Happy Valentine's Day!

Today is the day of love and hearts - Happy Valentine's Day! 

Back in January, I shared a post full of free heart patterns from multiple designers, and now it's time for a free heart block from me - an outlined heart. This heart block has an unfinished size of 9" x 12 1/2", and uses the stitch 'n flip method, suitable for confident beginners - let's get started!

Materials for 1 block
1 fat quarter each of red, background, and outline fabric

Cutting for 1 block
Cut the following, labeling each piece.

Outline Fabric:

OA    1 (one) 7″ x 7″ square

OB    2 (two) 2″ x 3¹/₂″ rectangles

OC    2 (two) 2″ x 2″ squares

OD    2 (two) 1¹/₂″ x 6¹/₂″ rectangles

Background:

BA    1 (one) 7″ x 7″ square

BB    2 (two) 1¹/₂″ x 1¹/₂″ squares

BC    2 (two) 3″ x 3″ squares

Red:

HA   1 (one) 5″ x 5″ square

HB    2 (two) 2″ x 5″ rectangles

Block Construction

Make the lower hearts

Mark a diagonal on each 7″ x 7″ background square (BA) and each red 5″ x 5″ square (HA).

Place BA and OA right sides together, stitch a scant ¹/₄″ on each side of the diagonal line. Cut on line for two HST’s. Trim to 6¹/₂″ x 6¹/₂″. Press.

Place marked HA's on top of OA's, stitch on the line. Trim excess. Press.

Make upper heart units

Mark diagonal lines on 2 (two) outline 2″ x 2″ squares OC.

Place on ends of 2 (two) red 2″ x 5″ rectangles (HB) stitch on line. Trim excess, press to HB.

Lay outline fabric 2″ x 3¹/₂″ rectangles (OB) on the other end of each unit, drawing a diagonal line on each as shown. Stitch on line. Trim excess, press.

Make upper outline units

Mark diagonal lines on 2 (two) background 1¹/₂″ x 1¹/₂″ squares (BB). Place on ends of 2 (two) outline 1¹/₂″ x 6¹/₂″ rectangles (OD), as shown. Stitch on line. Trim excess, press.

Stitch upper heart units to lower heart units, nesting seams, and matching any others. Press seam open.

Add upper outline units to top, pressing seam open.

Stitch both heart halves together, press seam open.

Mark diagonal lines on each 3″ x 3″ background square BC.

Place on upper corners over OB and OD. Stitch on the line. Trim and press for final block.

Need more hearts? How about a parade of my Valentine quilt patterns, available in my Etsy shop. 

The newest addition, Wrap Up Some Love, is full of hearts and adorable kitties. It's my current favorite to snuggle under!

The rest of the list includes table runners:
Love Match, with it's striking red, black, and white theme

Love Abounds, full of beautiful interlocking applique hearts in two versions: 
as outlines

or filled in

Sweetheart table runner, an easy pieced and scrappy runner

and the Heart to Heart table runner of stacked hearts, with matching place mats.

With all these hearts, I'm wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day!

Thanks for following!

Wrap Up Some Love

Adorable kitties and hearts? Yes please! I want to Wrap Up Some Love with these!

Who can resist sweet, soft kitties? They're known to be masters of love, and excel at curling their tails around your heart. Goodness knows, it's happened to me several times!

Valentine's Day is fast approaching, and all of my heart table runners - Love Match, Heart to Heart, Sweetheart, and Love Abounds - decorate the dining and living rooms. But something's missing, the sofa is bare. It needs a heart themed lap quilt! 

Though inspired by all the FREE heart patterns posted last month, I wanted something a bit different. Being a cat lover, I saw this cute line drawing,

which sent me down a road of how to construct it in fabric. After a few sketches on graph paper, sizing pieces to cut, and a lot of stitch 'n flip sewing, a cat/heart block was born. Oh! It happened again - a kitty wrapped around my heart!

With such easy construction, I made a few more kitties, having fun changing the cat and heart fabrics, and waited for the blocks to speak to me. No, they didn't purr or meow, but did give me a setting to work with. All the quilt needed were additional blocks to tie it all together. 

Keeping in mind the strong diagonal element going on, the first blocks I made overpowered the cats with too much red. Changing the color placement made the re-worked blocks just right, adding the right amount of spark. I think of them as a combined hug and a kiss!

Add in additional background, and a simple heart pantograph, and these kitties are ready to Wrap Up Some Love!

The Wrap Up Some Love pattern is perfect a Valentine quilt to the confident beginner quilter and above.

Happy Quilting!

FREE Heart Quilt Patterns

Just in time for Valentine's Day, how about some FREE heart quilt patterns?  

                              

Below is a curated list of 22 FREE heart quilt patterns, from blocks to wall hangings to table toppers, pillows, and quilts.
Plenty of inspiration for those who love sewing and quilting!

FREE Heart Block Patterns

Simple Heart Blocks and quilt pattern from Cluck Cluck Sew

                                                    


Heart Quilt Block from I Sew Free

                                       


Scrappy Heart at Heather Givens

                                   


Valentine Heart Block at the Quilting Assistant

                                                           


Be Good to Your Heart Quilt Block from Diary of a Quilter

                                   

Free Heart Table Topper Patterns

Shades of Love from During Quiet Time

                                                     


Love You Placemat by Gigi's Thimble

                                                     


Jelly Roll Hearts by Center Street Quilts

                                     

FREE Heart Wall Hanging Patterns

Twisting Heart Valentine at Free Motion by the River

                                        


Keep the Heart Truth Growing from Jane Spolar for Janome

                                         


Valentine Trio from Butterfly Threads Quilting

                                                      


To You, With Love by Stash Bandit

                     

FREE Heart Pillow Patterns

Bursting Heart Pillow from Blue Susan Makes

                               


Applique Hearts Pillow at Quilting in the Rain

                                        


Faux Chenille Heart Pillow at Ameroonie Designs

                                        

FREE Heart Quilt Patterns

Country Hearts at the Moda Bake Shop

                                                



Scrappy Log Cabin Heart Quilt by Neverland Stitches

                                        


Heart Petals Quilt by Heidi Pridemore

                               


I Heart Chevrons Quilt by Modern Handcraft

                                           


Happy Quilting!

                                                   
 

My Favorite Patterns

FREE Valentine Heart Projects

Happy Valentine's Week! Need a project to send some love?

Here's a curated collection of FREE heart projects, from blocks, though place mats, wall hangings, and of course, quilts! Just click on the pink titles to go the instructions.

                                                   
                                                     Nine Patch Heart

                                     
                                                     Love You Placemat

                           
                                                     Bursting Heart Pillow

                           
                                                      e-heart Wall Hanging

                                               
                                                          Valentine Trio


                                       
                                               Scrappy Log Cabin Heart Quilt

                                             
                                                              Big Love Quilt

                         

                                                                 Love in Chains

                                                  
                                                              I Heart Chevrons

Wow! That's a lot of love to send- enjoy!