I have had a blast working with the 'Kiss Kiss' fabric from Moda to create my Feb 'Stitched' quilt. Did I tell you I am on a quest to have one for each month for decorating? We are talking about that at my online quilt bee, such a fun idea!
I adore Valentine's day! All things are red, there are HEARTS and love is in the air! yes.. I am a bit swoonie over Valentine things. As a kid I used to put 'sealed with a kiss' on all my letters and notes, so this fabric line is perfect for my February quilt.
I want to share a wonderful Valentine's day story with you.
When I was going to college my grandfather surprised me with a big box of valentine chocolates! He knew I was far away from home as my parents were living in Europe. And I was missing all the routine a holiday would bring. So he told me to come into the kitchen as he wanted to show me something .... and there was this beautiful box!
I kept it for many years, He was the best grandpa to think of me!
Here we go... I got My STITCHED quilt for Valentine's day done! (and I know YOU understand a TOP is DONE).
I made a few extra blocks so that it's one longer than the pattern. Then I chopped up the leftover black and letter jelly roll strips into 4 units, putting smaller units of black and aqua polka dots between them as a border.
This makes me SO happy! I might even baste it and start quilting it tonight. All the leftover red strips will be used for the binding.
I want to spread some love!
"Share a favorite Valentine story in my comments"
On Sun Feb 22 I'll pick a winner of this set of left over jelly roll strips and 1/2 yard of my NEW The Sweet Life red/white words.
Deb is the winner she said 'My sweet Valentine proposed 3 days after Valentine's Day 35 years ago. So on that particular Feb 14th I didn't celebrate with a special someone since he lived 3 hours from me. But...on Feb 17th he proposed and asked me to spend every Valentine's Day with him forever after that. I said Yes! So tomorrow we'll celebrate our 35th Proposal Anniversary!'
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