My Valentine

Watcha doon Mum?

How can one little, well, not so little dog take over my life? Not sure, but she is so darn cute she has us wrapped around her curly little paw.

 What I was doing was making a few little Valentines. Using my Accuquilt Heart Die, I fused some fabric with Steam-a-Seam II, light.  I was able to cut 6 layers at a time. One thing I know for sure, cutting free-hand hearts is not easy. They always end up crooked. Thus, this die was essential.

I picked up several packages of this on sale at Joann's several years ago. It is repositionable but some of the sticky on that side is a bit weak. I will use it all up by Spring I think. 

There are three size hearts on the board.

I picked up these little tote bags at an online retailer, via Amazon, some time ago. Their original purpose was to be Christmas gift bags for the Ladies. Well.....that didn't happen. Enter Valentines Day and the Tuesday Quilting Group, Ladies of the Cloth, are getting them now. When they arrived I was surprised at how thin the fabric was so anything more than a little project would likely overwhelm the bag.
I have been using my sample for holding a collection of stretchy bands for making potholders on my little loom. I keep little portable projects here and there, Lola gets into everything so I need to be able to store the project rather than let it sit about.  
  

• I did not stitch down the little hearts. The fabric on the bags was too thin to support much stitching. I did try, outcome, disappointing. The Steam-a-Seam says the fuse is permanent, we will see.
• I will be bringing these each week Ladies, so if I missed you last week, we will catch up. 
• Happy St. Valentine's Day!