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Bright, Happy Hearts and FREE Pattern

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February. The month for love and hearts. Did you know this is National Heart Month? A dear friend from my Atlanta days bought a packet of hearts and didn't know what to do with them. She saw some inspiration in a quilt shop the next year and decided to play around with putting them on a single piece of fabric. It appeared in my second book, Supersize 'Em Quilts (2009). I like her super wide binding - it looks like a thin border. FREE pattern is in the link. Jeweled Crazy Hearts  by Jan Jolly: 42" x 42" I took this idea and made it into a workshop in 2009. Students received pre-cut squares with fusible webbing on the back and a heart template. Then they were to place them in one or two arrangements on a large piece of background fabric. We used raw edge machine appliqué to stitch them down. Here are a few versions. This next photo is of REAL fabric. Dancing Hearts Table Runner: 20" x 29" I made one in 1930s fabrics. Actually, two. These photos are a bit fuzzy...