Sunday, January 17, 2021

Hearts are coming along!

The first ever PINK quilt!


The heart quilt is coming along well!  


The rough design started out like this. I keep
a small coil notebook labeled " Quilting Scrap" 
on my tool table.  It has a log of 
my sewing activities so I never misplace
a measurement  or musing !  It has 
really saved me remeasuring all the time!
I even jot down the location of small 
projects so they don't vanish into 
the museum of lost things!

 

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Then I cut the 4 1/2" pieces for each heart half.
What a great display of pink!





Here are the proof of  concept blocks
 on the design wall. 
They turned out well but the corner
snow ball definitely gets tiny!
I hope it is forgiving!





And then I got sewing some more hearts. 
It is always an adventure when the design 
is "organic"!




Soon , there were more!
  Now, how to put this together.



A quilt of hearts all together might 
look too congested so 
I arranged them with a gap
 for a lattice between. 
Then I went to the
 " old cd rack of cool items", 
and TADA  star blocks!


I needed a nap one day so turned on 
MSQ and saw a wonky star tutorial. 
THEY ARE ADDICTING! So
after I made a bunch, I showed my 
walking buddy , 
and she made a bunch , 
but larger!  

Hers turned into this!




I kept sewing them up and 
really had a pleasant time.  Eventually,
they turned into this wedding quilt, 
that went off to GA, USA.


But I had sewn so  many that I 
had a stack in the 
"rack of cool items"







Unfortunately , not only are they
too large for the diminutive hearts 
in progress, the backgrounds are 
stark white. 

Sewwww, off to make some beige or tan 
based heart blocks!





They are petite but oh so adorable
 as spacers 
for the heart sets. 









A plan is forming for the stars 
cascading down diagonally
 across the rows. 









Nearly there! Just to figure
 out sizes and positions . 

It shouldn't be long. 

Sew on and stay safe!




What a cute little fella!

                                 



                        This little owl keeps track of my row pins!   


                        


Flower headed pins are great for labeling
rows and ironing directions.
Just draw numbers or arrows with a sharpie!

This little weighted owl
is a perfect place to keep them!
Easy to craft:

cut three curved triangle shapes,
join , turn right sides out.
stuff, add a heavy washer ,
fold in and stitch the bottom shut.
Sew down the top point and
stitch with pearl cotton
for beak.
Add yarn or fringe
and cute button eyes!