What a fun little quilt this one is. And I am enjoying the attempt to empty the two bins of 3.5 inch squares from the Cotton+Steel Ruby Star fabrics I cut up about 4 or 5 years ago. I think those squares breed in the dark of the night though. LOL. They love to come out and play.
I love how the binding and the backing came out on this quilt too. Those sheep! Those red and dark grey yarn balls! I have Vermont friend Betsy Maislen to thank for finding this fabric. It is from Timeless Treasures, “Fabrics of SoHo,” FUN-C 3587. Of course it reminds me of my years in Maine, where I did knit rather a lot.
The “Folk Heart” pantograph is working well too–and seems a good choice. It’s from Beany Girls. The hearts kind of tumble across the quilt.
To recap information on this quilt, the pattern is “Piece of My Heart,” designed by Cynthia Bruns. It can be found at AllPeopleQuilt.com and I saw it in their magazine American Patchwork and Quilting, February 2024, pages 57-62.
This quilt’s “brother” is on the longarm as I write this morning. Yesterday I got all the parts together (backing made, batting cut) and loaded it AND got all the basting done. I’m really happy with that backing fabric from my stash–it has numbers and letters printed on it.
I’ve been spending time cutting and sewing units for Annabelle Wrigley’s pattern “Prickly Pears,” from the 4th season of Tara Faughnan’s The Color Collective. (There were 5 years, and I did 4.) I have one row of 4 finished, and the units for the second row almost done. It has taken…days to get this far. This pattern is difficult in that it is a complicated block and joining the blocks to get seams butted is a challenge. But it is a stunning pattern.
I’ve already ordered more fabric once (Ruby + Bee solids) and will need more of the background pink, which I’ll order today. And, no, the triangles that circle the center are easy using Tara Faughnan’s method for most foundation piecing projects. She uses plain paper and a bit of glue. AND, her templates can be used over and over with this method and do not have to be torn from the fabric. That’s a big YEAH for me.
The bins of C+S squares are still out, and this scrappy something is happening as a leader/ender project. It is the kind of quilt that just “is what it is.” The best kind for snuggling up in, actually.
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