Love You to Pieces

First things first

THANK YOU!!!

Thank you for voting for 

Triad of Color

I was overwhelmed with all the kindness from everyone.

It's a snowy day here in the sticks.

Of course it is, I needed to take pictures of my finish for

Project Quilting

Season 6 / Challenge 4

"Have a Heart"

Project Quilting is the brainstorm of

Kim at Persimon Dreams.

A challenge is presented and you have one week to link up

a project of your interpretation of the challenge.

The Challenge:

1. Your project must include at least 12 hearts.  They can be any size and any technique.  Pieced, appliquéd, embellished, even added into the quilting or printed on the fabric will work.
2. Check out ‘Hearts for Susie’ and see why hearts aren’t just about love and valentines.  It’s about keeping your heart healthy, being aware of the signs that it’s not, and taking care of yourself and those you love.
3. Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline. Each piece must stand alone as DONE to count toward prizes.
4. Your project does not need to be a traditional quilt, but must meet at least one of these requirements:
   1. Include patchwork.
   2. Include appliqué.
   3. Have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.
5. Your project must have a name.
6. Projects must be FINISHED and LINKED UP  by Sunday, February 22nd at Noon, CST.

Love You to Pieces

a mix of modern and traditional quilting

The inspiration from this quilt came from

an article in American Quilter, November 2014

about an Overland Park, Kansas quilter

Trisch Price.

I just loved her "Baby Love" quilt and wanted to make something similar.

Sticking with my scrap management for the first 6 months of this year

I used freezer paper for foundation and sewed red scraps.

I spent all my breaks at work this week

picking freezer paper out of the blocks

and then pieced the blocks with 2 1/2" strips of sashing.

I had drawn the pattern on paper and ended up having to do partial seams to piece it as it was drawn.

Something new to me, but it was pretty easy and I won't be afraid of it anymore...lol

I was going to make my own white bias strips for the heart, but found some pre-made in a drawer

and to save time (I had a week) I drew the heart with 1/2" bias tape.

After sewing the bias on the red blocks

I ripped out the seams where the heart met the sashing and tucked the raw edges into the seams.

Two designs in one quilt!

I have been in a practice mode with free motion quilting and tried to make as many heart designs as my brain could muster.

This is the back fabric showing some of the whimsy quilting.

Once the quilting was finished, I just couldn't put a straight binding on this quilt.

It just screamed scallop border to me.

My scallop borders are stitched out in this picture.  

  I have a cardboard circle that I mark and then draw the scallop on the quilt.

Bias binding was used

Amanda Murphy has an excellent tutorial for continuous bias binding on her blog. 

Love You to Pieces

Have a Heart - Challenge 4 - Project Quilting

Made by Carla in Dodge City, Kansas

http://www.createinthesticks.blogspot.com/

Size: 40" x 54"

Foundation piecing, bias applique, scallop border
Freemotion quilting by me
Fabric - a ton of scraps :)

You can see all the other challenge projects and vote for your favorites starting at noon central on

February 22, 2015

by clicking

Here.
Love You to Pieces is #41

I do hate winter and snow.....ugh.