Nancy's work on Kathy's Block


Nancy's Paisley for Kathy


Nancy also overstitched this lace


Block after Nancy's work


Dakotah's stitching


Dakotah did another paisley, plus a
bullion Fat Cat


Marci added this stitching



More of Marci's lovely stitching



There were no pictures available of the finished block.




Marci's Block


Marci's Naked Block


Juli's yo-yo for Marci


Kathy's garden seam treatment for Marci


Nancy's work for Marci


Some lovely seamwork by Nancy


And a lovely paisley by Dakotah



Dakotah also added some bullion roses


Marci's completed block



Nancy's Block


Nancy's Naked Block


Dakotah's work on Nancy's block


Block after Dakotah's work



Marci's work



This is the last of the available pictures for Nancy's block.

January 23, 2010

Hearts II Round Robin - 2009




Moving along with our completed Round Robins for 2009, we'll now take a look at the lovely work completed in the Hearts II Round Robin.  Participants of this RR included Carol, Cathy K, Gerry H, Debbie Q, and Karen S.



Cathy's Block


Cathy's Naked Block



Closeup of Debbie's "Love" envelope


All of Debbie's work


Cathy's block after Debbie's work


Carol's work



Karen's beaded lace motif


Seams by Karen


Block after Debbie, Carol and Karen


Some of Gerry H's work


Embellished lace by Gerry H


More of Gerry's work


Cathy's Completed Block



Carol's Block


Carol's Block - there is no beginning picture, but this picture
was taken after the first stitcher, Karen S.
Karen stitched many lovely seams and added a dyed butterfly-like motif.


Gerry H. added more feminine stitching and embellishment


Block after Karen & Gerry


Cathy added Hearts, a rose bouquet, lace and button trails


More of Cathy's work


Block after Cathy's work


Debbie Q added stitching, flowers, a dragonfly and buttons


Carol's block finished




Gerry H's Block


Gerry's stunning beginning Heart Block


Cathy's Corner motif for Gerry


Cathy's work on center heart for Gerry


Block after Cathy


Debbie's corner motifs and heart work for Gerry


Entire block after Debbie


Block after Karen S's motifs (upper right) and work
on heart (also upper right)


Gerry's block, finished.  Carol's work is in lower left
 and on central right of heart.



Karen S's Block

Karen S's Beginning Block.  Karen had participated in a previous
 round robin and used the center heart from
 those friends to add to this block.  Along with her rich
colors, it set a very elegant theme for this block.


Gerry H. added another dragonfly, lace and lots more flowers!


Cathy added more hearts, some vintage lace and an embellished lace heart.


Cathy also trimmed the center heart with gold and flowers.
Here is the block after the first two stitchers.


Wow!  Look at the magnificent beaded bird (and flowers) that Debbie Q added.


More of Debbie's work


Block after Debbie's work


Close-up of Carol's lovely work in upper left areas


Karen's finished block.  After it arrived home, Karen
added a frame to it and made it into a wall hanging.



Debbie Q's Block


Debbie's Beginning Block


Karen's heart  #1 of silk ribbon embroidery for Debbie


Karen's heart #2, another  gorgeous silk ribbon creation


Debbie's block after Karen


Gerry's meticulous seamwork and hearts


Cathy's heart of metallic thread and freshwater pearls for Debbie


Vine and spiderweb by Cathy.  Notice the heart in the spiderweb!


Debbie's Finished Block