Recently I came across a bunch of heart-themed quilt blocks and I fell in love! The variety, the colors, and the simplicity (or complexity) of these cute quilt blocks were so inspiring!
I wanted to share what I found and what inspired me as well as show you what project I selected to try out myself. Get ready, because inspiration is just around the corner (or below!):
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Top 5 Cutest Heart-Shaped Quilt Blocks
#1 Box of Chocolates
Isn't this block so lovely! It is so pretty that I actually didn't notice the chocolate - well, OK yes I did but the quilt block is still amazing. The Box of Chocolate quilt block is from the Temecula Quilt Company and currently, they offer the pattern for this block free! To download the pattern click HERE.
This pattern from Quilty Heart looks similar to the Box of Chocolates (above) but what I love is that the colorful hearts are bigger in size and a little more angular. Oh, and don't you just love the black-and-white version! How inspiring! You could make this in various colors depending on who you are making this for. Also, wouldn't this look great as a table runner or mini wall quilt?
#3 Color Of My Heart
The pops of color in this quilt from The Crafty Quilter really caught my eye! I just loved looking at each colorful square or half-square triangle. The variety of prints all blend together to make this beautiful patchwork heart mini quilt. The pattern for this heart quilt can be found HERE.
I found this image on a site for recycled paper crafts but I thought this would make an awesome string quilt. Don't you agree? All you need to do is cut out a heart shape from copy paper and start sewing strips of fabric to it just like a string quilt. Have you ever made a string (or strip) quilt block? It is a great scrap-busting kind of project. I love this tutorial from A Quilting Life and I recommend you use this tutorial to make your own string quilt blocks.
#5 I Heart You
This little beauty is from the Pen and Paper Patterns blog including a tutorial and pattern! Wow, what an adorable heart block! The word bubbles gives this block such an interesting twist.
So as you can see there are a ton of great inspiring heart block quilts to be found on Pinterest!
And The Winner Is?
Are you wondering what pattern I attempted? I won't keep you waiting any longer! Here is the heart-shaped mini-wall quilt I ended up making:
I chose to make a Color My Heart quilt block based on the pattern from The Crafty Quilter. I love how it turned out!
I actually quilted the inside of the heart following the shape of a heart to make it look like a bunch of hearts inside the big fabric quilted heart. You have to look closely to see the quilting lines in the picture.
This pattern was a great use of all the various scraps I have in my bin. I like that the colors all blend together to make a cute heart and I loved how The Crafty Quilter's block (above) used a black and white border so I copied that theme for my wall quilt.
What heart block pattern makes your heart flutter? I'd love to hear about your favorite as well as see what you created. Please comment and share this post or Pin for later!
Happy Valentine's Day!
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