Pink Spider Roses for Pink Saturday

Today for Pink Saturday I am showing you these Spider Web silk ribbon embroidered roses (also known as the woven rose). This is the first item I embroidered using silk ribbon. It is such an easy technique. I also found a technique using perle cotton instead of silk ribbon for an entirely different look. I used these roses on a pin cushion.

Here is an excellent tutorial for you on making these quick and easy roses that make beautiful embellishments:

SPIDER ROSE TUTORIAL

QUOTE:

"As lovely as soft bits of fragile crinkled silk,
These rosy blossoms, clustered thick
Upon the heavy drooping boughs,
When shaken by a summer wind,
Drop down in swirling showers,
And drift awhile about the ground;
Then gathered into frothy heaps beneath the hedge,
They spread a frill of rosy lace around the green lawns edge."
~ Leda Clements, Crape Myrtle

HAVE A WONDERFUL PINK SATURDAY EVERYONE!

New Crazy Patch Block Completed

I added the last beads and embellishments to my latest crazy patch block...I tried to adhere to the pink, blue and teal colors.

I really enjoy this CQ work as I can use my crocheting (pink rose), tatting (pink butterfly), embroidery and beading all in the same project. Of course I needle tatted these motifs last summer and I now need a 'refresher' course. I watched the tutorial on needle tatting and found it excellent.