I really meant to post about my original Vintage Valentine quilt before Valentine's Day! Such a bummer that I totally spaced that!!! Is anyone still working on heart quilts? I'm about to start a winter/Christmas quilt...so maybe!?!
I designed this new pattern for a few reasons...
1.) I wanted a timeless (somewhat easy) heart pattern for myself and others. I've designed a few heart quilts over the years and seem to always be chasing the "perfect" heart quilt pattern. Mine are all so different, though, so I guess it just depends on what speaks to you. I'll link to all of them at the end of this post.
2.) I wanted a heart pattern that was easy to kit up for shop owners (it's fat eighth/fat quarter friendly). The great thing about this pattern, though, is that you can also use 10" squares or your stash for the hearts.
3.) I wanted to push myself to use solids since I don't use them very often! This keeps the costs down for all of us - shop owners and quilters alike!
Riley Blake Designs donated the fabrics for this quilt - THANK YOU, Riley Blake Designs!
Can I tell you how much I love the feel and selection of their Confetti Cotton Solids?
They now have over 300 colors to choose from!
Here are the colors I used for my throw-size quilt:
Pink Dogwood (pink background)
Pewter (tan sashing and binding)
Riley Burgandy, Riley Fuchsia, Riley Hot Pink, Boysenberry, and Hibiscus (hearts)
Note: For the full-size cover quilt mockup, I used the addition of Magenta and Rose.
The skill level on this pattern is "confident beginner".
I think the hardest part (or the part that takes the longest is making and squaring up the sashing units).
But it's not too bad if you chain piece everything!
Jen Ostler in Highland, UT. quilted it for me. You know she is my fave! She trims my quilts, ties them up with a bow, and attaches a little chocolate to the receipt. On top of being an AMAZING long arm quilter! She really is the best!
I had Jen use the Knit 1 Purl 2 pantograph by Natalie Gorman on this quilt to add some sweet, curvy texture to this (otherwise angular) quilt. I like the thread color to match my background color, so she went with a light pink thread color that matched perfectly!
Here is the little heart she added to the quilting (her signature move!)
Makes for a fun game of hide-and-seek!
Per usual, I added one of the simple labels I get from Ever Emblem. They're so easy to sew into the binding so 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 machine stitch my binding down around it because it's hard to hand stitch through it (but then I usually hand stitch the rest of my binding down to the back of my quilt).
This time, I machine-bound my quilt, though. One of my biggest tips when machine binding a quilt is to match the color of the top thread and bobbin thread to the side of the quilt where they will appear. It hides a lot of potential flaws!
I had some of the Pink Dogwood background fabric leftover so I decided to use it on the back of the quilt as well. Note to self, use more Riley Blake Confetti Cotton Solids as quilt backs! It's cheaper than buying printed fabric and it shows the quilting so well!
So what do you think? Are you team "solids" or team "prints"?
I am usually team "prints" but I like how the hearts and quilting really pop on the solids!
Vintage Valentine includes instructions for 4 quilt sizes - crib, throw, full, and queen.
Like I said before, this is the throw-size quilt.
If you'd like to see a queen-size version in prints, click HERE.
I'd love to hear what you think about this quilt! I really enjoyed making
this version with Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cotton Solids!
If you'd like to grab the Vintage Valentine paper pattern, click HERE.
If you'd like the Vintage Valentine PDF pattern, click HERE.
My other heart quilt patterns:
Always & Forever (1" finished squares)
Cherish (scalloped border)
With Love (hearts & plaid)
They're all available as both paper and PDF patterns.
Thanks for stopping by today!