Expanding what stitchers have done....

Since I had just posted about adding to blocks after they come home this fits right in... I use this technique often when I work on returned blocks that I would like more "encrusted" and don't want  to change the look of the block..  I try to expand what the stitchers have done...

This little 6" block was stitched for me by Cathy LaBath in a "Seams Only" RR last winter.. Cathy's seams sorta morphed into motifs..and I love them. By the very nature of the RR there were some open areas in the bottom patches....  I have something special planned for this piece and wanted those areas filled in with some surface texture... more encrusted...

I chose to use what Cathy had done and just add more of it to fill in...  I matched the thread the best I could and am happy with the result.