V day quilts and music

 

every year since I married I make a Valentine quilt. Some years they are bed sized, some time small like this one. I actually had to make it in three days, oops. I started with my box of watercolor squares 2" and multi colored. 

I just sewed them together... and then decided to finish the edges, using piping and a turned seam. I had some red piping the right size in my scrap box, and glue basted it in place

trimmed, and sewed the backing to this using the zipper foot and going slowly. Leaving a small space to turn it inside out, 

the backing was a computer scrap... it's been a year of doing things on computer... oy vey

but then I talked to my friend Cindy and said shall I applique it onto a background?

 She suggested just beading it and hanging as a wall ornament... just what I wanted but was thinking it was too Becky Homecky (in the words of clothing designer on project runway) for beads. 

I cut a piece of peltex to give it body, stuffed it in and quilted the whole thing with gold threads

 chose some beads to use

I put gold and red bugle beads for X's or hugs, some gold balls and made fringe for the bottom

I hung it from the mantel and am thrilled with how fast it came together
 

didn't use these... maybe next year

 I made another quick heart quilt I'll share later for Table Scraps challenge... stay tuned and now

For the love songs I'm showcasing this month...

remember my friends I love you just the way you are....

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaA3YZ6QdJU&list=RDGMEMQ1dJ7wXfLlqCjwV0xfSNbA&index=21

and a special song for me...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_UYLPSn6U

because I pretty much knew my husband when I saw his face the first time... as if I recognized him

has that happened to you?

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