StitchInTime’s Entry - Heart Strings Quilt
What is it and for whom (if applicable)
This is a smallish (40” square) quilt for Project Linus. I thought it suitable for this Valentine challenge as it is a heart, it is made with fabrics I love (Liberty designs), it has lots of hearts worked into it, and it will go to someone in need of a quilty hug.
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Pattern used (commercial or self-drafted, anything goes)
This is based on a common design to make a heart using squares and half square triangles.
Fabrics used, new techniques learned
The strings were cut from FQs of Liberty quilting cotton. I got a FQ bundle when these fabrics first came out several years ago and decided I needed to use them rather than leave them sitting in my stash. The cream background is from low volume fabrics that I been adding to my stash over several months. The backing and binding have been maturing in my stash for a good few years. Some fabrics may be old, but the HSTs were made using string piecing on to a paper backing, a technique I’d not tried before.
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A short description on how you made it, any problems overcome etc.
The quilt is made from 16 string-pieced squares, some a single colour and some two-coloured. I didn’t get my calculations quite right when working out what size strings to cut so I had to insert narrow strings to get full coverage. I quilted it with a free motion meander with heart shaped motifs. The pink thread I used for the heart was too good a match for some of the strings and I struggled to see the quilting in places. The binding is machine stitched as I think it is more suitable for a quilt that hopefully will get lots of use and washing.
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