My Block for Replacement Quilt

When I found out my friend, Lyn, was organizing one of the online groups to make a quilt for a member's aunt who had lost things in a fire I knew this was something I wanted to be part of. The original quilt was a wedding quilt and of course can never be replaced but hopefully the warm thoughts stitched into this replacement will be a comfort. Lyn pieced all the blocks of white and pink satin and she sent me the one above to work on. Easy to stitch on such a lovely canvas!
The quilt blocks are to be done in pink, white and green so I used my new found skills from one of the classes at the CQI retreat to applique a velvet pansy. I cut the petals from a piece of velvet ribbon and used buttonhole stitch to applique them to the block. I added a bit of colour to the center of the flower by using one strand of pink DMC floss and straight stitches. The finishing touch was the pale yellow beads I stitched down using Fireline.

I like button clusters and have not done one for awhile so I dug out the button box and added one. The large flower button in the center is plastic but not obviously so. There is a glass button to the right and a pink mother of pearl disc. At the top is a gold metal button and a few silver beads. All the rest are shell buttons.

To the left of the pansy I placed part of a thrift store necklace onto some lace and added a meandering silk ribbon.I am getting a bit braver with the silk ribbon embroidery and managed a motif inspired by one in A - Z of Silk Ribbon. I'm quite happy with how this one turned out.

And, last but not least, here is a photo of the entire finished block which will be heading off in the mail to Lyn on Tuesday after Thanksgiving. I hope it fits in well with the other blocks and am looking forward to seeing photos of the finished project.