Sarma's forest themed round robin block was a lot of fun to work on - had to think about this one but once I got going there was so much more I wanted to do! I could see stitching toadstools and blackwork trees but by the time I was done all that the whole block would have been filled and I'm only the second one to stitch on it. This is where the block is as I am mailing it on now and below you can see what I ended up stitching.
The first thing I did on the block was the strawberry plant because I could envision stopping to pick wild berries on the walk through the woods. The seam above is just some flower trim I added. The seam to the right is a buttonhole stitch with detached chain leaves and small flowers. I love these little jewelry spacers for attaching with a small bead to make flowers.
In this photo you can just see the corner of a black lace motif. Sarma said she added it there next to the blue velvet as a bit of plant that had gone black and waterlogged. I loved that idea and added more to the velvet to carry on the water theme: a couple buttonhole stitch lilypads and a frog charm. I made silk ribbon cattails to cover the seam on the right.
I embroidered this little fox sitting in front of his den in Sarma's woods. He took me the most time to do and I just have to send the block on now because of the time it took me. I had so many more ideas!
Thank you to Sarma for letting me work on her block and for providing such a wonderful theme!
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