Have a lot of Hearts–a Quilted Pillow

I decided I wanted to make a nested heart pillow for the Project QUILTING ‘Have a Heart’ Challenge.  I drew my design up on EQ7 and decided to paper piece it together.  I printed out all the templates which I then had to tape together since the paper wasn’t big enough.  Then – to keep things straight I colored in the different hearts with various colors.  It was a mess!  I’m not quite sure what I was thinking …

But – I did it anyway.  I put together all the pieces. 

I had a vision and this is one of those times when my vision was a bit too pink.  Wowza!  That’s a really pink quilt!!!!

I thought about quilting it in black but multiple folks recommend that I use white to calm it down.  I had a lot of fun free motion quilting this on my bernina using aurifil thread.  I tried out lots of different designs – a different one in each heart!

I did not quilt in the thin black/lime green batik heart and it just sort of ‘pops’ out of the quilt this way.

Isn’t the quilting so much fun!?

So … here it is – ‘Have a lot of Hearts’ – a Quilted Pillow.  It’s bright, it’s big (24” x 24”) and it’s done.  This is definitely not my favorite piece ever but I like it better than I thought I would as I realized just how ‘pink’ it was turning.

I used a fun printed fabric for the back too!  And since it’s a pillow!  I have an entry for the Nancy Zieman pillow challenge!   

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