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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Revealing the Secret

I know, I know everyone wanted a picture of what I was making last week. Well until I knew it was delivered I really couldn't without breaking the surprise.  The gift is for my beautiful niece and her husband who were just married "Congratulations" Rosemary & John!

The quilt pattern is Pixelated Heart found on the Blue Elephant Stitches blog, plus I added my own little twist.  Now you know I can not make a pattern exactly as written, that so would not be "Wilde" it had to be done and I like how it turned out.


I used all medium scrappy 4 1/2" squares for the heart and a mix of creams and white for background.  The quilt also contains a couple of special pieces, you may be able to tell from this picture that there are two small hearts within the large heart.  I did this by layering fabric and batting on each side of the main batting UNDER the top piece.


Once I placed them where I thought they should go within the heart, I basted them in place.  Using the window I was able to double check the placement before layering the sandwich. (Top-batting-backing). I did the same thing to add a second set of hearts on to the back


For the backing I added a pink solid triangle to write a message to the couple before attaching the binding.
 

I also wrote a wish to the couple inside the binding, other than this picture I expect it never to be seen.  You see it is within a triple layer of fabric - love is magical and wishes do come true I believe ~ I wanted it to be there without showing


May your lives be joined together like the pieces of this quilt, filled with love, joy and happiness  
 XOXO Aunt Pam Wilde
The  back shows the hearts both with a slight change in color and texture due to 3 layers of batting.  To complete the quilt a triangle pocket was added hiding the personal message, it wasn't necessary I just prefer a clean finish to the overall look of my quilts.


In the blogosphere there are a couple of quilt patterns often used for weddings, with the addition of my hearts, I think this is my new favorite.

XOXO  HAPPY COUPLE
Aunt Pam :)
 
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14 comments:

  1. What a sweet heart! Just so soft and beautiful.

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  2. This is beautiful, Pam, and totally worth the wait of delivery. :) I really like your idea of putting the shadowed hearts under the top and backing, I will have to keep that in mind for future projects!

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  3. What a beautiful and very thoughtful quilt! Your additions are wonderful and beautifully executed! The addition of the message hidden in the binding is awesome! This was definitely worth the wait! :)

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  4. Lovely! Another one I would love to make...:-)

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  5. So beautiful! Perfect present for a wedding couple!

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  6. Adding those hearts was so creative and so thoughtful! You can tell you put a lot of yourself in making this quilt and that's what makes a quilt so special. I really like the colors you used - this is a lovely quilt!

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  7. that is sweet...the little hearts is a great touch

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  8. I saw this yesterday and didn't have time to post then...amazing idea! I love the happy cleverness of it all. It's a beautiful quilt and the love you put into it shines!

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  9. What a sweet and meaningful treasure this quilt will be! Your idea to add those hearts is brilliant. And the addition of that special secret message... Beautiful! Bravo, Aunt Pam!

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  10. Very nice! I love how you added the two hearts on the inside, what a great touch!

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  11. Those extra touches make this quilt extra special, thanks for sharing.

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  12. So sweet and so cool how you added those secret hearts. And I think your message was just perfect!

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  13. Truly beautiful. I know they will treasure the quilt and think about Aunt Pam whenever they look at it.

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