Dearest Heart
36” x 36”
Designed by Heidi
Pridemore
Valentine’s Day is just
around the corner. To celebrate the month of love, I designed our little lovely
quilt, “Dearest Heart”. It is perfect size for a wall hanging or table topper. So
lets celebrate the month of love with sweet projects, acts of kindness and lots
of chocolate.
This month’s project is
using the GO Mix and Match 6” Qube, GO! 6” Companion Set and Queen of Hearts
Die sets. For the collection I wanted something that was soft and pretty
without being tradition Valentine’s Day colors. Windham’s Curious Dream
collection fit the bill. The group id about Alice from Wonderland and her
“curious dream”. The color palate was perfect with soft peaches and teals. As a
bonus feature, there were hearts printed on several of the pieces making it a
perfect fir for my little quilt.
The pattern for this
month’s project is free from The Whimsical Workshop. You can download the free
pattern at www.TheWhimsicalWorkshop.com along with our past free patterns. We have also included
traditional cutting instructions for this project in the pattern too.
For the pieced block in the quilt, I
kept thing simple and used a Monkey’s Wrench Block featuring assorted dies from
the GO! Qube 6” Mix and Match dies. I added a touch of white fabric to the
quilt as the resting strip and break up the different peach and teal pieces.
For the applique
block, I useed a combination of colors and heart sizes from the Queen of Hearts
Die to add interest. The layout is centered on the Words Background square. A
nice trick for this is to fold the background square into quarters and press.
One you open the block, the center lines are pressed in and can be used a
placement guide for the hearts.
For the finishing stitch around the
hearts, I choose to use a very bright turquoise AuriFil thread that would pop
off the block. Sometime thread color can look very intense on the spool. I
recommend laying one piece of thread across the block to see how it looks. I
tried several softer colored threads but kept coming back to this lovely
turquoise. I have to say, I love the way this block came out.
Now putting it all together. For
contrast, I used the darkest Teal fabric as the sashing to work as a frame
around each lighter colored blocks. I used the peach words fabric for the
corner stones to carry the peach color to the outer areas. This creates a nice
balance of colors.
If you know me, you will know I love
Polka Dots! So for the Outer Border, I made forty-four 3” Drunkard Path blocks
and then I created a Polka Dot Border from them. I am thrilled how this came
out. I plan on using this design feature again in the future to add interest to
the borders.
Consider this my
Valentine to you. I hope you enjoy making this sweet quilt as much as I do. I would love to see what you come up with so
please send me photos of your projects!
Make sure to visit my
blog each month where I will share with you some tips and tricks on cutting and
assembling of the project of the month along with posting the free pattern on
our website The Whimsical Workshop You
can also see our pattern and post at www.accuquilt.com
Until next time…..
Heidi
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