Quilt Block Swap for July

I got my quilt blocks in the mail yesterday. They are beautifully done. It looks like Dorie did it all by hand stitching. Dorie, that is an amazing amount of work. I'd like to learn how to do that. Do you, or any one else have any reference books for hand sewing/embroidery that you could not live without?

Dorie hasn't received mine yet, so I will wait to post them.


You can click on the photos to see them bigger. The colors are pretty accurate as I took the photos outside today.