Con Affetto

I sometimes give titles to my quilts.... a friend of mine thinks it is awfully pretentious!  :-) This one is called Con Affetto.

my latest scrap quilt

It means, with affection and comes from the note my Veronese friend wrote me. She is the one who gave me the hand-dyed heart I inserted in this quilt. Marina Tavella is an accomplished textile artist and teaches the dying workshop for my Verona Textile Trip.

The title also worked as over 100 half-square-triangles were 'by-products' from the Valentine's quilt...with affection. By 'by-products' I mean the secondary pieces that came out of making the X's and O's.

Con Affetto, 32" x 40"

The back will be "quiet". Simple.

I will be teaching triangles at Eweknit next weekend. (April 22, 2017)

Working on another quilt now that my sewing machine has returned from its check-up.

I missed it! It is running so smoothly now.

More simple shapes.

The half-square triangles were in a box, most of them left overs or by- products from the Valentine's quilt.

I have a good start with the 128 HST already done.

Lots of Love

 St. Valentine's Day is coming up.

Scrap quilt in the making.
I will add a border to make it larger and frame it
but haven't found the right fabric.
See how the X's make a larger X and
the O's make a larger circle around the  outside.
Clever setting of the blocks!

We don't really celebrate the day at our house but I do make a heart-shaped cake for dessert.

"O" symbolizes hugs

We try to have that feeling all year round.

"X" symbolizes kisses

All that lovin' and appreciation for one another is important every day.

Notice all the different fabrics used for the foreground and the background

Hugs and kisses are always good, anytime of year!