I have participated in the Project Quilting challenges for the past several years, but this last week's challenge is the first one I've taken on for this year.
I just couldn't pass up creating something with hearts!
I think it was just a few days before Kim at Persimon Dreams announced the topic for this challenge that I received the "Love Is Scrappy" tutorial from Blair in her Wise Craft Handmade newsletter. I knew I had to make one!
The one major change I made was to make mine smaller. Blair's finished wall quilt measures in at 32" square. Mine is a mere 16" square.
Yep, that's a lotta 2" squares!
Fortunately, I had only to shop my stash for this mini quilt.
No shopping required! (Shucks!)
It was fun to lay out the scrappy squares and get a visual for the final project.
You might notice my orange strips at the top.
They are waiting to be sewn into 9-patches for the RSC project.
Sewing the tiny squares together was going just fine til I got to the
top of the heart.
I blame it on Oprah. I was listening to her podcast and got distracted.
My husband thought I was sewing a fox head.
Simple, straight line stitching for quilting the 3 layers together.
I had a fabric piece just the perfect size for the backing.
In my stash, I also had a package of bias tape that served very purposeful here!
It was a bit tricky since it was so narrow, but it worked out.
This 16" x 16" mini will be a gift for my daughter on her 30th birthday.
She celebrates on Feb. 16th, but we've always considered her a
Valentine's baby.
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