Magic Garden Gnome Wool Applique - Show your progress here!

[Susanne M.]

Finished and ready to give to my granddaughter.

[Helen W.]

Gayle, Love your bird version of the magic garden. Your stitching looks great. the beads on the edge
with the blanket stitch is very creative. Great job. Love seeing the pictures and being able to zoom
in close to see the hand embroidery. HelenW

[JANET E.]

I'm not sure if I will add anymore embroidery.

[Gayle J.]

I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license and made as a chick. The colours grew on me. Note that I finished the outer edges with a blanket stitch and glass beads. I enjoy working with wool, hand embroidery and embellishment so much. Thank you for the design and the wool kit.

[Helen W.]

Happy 4th of July all you American quilters. Have a great weekend Alex. HelenW

[Susanne M.]

Thank you Helen. For each braid, I cut 15 long strands of perle cotton and stitched them through a chain stitch on each side of Gnomette’s face. It took up about 1/4”, 3 chains. After I made the braid, I took a few stitches on the underside to hold the braid down.

[Helen W.]

Great Job Susanne. Love your selection of hand embroidery stitch placement. What did you do to
make the pigtails on the Ghome girl? Very cute. HelenW

[Susanne M.]

Gnomette is happy in her Magic Garden. Though I used mostly shot cottons, I have the yellow wool for the back. For now, I used temporary binding to protect the outside edge. Thank you Alex!

[JANET E.]

I have only made small changes to the original pattern. I was surprised how great the accents in the circles looks.

[Carole B.]

Do you draw your ideas out on paper first for the embroidery or just play add on and make it up as you go. Absolutely love your work.
HelenW

Thanks! No preplanning of embellishing. Just wing it!

[Helen W.]

Thanks for your kind words and posting your woven circle pictures. I went back to your quilt HOME in
the featured quilts section and zoomed in as much as possible. Do you draw your ideas out on paper
first for the embroidery or just play add on and make it up as you go. Absolutely love your work.
HelenW

[Carole B.]

Well done, Helen! You go girl!!!

[Carole B.]

Sharing the photos I provided to Alex that she shared on today’s show (6/10). These were from my Home quilt which was the 2021 TQS BOM by Wendy Williams that I did in wool where I used the whipped woven circle she demonstrated. More details provided with each picture. Take your time when stitching and enjoy the process!

[Helen W.]

THANK YOU ALEX ANDERSON for a fun project. Got mine Done! The really
big thank you is for getting me hooked on hand embroidery. I never even liked
the look of most hand embroidery until I started dabbling with stitches using the
thicker threads and the stitches you have shown on you Lives videos. Now I am adding them to everything. Look at the butterfly border
that I designed for my version of Pick a Petal. The actual butterfly shapes came
from Catherine Redfords book, Butterfly Stitches. It is alway fun to play along
when you have a project. HelenW

[Helen W.]

All done except the square up, binding, sleeve and label. It has been fun.
I added some beads to the small mushrooms. Did grid 1 inch square quilting
with avocado green Invisifil thread. HelenW