Robbie Porter Payne Day On My Blog

Robbie does amazing beading. She worked on this squirrel for at least two years. It was beaded and she has a system for putting it on a background.

I am sharing this closeup of this piece so you can see the dyed background, the machine quilting and the hand embroidery. She LOVES doing handwork.

She is currently taking a year long online class. She had so many examples to share with us. These are just a few. They are done with paper, paint and dye. She is making her own stencils and making compositions with the papers.

You can see Robbie's blog here: https://robbiespawprints.blogspot.com/

I am so fortunate to have such talented and creative friends.

My Favorite Quilt Blocks

I said I’d show close ups of some of the blocks when I shared the entire quilt. These are some of my favorite blocks. You also can see the quilting detail so much better on them.

I enjoyed doing a little embroidery on this block. Appliqueing the birds was a challenge as they were so tiny.

This beehive block also allowed me to do some hand embroidery.  There was just enough embroidery on this quilt to make it enjoyable.

This block had a lot of tiny applique pieces. By the time I got to this one my applique skills were back on track.
These are only 4 of the nine blocks in the quilt. They are also the most complex.
You can click on each block to see them enlarged. This will also allow you to see the quilting stitches better.