Even though I had a nasty cold, I could concentrate on free-stitchery so I managed to get two pieces done so far this week.

First was my approach to the TAST stitch 61 - the Up-and-Down Feathered Buttonhole Stitch:

I even attempted a beaded version on my April Crazy Quilt Journal Project block:


And speaking of the April Crazy Quilt Journal block, here it is...



Not exactly "encrusted" like in that class I took on Encrusted Crazy Quilting but it is more in the style of the previous three blocks in this series so I will let it be...