R2C1 | R2C2 | R2C3 | R2C4
R3C1 | R3C2 | R3C3 | R3C4
R4C1 | R4C2 | R4C3 | R4C4
The hearts and various motifs are machine-appliqued using a blind-stitch and "invisible" nylon thread. There is some hand-applique in a few areas (notably, the bleeding heart block). I also added a little hand-embroidery and beading to some blocks before quilting. After adding the borders, I machine quilted it, beginning with five trapunto areas between blocks ("April" design by Hari Walner). I then outlined the hearts and added feathered borders for them, and then quilted each block following the motifs in the batiks. More fancy "April" hearts were quilted between the blocks and at the edges, then the outer block border was quilted with a continuous swirl.
It has a narrow (1/2") navy border right outside the blocks, then a wider (1-1/2") lighter border, containing the "themes" of all the different blocks. The outer border was made using 4" squares of many of the included batiks, shaded from light in the upper left corner, to dark in the lower right.
Scroll your mouse across the picture; click on a block and it will take you to a page featuring that particular block. The "heart" expression associated with each block will be at the top of the linked page. If you click anywhere within the top border you will link to a close-up of the border and quilting.
If clicking on a block doesn't work with your browser, just click on a row/column reference to the right of the picture (e.g., R1C1 is the block in row 1, column 1).
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R1C1 | R1C2 | R1C3 | R1C4 R2C1 | R2C2 | R2C3 | R2C4 R3C1 | R3C2 | R3C3 | R3C4 R4C1 | R4C2 | R4C3 | R4C4 |
