Wilma has also sewn some lace around the edges of her cross stitching. Thanks so much for sharing your Wish Quilt with us, Wilma. One more jolly good idea from one of my retreat classes- This is part of the Gift Quilt- and I was demonstrating how you could use coloured pencils with the stitching to get a completely different look, rather than using the stitching by itself. The coloured pencils I use are Inktense pencils by Derwent, obtainable at most craft/art stores or online. To be really sure the pencils stay happily on the fabric - coat with a wash of Textile Medium and let dry. Usually it's enough to iron the colouring in place- but the textile medium just gives a bit of extra assurance. Have a play around with the pencils on some scraps of fabric before                                  colouring your stitching. Here's the next section of the Wish Quilt- the rest of Block Four-       pages 22 and 23. Well my little Christmasaholic heart is beating pretty wildly after all that Christmas gorgeousness. I love SJVH beautiful seasonal decorating on her dresser.My dresser is home to all my frosty friends each hristmas.All your designs are just wonderful.I loved it all. Thanks once again for the next BOM design, I have stitched 4 of them so far but not yet pieced them into blocks. They are so much fun to stitch. Your ads are much more enjoyable than TV ones! My mind wanders with TV ads but I really like