The photo on this block was taken at the beach and as we lived in a beach town, mum still does, although it is no longer the sleepy little town of my childhood, I thought that it would be fun to continue the beach theme into the embroidery.
  This shell which is apart of my
day 76 detail, was my starting point, I drew it, modified it and decided on an arrangement in my visual journal (I think that you can see the next seam growing above the shell on the far right)…I poked holes in a piece of cardboard to make a template which makes any circular design easier to stitch…The top of the shell has a straight stitch down the middle with buttonhole stitch either side and fly stitches make the shape at the bottom. I like the way the varigated thread coloured the shells
  and with these 2 blocks I have pieced half the blocks that I need and have lots of seams to work on.
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