Last night in class we got a heart pattern to make a crazy quilt block for a pillow. i am not a pillow kind of girl but i am working on a neutral crazy quilt. so i decided to make this heart the center of my quilt. our homework was to get the pieces put together and put on the lace or embellishments that were to be stitched into the seams. here is what i have so far.
This is on a 12" piece of muslin. i stitched the pieces together and hand stitched it to the muslin. i put 2 pieces of lace into seams. then i added rickrack on one seam and a ribbon on another seam. i also pinned that lacy design onto 1 piece. that is probably as far as i will go until next class (in 2 weeks), where we will be learning some new silk ribbon embroidery stitches for embellishment and other stitches.
Here are some of the blocks that i have made so far that will go with this heart.
These blocks will finish at 8" and that size doesn't 'fit' with the heart block but i am thinking i will put a crazy patch 'border' around the heart to get it to the size of 2 of these blocks. then they will fit together. although i don't intend to put other embellishments on these other than thread....so it can be washed....those little flat pearl beads just HAD to go on there. LOL
All of these blocks have the same pattern pieces...
And the plan is just to do stitching on them and not add buttons, beads, etc so it can be easily thrown in the washer. some of these stitches have been done by machine and some by hand.
The plan is for queen size....hopefully that will happen.
This is just a hand work project for evenings in the recliner. better give up reading for a bit and work on this baby.
I have a pile of fabrics that i am using on these blocks and hopefully have enough for the whole thing. if not, then Plan B will come into effect. LOL
After next class will show you the middle heart again and whatever new blocks i might have.
In the morning i am traveling to the Duck for a few days. it's been quite some time since i've been out there so looking forward to a bit of work and checking out how the yard looks since the yard guy pulled out my bushes.
Later
This is on a 12" piece of muslin. i stitched the pieces together and hand stitched it to the muslin. i put 2 pieces of lace into seams. then i added rickrack on one seam and a ribbon on another seam. i also pinned that lacy design onto 1 piece. that is probably as far as i will go until next class (in 2 weeks), where we will be learning some new silk ribbon embroidery stitches for embellishment and other stitches.
Here are some of the blocks that i have made so far that will go with this heart.
These blocks will finish at 8" and that size doesn't 'fit' with the heart block but i am thinking i will put a crazy patch 'border' around the heart to get it to the size of 2 of these blocks. then they will fit together. although i don't intend to put other embellishments on these other than thread....so it can be washed....those little flat pearl beads just HAD to go on there. LOL
All of these blocks have the same pattern pieces...
And the plan is just to do stitching on them and not add buttons, beads, etc so it can be easily thrown in the washer. some of these stitches have been done by machine and some by hand.
The plan is for queen size....hopefully that will happen.
This is just a hand work project for evenings in the recliner. better give up reading for a bit and work on this baby.
I have a pile of fabrics that i am using on these blocks and hopefully have enough for the whole thing. if not, then Plan B will come into effect. LOL
After next class will show you the middle heart again and whatever new blocks i might have.
In the morning i am traveling to the Duck for a few days. it's been quite some time since i've been out there so looking forward to a bit of work and checking out how the yard looks since the yard guy pulled out my bushes.
Later
1 comment:
Hello, found your connection from the patchwork blog. Love the blocks you're doing. Denby
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