Ta Da – I finally finished my contribution to Gerry’s Heart I Round Robin crazy quilt block. Her block was really lovely, and I didn’t work on it for the longest time. I managed to get an extremely painful knee bruise. It’s been a long 5 weeks, and I’m thankful to share with everyone that I’m feeling much better. I happily worked on her block this past week:
The first thing I did was add some trim to the pink velvet ribbon and embroider a beaded feather stitch heart towards the bottom of the block. I just love using beads and thought that light pink shade looked good against the green silk fabric.
The heart button was already on the block, and I added an antique white button next it by stacking a gold metal heart bead on top of it, then a Cloisonne button to fill in the corner. I also added pink pearl seed beads around the silkie.
I liked the gold metal heart beads, so added them to the lace that is in the middle and wanted to make the lace edge a bit more substantial – to balance the metal beads. I blended 3 strands of DMC 4170 with 2 strands of DMC 4110 to create a nice variegated look for a twisted chain stitch edging.
Next was the appliqued heart on the left. I used some pink silk fabric and sewed it in place with an interlaced chain stitch edging using antique gold Knit Crosheen as the base fabric and 3 strands of DMC floss. I “auditioned” 4 other thread combos before I found one I liked. Seed beads and some leaf beads were added along with the embroidery at the top to create a Victorian style heart.
Last but not least was a rayon heart I made on my embroidery machine for the center block. I didn’t bead it as I like seeing the lacy pattern. Gerry really likes the encrusted look though, so something tells me beads or silk ribbon embroidery will be added to that little heart eventually. 
Grand total of hearts added to Gerry’s block? 8 and I enjoyed adding each and every one of them. I hope Gerry will like what I added to her block, and I can’t wait till mine comes home. I’ll share pictures of that when it arrives.
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