Have some HEART this Valentine’s day and make this quick and easy heart appliqué Valentine quilt. This quilt makes a great gift for your loved ones to show them how much you love them.
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YOU WILL LOVE MAKING THIS HEART QUILT FOR VALENTINE’S DAY! HERE IS WHAT WE USED TO MAKE IT:
- 6- 10″x8″ pieces of white fabric with small valentine print hearts on it
- 6- 10″x8″ pieces of pink fabric
- 6-10″x8″ pieces of red fabric
- red fabric for border
- fabric for back
- quilt batting
- basic sewing supplies
Heart Quilt – Step 1
First make a heart pattern from paper. Make sure the heart is small enough to fit inside fabric rectangles you have cut out.
Heart Quilt – Step 2
Next cut out 6 red hearts. Place on the pretty side, in the center of each white square and zigzag appliqué on.
Heart Quilt – Step 3
Now let’s make our rows. Sew your fabric rectangles to make four rows. Two rows should be “heart / strip fabric / heart” as shown in the photo. The other two rows should be “stripped fabric / heart / stripped fabric” as shown in the photo below. Make sure you have your fabrics pretty sides together and use the pressure foot as your guide when you sew the rows.
Heart Quilt – Step 4
Once you have all your rows sewn, now sew all the rows together to form your quilt top. To do so place two rows pretty sides together matching seams. Pin and stitch using the pressure foot as your guide. Continue to do so until all four rows have been sewn together. Cut borders 5″ by the length of each side. Make sure the top and bottom border have an extra 10″ to allow for the side borders.
Heart Quilt – Step 5
Next sew on the side borders first, then the top and bottom border.
Heart Quilt – Step 6
Press your quilt.
Heart Quilt – Step 7
Using your quilt top as a pattern, cut a quilt backing the same size from Valentine fabric, and cut quilt batting the same size. Now place the batting down first, then the back of the quilt fabric with the pretty side facing up, and last the quilt top pretty side down as shown in the photo. Pin all the way around the quilt. Leave a 6″ opening on one side. Stitch around the quilt edge using the pressure foot as your guide. (Don’t’ forget to leave the opening.)
Heart Quilt – Step 8
Finally, trim seams and clip corners. Turn your quilt pretty side out and press. Hand stitch the opening closed. Tie knots with yarn or pretty ribbon going through all 3 layers to quilt your quilt.
You beautiful Valentine heart quilt is now finished and ready for you to use!
PIN IT FOR LATER
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