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Work on the little village of Turtle Bay is finished. Decided I didn’t care for the first tree I stitched, next to the white cottage, so it was replaced. Then greenery was added to the village on the hill and the addition of clouds in the sky. The two [...]
Posts Tagged ‘turtle’
Welcome to Turtle Bay.
Posted in Embroidery, hand embroidery, tagged A Crazy World, CQ, crazy quilting, Embroidery, hand embroidery, needle lace, needlework, turtle on August 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By the sea.
Posted in Embroidery, hand embroidery, tagged A Crazy World, CQ, crazy quilting, Embroidery, hand embroidery, needlelace, needlework, turtle on August 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday in “A Crazy World” was spent by the seashore. There is a lighthouse to warn those at sea of the perilous coastline and a small little cottage for the lighthouse keeper and his family. The thatched roof on the cottage is my first attempt at Hollie Point needlelace and I’m happy with it. Still [...]
Turtle – modified.
Posted in Embroidery, hand embroidery, tagged A Crazy World, CQ, crazy quilting, Embroidery, hand embroidery, leather, needlework, paintsticks, turtle on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I wasn’t totaly happy with the turtle from my last post. With all of the detail of the leather shell, the simply stitched head and feet just looked wrong. Wasn’t sure how to go about fixing it and then I remembered I had some extremely soft beige leather, but it was the wrong color. How [...]






