Heart quilt and heart coaster

Hello friends!

This blog is a quiet place lately, but there is a lot of work behind the scenes…

I started this year sewing gifts for little girls and many heart quilts and heart bags! I am so excited and can’t wait to share them with you.

First, my sister Oana saw this print in my stash and loved it and I since I wanted to sew a heart mini quilt from my last year heart quilt pattern, this was the perfect opportunity.

Heart quilt-reverse applique
Nature’s Garden collection by Teresa Ascone for P&B Textiles- bought from equilter.com

The All You Need Is Love quilt pattern features 12 reverse applique designs and I chose this one- it is one of my favorite designs from this collection (I made it last year).

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My 8 year old nephew Alex wanted to do what I do so I printed the 7” design also and thought it would make a beautiful coaster for his mom. I will tell the story further…

Heart quilt- reverse applique
14” design and 7” design; the design was cut out from the solid fabric and then it was fused to the marbled fabric. 

So this is the 17” mini quilt.

Heart quilt- reverse applique

I love not only the lattice design created by the hexagon shapes…

Heart quilt- reverse applique

I love the straight line quilting you do with the walking foot even more –  so quick, so easy, so fun!

Heart quilt- reverse applique
Aren’t these tiny triangles cute?

Heart quilt- reverse applique

Heart quilt- reverse applique

And here is how we started the coaster…
My nephew  used the knife for cutting out for the second time; when I saw the little hexagons that he have to cut out, I was sure that after a few cuts, he will give up! Or he will make such poor cuts that the piece will be useless. I was so wrong! He cut out more than half of the design. I corrected just a few cuts- as you see, he did a great job. The challenge is not cutting out the small hexagons, the real challenge is keeping intact the lattices – they measure about 1/8”!

Heart quilt- reverse applique

When the cutting was done, I fused the fabric to a heavyweight interfacing (Decovil I – my favorite interfacing for coasters and boxes)…

Heart coaster- reverse applique

Then it was my turn to stitch it, keeping the layers together.

Heart coaster- reverse applique

I wanted a heart shaped coaster so I followed the design with the left edge of the pressing foot and stitch at about 3/8” from the design with thread in a contrasting color.

Heart coaster- reverse applique

Then I cut on the stitching line and here is the little heart.

Heart coaster- reverse applique

Last step – finishing the edge with a zig zag (or satin) stitch.

Heart quilt reverse applique

Heart quilt- reverse applique

It’s ready to be gifted to Alex’s mom!

Heart quilt reverse applique

Comparing the size!

Heart quilt- reverse applique

Heart quilt- reverse applique
Heart quilt- reverse applique
Heart quilt- reverse applique
If you want to enjoy projects like these, check out my reverse applique heart quilt pattern. There are 12 heart designs to choose from.

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5 Comments

  1. Geta your designs are so beautiful. I think you must have an engineering background! They are so precise and beautiful to look at.

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