In the new quilt, Jewels in Batiks, I realized at the end that the center of the light squares needed a little pizazz. Since the quilting looked like a flower, it made sense there would be a center. I thought of the Bedazzler Stone Styler I had purchased but not used yet, and my small collection of jewels. It took a while to find them all--part of it here, part of it there!I had used the jewels before but just with an iron--which does work. It is much easier with the Stone Styler however because the tips which are included fit the size of the jewels you are using. So you just vertically set it over a jewel, pick it up, let it heat for several seconds, then set it down vertically where you want it and hold for about 15 seconds. The jewels won't come off!
In the top photo you see I matched the jewel color to the block color. Last night with the light on overhead, some of the jewels looked like they were lit--kind of like tiny Christmas lights inserted from behind! A serendipitous ending to this quilt!
I'd been wanting to try jewels but was wondering if they would fall off in time. I'm thinking I might try it now. Love your quilts.
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