Debbie included a little heart she made as well as sending the heart some one else made.
What a special heart this is, with it's wonderful little bird charm and the touching word stitched on to the back.
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Back
I found out my swap partner was Michele at Nook and Cranny! Look at this gorgeous heart she sent...
What a vintage inspired treasure this heart is, it even has a little lace pocket with vintage style tags included. What a talented lady Michele is! Go check out her blog for more wonderful treasures.
I completely forgot to take a photo of the heart I sent in for the swap and the beaded heart I made as a thank you for Debbie. Here's the photo Michele took of the heart I made.
I love the lace I used on this heart and just couldn't bear to cover it up, so I did some light embellishing with thread weaving in to some of the pattern and seed beads added as well as a peyote stitched loop at the top.
I feel honored to have been included in the Heart Swap and couldn't be more thrilled with both the gorgeous hearts I received.
I have been busy stitching and beading. I am working on completely beading the little tree doll I made and my BJP for both January and February, but you'll have to wait until they are done before I'll post a photo.
I had mentioned receiving the next block in the crazy quilt round robin I am in. Lois' had asked for Flowers and Birds, so since I've been dreaming of spring and had found the perfect vintage robin motif... it all came together beautifully!
I love the Robin pair on the tree branch, it looks like he is calling out announcing "Spring is HERE!". I used stem and straight stitch to make the tree and branches, lazy daisy stitch for the tiny leaves, and started working on learning silk ribbon embroidery with the cherry blossoms(loop stitch) and buds(french knots). The ribbon is definitely more fiddly to work with than floss, but once I got the hang of handling it to prevent twist the stitching just flowed. Now I need to learn some of the more complicated looking ones!
8 comments:
Stacie,
Thanks for visiting my blog. I had to smile when you said you had forgotten to take pictures of your heart, I did the same thing. I went over to Debbie's blog and got the picture of my heart.
I love the pair of robins in your crazy quilt. I don't know anything about stitching or quilting and will leave it all up to you gals. Beautiful work!!!
Thanks for sharing.
Hugs,
Michele
Love the heart you made, letting the lace shine. Your SRE is looking mighty fine: I'm learning to do it, too!
the top one looks like it says something on the left side. what is it? the hearts are beautiful, and they really show off the lace well. i also love the bird and flowers quilt. i always get so envious of those who quilt. i could never have the patience or precision for it. happy valentine's day my friend!
I was viewing your RR block on the group. Wonderful idea and work. Don't you love it when an idea works! I like how you embellished the heart you swapped. Adding to but not taking anything away from from the lace. Gorgeous!
Absolutely beautiful...that's my comment!
How beautiful--and what wonderful hearts, too! Thanks for visiting my blog! I hope you will be back!
Sweet robins - a perfect reminder of spring (that we hope is on the way soon). All the hearts are beauties too!!
I absolutely love everything about this post, the hearts are beautiful! I'm going to check out the links, thank you!
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