Exchange Blocks

In the modern quilt block exchange through Four Winds Quilting, the block was very easy this time.  The requestor provided the red and the white center fabric.  We just had to sew in some blue fabric from our stash.

For August, for the Yellowstone Valley Quilt Guild, one of the blocks requested was a rocking horse in any format and any size.  My plan all along was to embroider a rocking horse but I did not know when I was going to have time to do that.  It all worked out because I was sick one day and was allowed to sit around and watch movies.  I also embroidered this rocking horse.

I searched the internet for a children's coloring page of a rocking horse.  This is the graphic I selected.  I used color crayons to shade in the saddle, mane, tail, bridle, and rocking device.  Then I embroidered.  I used the stem stitch to do the embroidery.  That was the first time I had used the stem stitch.  I have some questions about the stem stitch now that I have done it once.  I was planning to ask one of the ladies at quilt guild but the lady that I wanted to ask was not at the meeting in August.  I will just stalk her in September . . .