Just Let Me Quilt: Valentine's Day Quilts

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

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

Tuesday Feb 21

Vicki's Crafts and Quilting

Creatin' in the Sticks

Wednesday Feb 22

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

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!

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

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!

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Valentine Sew Along With ThermOWeb Projects

It's a fun day on the ThermOWeb blog today!
You'll find four projects to sew using four blocks released last month.
It was such a pleasure to work with the other designers to create Valentine designs.
My quilt or table topper went together quickly and I added one of my favorite
borders around the edge to give it a scalloped look. It is really easy to make!

I used a charm pack for the blocks and binding, some yardage for the sashings and borders,
and to put it all together I used some of my favorite ThermOWeb products:
Spray n Bond Basting Adhesive, Heat n Bond Fleece Fusible High Loft, and Aurifil Thread.