Kate,
These little hearts were a great choice for PP. Fun to make, like enjoying little bits of candy,and I love the end result !
V.

I assume a WOW background there?

Thanks for asking, Bev! Yes, White on White background.

Is that 6" finished? My printer is printing it out to be 5 3/4" finished.
Have to play with the printer settings.
Theresa

Fixed i!!!
Theresa

I have 3 ready to mail!!

Getting back in the groove! Thanks for the push!~

Those are cute Jen. I printed out the patterns, just have to dig out some fabrics.
Theresa

Adorable! I just love this pattern. I can see so many ways to put the blocks together.

I think I got the hang of this. Sort of addicting,

Here are my three....

i'm so sorry i am going to miss these, they are all beautiful.

hey, just noticed these aren't due until 3/31 and i should be back to quilting way before that. yeah!

Question!
I see that all the samples here have been trimmed to the edge of the print fabrics. The printout for the pattern has a 1/4 in. outside seam allowance.
Does that mean that all the pieces go out to the dotted line? or do they finish at the solid line and I cut at the solid line?
Thought I would start some today but just want to be sure I am doing it correctly. Paper piecing not one of my normal types of quilting. Confusing!!!!
Theresa

This post was edited by nannykins on Sun, Feb 16, 14 at 14:14

Theresa, Trim at the outer dotted line.
V.

Well I just pull out my hearts and compared them to Jenn and Mary's and they are too small...I thought the printer was set correctly, but obviously not...I'll try to redo...in the meantime I have three of the cutest, little hearts...LOL!

Val, those three will make a cute wallhanging if you stack them!

Is anyone else having this trouble? When I print the block, it prints out as 5-3/8" wide and a little less than that, tall. So when I enlarge the width to exactly 6", the height is only 5-7/8".

Lois, You are not alone...I've reprinted four times on two different printers...I'm having a hard time getting to 6" square as well. I keep getting 5 7/8" as well. From the few that have been sent to me, there is some minor variability, 1/8" or less. I would think some variance will be fine.

I should qualify that last sentence, I think it would be ok to have some variance if the winner does not match up all of the hearts in a traditional sense, perhaps a border around them, a staggered layout...etc. Normally the lotto participants submit all the same size blocks, but it seems a few of us may have some printer challenges....makes it all the more interesting...and these hearts are so darn cute and easy to make!

V.

This post was edited by littlehelen on Mon, Feb 17, 14 at 7:18

Take your ruler and extend a few outside lines on the pattern with a pencil and you can still make it come out right. Then the winner has blocks all the same size even if the heart itself is a 1/4" shorter than it should be. It just puts a little extra fabric to the outside. (Says she who hasn't even started hers yet!)

when I click on the pattern link above, it opens it up. I then right click on the pattern and choose 'print image'. When my print window opens, I select 'preferences' and then the 'advanced' tab at the top. I turn scaling 'off', and then print.

My pattern comes out a hair under 6" not including the seam allowance (along the solid line).

Generally, when you paper piece, your fabric pieces should extend to (or past) the dotted line, then you trim on the dotted line when done, to square it all up. This leaves the seam allowance neat and tidy for joining blocks together.

Hope this helps someone out...

Good idea, toolgranny. I'll add 1/16" on the top and on the bottom. Cute little hearts!

At last!
I don't know if I would want to do a whole quilt using PP, but then I haven't really done enough to be really comfortable with it. Give me time.
For some reason, my picture is dark. Drat!
Theresa

Great job!!

The more pp you do, the easier/faster it gets. Sort of like brain training with FMQing.

Those are beautiful and I love the Swiss dot WOW you used!

I agree that it gets easier the more you do. It's always awkward at first, especially if you haven't done it for a while, and the first piece takes a lot of thinking to get it right.

Here's my lonely little heart.

I have made 5 of these ... and got 2 that are going the right direction. I keep starting on the wrong side of the paper and have mirror image blocks! Yikes. ANYWAY - I will send 2. I don't think I can handle messing up another block!

Sue

Sue, your hearts are adorable. I'm not sure what you mean by wrong direction, but these look great! Don't feel bad, the first ones I made were the wrong size and I didn't realize it until others sent me there correctly sized blocks....so I'm remaking! However, making the wrong size got me off on another tangent where I've now made 7 more hearts, all different sizes, from 1.5" up to 10" for a future random hearts quilt. Lemons to
Lemonade as they say :-)
V.

I think having some hearts the "wrong way' Would add a little variety to a finished project.
Send them in anyway Sue. The winner will have fun working them in.
Theresa

Valarie & Theresa - I ended up with 3 hearts with the "short" side of the heart on the right, not left. This paper piecing stuff confuses me, but I will send 2 and use the other 3 for something else.

Sue

Here is our tree of hearts....Our first paper piece drawing for 2014 will be Monday night!

Oh those are so pretty!!! I'm such a sucker for hearts, anyway....some day I'll learn to do paper piece, too!

Don 't they look good!
Theresa

very cool!!

Looking good!
Sue

Wow, those are just beautiful! What a great quilt they'll make!

Really like these!

Ok it's time for the first drawing for our paper pieced hearts!!!! ...if you are on line..please select a number from 1 to 16....

Number 11

Beginners luck...number 11 is Patty H., first time lotto participant from Ocala FL...Congratulations Patty...we all look forward to seeing your heart creation!

Valarie

woooo hhhooooo my sister!!!! congrats!!

Congratulations, Patty. Enjoy your hearts. And welcome to the Lotto.

Yeaaaaaa, Patty H. You aren't that far from me.

SharonG/Crystal River, FL

Patty! Thanks for joining the lotto! What a nice beginning!

All these Florida quilters... we really need to arrange a gathering!

Kate

Patty, Congrats!!!
Sue

Oh my stars and garters!!! I am thrilled to have won. I cannot wait to see all your hearts. I love that old saying!! You girls really know how to make one feel welcome. Thanks again.

double post?!

V.

This post was edited by littlehelen on Wed, Apr 2, 14 at 19:12