Oklahoma has finally started it's autumn. It's cool enough to need jackets, at least in the morning and evenings. We went out Saturday evening and it was really cool. It was so warm for so long that this cooler, need a jacket weather feels really weird.
It was a good weekend to sit in the sewing room with a quilt over your lap. So I took the opportunity to sew the binding to the back of Glowing Hearts.
Glowing Hearts was started in May of 2025. This pattern was Sandra Walker's, MMM Quilts, quilt along that year. This was the first time participating in one of Sandra's quilt alongs. I really enjoyed it. Sandra's version only had 9 hearts, I added another 3 to end up with a rectangular quilt. The hearts are made from a half yard bundle I won someplace. No idea on the fabric line or where it's from. The teal and yellow background is from Wilmington Prints, called Falling Leaves. Both the half yard bundle and the background have been in the stash for a while, it was nice to find a project to use them up.
Use them up I did. What didn't make into the blocks got used on the pieced back.
The quilting was done with my walking foot. The 1" grids in the hearts took forever, but they turned out pretty well. I had planned to donate this quilt, but with all the quilting I did, I'm keeping this one in the closet as a potential gift. It's 46" x 55", so it would make a good baby quilt or lap quilt for someone.
I added a small label to the back and changed the name. The inspiration was Janis Joplin's song "Piece of My Heart". It's definitely a classic. I'll admit that song kept playing in my head while I was making the label.
Pieces of My Hearts will probably be my last finish for 2026. I've started prepping another quilt for the walking foot. The batting is laying on the bed in hopes some of the wrinkles will soften a bit and the backing got made. We'll see how far I get on it before the end of the year. I'm still contemplating how I'm going to quilt it, but definitely not doing as much as I did on this quilt. So maybe I'll have one more finish this year?
Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, as well as, Sew & Tell Monday and I Quilted This. I'll link up with Quilting Jetgirl for My Favorite Quilt Finish once it's posted at the end of the month.
1 comment:
I love the fabric for that quilt - it's really lovely and a nice size too. Your quilting turned out to be such a perfect design for the pattern - nicely done!
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