This sweet little quilt has been a UFO for over a decade. The vintage 30's colors look just like springtime, and I'm so happy it's finally a finished quilt! My hubby was kind enough to put up an old brass curtain rod near the ceiling in the hallway so I can photograph quilts through the bathroom doorway. Hey, it works for me!
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| Many Happy Hearts 45 x 54 inches |
The pattern was printed in Spring 2007 America Loves Scrap Quilts from McCalls Quilting. I may have the book/magazine or maybe found it at the local library. A single photocopy page, and all sorts of fabric scraps, were put into a project pack and brought up to our lake cabin. I worked on it for a season or two, then set it aside. This winter I was looking for something to work on and pulled it out of the sewing drawer.
Of the original pattern's 20 blocks, I had finished ten. Two more were cut out and ready to applique. It didn't take long to finish up those two blocks and call it 'good enough.' Those 12 blocks became this sweet little quilt.
The borders didn't take long, but oops! Problem...
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| Border before re-stitching to shorten. |
Using fewer blocks in the quilt put the pieced border pattern off kilter. This was actually a pretty easy fix. I needed to shorten the sides by one block width. (2 inches) Nothing was getting ripped out! Oh no. Starting with every-other horizontal seam (and then adding in a couple more as needed) they were re-stitched right next to the old stitching line. Just a thread width. This took up enough length to make the border fit perfectly, and no one is the wiser. (wink)
The backing is a white and gray plaid fleece. No batting. So soft and cozy to cuddle in on a cool spring evening.
Brilliant solution to your border situation!!! Sweet quilt, indeed!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on finishing up this older project, it looks wonderful and if you hadn't mentioned the modification you had to make on the side borders, no one would have ever known!
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