All the blues...

Earlier this week, I finished stitching the center section of my Gail Pan project from her book, Tabletop Stitcheries.

6.5 x 9.5

The project in the book is made with matching sized pieces of fabric on either side of this center and then two narrower embroidered pieces on either side of those.  I decided I wanted a scrappier look with variegated blues, to go with my variegated blue floss.  So I dug out a bunch of blues.

And I added strips of these blues all around the embroidered section - kind of log cabin style!

Now 10.5 x 13.5

Meanwhile, I am stitching up the narrower sections to go on either side of this center.  They'll be dressed up with some blue strips, too.

These will be trimmed to be 3.5 x 6.5 after I finish the embroidery.

Here's the book that the project is from - it's even the cover design!  Mine will look a lot different when finished, however.

Sharing at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.

And at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew and Tell Monday.