Edythe Anne's Heart - part 2

It's moving along. The basic heart is now complete (with a few personal modifications) and I am adding the "bling". My favorite part of the whole process so far has been ........

the flower

My most useful ... could not do the project without ...... tool has been my beading needle. I'm about going cross eyed doing all my "just because I can" beading but it will be worth the effort.

Edythe Anne's Heart - all thumbs

Edythe Anne sent me the PDF pattern and kit to make one of her hearts. (One of the gifts I won at OWOH 2011). I'm trying to make it but I confess I am all thumbs. Trying to hold batting in place round the wire heart form and hand sew fabric at the same time just got me frustrated. Sooooo I rethought the process.

I cut some narrow strips of batting and wrapped them round the heart form. I cut a longer piece of fabric, folded it to find the center, and starting at the top of the heart I am working my way round to the bottom. Instead of trying to hold everything together as I sew I have pinned everything down. Now I can spend some time getting my hand stitching done without getting frustrated :) Since my heart might be getting viewed from the back all the fancy bits are going to be stitched on top of the seam.