Who's Minding the Binding?

Gizmo, of course!

My late night sewing companion extraordinaire!
You can't see it, but she's "nesting" over the binding for this week's project.

Several years ago, my mom gifted me with this beautiful quilt.  It's a hand-pieced, hand-quilted Postage Stamp quilt made by my great-great-grandmother.  I've had it in storage, but thought Life is short and I want it out where I can see and enjoy it.  It's hanging in our dining room and I see it about a hundred times a day.   I love thinking of family and this always makes me smile!

The individual squares measure out at 1".  Such tiny pieces!  The quilt has such a soft, neutral tone in places and it calms me to look at it.  Sort of centers my thoughts and helps me have perspective on life, time, family. I wanted to do something similar, and I am working on my Scrappy Trip quilt, but was looking for something a little different...and Valentine's Day was coming up is this week.

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This really caught my eye.

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And this!

But what really got the brain going was this:

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Just loved it!  And, bonus! There's a handy picture breaking down how it can be made here:

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I was set!

Out came all my 2" sq pink, red and neutral-ish scraps.  It was a little tedious (why, do I do that to myself?  LOL) to piece them all one by one (because I enjoy the punishment?  LOL), but I really liked what I had going by this stage of the process.

Soft.  Subtle.  Sweet.  

I found a vintage sheet to use for the back and drew hearts all over the quilt sandwich and went to work quilting.  Once I had FMQ'd the hearts...looping them to each other, I went back and added half circles so the hearts look like doilies.  The heart itself just has a meandering stitch through it.

 The most beautiful blue sky was over our house for me to take pictures of the finished mini-quilt.  The binding is an apple red, polka dot.  Really makes the center pop!  I took embroidery floss and quilted large stitches all around the pink. 

So very pleased with how this turned out, and just in time for Valentine's Day!

Attending FOUR different virtual quilt shows this week:  Quilt story,

Freshly Pieced, Crazy Mom Quilts and introducing her first weekly linky party (Tuesdays) Randi at i have to say.  I hope you can find some quiet time (or even time without the quiet!) to join us and let us see what you've been up to!

Thanks for sharing my adventures and mishaps with me!  Encouraging and inspiring comments are sweet drops of sunshine in my day!  Thanks for sharing what you're doing in the quilting world and sharing your family and friends with me.

Happy Valentine's Day!