Hearts and Arrows
 

I have to make a quilted wallhanging for a Pi Phi's wedding gift.

I found 2 patterns that might be appropriate.

http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/d...sandArrows.jpg

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:jhJxQxIhNpEJ:home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1092897715049782272ygidpu+%22Hearts+and+Arrows%22+ quilt&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us
Any opinions? I like the lack of white space on the bright red one but prefer the more muted colors of the one from the book. I would be using wine and deep red fabrics for the color and then muted beiges and greys as the neutral. Personally, I would bag the hearts completely but it is for a wedding so I suppose they are appropriate.

i adore that first one (http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/d...sandArrows.jpg). just an extra idea, but instead of the hearts, maybe find a way to substitute them for angels? i think i might get started on this project! :)

I am actually taking the single-point rotating arrow design from http://www.quilterscache.com/Q/Quills&ArrowsBlock.html. The paper-pieced pattern prints as a 6x6 finished but I blew it up to 8x8. Instead of using the layout suggested on that site, I am setting the rotating arrow blocks as the double pointed arrows were set in
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:jhJxQxIhNpEJ:home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1092897715049782272ygidpu+%22Hearts+and+Arrows%22+ quilt&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us

I bagged the hearts even though it's for a wedding. I was afraid that would be too cutesy. I will quilt the open spaces with symbols of the bride's and groom's colleges since they are both brand-new grads.

There are 16 arrows (each a different red or maroon fabric). The backgrounds of the blocks alternate blue or grey (8 fabrics of each). Over the years I have acquired a great stash and had more than enough selection at home.

So I pieced it today and will quilt and bind it tomorrow. It has to get in Monday's mail since the wedding is on Saturday.

Alum, can you please post a picture of the quilt you're making when you finish it? I'd love to see it - I'm sure it's beautiful!

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...g?t=1211323464http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...g?t=1211323464

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...g?t=1211323397

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...g?t=1211323547

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...g?t=1211323587

For W&L I yell....

You like that huh? :)

YUP!

BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for sharing! You are very talented!

It's a really easy pattern to either hand-piece or paper-piece since the individual pieces are big. The Quilter's Cache link that I provided has good instructions and a paper-piece pattern. If it's not the size you want just reduce or expand it through the copy machine.

For the fabric selection, I was very excited to find some leftover Christmas Angel fabric in my stash as well as a dark carnation print with maroon background and the allover big pinkish carnation motif. Because the girl is a W&L Pi Phi, the wine fabric with the strands of pearls is very apropos. Some of those female Generals wear pearls even when they are working out. The print with the tiny hearts worked for a wedding quilt without making it cloyingly sweet.

If I had had more than a week's notice (really 4 days when considering it had to be mailed to arrive by this Sat), I would have hand-quilted it.

The last picture where the quilt is on the grass is actually upside-down.

And I learned something from this. The future groom is a VMI grad so I used the VMI logo. Breathesgelatin was kind enough to inform me that the logo is called the VMI Spider which makes a lot of sense when you look at it.

This is definitely true and it always weirded me out. Pearls are so easy to damage! Wearing them to work out is like just stating that you can buy as many strands of pearls as you want, no matter how many you ruin! It just boggled my mind. Even if you could afford as many pearls as you wanted - didn't your mother teach you proper jewelry care and to take care of your nice possessions more generally?

Glad to be of help! :)