Back in February, I took 5 of my friends to Kiva Elementary School where Heather is in 2nd grade, and we stitched out some silk hearts as part of the Masterpiece Art Program. Today Heather presented me with a book of thank you notes that the class had written to me. This is what some of them had to say:

Dear Mrs. Vedeler,
Thank you so much for teaching us how to use the sewing machine and may be once I will see you again.
Your friend,
Donya

Dear Mrs. Vedeler,
You are a great sewer. You are so nice. I love the work you do.
Your friend,
Jaydah
p.s. Thank you so much!

Dear Mrs. Vedeler,
Thank you for coming and helping us make the quilt. It was really fun.
Your friend,
Lucas

Dear Mrs. Vedeler,
I loved doing sewing. It was awesome. The hearts were cool. Art Masterpiece was graet!!!
Sincerely,
Lexi

Dear Mrs. Vedeler,
I loved sowing with you. I hope you will do it again.
From Danelle

Dear miss, vedeler
I really like how you make the quilts it is so interesting how you do it without getting hurt or anything else
Sincerely,
Gigi

Dear Mrs. Vedeler,
Thank you for teaching us how to sow. It was very fun and the heart was really cool. I bet everybody liked it.
Have a great summer!!!
From, Cole

Dear Mrs. Vedeler,
Thank you for what you’ve done in Art masterpiece. I loved the quilts that you made because you probably put a lot of hard work into making them.
Sincerely,
David

Dear Mrs.Vedeler
The quilts you had us make were so fun. I wish we could do it again.
(No name on this one)

Dear Mrs. Vedeler,
Thank you so much for the wonderful quilt. Sewing is so cool! You are very good at sewing.
From Jake

Dear Mrs. Vedeler,
I think you were the best Masterpiece Art parent. You are so cool. I love when you come.
Your friend,
Kloe

Dear Mrs. Vedeler
Thank you for helping inart masterpiece. I saw how you do it and I was amazed. I also love the quilt we did. Thank you for coming to do that.
Thank you, from Tommy

All in all, I think it is very safe to say that these kids really enjoyed themselves!

Due to a lot of requests, I have put together a thread chart for the Silk Hearts Quilt!

The numbers on the chart refer to the color numbers of the threads in the Silk Hearts Collection by Aurifil. Use the same colors that I used, or use your own choice – you really can’t go wrong!

Click on the Silk Hearts Thread Chart to download it.

Enjoy!

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.