Estelle’s Quilt – The Initials Block

I went through some variations of the Initials Block and finally settled on a simple embroidery of violets and vines with the initials in the middle

There are three different embroidery patterns in the design. The violets and vines which surrounds the initials is based on a design from Dainty Stitches called Heirloom Corners. When I put the four copies into the corners I decided to tweak the ends of the corners that make the left and right sides so the block is more of a rectangle than a square.

The center initial with the vines behind it comes from an alphabet set that I picked up a while back but unfortunately don’t remember where. It’s a beautiful set with twirling vines. The two letters flanking it I use just standard lettering.

The whole thing is done using a Sulky Premium 30 weight 100% cotton thread. Everything except the lettering itself are using Blendables which gives the coloring variations. It turned out a lot nicer than I thought!

The picture above is the block getting read to have the corners attached.