Archive for February, 2010

Silk Hearts Quilt

02.11.10

Silk Hearts QuiltIt’s pretty exciting when you make a quilt that people love - especially when there is not just one, but two kits available so that other people can make their own version of the quilt!

My Silk Hearts Quilt is such a quilt. I am very happy to announce the introduction of the Silk Hearts Collection – 16 fat quarters of silk dupioni, and 12 large spools of AURIfil Cotton Mako 50 wt – which provide everything you need to be able to create your own Silk Hearts Quilt, using the designs from my Hearts CD.

Silk Hearts Collection

AURIfil Silk Hearts CollectionAURIfil Silk Hearts Collection

The Silk Hearts Quilt started out looking pretty plain when it was just blocks sitting on my design wall.

Silk Hearts Quilt Day 1

Then I added the hearts to get an idea  how it was going to look:

Silk Hearts Quilt Day 1b

Then there was a lot embroidery, followed by a lot of quilting:

Small heart

Small Heart

Small Heart

Medium Heart

Medium Heart

Large Heart

Large Heart

Large Heart

Large Heart

Small Heart

Medium Heart

Small Heart with Feathers

The quilt was finished with a piped facing – for no other reason than I did not have enough silk to put a traditional binding on! But I love the look – more about how to do it in another post.

Piped Facing

Coming soon… detailed cutting intructions for the Silk Hearts Quilt.