I love how pretty these two pieces look together. 🥰💙🩷

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For this embellishment I took three colours of rick rack and wove a tiny mat.
Then added the daisies & ribbon butterfly. 🥰👏💙💛

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So many details on this corner, of my Brown & Red mini quilt! 👏
My favourites are the tiny prairie points, fabric covered button on the lace ruff, the red rick rack as a frame & the column of flower buttons!! 🥰🤎❤️

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Using some lovely blue & white fabric motifs, I made a feature of them, on this mini quilt.
I added lace accents, decorated buttons, and ribbon roses, to fill the vase. 👏🤩💙💛

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Two more ways I’ve created embellishments:
The left one is green lace, back to back & slightly overlapped, to make a line for the cross-stitching.
The right one is a band of fabric, with scalloped blanket stitches and buttons.

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Speaking of details…
I added the beads & mini tassel* to the velvet fan; and used a variety of fancy fabrics for the cluster of flowers. 👏😍🩵🩷
*made with two repurposed belt loops, from a dress. 😁

[Let’s Play Teal & Rose mini quilt, 2025]

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Charming polka dot rick rack frame, made by adding French Knots! 🪡🥰💚🩷

[Let’s Play Green & Pink mini quilt, 2025]

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Using fabric with texture can add a lot to #appliqué.
I made this teddy bear using terry cloth, for its fuzzy coat. 👏🥰 🧸
[Let’s Play Blue & Purple mini quilt, 2025]

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Another way I’ve used seam binding to add a decorative detail to a quilt, was stitching a daisy trim on top, and then taking a stitch to scallop the binding around the flowers. 🪡🧵
[Let’s Play Blue & Yellow mini quilt, 2025]

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Pretty embellishing details, can add so much to a quilt. 🪡🧵
For this one, I used teal seam binding along the edge and embroidered it with a feather stitch, and pink French Knots as the rose buds.
[Let’s Play Teal & Rose mini quilt, 2025]
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I’ve enjoyed coming up with many different embellishments for this quilt.
These include yo-yos (Suffolk Puffs) made with special fabrics, like taffeta, looking extra pretty with a vintage button. 🥰👏🤩

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This is one of my favourite fabrics I have!
The sweet tiny blue flowers & butterflies… 👏🥰
It’s why it’s been included on this quilt, featured in one of the folded frame pieces.

Almost done! 😊🪡🧵

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The Blue Buttons card, with more of my favourite vintage buttons. 🥰🪡🧵

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Some tiny wool circles + beads =
A pretty cluster of flowers! ☺️👏🪡🧵

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Another piece for my quilt.
I got very lucky 🍀 with the spacing of the cross-stitch border, working out just right – as if I planned it! ☺️🙏
I had a plan B, if it hadn’t worked out…but I’m chuffed that it did. 👏🪡🧵

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The pink Button Card is complete.
Some of my favourite vintage buttons. 🥰

Happy weekend stitching! 🤗🪡🧵

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It really is playing and trying things out, that have given me some of my favourite embellishing ideas.
I was trying out how I wanted to place these ribbon roses, and I adore 🥰 this ‘wreath’ layout! 🪡🧵

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