The thing I love about the art of quilting is that you can do your own designs. It's not that I designed this, more like I let the hearts fall where they willed. My grandmother had cut out lots of large heart shapes. My mother had once created a wall hanging for a dear friend made with small hearts. When that friend's house burned down, she lost the wall hanging. When I saw Grannie's hearts, I knew they had to go in my friend's new house.
I wish I had thought to measure it, it is as least the length of my ironing board. I appliqued the hearts and then button-hole stitched around each heart. I practiced my FMQ of leaves/hearts around the hearts and then practiced beginning and ending within each heart. I think she liked it!
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