All Heart - Sunday 30.1.11

I settled down tonight to a bit of needlework. It began with a session of RANDOM BEAD STRINGING.

Beading is very calming, similar to meditation. I've run the string of beads down through the hearts; attaching it to the backs. As I want all the hearts to face the same way when they hang freely, I held up the beads to allow them to spin until they stopped, prior to each heart being attached.

If they spin as the breeze swirls through Bellas' window, the back will look pretty.

The front is almost right.

STUFFING next, then final blanket stitching to close each heart.


Now....where can I find an unsuspecting stuffed toy to eviscerate? 

Dartmoor - Saturday 22.1.11

Sam had this lovely little dress of Bellas', but Bella has grown out of it - big style! 

 LIKE BABIES DO : )

These little hearts are lovely, so we decided to make a KEEPSAKE from it.

This is as far as I've managed to get, with the help of DENISE who has excelled herself this weekend.

Below, you can see us lovelies astitching these hearts in BLANKET STITCH.

Next job will be to decorate them a bit more and lightly stuff them. Then I can string them together prettily to make a window/wall hanging for her little bedroom.

Denise also made this little hat from my stock pattern. It is, I admit, a size too small for BELLAS' BIG ED!

LOL

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