Crumb Hearts!!
Use your favorite crumbs to make this darling wonky heart block!
These hearts can be made in any size! To keep things simple, I'll show you the plain heart first!
You
will also need triangles and scraps in assorted sizes. I have a bin
where I store extra triangles in various sizes. Alot of these
come from cutting setting triangles, or joining borders on the
diagonal, extra block parts, etc.
Some
of these pics are blurry, but I think you'll get the idea! Take a scrap
triangle of any size and lay it on top of the first rectangle with
right sides together. These are wonky crazy crumb hearts so
placement doesn't have to be perfect. Just lay it across the
corner. Stitch. Repeat with second rectangle, sewing the
triangle across the same corner as you did the first rectangle.Flip the
triangles outward and press. The second picture shows the excess
triangle fabric peeking out on the right! The first rectangle
shows the rectangle after the excess is trimmed. Trim the excess along
the edge of each rectangle and then trim the extra rectangle fabric
away from the triangle, just leaving a 1/4" seam allowance. It
doesn't have to be perfect, I just use scissors and "aim for it".
Repeat this process once again for
the other corner at the top of each rectangle. Sew the triangles
on placing them randomly. Press them outward. Trim excess
to the shape of the rectangle, and then trim off that excess rectangle
fabric at the seam allowance.
The next step requires bigger
triangles! I just dug around and grabbed bigger ones from the
bin, laid them across the rectangle to be sure they were going to be
big enough. Yep!
Following the same proceedure you did for the top triangles, lay a large side triangle over the rectangle...angling it from "somewhere" up on the side...and to the bottom corner.Now sew the remaining triangle with the seam going on the OPPOSING side of the rectangle. Think mirror image here! See the pic in the middle above? Stitch, press, trim to rectangle shape using the edge of the rectangle as a guide. (You can use rotary cutter,but I just trim with scissors. I don't have to get up out of my chair for that!) Trim the excess heart fabric away from the seam allowance.
REALLY CRUMBY!!
All the steps are the same, I just started with some bricks I cut from some left over crumb /string sections! These hearts are the most fun of all since they all turn out so different!
Questions
or Comments? I would love to hear from you!!
© Quiltville Custom Quilting 1997-2008 All Rights Reserved. No part may be used, copied or otherwise
altered without express written permission from the author/webmaster.
Following the same proceedure you did for the top triangles, lay a large side triangle over the rectangle...angling it from "somewhere" up on the side...and to the bottom corner.Now sew the remaining triangle with the seam going on the OPPOSING side of the rectangle. Think mirror image here! See the pic in the middle above? Stitch, press, trim to rectangle shape using the edge of the rectangle as a guide. (You can use rotary cutter,but I just trim with scissors. I don't have to get up out of my chair for that!) Trim the excess heart fabric away from the seam allowance.
Stitch the center seam and
voila!! I don't worry if points don't match..the wonkier the
better! I have made these out of two fabrics and they are great
too. For instance....red on one half, pink on the other...or
stripes! One rectangle with stripes going up and down, the second with
the stripes going side-ways..this looks really neat! But my
favorite hearts of all??
REALLY CRUMBY!!
All the steps are the same, I just started with some bricks I cut from some left over crumb /string sections! These hearts are the most fun of all since they all turn out so different!
Questions
or Comments? I would love to hear from you!! © Quiltville Custom Quilting 1997-2008 All Rights Reserved. No part may be used, copied or otherwise
altered without express written permission from the author/webmaster.