Tag Archives: Valentine’s Day

Hello Luv Finished

Hello Luv all pin-basted and ready to quilt:

Hello Luv Pat Sloan

For this quilt, I chose to print a couple of quilting designs from Electric Quilt. I like to cut out enough blocks of tracing paper to equal the blocks on the quilt.

With the design on top, I have the layers of paper stapled or pinned together.

I free motion quilt with a large, old needle and no thread in the sewing machine.

Hello Luv Pat Sloan
Hello Luv Pat Sloan

After I peel apart the papers, I pin them to the quilt top, thread up the machine and free motion quilt the design.

Hello Luv Pat Sloan

I use tracing paper and it peels off easily.

Hello Luv Pat Sloan

I admit that I wanted to get this project done, so I didn’t think through the rest of the quilting.

I am not happy with how I finished the border. Finished is better than perfect, but I could’ve done better; I was in a hurry to be done.

Hello Luv Pat Sloan

Even so, I have a nice seasonal table topper for Valentine’s Day.

Hello Luv Pat Sloan

And really good news!

Betty Boop is home from the hospital! She helped me finish this project, and there are a couple of applique projects waiting just for her. It is wonderful to have a sewing machine back that can do zig-zag and decorative stitches!

Hello Luv Pat Sloan

Quilt On!

Hello Luv Update

I am making Pat Sloan’s Hello Luv pattern as a table topper for my dining table. I have the blocks sewn together and I am deciding whether or not I’d like to add a border.

Hello Luv Pat Sloan

I had lots of bonus HST’s and I pieced them into pinwheel blocks.

Since I have two accent tables in the living room, I decided to make placemats for them.

I used a washable marker to mark a simple grid for quilting the placemats.

Hello Luv
Hello Luv
Hello Luv

I used a light pink thread; it blends in well.

Hello Luv
Hello Luv

I’m happy with how these turned out!

Hello Luv

Quilt On!

Jars of Love

I saw the Jars of Love pattern on the internet a few months ago, and I have wanted to make it ever since.

It was designed for the Valentine Quilt Block Series at Thermoweb.

I decided that if I were ever going to make this sweet little block, then I would just have to take the time and do it.

So I did.

Jars of Love

A view of the back…just to show that it is all machine appliqued:

Jars of Love

Jars of Love

Machine quilted and bound!

Jars of Love

Jars of Love

Jars of Love

Jars of Love

Jars of Love Designed by Carla Henton – Creatin’ in the Sticks