Friday, 22 August 2025

A string pieced heart for Project Linus

A recent finish!!  This quilt went together really quickly, as I was making two quilts at once!  While I was working on the low volume string chevron quilt, I was also working on this one.  The chevron quilt requires long strings, as they are on a diagonal, so any strings that were not long enough, but at least 3 1/2" long, were put aside.  In between the chevrons, I would sew the leftover strings into squares that measured 3 1/2".  

For the pink heart blocks, I decided to also use strings for the main centre pieces and for the outer edges that make the heart shape, I decided to just use HST (half square triangles).  

The original pattern calls for neutral squares of fabric.  I just decided to do mine with strings, as I have an abundance of them and I'm always looking for ways to use them up.

The pattern came from a magazine I purchased called All People Quilt and is called Pieces of My Heart.  The pattern makes a larger quilt, but as they use basic squares, it is easy enough to just reduce the amount of rows to make it smaller.  I kept the pattern and drew some reference lines to show the various sizes I can make.  Next I think I will make a NICU quilt for Project Linus.


This small quilt turned out so cute, that I am definitely going to make another!

Take care everyone.

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