![]() And a baby? Oh that little one is going to love it!!! My favorite backing for a baby quilt is flannel, sew a bunch of squares, strips, anything to make it big enough and just use that. No, they do not have to be the pattern size - that is your goal, but sometimes they don't turn out that way and who is going to know? Also, If you have them all sew together, like it sounds like you do, the next 'fix' I would do to get a nice clean place to sew on my border is trim the sides (top/bottom/both sides) of the pieced blks till they are nicely square and even - just do not trim to much off any side!!! You want to have some fabric to get a good seam on it for that 1/4"!!! The beauty of this quilt, I love it!! Is it will be very forgiving of any 'mistakes' (creative sewing!! there are not mistakes!) and it will always look fantastic when it is done. And when you have your blks made, some may need trimming to be the riight size, and saying this, you can also have some smaller than they should be - these blks have wiggle room sewn right on them with at white stip on the bottom or top of the blks, just trim the blks to be the same size. You have probably fixed it already but, for anyone making this or any other quilt, watch your 1/4" and just make it as accurate as possible. If you need another fun Heart project, I have a free pattern for this cute heart mini quilt you can find here. The backing is the aqua floral from my Dixie fabric line (from a few years ago). ![]() On my Bernina it's stitch 4, with the stitch width set to 5 and the length set to 3. I finished this quilt with my walking foot in a wavy stitch. You'll need ⅜ yard of binding fabric, cut into 5 strips 2 ½" x the width of the fabric.Īnd that's it! I'll never tire of seeing heart quilts! Just add more blocks to each column or more column, and increase the length of the sashing strips to match the length of the columns. Pin and sew the 2 ½" x 42 ½" strips to the top and bottom of the quilt, press. Pin and sew a 2 ½" x 40 ½" sashing strip in between each column and to the side of the first column and last column. Sew the heart blocks into 5 columns of 5 heart blocks each, alternating columns of blocks with the strip sewn to the bottom or the top. Sew a 2 ½" x 6 ½" to the top of the remaining 10 heart blocks.ģ. Sew a 2 ½" x 6 ½" background strip to the bottom of 15 of the heart blocks. ![]() Follow the instructions found in my free Heart Block pattern printout for the 6" blocks ( click here or below), the blocks will be 6 ½" unfinished. Make 25 heart blocks using the 3 ½" x 6 ½" print strips, 3 ½" background squares, and 1 ¼" background squares. Trim 6 strips to 40 ½", and trim 2 strips to 42 ½" (if the strip 42 ½" wide, cut another strip and piece strips together).ġ. Cut 8 strips 2 ½" x width of the fabric.Sub-cut the strips each into 5 strips 2 ½" x 6 ½", 25 total. Cut 5 strips 2 ½" x width of the fabric. ![]() Sub-cut the strips each into 10 squares 3 ½", 50 total. Cut 5 strips 3 ½" x width of the fabric.Sub-cut the strips each into 25 squares 1 ¼", 100 total. Cut 4 strips 1 ¼" x width of the fabric.Simple Hearts Quilt Instructions:įabrics for Hearts: 50 strips 3 ½" x 6 ½" (scrap strips, or use 9 fat eighths and cut 6 strips from each) I also finally made a pretty printable pattern for Heart Blocks in multiple sizes you can find here. I've been meaning to update my first simple heart quilt tutorial for years, so this is just a fresh update!
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