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| CQI Heart DYB Round Robin - Tahlia's block embellished by Renee |
Schools of fish in two variegated shades of DMC floss created a bit more movement within the block. A small jellyfish and some coral - created with French knots in a third shade of variegated DMC floss - completed the motifs within the heart. The seams were created with a buttonhole stitch on one side and a feather stitch on the other. Mill Hill Petite Glass Beads dressed up the seams.
The heart was framed using light blue size 10/0 seed beads, a size 26 tapestry needle, and size 8 blue perle cotton for a beaded linked chain stitch.
Tahlia mentioned her blocks would be used in a friendship quilt and she would love a signature block. I tried to stitch my name in black along the bottom, but it simply did not show up at all - even in great lighting. So, I tore that out and started over. I decided to try to make a snail trail along the ocean floor with my name and the city I live in. (The snail was inspired by directions in Diana Lampe's book, Embroidery for All Seasons.)
I added more coral (using the 2 shades of floss used for the fish in the heart), a sandy ocean floor and a variety of starfish to complete the block. I contemplated adding more fish on the black fabric for a more encrusted look, and adding waves along the top section, but I feared it would detract too much from the central heart.
I do hope Tahlia likes her block! I truly enjoyed working on it.
It is so hard to believe this is the last rotation of our round robin. The next set of blocks I will receive will be my blocks returning home. Tomorrow, these are the lovely blocks I will be mailing home to Tahlia.
10 comments:
Love it!!!!!! You did an excellent job. :) The snail trail coming from your name is awesome. What a great idea.
The coral is great and the small blue seed beads are like bubbles. Great block, Renee!
It looks great! The way you did your name was inspired!
What a beautiful block!!
Thank you! It was the best idea I could come up with to incorporate my name.
Thank you so much! It was my first attempt at making coral with French knots, so I was a bit nervous. I do love the way it turned out. I am very thankful for learning the Beaded Link Chain Stitch through TAST for the heart border, too!
Thank you! I was more than a little nervous about how that would turn out. The addition of the starfish made it fun.
Thank you, Barb! It was so pretty, even before adding any additional stitching, that I just had to choose this one to work on.
Beautiful!!
Sorry, can't resist saying "Cool Dude" when looking at the sea turtle :)
Watching to many Pixar movies :P
Thank you! I had to think for a minute, but I think that was from "Finding Nemo"? Pixar movies are fun!
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