Foundational Joy & Grow Your Blog

center 2 fabrics "perfect coffee" by remarkablysew

first, please register by January 15 for the Grow your Blog winter party, everyone (it is INTERNATIONAL) is welcomed ~ blog party will be January 25, but you must register by January 15, 2014 to be added to the blog list. Come along on the 25th & meet some new people and new-to-you blogs, even without registering!
thank you to Anneliese for posting ~

Now for the foundational joy! -  work has begun on the crazy quilt journal project for 2014 ....
 having learned from the  
participants in CQJP2013, thank you  Margaret :) , that making the 12 blocks at the beginning helps a lot ...


 I searched for a foundation upon which to start building the blocks... I have fabric but lacked a foundation, a base of colors, shades, etc......

Joy when I found RemarkablySew !
I purchased  8 step gradations of hand dyed cotton squares in coffee...and received the lovely package of neatly cut, pressed, washed and hand dyed fabric...
 all ready to SEW! 


A foundation of colors and piecing right in hand! ♥♥♥ Their selection of hand dyed fabric is beautiful  and wonderful to build upon for a quilt, crazy quilt, textile art - :D  They have all colors, and lovely batik too...& die cut/pre cuts!



What a difference having these pretty squares, all cut, washed, beautifully hand-dyed, has made  - I can begin working from a steady foundation, and it has helped me focus on the task at hand; having a view of the future (completion at the end of the year), and a view of the blocks  as they are embroidered and illustrated one by one over the coming weeks and months... stay tuned :)



For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.  1 corinthians 3:11
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. isaiah 48:13

Web Secrets - TAST 37

stronger than Kevlar

This week's TAST stitch is the Pistil stitch - and it reminded me of........

a spider's web -  so I stitched this little piece using the pistil stitch for every part - the twigs and little buds too.....

Real spider's webs are incredible, and amazing -  and  spiders, capable of such astounding chemical and scientific processes, did not evolve from slime ...any more than my stitching did.
They were created and designed :)

Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, [unto thee] do we give thanks: for [that] thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. Psalm 75:1

the Pistil Stitch is one of many stitches I have learned by participating in the Take A Stitch Tuesday Challenge, hosted by sharon b. at pintangle  It is great for all levels of embroiderers, even beginners (like me )! So come along!

and thank you for visiting!