Getting Up Close with My Quilting - Special Area Quilting

I quilted tiny bubbles in the hearts using a red thread and double wiggle lines and swirls on the cream areas using a lite tan thread.  

I made this quilt block years ago.  It may have been called Secret Hearts or something with hearts.  Sorry I don't know the name of the block. I only made the one block, so I added a thin border and quilted it to make a table topper for a friend. 

Remember, I am taking photos up close, so the stitches appear larger than they are.  I set my quilting machine on 11 stitches per inch.

I wanted the table topper to be reversible. I chose a red fall leaf print for the backing fabric. 

Embroidery stitched the binding using a red thread on the red binding.

 Made a Scrappy Fabric Card to go with the gift.

 There were lots of scraps left from the backing fabric.  I made two cards, while I had the red thread on my sewing machine.

On the cards, I set my sewing machine stitch length on 1.9 - a tiny stitch, but they look huge in this photo!
Making the quilted table topper and the scrappy cards was my Minutes for Me last week!  I love to try different free style quilting designs when I am quilting something that is mine or for a gift. I will link it up for Minutes for Me . I invite you to link your posts up too. I will link this post to several other Linky parties. I will list them below, as I link up.
Enjoy your day!
Marcia

Jan. 7, 2103 ---- Linked with: My Favorite Things: Blog for her FIRST Linky Party -- quilts with only 2 colors. 


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