Hospital block finished.

I think this is finished??? The oya's still need the final placing and attaching as does the mop butterfly. The butterfly will have to be glued as it does not sit right with just a stitch or two in the little attaching place.
I bought the swarovski butterflies and little yellow flowers which are under the lace flower especially for this block. I absolutely love anything swarovski and they look so much nicer in person. I dyed all the ribbon and used the edged dyed ribbon that I blogged about just recently. I really like the edged dyes stuff, it give such a realistic effect. My photographic abilities leave much to be desired I can't seem to get the colours right. They look washed out and really do look nicer in person.
Barbara (on my side bar) has blogged about all the blocks so far. She also has some lovely pictures so that you can see the flow of the blocks and how the colours and theme really work together.

I have been tidying stuff!!!! bah humbug, do you make a mess when you are working? I am terrible and have stuff everywhere. I have also just recently bought a couple of cupboards which mean I have finally the space to put things away in an orderly manner. I reorganised everything a year or so back putting all ribbons and threads together by colours. It seemed like a great idea at the time but it nearly drove me mad. So, now I am putting it all back mostly the way it used to be. Not by colour but by type, like all my pearls cottons together, dmc together and silk threads together. I have also been doing my beads and bought new containers for them. I also organised them by colour and again never knew what was there. So they are now also back to be organised by type, seeds together, bugles together etc etc ad nauseum. Ah!!! I am nearly there and much happier, at least until the next reorganisation.
A group of local ladies are starting an art group this afternoon. As I live in the middle of nowhere there are not any classes as such. The organiser is an art school (UK trained) graduate, hopefully she is going to help us as I am useless at drawing but I figure it has to help the design skills or lack of thereof. I was hoping to get finished my reorganising by the, so I had beter get back to it.

Decided to take a photo of the progress on my hospital block and the first thing I noticed was the green fabric on the left...... oops it stands out like a sore thumb.

I found this lace in my stash, cut it up and have just placed it on my block at the moment as it is the same green colour as the fabric. I thought it brought some balance. What do you think?

Hospital block.
A few of us cyber friends participate in making a block for a healing quilt. Barbara of .http://rosesonthewater.blogspot.com/ and Vickie of www.ribbonsmyth.com are the organiser of the quilt. Barbara has blogged about it on her blog, (obviously, duh). This year we are using the colours of lemon/yellow, peach, ecru, green and lilac with a butterflies and spring flowers theme. This block is not pieced as yet. I wanted curves, after reading the last issues of cqmagonline with J Marsha Michler articles on hand piecing and curves I knew I really wanted to do one. I have done curves before on a block of the month that was designed by Vickie of ribbonsmyth. I really liked the curves but also the way the stitching looked. I can't explain what it is but it appeals greatly to me. The colours are a bit dull and nondescript in this photo, they are actually quite nice in real life. Allie and Jules are also blogging about their blocks, see my side bar