The Twin Project - part 4 - The "h" Quilt
I decided to get busy and quilt both of these quilts “right away” because of the uncertain state of things in Florida with my mom.
(If you happened to see this blog post and don’t have a clue what I’m referring to - check out yesterday’s blog post. I showed Adelyn’s quilt.) Today is Hazel’s.
I used hearts and loops.
Interestingly with these - I had to learn to perfect quilting hearts upside down. When I quilt these things, I tend to start in the middle and go down. Since this quilt is one that has a direction to the design, I wanted to keep the quilting also directional. Well, I managed to quilt hearts going up and down in two different styles, but last time, a couple of years ago when I made other quilts and used hearts, I didn’t manage to do upside down hearts very well. They don’t finish upside down - what I mean is that I had to make them “from the bottom up”.
Imagine trying to write your letters from the bottom up and having them look right. Most of us write from a line and then start at the top. For example - an “h” - we start that line in the air and come down.
I was determined to improve this time. What I mean by that is, as I worked down the quilt in the center, that part was easy. Then, I tend to go over to the right and back up. As I quilt back “up” the quilt along the center, I need to make the hearts coming at them from a different direction.
Some of you have no idea what I’m talking about. Some of you do. Whatever. What it means is that I had to work harder at it this time til I managed to do it. Thankfully this type of thing tends to be related to muscle memory. By the time I had finished both twin size quilts, I could do both types of hearts while going either up or down the quilt.
I’ll be grateful for “small things!”
Here’s the layout. I made the squares using 2.5” pieces. The “h” grid is 13x20 so it is 26”x40” as a center panel of sorts.
I added multiple borders to the center “h” as you can see which I cut these widths
They are numbered from the inside going ‘out’
white - 1.5”
dark pink -1.5”
lighter pink - 2.5”
dog print - 4.5”
darker pink - 3.5”
lighter pink - sides - 5.5”, top and bottom - 6.25”
dark strips for top and bottom - 2.5”
outer light pink pieces on outside of the dark border strips - 3.5”
This will give you a quilt that finishes at 59.5”x82”.
Note:
I only made these two quilts for my two granddaughters. However, if you want to do something similar, just take the alphabet that was linked to above, recolor to your liking and add borders in fabrics that appeal to you or the child/person you are making it for until it is the size you want.
Just remember, you do not have to make all borders the same width or even have borders equally everywhere. Enjoy the creativity you can find in designing your own personalized quilt that no one else has! Don’t be afraid!
Here’s the quilt roll -
I did have to piece the backing for this one as well - I put a strip of pink in the middle of the Paw Patrol fabric on the back to make it the right length and then added pink to each side. I did not necessarily try to center the Paw Patrol fabric on the back.
Since I had already made the pillowcases, I added them to the quilt and got a picture of the set.
Here are both of the quilts lying on the table, drying.
And that’s all I’ve got for you today! Thanks for coming along on my journey with me!
Have a great day wherever you are reading this! Stay safe!
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