Thursday, February 23, 2012

TAST Week 8

A member of a small, private email list of quilters that I belong to had a stroke a couple of weeks ago. We and other quilter friends of hers are having a "block shower" for her and sending her blocks to cheer her up while she is going through all kinds of therapy. The rules are to make hearts and/or elephants (she collects anything elephant),  use a cream background and make the block either 6, 9, or 12 inches. I have images that I downloaded some years ago of many old and public domain embroidery patterns. I found this cute elephant. Isn't it adorable? The block is 9 inches.
 
When Sharon announced the TAST Week 8 a few days ago, I had just finished the flowers, which, incidentally, use last week's lazy daisy/detached chain stitch. So, when I saw that this week's TAST is chain stitch, I decided to stitch the elephant with it, rather than a plain stem stitch. The background is unbleached muslin.


Enjoy!

Debbie
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10 comments:

  1. Kathy24 February, 2012 00:23

    A cute, well stitched, and cheerful elephant! Such a wonderful gift!

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  2. Unknown24 February, 2012 01:13

    so adorable. got your package today. Thanx a bunch. you are a gem!

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  3. Kathleen24 February, 2012 02:41

    IT is so cute. Great job. Kathy
    http://kathysnest32.wordpress.com/

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  4. Allie24 February, 2012 05:12

    Darling idea, darling elephant, great stitching!!! That should cheer her up a lot, Debbie!

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  5. Sam and Gail24 February, 2012 06:44

    Sweet little guy! I think chain stitch was a good choice since it is a little bolder -- he pops right off the fabric. I hope your friend recovers well.
    Gail

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  6. Susan24 February, 2012 06:44

    How adorable!

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  7. Deepa 24 February, 2012 09:08

    That's a cutie pie!!He brought a smile to my face :)
    I love those flowers and the colors too..This must have really cheered her up.Very thoughtful!!

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  8. Annet26 February, 2012 19:22

    Such a cute elephant.

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  9. Henya27 February, 2012 21:30

    What a cute elephant! Funny, but after Purim I am planing to knit a fuzzy pink one.

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  10. Debbie05 March, 2012 04:26

    I'd like to thank Kathy, Kathleen, Susan, and Annet for their kind replies. I prefer to reply privately to everyone's comments, but I can't do that if they are a no-reply blogger (meaning that they have no email in their profile) and they don't put an email address in their comment.

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