Wildflower Hearts Embroidery Tote for Valentine's Day

 
I've been working all week on this project so I can enter it into the Craftsy Valentine's Day contest.  I wanted to embroider a little wildflower patch of heart flowers and I envisioned it on a zip pouch or a tote.  The tote won out since I wasn't up for a zipper project right now.    

 
I wanted to do a patchwork strip like I did on my chickadee zip pouch but wanted it to definitely be a design element on the tote so planned better on this project.  :)  I'll have this up in my Craftsy and other shops soon so you can find it if you're interested.

 
I haven't worked with silk ribbons in a while so I got them out and made some simple little flowers and a sweetheart pink needlebook.  I love Valentine's day because I can work with lots of pink.   
 
 

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Tatkis said…
Beautiful tote, and your needlebook is soooo sweet!

Hugs,
Tatyana
February 11, 2014 at 4:42 AM
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