Sunday, February 3, 2013

Heart Mini Quilt and the Monday Link Up

In my Wordless Wednesday post last week, I showed this photo:


Inspired by patchwork hearts I'd seen online, I made the green heart pillow last summer (I blogged about it here - back when my mother was probably the only person reading my blog!)  The pillow has been happily sitting on my couch ever since and I've always planned on making another.  Lately, I've seen some beautiful heart quilts popping up around blog land (and Instagram) with patchwork backgrounds and more HSTs (including here and here among others.)  Inspired again, I gathered all the red and pink left in my fabric stash (things have certainly changed since this mosaic,) took out the green pillow for a guide, and started making HSTs.


The squares are all 2".


My original plan was to hang it on this wall in my 1 year old's room but after seeing the embroidery, my 7 year old asked if this could be in her room (I guess when you are 7 and the middle sister, you want to wake up to this reminder everyday!)


Can't say the littlest was exactly willing to let it go, though!  


If you missed it, click here to enter the great fabric giveaway from Tactile Fabrics.


Plum and June

1. Link up any recent sewing/quilting post.

2. In your post or on your blog, please include either a text link or a button letting people know about this link up.

3. Visit at least the two bloggers who link up before you and everyone who visits you from this post.

4. When the link tool asks for your name, write down ANOTHER random fact about yourself that has nothing to do with sewing or quilting (this was fun last week so I figured we could repeat it again this time - everyone has more than one random fact, right?)



28 comments:

  1. The heart block are lovely and so are those darling little feet. I have added the button to my blog, but not sure how you link up.

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  2. Very sweet quilty ; ) precious little toes.

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  3. Your pillow is charming! So is the arrangement of goodies hanging on your wall. Cute little tootsies.

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  4. I really love this little heart and I'll bet a little person is very happy being reminded just how much she is loved every day when she wakes up :-)
    E

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  5. Beth, this is so cute, and I love the words you embroidered on it. No wonder the girls are fighting over it!

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  6. Beautiful mini - I love the embroidery! Adds a really special touch!

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  7. I love the hearts!!! Thanks for hosting the link up!! :)

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  8. How lucky your girls are to have handmade art on their walls! Though sounds like maybe you should make a second one of these!

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  9. It is such a lovely mini quilt. No wonder your girls were fighting over it. The last picture with your babies feet is adorable.

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  10. Lovely, also on my to do list, which is waaaaaay too long! No wonder the girls have been scrapping over it, the wall looks absolutely beautiful with all of the goops and mini works of art. : )

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  11. What a cute mini quilt! I think you should make one of each of your girls...

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  12. That's such a sweet mini quilt! I really love the embroidery.

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  13. Glad to find you....I hope to join the Monday postings.

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  14. Ooh! I was wondering what that was going to turn into! It is so cute! I like the gray and white background a lot and the embroidery is just the perfect touch!

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  15. Very sweet mini. Thanks for hosting!

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  16. I love the mini and it's so perfect for Valentine's Day.

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  17. Your scrappy hearts projects are sew cute. Love the house block wall hanging, too. The little feet picture is the most adorable! Thanks for sharing. I will be linking up again today. Thanks for rounding up all these lovely links ... :) Pat

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  18. I'm chiming in with love for the scrappy hearts! I love the grey prints in the background too. (So much more interesting than just white.) Embroidery on quilts makes me so, so happy. What a special valentine!

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  19. That is very cute! It makes me want to make some more valentine's projects :-)

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  20. Love that photo of those wee feet on that gorgeous mini.

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  21. I think I must have filled out my entry form wrong. I know that I put a random fact in there somewhere :)

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  22. So sweet! I would love it and I'm the oldest sister:)

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  23. Ah! This post made my heart smile! And I just love those little toes!

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  24. Awww! There's my heart, melted in a puddle on the floor. Such a cute post. Also I want a heart! Have to add that to my list...

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  25. This quilt is so sweet! Love it! You made my day! xxx

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  26. What a beautiful little reminder for her to see every morning! x

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