Filament fun continues

I am still playing with threads on various sample blocks. This weekend I finished another four blocks and went back and added some extra embellishment to a couple of the original blocks. There are still another 4 blocks to go. I am now a week behind with my homework Two of the blocks were supposed to be bobbin work. I ordered a spare bobbin case on ebay, for the express purpose of doing bobbin work. It arrived last week and I was ready to play this weekend. Unfortunately it doesn’t work in my machine. I can sew about 2 inches, then it goes clunk and the top thread breaks
Here are the first two blocks which were made using two different methods of machine appliqué. The first block is sewn onto fusible interfacing and then ironed onto the background fabric and stitched down with invisible thread:

The second was using reverse appliqué, which I preferred because the results are less bulky.

Here’s a detail: (Don’t look too closely at the free motion quilting – still practising)

The next block was fun to make. The network of threads is made by sewing over Solvy, which is then dissolved in warm water to leave a spider’s web of thread connecting the inside shape to the outer frame of the block. (There is no fabric – just the thread web.) This was to have been using thicker thread and bobbin work, but I just used normal thread so as not to mess too much with my only functioning bobbin case. The results were fine anyway.

And a detail:

And finally some more embellishment. The small square (top left) and the large L-shaped area (bottom right) have “Wonder Under” that has been painted with fabric paint, ironed on and then gold foil ironed on top.