HeartStrings Quilt Project

Look at this great layout Carolyn came up with for our Rainbow HeartStrings blocks!

You can find brief instructions for our Rainbow HeartStrings blocks and some other layouts at this link.

Please note that effective immediately, we are requesting that you do not send blocks or tops to Sue Frank if you have done so in the past. She is currently not able to accept them.

In addition, we have some changes to our guidelines for group quilts.

In the past, we accepted any number of blocks with red or blue centers….as of now, we will only accept complete sets of blocks – that means 24 or 48 blocks that work together and can be assembled into a single quilt, or completed HeartStrings tops ready for quilting and donating. And you can use any color centers for your set of blocks that you’d like.

If you have a complete set of HeartStrings blocks or a HeartStrings top that you’ll like to send in please contact Contact Mary Johnson via email at mmcjohnson@gmail.com

Of course, many of us make our quilts from start to finish and donate locally and that does not change.

Ann has been busy sewing up her strips and strings! Here are just a few of her recent finishes that she’s shared with us. Click on a photo to enlarge.

We’ve been making Rainbow HeartStrings quilts for years …

Now Bev is inspiring us with her take on our rainbow blocks! I can’t wait to get home and try one myself. In the previous post you saw her Blue and Yellow quilt tops… now she’s finished a Red top! Aren’t these great?!

It’s that time of year again and a group of us have gathered in Maine to work on quilts for donation. Here are some of the string quilts we’re working on. Click on any photo to view.

We’ve been busy sewing this summer.

Kathleen sashes a lot of her string quilts and they always look great!

That’s a fun back that Stephanie used on her quilt!

And I’ve been busy finishing up group quilts!

We’re staying busy making and donating quilts. Here are just a few of our recent finishes.

Click on the links below for photos for brief instructions.

We’re busy sewing and finishing up tops and quilts already. Several HeartStrings quilters are working on Happy Blocks, one of our favorites. I’m playing in my scraps and strings right now but I plan on making a Happy Block quilt later this month too.

I have brief instructions on my website at this link but feel free to cut your novelty squares any size you want. Scroll down on the webpage to see the 3 fabric version.

Ellen is the queen of Happy Block quilts and is inspiring us all. Here’s a recent finish of hers. She’s used 2 different novelty prints for the centers in this one.

Stephanie also has a Happy Block Finish already this year! She used 2 different novelty prints for her centers too.

And don’t forget these quilts look great when you go completely scrappy too!

This is the week of of the Maine Sew-in and HeartStrings quilters have gathered to sew together. Those of us that can’t join them in person are sewing along with them from home.

Brenda is sharing photos with us on our Groups.io page and I thought I’d share a few here too.

In addition to the projects they’re working on this week, lots of tops were brought that will be finished and donated after the sew-in.

Sharon is known for inspiring our more planned HeartStrings quilts but she goes scrappy too!

Jackie has brought a number of HeartStrings tops where she’s used sashing to join the blocks together. I love the colors in this one!

Brenda is acting as photographer and reporter … and also contributing many tops. We had a Rainbow Strings block drive a couple years ago and then COVID prevented us from gathering. Brenda took on the responsibility of assembling those blocks into tops. Here’s one of the tops she shared this week.

And here’s a sashed Rainbow HeartStrings version by Karen.

And we’re not just string quilt makers, our group does make many other types of quilts to donate. I love this Trip around the World by Brenda!

We’ve been playing in our strings this month and I’ve finished a couple tops. One has even been quilted.

You can find instructions for our HeartStrings quilts at this link. In this version, I used a gray center strip and my first round had a consistent fabric too.

Stephanie used a consistent neutral strip beside her center strip too. It’s a great way to bring some organization to these string quilts.

I also pieced Rainbow HeartStrings blocks – these are super easy and always look great. You can find instructions at this link.