Banner Flags "To Boston With Love" - Improv Heart

 My "To Boston With Love" Banner

  

This is my contribution to

 

 

The Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild 

announced today that this is the venue for this display is the

 

  

 Boston Museum of Fine Arts

 

That is so amazing !!!

 

You may also read and see more by visiting

 

Amy @ During Quiet Time

 

who is receiving and arranging the display for this wonderful event!

Amy has photos of some of the lovely flags she has made and received
on her During Quiet Time Blog

 

Thank You, Amy!

  

Here is my third flag ... 

 

 

This is an improv heart made mostly with scraps from my other flags.

 

I started with this pattern inspiration: Strippy Heart @ the VMQG

 

I gathered my scraps and sewed without a pattern.

 

 

I had some small strips between 1" to 1.5" of the pinks and reds, two solid blue strips and some triangles of the "love" fabric that I wanted to use.

 

I just had fun and played with the pieces.

 

Here are the photos of the sewing ...

 

piecing the pink scrap strips together

 



 seeing how it might work

 



adding solid blue "sky" side strips

 

The rough idea for the triangle piece for the bottom of the heart is in this photo, too.
 

I just sewed pieces that looked like they might work together and

figured from there.

 

checking for size

 

The front of the banner needs to be 6.5" wide unfinished

and 8.5" long unfinished to make the 6" X 8" finished flag.

 

adding triangle to make the heart shape corners

 

These blue triangles are actually some I had tried sewing in the top unit that did not work so I used my trusty seam ripper to remove and reuse.

 

sewing on the bottom unit

 

This is a leftover triangle which I made an upside down flying geese block and added blue side squares to make it wide enough.

 

figuring the top

 

 

This is my second idea on how to use the smaller "love" triangles

to make the top heart points.

sewing sides to the heart points

 

this is the top unit before sewing

 

pressing well before I cut it down to size

 

  my improv heart block

made from scraps

 

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cutting down

 

 

 to the 6.5" by 8.5" unfinished block size

 

 

I am pretty happy with the way this banner flag worked up.

It took about an hour of happy time in my sewing room to make this flag. 

My little banner ready to mail.

 

To read about my Love Bird Banner flags click Here

 

Thanks to the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild for making this happen!

Thanks to all who send

"To Boston With Love"

 

 <3