H-a-D challenge

Water color hearts, Sharpie marker, and Inkadinkado blending chalks on blush paper.

Quilt as you go heart

   On day #2 of my Heart-A-Day challenge I decided to try a quilt as you go technique. I am still crushing on the potholders idea so I used %100 cotton batting and fabric, etc. I worked on 2 simultaneously to speed up the process time, kind of like an assembly line.

The first thing I did was to cut out the batting and backing fabric and stick them together with my Sulky KK 2000 Temporary Spray Adhesive. I love this stuff! so much easier than basting and it doesn't leave a tacky residue. I then sewed my scraps down starting in the centre and working my way out, carefully overlapping the edges.

This is a potholder so I prepared the "handles" side of the heart. I safety pinned the handles to the heart so they would stay together during the turning out process.

I pinned the heart to the quilt right sides together.

I sewed around the heart, leaving an opening large enough to turn out through. I cut off the extra quilted material.

before turning I snipped the curves of the heart so it would lay flat later.

This is the heart after I turned it inside out, before I ironed it.

I tucked in the extra fabric at the turn opening and ironed the heart on both sides. I then sewed a ribbon into the opening to serve as a hanger.

I reinforced the heart shape with a blanket stitch around the edge in a contrasting cotton thread. Day #2 is complete!!!!!!

Heart-A-Day challenge

   I had so much fun making the heart potholder that I decided to make some more. I tweaked the design a little bit to my liking and tried to get more creative. It feels good to be in my little sewing corner and to have a "purpose". Plus it takes my mind into my Happy Place. I challenged myself to make at least one heart every day. It will be a little difficult the week that I have EM, so I will definitely need to go double duty when she is in school.

I am not sure if I will sew every heart. Maybe a piece of jewelry or embroidery. I have so many fabric scraps that I will never need to buy more supplies.

I used a different quilting technique for this heart. I wanted to use some of my smaller scrap pieces.

I did a blanket stitch around the edge to reinforce the heart shape. I also made some binding tape for a different look.

My Heart-A-Day challenge begins!!!