Heart #9
I'm working on some gift hearts for Valentine's Day. This one is a lavender sachet, filled with lavender buds I bought from Prairie Lavender Farm last summer. The mailman left the box on the porch, and when I opened the front door, the lavender aroma just about knocked me down!
Two views of the same heart:
The fabric is cotton, and the flower and leaves are wool felt. The vine and details are hand-embroidered.
oh, leslie! this heart is insanely sweet! if anything is going to bring some warmth to that coldest of months, it will be this valentine heart. the fabric, the colors and--of course--the crafting of it all is awesome. on the embroidered parts--do you mark the fabric or wing it? even that chain stitch is unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteStunning as usual - you really do keep that bar raised high Leslie!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Susan and Helen!
ReplyDeleteSusan, I do mark the embroidered vine with a pencil, but I don't use a stencil or anything, I just "eyeball" it and hope for the best! I think the stitch I used for the vine is called a stem stitch.