I’m so thrilled to be a participant on Day One of the today’s fabulous Put A Little Love In Your Quilt blog hop by Just Let Me Quilt. Our main requirement was to put a heart somewhere on our project. My entry is not posted as early as I had hoped, but it’s finally here. I actually made several projects for the blog, including the heart bag that I posted recently and gave to a friend. There’s also a small “text” scrappy crumb doll quilt which I’ll show at a later time. However, the project that I settled upon is this Cupid’s Heart Quilt. The top is not yet quilted but I plan on showing it as soon as possible. Life has gotten in the way of my creative time, but that hopefully will stop. I am happy with how this top (or flimsy) came out. It has all the perkiness of the season and some of my favorite fabrics.
The central 7 x 7″ paper pieced Crazy Patch Heart pattern can be found free on Craftsy. (I have used this same heart pattern several times over, including on a Purple Heart doll quilt that was shared about a year ago.) The crazy heart pattern can be shrunk to a tiny size, which I’ve done many times as well. It’s a freebie that keeps on giving so chick on it or just go to Craftsy.com and check it out!!
This particular paper pieced pattern is very, very simple to use. If new to this method, then I highly recommend this pattern as a first one to begin with. The gorgeous purple fabric on the right top of the heart is one of my all-time favorite fabrics. It’s from a coveted piece of Good Fortune by Kate Sprain. That purple fabric is discontinued but luckily, I was able to snag a piece of it. While it’s tough cutting off a piece of that vibrant jewel shade, everything it touches then becoming a favorite project! Do you have favorite fabrics like this that you hate to cut but love to use? I’ld love to hear about the one or few special fabrics that you savor from your own stash?
When I see this I think of a sunburst but instead a heart burst of jewel tone colors. Very pretty!
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Thanks so much.
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I like patterns like this heart. Scrappy, simple to sew and they make wonderful quilts and quilt blocks.
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Me too…scrappy is the guarantee that things are never the same twice.
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Super fun play. I’m rather into scrappy quilts these days!
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Me too, just photographed 5 doll quilts for Amy and they’re all quite scrappy. In fact, I even tried one with denim.
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I love this project, I think it would be awesome with other types of blocks in the middle also, such as the star you mentioned, but what really fascinates me about this project is the outside blocks. I love how they are laid out and I think that’s what really makes the middle shine.
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Marian, Thank you for the kind comment. I will be trying another one as soon as possible. I’m just thrilled for the blog hop that inspired this and other projects. I
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If you bind it at this size it would be great on your table!
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You are right but with my family of all boys, this won’t stay pretty for long. It is tempting to add a girly touch to a main part of the house though….hmmmm.
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This just reminds me so much of a paper project…It’s breathtaking!
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Thanks Amy… i’m going to try it again with a star in the middle.
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How very cool. Love the modern design of the quilt that you created.
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Thanks. Still trying to think about how to quilt it. I’ll keep it small and it’s going on the wall in my studio.
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Very cute and creative. Great idea to combine the paper pieced heart and the string blocks. Glad I came by. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for the lovely comment. I am also glad you came by!!
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That is really cool! I love paper piecing. Thanks for sharing the pattern too.
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My pleasure. I love a great free pattern and what better than a heart that can go on anything!! I do enjoy the whole Valentine color scheme and sometimes I wish this month was just a bit longer.
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We all know how life gets in the way of our best laid plans. My HH always reminds me, we make plans and the gods laugh!
I love the scrappy blocks radiating out of the heart~like love growing and spreading!
Thanks for sharing your project on this fun blog hop!
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I love your wisdom. Thank you for the positivity. I am feeling the blog love for sure.
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Thanks. Interesting idea, and I like the idea of changing the size of a foundation block.
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We can do so much with our printers at home. I did find a bunch of small heart patterns as well though. I posted a few weeks ago about a 4.5″ paper pieced heart pattern that was the perfect size for a zippered tote. It seems whatever we need can be found somewhere on the internet! Thanks so much for visiting.
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Your Crazy Heart quilt is wild and fabulous! Thank you very much for Hopping…xo
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Thanks so much. Happy to do lots of hopping!
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The center heart is the star for sure. Thanks for sharing the free paper piece pattern.
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Thanks for visiting. The minute you made that comment, I realized that I need to try this with a star in the middle. I’ll keep you posted on that version!!!
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Thank you for the reminder of the free Craftsy pattern! I’ve downloaded it, but haven’t used it. Seeing your colorful block, makes me want to make a pile of them! Lovely fabrics!
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You will love this pattern once you try it. I have used it frequently and in so many different variations. I’m sure you will find it great too!
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Very nice quilt. Cool design. Have a fun day! angielovesgary2 atgmail dotcom
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Thanks so much Angela.
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I enjoyed seeing your beautiful quilt. Thanks for sharing the pattern. I love paper piecing.
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Thank you for the kind comment. I also love paper piecing and discovering a free pattern is even extra nice.
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You did a great job of drawing attention to your lovely heart with you cool strings!!! Love how it turned out and I’m looking forward to seeing it finished!
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Thanks so much. I’ll keep you posted.
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I really love the improv! So pretty!
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thanks so much.
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Beautiful work and it will make a neat quilt no matter what size you make it!
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Thanks, it makes me happy so perhaps a wall quilt is where I need to go!
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Very impressive! Improv is just too much fun to do AND fun to look at!
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That’s funny, because I considered this too orderly for improv. I guess we all have our own definitions.
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Love the wonky strips – what a fun quilt to make! And thanks for the link to the free heart pattern and sharing the love!
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Thanks so much. I am happy to share this free pattern which has been so good for me. I check Craftsy’s freebies every now and then but nothing has compared to this beauty!
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This is super cute! I love the fabrics you chose. I also love that this quilt can be made from scraps!
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Thanks. I have been all about scrappiness lately. I’m not sure how to switch gears actually, but that’s the beauty in creating things…you go with the flow.
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What a great scrappy heart. Love how it turned out.
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Thanks so much. It might just go on the wall of my studio.
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Love the scrappiness….wonderful project.
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Thanks so much for visiting and commenting.
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Your quilt is so pretty-I am loving the red & pink fabrics that are being used for Valentine’s Day! I don’t have much pink or red in my stash-or maybe I do- I will have to search thru & see! Thank you for sharing your quilt & the craftsy heart pattern, Susan
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I learned that I also have very little red in my stash. It seems that I use it up as soon as I get it. Oh well, just another excuse to go buy fabric, right!? Thanks for visiting and leaving a lovely comment.
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That is sizzling!!! It has so much life to it. My coveted fabric is a batik from Sew Batiks, it’s splashes of yummy yellow, fuscia, blue, green and orange. It goes in everything!
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Melody, that fabric sounds terrific. I also adore the Tula Pink True Colors ladybug fabrics…in all colors, but the red is my first choice and that’s in this quilt too! Thanks for the lovely “sizzling” comment.
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This is a wonderful start to something so much bigger. Looking forward to seeing what that may be. Great work.
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Thanks, the indecision has me unable to move forward.
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Your heart is so pretty! I do enjoy paper piecing. Thanks for the heads up on the pattern. I’ll have to check it out later as it’s having trouble loading now.
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Let me know if you can’t download it because it truly is one that I highly recommend. Thanks for the lovely comments and for visiting.
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This is lovely – very eye catching
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Thanks so much. I tend not to work with pastels very much and the jeweled colors of this project make my heart soar!
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That is a beautiful paper pieced heart…I love to paper piece! I’ve enlarged paper piece patterns before because I like the bigger pieces. Thanks for sharing your project and being a part of the blog hop! :O)
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Yes, this pattern is a winner! I use it so much that I spent some time looking for different ones for this project. In the end, this one was just too perfect! I especially like smaller paper pieced projects for my zippered pouches.
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So sweet. I am going to Craftsy to get that heart pattern. Oh, dear me; I definitely HATE to cut into too – many – fabrics. I have a bundle sitting in my sewing room that even needs dusting!! Happy Heart Day.
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I hear you. I have more than one dusty bundle, but my goal is to try and corral them into some sort of order soon. I love that Craftsy heart pattern. It honestly has served a lot of purposes for me.
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Too cute and a great way to do a little stash busting!
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Thanks Joan. Yes, it is a great scrap buster. I’ve been on a strip block craze lately and this paper pieced addition is one of my favorite results.
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Very cute quilt, your fabric choices are so fun!!
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Thank you. Pink, red and purple are classics that always work well together.
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Nice heart quilt! I like the way you focused attention on the heart with the outer blocks. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you so much. I love seeing other strip quilts where the angles are varied. This is just a little attempt at that but I do think it works.
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