I've continued to add diagonal rows of hearts to Holi's underskirt. In order to anchor the nylon perle and Trabizond silk perles I'm using for the hearts, I started putting the tent stitches (yellow Splendor floss) around each row. That seems to hold the slippery nylon threads better. By the way, the purple heart on the right which isn't done yet is a hand dyed thread Odette sent me from South Africa. It's a very nice nylon perle, dyed an intense purple, that is even easier to work with than my Patina. I have to double it, as it is around the size of #12 perle, but I do like it a lot. The thread is from House of Embroidery and the label says is it rayon and 100% Viscoss. The color is #34 Lavender. Here is their website.
http://www.houseofembroidery.com/h_page.asp
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