Silk Hearts Quilt
02.11.10
It’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.
The Silk Hearts Quilt started out looking pretty plain when it was just blocks sitting on my design wall.
Then I added the hearts to get an idea how it was going to look:
Then there was a lot embroidery, followed by a lot of quilting:
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.
Coming soon… detailed cutting intructions for the Silk Hearts Quilt.
OK…I have my silk kit, my Mako cotton threads and my designs…and stabilizeer. I bought the fabric and deisgns separately from the thread.)
I have the cutting instructions you shared so generously. Do you have the breakdown for getting the color layout on the quilt above from my silk kit?
Thank you, Sarah. I am excited to start!
Hi Eileen!
I’ll send you an email with a color layout. I relly have to get it up here on the web!
Sarah
I am considering using my cutwork software to cut out all the applique hearts. Do you have any suggestions for that?
Dee – way too much work! Try this instead:
- prepare the applique fabric with fusible webbing on the back. Keep the backing paper on.
- when you stitch the placement line for the heart onto the background fabric in the hoop, unthread the machine (and you may need to turn the thread sensors off too), and lay the heart applique fabric on top of the background fabric in the hoop.
- stitch the placement line. It will perforate the backing paper on the fusible webbing, giving you an exact fit when cut out with a pair of scissors. You should also be able to see the placement lines too – but if you can’t restitch with thread in the machine.
- fuse the heart in place and continue as normal.
Sarah