I'll round up the links to my favorite heart projects in another post. If you just want a heart block in multiple sizes, I have a free pattern for that here, or a simple heart quilt tutorial here (I told you I love making heart quilts!).
The free Heartsy heart block pattern if you don't need the full pattern, can be found here. The full Heartsy pattern can be found here as a PDF, or here as Paper pattern. My shoulders were sore! There are a few wonky spots in the middle when smooshing the big quilt through my machine got a little tricky. I quilted this one myself, and it had been awhile since I'd done free motion quilting on a large quilt like this. Wouldn't this be a cute memory quilt made with a pieces of clothing or special fabrics? Or a signature quilt where people can sign their names in the larger squares. The blocks sew up fast using Diagonal Seam Tape (here's a video of me using it to make a heart block). I chose the colors in this quilt out of that tiny 30's floral print, mostly using near solids because it's all I had on hand.
Here are a few of my favorite: Simple 5 Patchwork: THIS free pattern is great for mixing 5 squares of clothing with 5 precut squares of white or other solids. This block would even make a cute quilt on it's own! Because of the variety of reasons and textiles used to create Memory Quilts there are also countless methods and patterns used to create them. If you don't already own one of those patterns, or you prefer full instructions just for this quilt, I wrote out a full pattern for Heartsy you can find here or at the link below. Click below or here for the free block pattern! Heartsy Heart Free Block Pattern (click here) If you already own Brightly or Pumpkin Patches, I wrote out free instructions to make the heart block that you can substitute for the stars and pumpkins in those patterns.
It's hands down the cutest quilt I've made in 2022. So many people have asked me how to make a version of Brightly or Pumpkin Patches with hearts.so I worked on making this Heartsy quilt. I couldn't let the beginning of 2022 slip by without making one of my favorite things to sew.a new heart quilt!