Summersville Saturday: Blocks 5 - 8

Last week I shared the first four embroidered blocks from my Summersville quilt and a bit about the idea behind the quilt.  From now on, I hope that these posts will be short(ish) and sweet, with mainly photos of the next four blocks and not too much waffle.  (Hmmm, we'll see if I'm capable of that...)

Block five:

Satin stitch bus windows, detached stitches for the wheels (alternating in two colours round the tyre), detached fly stitch round the houses, a colonial knot for the door handle and back stitch for everything else.

Block six:

All back stitch.

Block seven:

Simple vertical (detached) stitches for the grass, back stitch for everything else.

Block eight:

Back stitch for everything.

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Archie loves his treat ball and vibrates with excitement when I get it out, which makes it difficult to get a clear photo of him with it!  These were taken on the evening of Christmas Day:

Please may I have it back?  I'm sorry I keep knocking tree ornaments off with my tail.

It's just gone behind here, you don't mind if I squeeze through and get it, do you?

Oops, it's gone even further behind!  I won't be a minute...  (That blur is his tail!)

Thanks for popping in, I hope you're having a good weekend!