This is my version of a heart block tutorial I found on the Tallgrass Prairie Studio blog. The instructions on the blog page are very detailed, but I used slightly different sizes and chose to do the large triangles with the Easy Angle ruler. I already had strings pieced together into 5.5" strips from the HeartStrings Group, so that was my starting point. I cut two 5.5″ squares and used an Easy Angle ruler to cut two triangles from both the coins and the background fabric, which when stitched together made 5.5″ half square triangles. The background squares to make the top of the heart shape started at 2″. My heart blocks are 10″ square finished size. The borders were made from the Chinese Coin units cut in half. I really love this heart block and plan to make more for a different layout in the future.
I just love seeing all those scraps working together :)
Both quilts are going to be donated to a local Special Needs School via my Guild.
Helen-Those are beautiful! I am making a piano key border for my recent string quilt, and I'm making extra so I will have some to make into a heart quilt like yours. I really like that pattern. Hope to have some pictures on my blog this weekend.
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I've got that heart block on my "to do list". I do like the scrappy look. ...And another thing I want to try is the quilt as you go and then assemble it. I did some blocks for heartstrings and sent them along. They were fun and when I get some UFO's done--I just may venture to the two shown here. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWe're going to join some QAYG blocks next weekend at the Nebraska sew-in, it will be my first attempt at joining them although I've made a bunch of blocks.
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