Highmtn, The instructions I started to write turned into a short story, so please be patient and I will try for a tutorial with pictures. I have to get my sewing table cleared off! I have been away from it for over 3 years and it is piled up! Be patient with me and I will give you the techniques I used.

OHHHHH BOYYYYYYYYY...... Thank you thank you!!! **doing my happy pants dance** I BE VWERY VWERYYYYYYYY PATIENT! All GOOD THINGS are worth waiting for!!!

You could do it in increments so you don't have to stress out. Like give us a heads up on a basic supplies list so we can scurry around getting things pulled together for a couple weeks. I might have to dig halfway to China to locate my beading supplies. My house burned up 8 yrs ago, and so often I go looking for things only to have to accept the fact that they MUST have gone up in smoke.

I hear you on the sewing table turning into a catch all. The only time mine is NOT a catch all is when it's in use, and when I need to USE it I have do clear it off almost every time....Grrrrrrrr@ me!

Thank you SOOOO MUCH KastleKitty!!! .

ARE YOU GOOD OR WHAT ? LOVE THEM.

KK

My computer is giving me the email notices out of sync. I see you already wrote back. Thank you... and "we dun worry 'bout no "stinkin' quilting police"...lol

It's your creativity and fearless approach to "coloring outside the lines" that I feel makes your work STAND OUT. Sooooo unique and full of life.

Don't change ANYTHING!

I'm going to go pin a quilt... so.. I'll be quiet now.

Huggies and THANKS AGAIN!!
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Or the name of a book to get us started, your work is just great.

WOW! AMAZING! Absolutely gorgeous handwork! Congrats! I love your work and colors! I'd love to put the final pieces of a garment! Congrats! A big hug!

I am terribly sorry to hear about your house burning! It is always of most import that people aren't hurt, but the loss of so many articles that carry sentiment can be disheartening! I went through a divorce and before it was over my DH (Dreadful Husband! :-D :-D :-D ) destroyed some of my things. I hope you are all laughing LOL LOL LOL I am kind of new to this format and didn't know all the abbreviations everybody uses. Merry sent me a link to a cheat sheet. Every time I see the reference to a "DH" I have to laugh! Mine turned out not to be dear but rather to be dreadful! LOL LOL LOL Same initials! This has been years past and I still feel sad about the "stuff" I lost. We all live and learn.

Beautiful work !!! :thumbup:

What beautiful work!

Beautiful...

Sandra, I really did not get it from a book. I have a background in clothing construction. And when I started applique I didn't know what the standard techniques for applique were, so I had to improvise from past clothing construction experience. I am working on pictures and instructions for anything that is different. Plus I have a little bit of an art background too.

Lilrain, I am attaching photos of the gingko stamp. I bought all of these foam pieces for $1 each at a local discount store. The purple one has an interesting texture that might add surface interest if using a stamp pad. I have not used it yet obviously. The pink one (for pool use) has those two slots that look like a good stamp in and of themselves. Plus this one I used with T-pins for an assortment of different crafts. See the pin marks all over the center area.

Green one: First I outlined a real gingko leaf on it and roughly cut around it. I used an old kitchen paring knife to cut the more detailed shape. My paring knife was smooth. I think a serrated knife would work better but I do not have one in my crafting tools. It is not a real easy job to cut the foam board and you should be careful not to cut yourself in the process. But even though, it only took about 10 minutes.

I painted with ordinary craft paint in shades of green and gold directly onto the face of the stamp each time I stamped. I blended the two colors together on the stamp itself arbitrarily. And the coating was not very heavy. You can see the grain of the fabric still. I was trying to avoid that plastic look from acrylic paint. I did not know that there were additives that could be mixed with the paint at the time. I did this several years ago, and I live in a one horse town with very little shopping! And I don't get out much! LOL I apologize when the hick in me comes through! LOL Now I would try a little textile medium with it.

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Fantastic work. Really beautiful stuff. Well done and thanks for showing it.

Thank you so much for sharing! Your work is so beautiful!

Thank you!

WOW!!! Beautiful!!

I think this is the most beautiful hand embroidery work with embelishment I've seen.

Please tell me where do you find your inspiration to create such divine work. I am creating "in my head" a crazy quilt and wanted something I didn't know what it was but it is something like you have done- thanks for materializing what was just a thought in my mind that I though didn't exist.

Please please show us more of your work.

I belong to your fun club from now on!

I am absolutely amazed at your dandelion. Well done!

I'm not Merry...lol...but your work is stunning! I belong to a group that does Brazilian embroidery...and your work looks a lot like it! Very nice!
K

Thank you for your lovely comments! It is greatly appreciated! Kitty

Extraordinary :!: :!: :!:

Thanks for sharing with all of us. Your work is beautiful!

Leakus, Thank you for the compliments. I look to nature but I think most quilters do. I love crazy quilting too! I have never done it, but there are so many beautiful examples on the internet. The idea of all the hand embroidery is what makes it so appealing. I really like hand work, but I don't think I could hand piece a quilt! I would have to go to the machine for that. Kitty

someone really likes hand work and I really love seeing it.

Beautiful....can't wait to see finished quilt!

How breath taking. Very beautiful.

So beautiful! You are just bursting with talent!

Wow! What beautiful work you did. Really awesome!

I am blown away with your work!!!

beautiful embellishments. i love the look. sue

Like everyone has posted, your beading and applique are beautiful. So much talent. Do you have art training? Did you have formal classes?

I, too, am looking forward to seeing your tutorial but I am like really sure that there is no way that I could do anything like this - if it involves painting, finding all these beads, I can't imagine being successful.

Your work is at the master level. Beautiful. (I am at Parkersburg, WV) I can only enjoy "weeds" and "herbs" as the deer eat everything - lost all geraniums and roses last night.

Really really beautiful work.

Your work is absolutely fantastic. I love anything that is embellished with embroidery and beads.

Thanks so much for sharing the pictures of your beautiful work. Your stitches are so perfectly placed--I'm just amazed. I've done some embellishment on wool applique, but nothing that is close to being this beautiful. I am so looking forward to the information on the process.

Your work is amazing. I love it :thumbup:

Your work is just beautiful.

WOW!!! Nice work. I think I love the Gingko leaves the best, but then it's hard to pick a fovorite. They are all great.

You speak my language. Beautiful one of a kind work.

Wow! Wow! Double WOW!!! Your work is so lovely! Makes me want to try something like that! What an inspiration. Thanks for sharing with all of us!