I have a new pattern to share with you guys today!
I've been working on it for a couple of months now and it's finally ready to share!
And oh, I hope you love it as much as I do! Let me introduce...Vintage Valentine!
Vintage Valentine is a timeless heart pattern that is fat eighth/fat quarter friendly
and comes with instructions for 4 different quilt sizes! I have actually been working on
two different versions (the lighter, cover quilt version in Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cotton
Solids) and a darker version that I'll be sharing today. (And don't worry, I'll be sharing
the cover quilt soon. Do I have any solids lovers out there?)
I fell in love with these prints while working at my new job
(a cute little fabric shop that just opened in American Fork, Utah!
It's called Maker's & Co. It's such a fun store; you should come visit!)
I thought the dark magenta fabric would really make the heart fabrics pop!
It's got a subtle print on it so it's got some interest, but doesn't take away from the hearts.
I made 56 hearts for a queen-size quilt!
And then...this is where the magic happens...the sashing!
High contrast for a big impact!
And once I got the quilt top made, it was off to my longarm quilter for some beautiful quilting.
Jen Ostler in Highland, Utah quilted it with the Almost Plaid panto by
The Quilting Mill. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I was being pretty
indecisive about which panto to use, but I kept coming back to this one because
I thought it worked so well with the design of the sashing.
I usually like my thread color to blend with my background fabric as much as possible
so I knew this quilt would be tricky because there is so much contrast between the
dark and light fabrics. After some debate about different thread color options,
I decided to just use the magenta color. There's so much of it that I knew it would blend
on most of the quilt and that I was going to have to be okay with it popping
on the cream fabric. I think it turned out great though. Thanks Jen!
As many of you know, Jen always hides a little object in the quilting
for a fun game of hide and seek. This time, she quilted a little heart into the design,
which was perfect! I found it when I was sewing the binding on.
Once I got the binding sewn to the front, I sewed one of the personalized quilt labels that I get from Ever Emblem onto the back. They're so easy to attach, I don't have an excuse to not label my quilts! I get the 2" cotton, fold-over, sew-in labels. If you want to get some for yourself, you will just have to pick one of their basic cotton labels and customize it from there. I always machine stitch my binding down around the labels because it's hard to hand stitch through them. But this time, I continued with the machine binding all the way around the quilt because I was in a hurry to get it done! It's going to be on display at Maker's & Co soon (where we'll be selling the pattern and kits!)
I love how this quilt has more of a "sophisticated" look,
which is perfect for my daughter's room (she's 20).
I just wish I had some big magenta euro shams to really complete the look.
Maybe with ruffles!?! How cute would that be? Maybe someday I'll get to that project!
As I said before, this pattern is fat eighth and fat quarter friendly.
But I think it would be awesome to make the hearts even scrappier.
You could use 10" squares or just fabrics from your stash
to make all of the hearts different.
One last photo...
Thank you to my boys for helping me get an outdoor shot!
It's not every day that I get two good-looking, tall men to help me with my job!
I'd love to hear what you think. Please leave a comment below if you feel so inclined.