Before my 2nd trip to Denmark, I was reminded of the blog hop and I had completely forgotten about it, or thought I had plenty of time, so thanks for the reminder Carol!! and thanks for hosting this blog hop
The theme is HEARTS
I’ve done heart projects before, but wanted to do something NEW
so I came up with these
a set of Valentine’s pot holders!
I started with some red and white fabric and the 2,3,5” heart die from Accuquilt
and the candy hearts embroidery file from Accuquilt too
I then prepared an 8 1/2” square of read fabric for machine embroidery and hooped it and stitched the white outline for the hearts
and cut out 8 of the middle sized hearts with heat and bond on the back (4 at a time on my GO big) and fused those to the red fabric (4 for each)
Then stitched out the rest of the hearts
I made a little hanging strap for each
Then I laid out a piece of batting, a piece of heat resistant batting, the heart pieced fabric, hanging strap and lastly the backing piece wrong side up, and stitched out the perimeter with a walking foot and left an opening at the bottom
then turned right side out, ironed and whip stitched the opening closed.
It took just a few hours! Now I don’t know I’m keeping these or giving them as a gift
Other projects I’ve made with hearts are a zippered pouch with this die too
and I am working on more secret projects with the wonky heart die
Have a look at the other participants in the blog hop below!
February 5
February 6
Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats
February 7
February 8
Wonderful projects and for the hearts, I love Marjorie's digitizing for the Accuquilt Go cutter.
A great, quick project! Thanks for sharing.
All great heart projects!
Cute projects. Great potholders.
Lots of hearts! Great post!
Your potholders are too sweet, Bea. Love them. You have all the tools to make a beautiful project super quick.
Thanks for sharing your ♥️♥️♥️
Love all your heart projects! Thanks for sharing the hot pad tutorial and all the other neat creations!
The potholders are so cute Bea. I love all your projects. Thank you for sharing today.
Lovely projects.
Lovely pot holders! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Bea, for sharing your adorable heart potholders and other sweet projects. Even having to travel the world twice, you came through. I can't believe you even had time for a tutorial…you are amazing! Thanks for playing along in the blog hop and for being such a sweet friend. :O)
Hi, Bea! Super-cute pot holders – Love your zipped pouch using the same die. Wait, there's a wonky heart die too?? Can't wait to see your next secret project!
Those are so pretty. I love the embroidery you added to the hearts.
Great use for that hearty die…cute projects 🙂
So cute. Safe travels my friend.
Great pot holders, if you still need a person to gift them too I'll raise my hand ;-} Thanks for sharing all of your Heart projects.
Very cute projects. Have a great day. Thank you for sharing! angielovesgary2 atgmail dotcom
These are all great projects – thanks for sharing.
Adorable heart project perfect for decorating (and using) in our home, as well as gifts. #CreativeGoodness.QuiltShopGalwww.quiltshopgal2.wordpress.com
Very cute projects.
Very cute. I have a ton of this heat resistant batting stuff. Does it matter which way is up? Thanks for sharing!
Cute potholders! Those will be fun to use for Valentines Day.
Bea…..fantastic post…love your projects
LOVE-ly Heart pot holders!! They would make a wonderful gift. Have fun with your secret project!!
Great projects. Hearts lend themselves so well to lovely projects. Happy Heart Day.
What cute projects! Thanks for sharing. :o)
Cute pot holders! Thanks for sharing. Your other heart projects are lovely also.
Heart Hot Pads are sew practical and yet fun with your fabrics and designs. Thank you sew very much for Hopping…xo
I really like all your heart projects but the pincushion really stole my heart!
I am just like you and couldn't stop making heart projects for the blog hop. I posted mine the first day but have several others in the works as well. I couldn't decide on a final project and then just got carried away. The pot holders are terrific. I know they are quite useful but what a shame for them to be used and get dirty!!!
Cute potholders and looks like you are busy with lots of great projects!
Those are some sweet pot holders Bea! Happy almost Valentine's Day!
Very cute potholders, as are all the other projects. Lots of seasonal sweetness at your place. 🙂
Thanks for sharing these great projects!
Cute heart projects! Thanks for sharing!