February Means Hearts

It's February already,

It's a month filled with heart felt thoughts.

I keep this wool heart in my sewing room

It reminds me of the gift of friendship,

and the importance of keeping  those friendships
 close to my heart.

 I love the wool pennies.

February also is a month for chocolates.

 What's not to love about that.

A couple of years ago, I noticed I had
a wonderful collection of  milk chocolate browns
and strawberry pink fabrics.

  Many of these were from a group of 

prints designed by Buggy Barn.

Strawberries and Chocolate Quilt.
2010

It was a perfect Stashbuster's project when
I was teaching that class at my local quilt shop.

The pattern is one of Carrie Nelson's delightful designs
called "Quiet Times".

The blocks are made up of 2 half square triangles

 and 2 quarter square triangles.

It was fun to take a simple block

and create a wonderful secondary pattern based on the placement.

One of the wonderful machine quilters in my area,
Kathy H. did a great job with an overall swirl.

I like how it shows up on the back.

More fun designs on the borders.

All this mention of Strawberries and Chocolate has
me craving something sweet.
I'd better go see if there's anything left in my secret chocolate stash!
Hope so.

Until Next Time-