Side #4 Complete CQJP 2023

 That big center flower is made by folding at least 15 - 2" of a 13mm silk ribbon in 1/3's 

stringing them together daisy style and tacking them down.

I cut a small circle of felt and tacked it down with that blue stamen stitch and then covered it with beads.

 I added a few buttonhole stitch leaves to that vine and Voila! 

Bare spot taken care of

Here's the block all done and mounted

When I mounted this I ended up having to remove a few beads as they had wandered to the backside, when I wrapped the edges over my template

I generally start out with a basic size in mind but this time I had to make it a tech smaller than the original

and so over-shot the edges, whups

It fits perfectly on 2 sides
not so much on the others

This is what the backside looks like

Its the perfect use for all those political and advertising mailers you get a crapton of (actual scientific measurement, not to be confused with shiton) 

Eventually I will do this with whatever is going to be the inside and the bottom of the box and maybe a top cover 

I haven't decided yet 

I will then glue all that together, sew up the sides then overlay that with piping of some kind of gimp or ribbon 

Here are three sides done and mounted so far