Hearts Multiplying

I played a bit more with this, adding ragged edges, more silk fibres and introducing it to silk gauze and velvets: But then another heart insisted on nestling here:

And was joined by one more and a bit of silk organza ruffle on the edge. The silks are dry felted in, with a machine.

And here is the back of what has become a journal cover - my shibori rabbit moon.

Today I was finishing putting Easter decorations about and I saw this table runner I made two years ago but realized I had never quilted. So I echoed the flowers with pink and purple variegated thread and I like how the back, which is made from identical fabric, ended up with what remind me of stitched shadows, intersecting the flowers.

Heart of Hearts

A heart of silk can be a glowing heart: I dreamed of hearts in this configuration earlier in the week and thought they might work felted in amongst wool:

But I decided I prefer the felt on it's own.

So I put the silk hearts back on their original base to see what wants to happen next.

Heart Surprise

I was making a birthday card for a friend, planning to put a photo on the front, when my eye was caught by silk I recently dyed and when I saw there was a heart in it, I knew it was meant to be...