It Is Time To Be Sweet On You

Joan at Moosestash Quilting had the perfect idea and challenge for February.

"Sweet on You" in the month of love gave us lots of ways to be creative!

CHALLENGE:

Are you sweet on treats?

Are you sweet on stitching a special project?

Are you sweet on, well anything you love?

As an ambassador for Benartex, they sent me some beautiful Valentine fabric to sew with.

I am definitely "sweet" on "Be My Gnomie" fabric!

Love and Kisses

55" x 75"

 "Be My Gnomie" is full of "sweet" designs, that's for sure!

Benartex Chalk Texture Pink and Light Pink, and Superior Solids White went great with it.

I went with a simple wandering stitch for quilting and yes, I machine quilt all my bindings.

Hand stitching those bindings are way too much for these old hands!

This is another project using "Be My Gnomie" that I made.

Look who else has been sharing their "Sweet on You" creativity:

Monday Feb 20

MooseStashQuilting

Karrin's Crazy World

Quilted Delights

Selina Quilts

Sew Cute and Quirky

Days Filled With Joy

Scrapdash

 

Tuesday Feb 21

Vicki's Crafts and Quilting

Creatin' in the Sticks

Quilt Schmilt

Ms P Designs USA

The Crafty Grammie

Vroomans Quilts

Words and Stitches

 

Wednesday Feb 22

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Quilting Gail

Just Because Quilts

Bea Quilter

SameliasMum

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Lynns Blog

 

Thursday Feb 23

Just Let Me Quilt

crazy'boutquilts

Quiltery-For the Love of Geese

Pinker n' Punkin Quilting & Stitching

Inflorescence

Purring Cottage

Thank you for stopping by!

Won't You Be My Gnomie Valentine

We're off to new adventures in 2023 and it won't be long before Valentine's Day is here. Time really does fly, doesn't it! 

Sewing with Benartex's "Be My Gnomie" definitely got me in the mood for the holiday of love. "Love You Forever" was designed to resemble a stamp with its scalloped border.

"Love You Forever"

45" x 55"

"Be My Gnomie" fabric designed by Andi Metz is full of beautiful Valentine designs and colors.

Cupids, gnomes, and hearts...you will love them all!

The fabric line comes with a doll panel that I used for the center block.

There are additional designs on the panel that can be used to decorate quilt, if desired.

I ironed HeatnBond Lite to the back of the gnomes and then cut on the solid lines.

Cotton Shot Charcoal made a great backing to have the cute gnome couple stand out.

For added depth, I blanket stitched on some of the lines that didn't really need stitching.

It's always fun to find interesting things on my quilt photo taking adventures.

Benartex has fabulous wide backing choices, like Swirling Splendor Cloud Gray.

Chalk Light Pink and Cotton Shot Wedding Cake basics were sweet contrasts for this quilt.

The binding is Scrolling Hearts Dark Pink.

"Candy Hearts" and "Heart Celebrations" in red, pink, black, and white were 

perfect for borders and the envelope.

It was fun to fussy cut one of the "My Gnomie Boxes" to place in the envelope.

Those boxes would make wonderful fabric postcards!

You can find little gnome cupids throughout the fabrics that beg to be fussy cut for hearts like this.

Scrolling Hearts Red is the big heart.

You can find "Love You Forever" in a free PDF download HERE.

Of course, my crew was awesome at his job of positioning the quilt for a photo!

Thanks for stopping by!