Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Hearts on Fire Blog Hop

I was excited to play with hearts!  It reminds me of elementary school when we got to decorate bags or boxes for Valentines day.  I usually make heart animals with my students at this time of year.  I googled heart animals and came across a heart dragonfly.  It was so cute I knew that's what I wanted to make.  

I took a 10 inch square of Island Batik in royal blue and found some yellow and orange scraps.  I applied Steam-a-Seam 2 light to the back of the scraps and cut out a bunch of hearts.  



It took me a while to figure out how I wanted to position the dragonflies nicely.  I finally decided to make them next to each other.

I then stitched around the edges of the applique with invisible thread because the thought of changing colors too often was daunting. 



For the quilting I decided on a simple echo pattern to emphasize the dragonflies.  I an't wait to show it to my first graders.

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

36 comments:

  1. Those first graders are going to love it! I love it, too. That's just the cutest dragonfly pattern I ever saw.

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  2. Beautiful heart dragonflies! They stand out so good against the blue background, which is wonderfully quilted by the way!

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  3. Love your orange and yellow dragonflies!! Sew cute!!

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  4. Love your dragonflies! I like to use invisible thread too, sure bets changing thread a million times..

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  5. So cute! They look like they could fly.

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  6. I LOVE those dragonflies! What a great idea! You could have your first graders make some paper ones, using your mini-quilt for inspiration. I retired from 3rd grade and enjoyed doing those kinds of projects with my kiddos. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Your class will love it. Love those fabrics too. Heart art - A+

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  8. Very cute! Perfect colors for hearts on fire ... :-) Pat

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  9. Love the heart dragonflies and you picked perfect colours. Great project.

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  10. So cute! I bet your students will love them!!

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  11. Those little dragonflies are just too cute. What a fun quiltie!

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  12. Those are just too cute and I don't need to be a first grader to love them! Such a great combo of no-red heart fabric to make such a sweet wall hanging. Thank you so much for joining in this hop...you are amazing! xo

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  13. It's beautiful and so so creative!

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  14. I love dragon flies and these are the prettiest I think I have ever seen. Great idea and beautiful quilting.

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  15. A very bright, cheery and cute use of hearts!

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  16. Very cute piece, thanks for sharing!

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  17. Gorgeous!! Such a fun idea and a great use of the hearts!

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  18. So creative and so unique. Dragonflies...the best.

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  19. They are the cutest dragonflies I have ever seen. Well done.

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  20. What a beautiful little quilt. Bet your class will love it

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  21. Such super cute dragonflies. What a great idea to use make them with hearts.

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  22. What a fun idea! Thanks for sharing.

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  23. Your heart dragonflies are perfect! I love the cheerful colors!

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  24. Your dragonflies are fabulous! Great design.

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  25. So Cute, love what you have done!
    Carol O

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  26. Gorgeous colors and design. Very pretty heart project.

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