HeartStrings Quilt Project

Happy Block Sewing Day in Maryland

Date: Saturday May 19, 2012
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Location: Mother Seton Parish Hall in Germantown Maryland
Street: 19951 Father Hurley Blvd
City State Zip: Germantown Maryland

Join us for the Happy Block Party with luncheon on Sat 5/19/12
at the corner of Father Hurley Blvd/Middlebrook Road Germantown MD. Sign up on the HeartString file section so we have enough food and prizes for all attendees. Contact Annewtrudel@yahoo.com for sign up.

Pieced by Beth, this one will go to Kathleen to be quilted and donated. Working together we finish more quilts.

While not everyone is able to participate in our sew-in’s in person, we do get great support from the group who send in blocks and supplies to support our efforts. Prior to our sew-in yesterday Luisa and 6 friends from Italy had sent in a number of block sets to be assembled and donated.

Sue and her Mom assembled a number of the tops before the sew-in and you can see those and others assembled at the sew-in yesterday at this link.

Sheree shows off one of the block sets sent by Luisa and the top she assembled from them.

Blocks and tops … We’re making lots of progress today.

Getting set up in Roberts, WI today.

Don’t you love seeing different versions of a quilt using the same block? It just so happens that Nikki and I are working on similar string quilts right now.

She’s using a 9 inch finished block with black centers.

I’m using an 8 inch finished block and varying the color of my stars.

Brenda reminded us that we had a photo of a blue version that Angie had been working on at a sew-in that was made with 6 inch blocks.

If you’d like to make your own version here’s a link to a brief description of how I’m making my quilt which I’m making based on a vintage quilt I saw on eBay.

Stephanie has been busy making and assembling Quilt as You Go HeartStrings.

This is one of 3 she recently finished. These blocks are great because they not only use up leftover strips and strings but they also use leftover batting scraps. You can find instructions at the link above and you’ll note there are several links for different methods for assembly the blocks — if you want to finish your quilt like hers, Stephanie used Keryn’s method so click that link when you’re done making your blocks.

Some more progress on our current project to inspire you to join in.

From Alycia some RWB blocks

From MaryH this lovely pink/green HeartStrings with yellow centers

And from me, this bright,cheery HeartStrings with black centers

See how much fun we’re having choosing our own colors and combinations? If you’d like to join in, click here to view the details of this ongoing project.

We haven’t forgotten RWB while we play with other color combinations. Nancy and her group recently finished this top.

We’re continuing to work on blocks and tops for our current challenge.

Cathy finished a set of i Spy HeartStrings blocks using Turquoise centers.

And look at this color combination of Bobbi’s

This year’s challenge give us the opportunity to play with all different color combinations and by creating entire sets of blocks, allows us to break out of our typical blue and red centered blocks for a while.

To join in the fun (the project goes through August) click the link above for details.