Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 12, 2016

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Happy Valentine’s Day, Quilters!

Valentine’s Day fills me with happy memories of school days…

The decorated coffee can mailbox, the tiny cards to sign and address, perhaps a new pen?

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Paper hearts, doilies, paper rings…the smell of kindergarten paste…

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All gave way to fabric, threads, needles, notions…

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If you’re like me, you’ll probably want to pull out fabric in red, pink, white and purple…

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Add a dash of thread in white, red, variegated…

And stitch a few Nora’s Roses and Forget-me-Nots!

Stitching with Love,

Lori

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9 comments

  • Louise

    I absolutely love when you show how you combine your designs! I’m trying to open my mind to new ways of quilting and this helps more than you could know.

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      I’m delighted to hear!

  • Janet

    These beautiful roses will never fade and die! So pretty! Happy Valentine’s Day!

  • Now…..THOSE are my kind of flowers!!!!!!! Happy Valentine’s Day and have a super weekend!!!!!!!!

  • Marta, south Georgia

    OOOohhhhh this is so lovely! and beautiful…and did I say gorgeous?

  • This is beautiful, Lori. Did you use white all over for the Forget-Me-Nots? It appears as if some are in matching red thread. I love your monochromatic art quilts. Sometimes I have trouble, though, figuring out how to add the designs into a colorful block. Any suggestions?

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      In a colorful block the quilting is more subtle. Heavier threads help make quilting more visible.

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      I did use Forget me Nots as the fill. And I used a variety of threads including red and variegated threads to create more interest.

  • loosecannon2

    While watching the snow fall (Knoxville,TN) I enjoyed walking down your “memory lane” this morning Lori. I too remember those “school days” that were so special; we decorated a large box with white crepe paper, adding red hearts from construction paper. It was the most beautiful Valentine box to a child’s mind & all those little Valentine cards were more than special. This was a very special day in our school—I wonder if the children continue these crafts?

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