Welcome to WIP Wednesday, the Valentine’s Day edition! Apparently if it does not involve a heart, it is not happening this week! I did post 5 free tutorials and then led making the Happy Heart Ornament at the Bellingham Modern Quilt Guild meeting on Monday evening all in one week, so there are not a ton of new projects to share with you. But I am making as always!
I found a super cute Etsy shop last week and ordered a little kit of 2.5″ squares to make a heart pillow. I decided to take the day and make it yesterday and it turned out so cute! Her little mini charm packs are just adorable and I love how this came out. We are in need of some pillows on our couches and this will be perfect. I used the 2.5″ squares from the kit and then added in fabrics from my stash for the half square triangles so I could do them two at a time. I have the same kit in pink and I think I will start that one this afternoon.
Speaking of hearts….that’s pretty much all I am making right now. I told my kids I would make Happy Heart Ornaments for all of their classmates and teachers for Valentine’s Day, so I am in mass production mode now. Thankfully they are quick and cute, and apparently very photogenic! This was me closing them while watching a movie earlier this week. I thought they looked very adorable on the tray.
These are the ones I have fully finished this morning. This is 28, I decided I will make 50 total for school.
This is my in-progress basket and another 10 sewn, stuffed, and closed and just needing a Pom Pom or a hanger. Also, these are my favorite Karen Kay Buckley scissors* and they have been missing for awhile. Thankfully I found them yesterday! I had put them in a basket full of Christmas fabrics and then stacked more Christmas fabric on top of them. Whoops. My office is only a tiny barely 8’x10′ room that you would have a hard time fitting a twin bed into because it is so small. It makes me absolutely bonkers when I lose something in here since there are only a handful of spots it could be! I am just glad to have found them again and they were put to immediate use on heart making last night.
It has been a good week, I feel like I got a lot accomplished and I always like that feeling. I pulled out my Nespresso machine and started drinking coffee again last week. Obviously with how much I have managed to get done that was one of my best life choices recently! Tomorrow is my birthday too and it is nice to have something fun and out of the ordinary to look forward to. I don’t know about you, but the up for school lunches and breakfasts and trying to get as much done with the kids out of the house and then pick up, and after school activities, dinner, homework, bath, bed schedule in the heart of winter when it is dark and dreary all the time can really wear on me. Actually, it made me tired just to type that! So I am extra grateful to get some fun, love themed projects in this week and have a fun day to look forward to tomorrow.
What about you? What are you working on right now? How do you cope with the middle of winter time, or is it easy for you? Let me know in the comments!
Happy making-
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