Exactly a week ago, a lovely snail square arrived from ‘Young at Fifty‘. However, in order to include all the elements, she’d had to make the square a bit bigger than the standard ones for the Masterpiece. Over the past week, therefore, I’ve been working on creating a special part of the blanket.
I made some flowers (you may have seen some of these before):
An abundance of flowers
I crocheted a wide border around the square, so that it’s the size of four of the standard ones:
A big square
And, once it’s stitched into the blanket, I will decorate it with some of the flowers:
It will end up looking something like this
What do you think? I’m really pleased with it.
The Snail of Happiness 
davidprosser
/ February 21, 2014It looks great.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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The Snail of Happiness
/ February 21, 2014I think so too!
x hugs x
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gentlestitches
/ February 21, 2014I love her work and I particularly like her snail. It is so expressive and the flowers around it look great. I am sure she will be very happy with what you have done with it. 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ February 21, 2014I decided the snail deserved a lovely garden to inhabit (although perhaps I should have crocheted cabbages!)
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Nice piece of work
/ February 21, 2014It’s gorgeous!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ February 21, 2014I’m really pleased with the setting. It’s great how this project is encouraging me to try out new things – I had never made a flower before!
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katechiconi
/ February 21, 2014Flowers have an important place in permaculture, and I see you’ve been raising a healthy crop of them! It’s looking very formal, though, I’ve never seen a permaculture garden that didn’t sprawl in all sorts of interesting directions…
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The Snail of Happiness
/ February 21, 2014Haha – you are right… they are not stitched down yet, and I’m toying with the idea of some leaves and tendrils too!
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katechiconi
/ February 21, 2014Lovely! That’s more like it.
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nerdinthebrain
/ February 21, 2014Fantastic! I’m also struggling with making my square the appropriate size…it really wants to be 7″ by 7″. I will continue to try to make it submit to my will. 😉
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The Snail of Happiness
/ February 21, 2014I’m adaptable… it could always not have a border to make it fit (with borders they are about 7 inches).
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nerdinthebrain
/ February 21, 2014Woohoo for adapting! 😀 In that case, I have a plan… 😉
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libertycoach
/ February 21, 2014It looks wonderful x
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The Snail of Happiness
/ February 21, 2014A joint effort!
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Jacquline
/ February 21, 2014Ahhh crocheted flowers, it takes me back to my wedding. 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ February 21, 2014How lovely – I don’t like real ones unless they are growing, but crochet ones are lovely to have indoors (and don’t make me sneeze!)
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Jacquline
/ February 21, 2014I have bad allergies as well. I used knitted and crocheted flowers for my bouquets, so we could keep them forever.
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youngatfifty
/ February 23, 2014OMG this looks gorgeous !!! You have really turned my snail into a masterpiece ! The flowers are all so lovely and cant wait to see your finished blanket.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ February 23, 2014You really inspired me… all my focus was on joining squares until your snail arrived, and then I thought – what can I do with this? And the border and flowers just followed on. I’ve now made some leaves too and I shall embroider stems to give the snail a real garden to live in. Thank you, again!
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youngatfifty
/ February 23, 2014Aww leaves and flowers …what else can a snail want !! You have turned an oversize, ill fitting contribution into a central focal point of your masterpiece. Happy to be part of your creative enterprise 🙂
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