Here is a quilt I started for my neice (the only girl out of the 6 children my sister and I have )  so she's a little spoiled with pretty things from Nana and Aunt Amy. At any rate i started it before she was born and now that she's coming up on her 3rd birthday this April I had better pull it out and finally finish it.

It started with my first attempt at ribbon embroidery. I had no real instruction and no silk ribbon so i usd a standard 1/4" satin ribbon (white) and believe it or not a package of seam binding (coarl) and a discontinued craft ribbon from Michaels (purple) then I did a whole lot of vine/ french knot clusters in embroidery floss...and not too bad for my first try.

Add some ruching, some lace trims, a little smocking, assorted hand quilting patterns, undulated pleats and pin tucks and we get a white on white textured quilt.

Thereare a few more photos but I'll add some more to it this week and update the photos... I now have a book on silk ribbon embroidery and have drastically improved many of my fabric manipulation techniques since starting this years ago. (Perhaps why it's taking so long to finish, I almost want to undo and redo some of whats there) Must resist that urge though and settle for tweaking and adding to.

Oh and here is my picture perfect neice in her beautful red fur and siberian tiger lined coat. (Also gifts from Aunt Amy, they were part of a challenge at work where we were asked to use the fur throws in a non-traditional way)

 I still have a small piece of the siberian tiger throw which I think I will shape like a "tiger skin rug" for my son