When I was tidying up the sewing room after all the Christmas projects I came across a couple of quilts that I pieced last year using some fat quarter packs of Valentine’s Day fabric. I’m not a big fan of pink quilts and these are REALLY pink so I know why they were never finished. Also, the tops are pretty ho-hum and boring.
This one I’m calling Valentine Boxes.
After naming it I started thinking about the valentine boxes we made in elementary school. A few days before Valentine’s Day we would bring in shoe boxes and spend some time decorating them with construction paper, crepe paper and doily hearts. I remember how fun it was to bring our boxes home on Valentine’s Day and open all the cards.
So-o-o-o, I’m going to borrow that idea and make this a fun quilt! First I’ll press it and quilt it with an easy edge-to-edge design. Then I’ll some hearts and lace on top and add a little bling. Now I’m excited to start working on it again!
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Adding embellishments to the sugary-pink flimsy will make it wonderful! (“Candy Boxes,” maybe?)
Sometimes a quilt needs to age a bit before it decides how it wants to be finished! I had forgotten about the boxes.
Don’t you love it when inspiration strikes and reinvigorates you? The boxes, while not bad, will benefit from a bit o’bling. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
What a fun way to ‘resuscitate’ life into Valentines Boxes! I happen to adore pink so I’ll be all the more looking forward to your progress being posted! 🙂
Nothing wrong with letting a quilt age before it’s finished. If you think it is too pink maybe you could add a little applique. I think it looks great.
I love pink and this was sure is a winner!
I love that idea! That is going to turn out to be a very cute Valentine’s Day quilt.
That will definitely be anything but boring! Great idea.
Hi Rhonda. Just saying howdy in this new year!!! I like the quilt. Isn’t it amazing what we find when digging through our stashes…..LOL
It will remind me of Conversation Hearts. Oooh, haven’t had those in a million years. May have to pick some up this year.
I love that cute little quilt! And it’ll look good with bling too! (I picture your sewing room as an explosion of projects! What fun for you to always find little surprises!)
I’m excited to see where you take this 🙂
What a great idea!
Those are some bright pinks. i bet they’ll look great with the bling!