Working on the heart quilt

I haven’t done any updates on sewing projects in a long time – a few months now at this stage. But that isn’t because I’ve stopped sewing it’s because I have another huge project on the go. I paper pieced a heart shaped quilt block and absolutely loved the process. Like I said at the time it was slow and tedious but in a thoroughly absorbing way. I decided right away that even though it would take forever I would paper pieced an entire quilt top.

Each of the blocks takes me about an hour and half to complete and I don’t even notice the time slipping by. Usually though I only have time to tackle the paper piecing at the weekend and I think I’ve averaging about 1-2 blocks a week…..that’s really slow progress!

Since this quilt is for me though I don’t have any sort of deadlines on when I have to complete it. If I don’t feel like sewing one weekend then I just don’t – simple! I’m sure I’ll eventually get back to sewing some other smaller items – preferably some tops and skirts etc but right now I’m perfectly happy just slowly plugging away at my heart quilt.

Linking up with Frontier Dreams and Small Things (even though it isn't knitting sorry!)

Comments

[Lucy Bowen]

Oh gosh, that will be gorgeous, well done.

[Jennifer Miller]

Love it. i don't know a thing about paper piecing. Or I should say I don't really know a whole lot about quilting in general.

[BeccaH / nutmegknitter]

Oh this is gorgeous! I dream of someday maybe doing quilting. I think it's more likely I will do one of those fusion blankets - where you crochet around the squares of fabric? Anyway, hearts mean a lot to me, and this caught my eye when I went to link up at the Small Things blog.

[Becki]

I'm not familiar with the term paper piecing, but then I'm not a quilter, either. Your blocks are beautiful! Take your time and enjoy the process, but I do look forward to seeing it when it's complete. :)

[Kathy]

It's looking great.....Regards Kathy A, Brisbane, Australia

[Kepanie]

These are so cool. How striking to the eye they are.

[Caffeine Girl]

Those are lovely squares. I'm confused by the term paper quilting because it seems to involve fabric???