June's Week 7 - Heart

I'm still trying to stick with my selection of colors for the blocks, so did my patchy heart in orange and pink.  I should have flipped where I put the colors though as the pink is fading in with the background.

Thanks for picking the block Hetty - It was fun to do!

Chocolate & pink heart

All I can say is in person this block really does look like a box of valentine candies. It took me a couple tries & in the end I decided to forgo the templates & cut the squares as measured & make the triangles the way I had been taught without exposed bias.  You can guess from this what a stretched-out mess my first try was. 

I cannot see myself making this block again, mostly because I don't even know what I am going to do with this one, but I am happy with the way it came out.

Hetty's Heart

Here is my Patchy Heart. I posted this week's block without checking it first. When I realized that the little coloured squares are done with a template, I measured it and cut my fabric accordingly. The template measured 1 7/8 in. square. I cut my fabric scraps 1 7/8 square. That should have worked, but it didn't. I made the borders wider and then cut them down for the block to measure 10 1/2inches. I don't know if the pattern was out a bit or if it was my sewing machine. This old Jeans Machine does not do 1/4in. seam allowances very well.

A Valentine Heart - Week 7

In honour of Valentine's Day I think we should do a heart.

It's a 10-inch block so I hope it will go with the animal blocks we have made so far. It's called, 'Patchy Heart'.

Sew cool!

Happy Valentine's Day!