Persimon Dreams Challenge 11-3 - Put a Heart On It

Week three of the Persimon Dreams Challenge.  The title is put a heart on it.

I started the week with the thought of doing a collage from a photo of my dog.

It was a great idea but harder than I realized to get it right.  After spending 2 days working on it I decide I needed another idea that was simpler to complete.

For the past couple years I’ve been saving salvage edges from my fabrics.  This is a good opportunity to experiment with them.  Here’s the stack I started with.

I used a piece of white quilting cotton to form a base and stitched a group of my salvages onto it playing right sides together then flipping and pressing before adding another strip.

I’m glad I tried this.  In the future I will cut my salvages a little wider.  Probably about 2 inches.  This will make it easier while giving me a better look at the actual fabric.  

After stitching all of the strips I squared up my piece.  Added an appliquéd heart, stitched on using a blanket stitch.  My batting is a scrap of insulbrite.  I’ll use this as a mug rug.  I used a piece of fabric to back it and it’s done.