This Heart designed quilt - Sends Valentine's love to you.
In elementary school Valentine's Day was always a fun holiday to celebrate. Before the big day a school project would be to make a container (mailbox) to receive our Valentine's in. At home I would sign all my Valentine's to distribute to classmates. I love the cheesy rhymes on Valentine's to this day. The cheesier the better. It was fun to pass out my Valentine's, but it was the more fun reading all the ones I received. To this day I give my kids cheesy Valentine's.
Well, back to a heart designed quilt. Several months ago one of my quilting friends handed me a five inch Charm pack of Valentine printed fabric. She won it as a door prize and told me that she would never use it. I told her I'd do something with it.
Last week Missouri Star Quilt had a U-Tube demonstration to make a heart quilt called "Cross Your Heart". In the demonstration they used four - five inch charm packs plus yardage to make an 83" by 83" quilt. I'm on a mission to use up my stash (and try not to purchase anymore fabric) so that demonstration reminded me that I had a Valentine charm pack to use. I didn't want to make a full size quilt, but a table topper would be quick, fun and help reduce my stash. And I'd make one charm pack work.
Having only one charm pack plus yardage of white and some red I made 2" half-square triangles. A five inch square can make 8 half-square triangles (eight 2" or finished 1 1/2". I never made a Valentine's table topper or runner before, so that became my mission.
I rearranged the finished hearts so they would face two different directions since it would be on a table. My finished size table topper is 27 1/2 by 27 1/2 inches. It fits on my dining room table perfectly. My plan is to offer it to my kids, but if no takers it will find a spot on my table every Valentine's holiday.
