Originally Posted by
Pinkiris
What you have done so far is very pretty! Do you make individual pieces, quilt them and THEN join them together? Sure would make quilting a lot easier! Can't wait to see the finished product.
I did the heart string blocks on muslin, then sewed some setting triangles to them. These I sandwiched and quilted, leaving alot of extra backing all around. I will then put all the pieces together at the end and do a fold over of the excess backing as a seam on the back. I only have a domestic to do my quilting on, so had to handle it all in smaller pieces.
I am trying to write it up into a pattern as I go along. I know of a couple other weddings coming up, so this weekend I rewrote my pattern into a way I can do all the scrappy fabrics for the setting triangles in neutrals and do most of the quilting ahead of time, then when I know a wedding is acutally coming, get the couple to select a jelly roll to make the heart strings. I will take their photo and finish up the portrait center. And in no time, it could be done!
It basically is two pieces like the one shown - a heart string block, a feathered triangle, and a few setting triangles. These are the 2 side panels. Then the center panel has two heart string blocks and more setting triangles on either end, and the portrait square in the middle.
After joining all the pieces, I will do some straight stitching to surround the decorative quilting from block to block.