I Heart You!

Jumping in with the I Heart You sewalong had a sense of deja vu for me. A couple of Januarys ago, I impulsively started in on a scrappy patchwork strawberry quilt for my granddaughter. When I saw Meghan/Then Came June and Lindsey/Pen + Paper Designs' pattern using Lindsey's Patchwork Pattern Hack, well it made me immediately want to make it for my baby granddaughter. And why not?!

Besides the mix of pink and low-volume scraps for the hearts, I chose Kona White and Cotton + Steel Sprinkle in Stardust for my two key fabrics. I followed right along with the sewalong, making a few blocks each week, and that worked great, as I was working on other projects alongside this one.

For backing, I miraculously had several yards of Michael Miller Fabrics' Ta Dot in pinks. This colorway is called "Confection" - isn't that perfect?! And since I had plenty of it, I went ahead and pattern-matched it.



Quilting was done in a simple grid following the seam lines in Aurifil 50wt #2021 (Natural White).



Binding matched the Sprinkle background, and then, just like I'd done on my Strawberry Love quilt, I made a label out of a selvage of Kimberly Kight's "Yours Truly" strawberries print for Cotton + Steel. Even though the strawberry fabric wasn't used in this quilt, the selvage was just too perfect.



This project was on my 2019 Finish-A-Long Q1 List! 
Linking up with the Finish-A-Long Q1 Finishes Link Up!

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Faithfully, week by week, I've been sewing up my I Heart You blocks with the 

#iheartyousewalong! I'm so glad that I chose to use Lindsey/Pen + Paper Designs' Patchwork Pattern Hack and used up some fun scraps.

Is it just me, or is 'random placement' hard to achieve? I totally thought I was being all scrappy, but just look at the six blocks below. What stands out to me are all those polka dots in the bottom row! How did that happen?!

Whatever, the blocks are done, and I'll be working on sewing the sashing and borders this next week. Now there are a couple of words I don't use often! But they suit this little quilt.

Be sure and check out the #iheartyousewalong hashtag. As much as I love mine, there are so so many great fabric combos. I really think Meghan/Then Came June and Lindsey/Pen + Paper Designs have a winner with this sweet pattern!

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It was not my intent to start in on a new quilt right at the beginning of 2019. I have two large quilts in the quilting phase that I carried on from last year, and they were/are my priority. But then.... I saw the announcement of the #iheartyousewalong, and my mind was changed. I'd made the scrappy Strawberry Love quilt for my eldest granddaughter a while back, and the I Heart You quilt seemed perfect for my newest little grandgirl.

The pattern is by Meghan/Then Came June and Lindsey/Pen + Paper Designs, part of their Modern Holiday Quilt Collection. Though the original pattern is absolutely darling, I'm opting to use Lindsey's Patchwork Pattern Hack, digging into my scraps for mostly pinks + some low-volume neutrals for some scrappy little hearts. Kona White and Cotton + Steel Sprinkle in Stardust are my other key fabrics.



Anyone else joining in a new sew-along to start the year? Along with finishing up those wips from 2018, I think this little something new adds some enthusiasm to my sewing agenda.