With the holiday of love and compassion just around the corner, instead of grabbing a Valentine’s Day card and a heart-shaped box of chocolate at your grocery local store, make a trip to your stash and make a gift that will last longer than flowers or candy.

What better way to show that special someone how much you really care, and love them then by making quilting a valentine for them. It’s personal, unique and made just for them by you. Here are some ideas for making a great Valentine’s quilt.

All Heart

Batiks make this striking, but any simple color combination will be visually appealing. The quilt finishes approximately 15″ x 15″. Complete instructions for this quilt are in the app in the Gallery section under Library.

Patriotic Hearts

These quilt blocks are foundation pieced, the pattern is in the app in the Gallery section under Library. It’s easy to make 20 heart blocks then finish the quilt.

Approximate fabric requirements are: 1/3 yard white, ¼ yard blue, and 1/3 yard (total) of various red fabrics. You’ll put a ½” white sash between and around the blocks, a ½” blue border, a 2” red border, and bind it in blue. Finished size will be about 23.5” x 28”.