Crazy Hearts: a Valentine's project
Crazy hearts could mean all sorts of things...
You are crazy about something
Your heart is crazy for someone...
I am going to show you how to make some crazy patchwork hearts as a gift for Valentine's Day.
I made a small wall hanging that will post easily to my Valentine.
What you can make
with these crazy hearts
I made a small wall hanging that will post easily to my Valentine.
The size can be tiny, can be A4 or Letter, or can be as large as you want. Mine are about 5 inches square.
You could use smaller hearts and glue them to cardstock for postcards or greeting cards.
You could join two into a pincushion.
If you make tiny hearts, then your patches need to be small too, otherwise you won't have any crazy patch when you cut them out.
1. What you need - to make a crazy heart
- Assorted red fabric scraps
- Red sewing thread
- 1 x 6 inch square of lightweight pale fabric such as lawn for each heart
- Sewing equipment
- Paper or plastic heart shapes for templates
Everything collected? - Let's go!
2. Start making your crazy heart
When you're ready
Position two scraps of red - anywhere on your foundation
Right sides together, sew with a ¼ inch seam
Press
Almost cover the foundation fabric - Enough so the heart will fit
3. Cut out your crazy heart(s)
Position your template
Draw around it onto the crazy patch
Cut out your crazy heart

4. Make the heart fancy
Place the heart(s) on the background
Spray with positioning spray to hold in place
Positioning Spray
Add fancy stitches by hand or machine - to your crazy heart
5. Time to put it all together
Here's what you need for this step
- Your crazy hearts quilt
- Backing fabric about 1 inch larger all around than the hearts
- Lightweight batting the same size as the backing
- Threads in desired colours
- Sewing machine set up for quilting
Getting ready to quilt your crazy heart project
- Layer the backing wrong side up, position the batting on top of the backing (lining) fabric.
- Lay the hearts on top, centering the top on the batting.
- Baste the layers together either by spray or pins.
Layer the back, batting and top - to make the quilt 'sandwich'
Quilt Basting Spray - from Amazon
Basting with spray
for our crazy hearts project
Read the instructions on the can of spray.
Follow them exactly and the results will be great.
My crazy hearts are ready to quilt
6. Add some quilting
to give it sculpture
Quilted with heart designs - detail of the quilting design
Bind the little quilt - sign the back and post it to your Valentine
© 2010 Jan T Urquhart Baillie