Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Put a Little Love in Your Quilt

Welcome to my stop on the Put a Little Love in Your Quilt blog hop hosted by Carol.  Today I share my checkerboard heart runner with you.  I used a tutorial by Julie for the heart block, I used her large block.  It was so much fun to see this come together.

First I made this red and whited version.

Next came a red and pink version

And third came a black, pink, and red version. 

These were so much fun it was hard to stop making them.  After I put the blocks together I cut white 1.5" strips to border the set of 4.  The outer border is cut at 2.75".   Julie has a great tutorial for making the round lobes of the hearts, which makes it quick and easy to whip these up.  You still have time to make one for Valentines!

Valentines is not something I usually make since I only do fall craft shows, but, now that I have an Etsy shop I find it so much fun to make for lots of different seasons and holidays.   For anyone who is new to my blog you can see more heart projects I did recently HERE and HERE


This hop has been so much fun and full of great ideas, I do hope you will visit the other bloggers.  Here is a full list.

46 comments:

  1. Your heart runners are so lovely! The hearts takes me back to my childhood Christmas when I folded paper hearts... Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Those wonderful hearts do look addicting. Great job. Can't get over how different they look in the various color combos.

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  3. Beautiful table runners. They are both wonderful.

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  4. Very pretty table runners. Nice to see in the different fabrics too! Thanks for sharing!

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  5. I love table runners and yours are lovely!!

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  6. That looks like a fun runner. I like the heart pattern.

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  7. These little table runners are a great way to celebrate the season of love. The fabrics you chose for each of them are fun, but your quilting really makes them sing. Love how you quilted the little checker boards.

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  8. Vicki, the table runners are so dang adorable. The heart block is catching my eye. First time seeing this one and think it's one of those things I might just have to try. Well, at least put it on my to do list!

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  9. Oh, your runners are too cute! Reminds me of the little woven construction paper hearts that our neighbor boy always used to bring my daughters on Valentine's Day. So cute! I can see how you just can't stop at one! Thanks for the link so I can try it myself.

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  10. Those hearts are so pretty, glad you shared!

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  11. I really love your heart runners, Vicki. The two colours are a nice touch too, pink is soft!

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  12. Oh, my goodness, they really make a statement! This is a fun pattern. 15 years ago (omg, THAT long ago?) when my daughter’s friend’s started having babies, I made my daughter an 'auntie' quilt using it. Thought she needed something she could toss down on the floor for visiting babies. She’s still using it!

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  13. They do look like they would be addictive to make. Love the one with the black added. Thanks for the links to the others in the hop; there are lots of blogs I haven't seen before and I always like finding new ones. Happy Valentine's Day, Vicki!

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  14. Hi Vicki,
    You know that I love these table runners! I don't really decorate for V Day much, but these just might change my mind. Thanks for sharing the link for the tutorial just in case I need to whip one up. Which one is your favorite? I think I like the first one best today. ~smile~ Roseanne

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  15. Vicki, your fun and creative pieces never fail to be inspiring! These heart runners are just darling. I've never seen the checkerboard pattern and I really like it. I have to go see how Julie does the round parts. Thanks for sharing the link :)

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  16. The table runners are wonderful! I love them. I've seen the pattern before, but have never attempted them. I think I will now. Thanks for sharing!

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  17. Well, you know I like them! It's fun to see you create, and how quickly you get them done! You go!

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  18. Wow, not 1, or 2, but 3 and they are all beautiful. Hearts are so much fun.

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  19. Beautiful Vicki!!! What you only made 3 tablerunners? I think you're slipping LOL.

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  20. Not one, but three table runners...awesome! I love how different they look in the variety of colors. They are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your heart projects and for playing along today. :O)

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  21. All of the runners are pretty but I think I like the red and pink one best. Curves...I heard those were dangerous :) I'll check out the tutorial, thanks for sharing it.

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  22. Aren't those cute?! Are you keeping one for yourself? :)

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  23. Those are adorable and thanks for sharing the link. I will have to check it out later. Such pretty runners, and so much variety.

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  24. Thanks for sharing your ♥️ Felt projects.

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  25. Really cool table runner. Thank you for sharing. Have a fun day! angielovesgary2 atgmail dotcom

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  26. Great runner, thanks for sharing 3 different versions. I love how the fabric changes the look.

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  27. What cute runners and love that you showed two colorways.

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  28. Oh my goodness! These are all so beautiful. I don't know which one I like the most. Thank you for sharing today.

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  29. I love your heart table runners. The rounded corners are great. Thanks for sharing.

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  30. Ha, Ha. You should have seen me scrolling back and forth to see your heart runners, trying to decide which I thought was the cutest. Ah, well, I never did made a final decision; all three are just cuter than cute. Happy Heart Day.

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  31. Those are beautiful. It would be hard to choose a favorite.

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  32. Your Heart runners are timeless and each of the three colorways are beautiful. Thank you sew very much for Hopping...xo

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  33. All of them turned out beautifully, but I like the third one the best.

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  34. I love this and was thinking of it for one of my IBAmbassador projects! They really are beautiful!

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  35. Too cute! Really love the black and pink version!

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  36. Love these, particularly how you've quilted them - they have so much wonderful dimension in the weaving!

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  37. Your quilting on the hearts is perfect! It adds a great element to the design. Love your work. Thanks for sharing.

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  38. Love it! Really cute, especially with the different fabric selections.

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  39. I really like the top one (it RED). We're not much into Valentine's Day. This year though (hopefully) we'll get a GREAT Valentine's gift of a grandbaby.

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  40. Cute runners. Both versions are wonderful!

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  41. Oh sweet, I don't know which I like best. Lovely quilting, as always Vicki.

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  42. this is adorable! I used to braid these paper hearts for the Christmas tree when I grew up in Denmark, it was a special glazed paper that I can't find in the US.

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