Sunday, January 31, 2010
Valentine Heart Decoration from a Trash Find Quilt
Recently I had a GIVEAWAY of the Valentine door decoration I had made for myself.
BUT, fortunately I still had this paper mache heart I found a couple of weeks ago I at Michaels.
I think it was about $5. When I bought it I didn't know what I was going to do with it.
I liked its shape and size. It is 13" across. I thought about using it the way it was~ with just a little paint.
Then I remembered this pink and white quilt that I found in the trash last spring.
You can see that it is in pretty "rough" condition. It was hard to find an undamaged spot to use for the heart.
I used "Tacky Glue" to attach the quilt. For right now it is on the front door the way it is. I may add something more to it later.
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great use for the old quilt. I think I have a few I need to cut up and make into pillows and the likes of what your heart. I'm gonna have a give-away next week.
ReplyDeleteVery nice!
ReplyDelete:o) Trish
saaaaaaaweeeeet!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! You found an excellent area to cut. Look how symmetrical your pillow is!
ReplyDeleteOooh, I love it! Fabulous! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteAndrea
Baby I'm On My Way
Total heart love here...that heart is just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSusan
The heart is really nice looking..I like the way you've set the pieces just perfect on the heart..love those hearts. Thanks for sharing. Sally
ReplyDeleteWhat a great find in that lovely pink and white quilt! Love the heart!
ReplyDeleteSusie
I love it, I think even the bare spots on a quilt would make a fun tattered heart too...be brave!
ReplyDeleteIt looks wonderful!!!That's my kind of project...glue! Very pretty!
ReplyDelete:)
Love love love what you did with the cutter quilt. Such a great way to repurpose quilts that have seen better days. They lend themselves so well to "feel good" projects. Sea Witch
ReplyDeleteI adore that idea..it looks just like a heart pillow...fooled me! Wow a quilt in the trash...hard to believe anyone could throw one out with all the work that goes into them...I have an really rough one my mom found discarded...it's very shabby chic!
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
Miss Bloomers
This is my favorite creation I've seen in a long time. Something about quilts and hearts. Love it!
ReplyDeleteFar Out! Like it!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty - You did a great job.
ReplyDeleteThat looks so good! Maybe I should go look through my old quilts and see what I can do with them! Thanks for sharing and linking to Motivate Me Monday!
ReplyDeleteKaysi
Hi Joan...Love your quilt heart! I bought the same heart at Michaels and took it out yesterday contimplating "What to do" with it...Thanks for the inspiration sweetie...I may follow your suit!
ReplyDeletexoxo~Kathy @ Sweet Up-North Mornings...
I love old quilts and hearts cut out from them. I have two but they are both in red tones. This pink one is so adorable!! Love it and what a great find in the trash even if it was very shabby!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty - just in time for Valentine's Day!
ReplyDeleteChristi @ A Southern Life
http://asouthernlife.com
SUper cute and what a great save !
ReplyDeleteKammy
oh my gosh, that is so cute. It looks like a really soft puffy pillow too, LOVE it! It'd be really cute with a fabric flower added to it to.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job, Joan. That quilt was a beauty sometime long ago!
ReplyDeletexoxo
Janie
I so love it when crafty people make something out of nothing!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Jo
This is SO cute! I LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteA key hanging on it would be so cute!
Get it, key to my heart? Get it?
Okay, I'm going now....
Love this though! lol
Lou Cinda
Swoon, I am in love with this. I will be looking for a way to do something like this. You did a great job, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCha Cha
I just love it Joan. A wonderful way to recycle the quilt. Too pretty to be in the trash.
ReplyDeleteWOW! That is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI am hosting a Valentine's Craft party over at my blog, I'd love to have you!
That was a great use for that quilt. I can't believe someone would throw that out, even if it was tattered and worn. Good rescue!
ReplyDeleteJane
Creative! Love it! Have a blessed day!
ReplyDeleteI love it when people are so careless to throw out beautiful possibilities. Makes it all the sweeter for us! Love your heart!
ReplyDeleteCindy at Lakewood
Wow! I love that.
ReplyDeleteLove your quilted heart. What a great use for a discarded quilt. Quilts are not meant to be wasted.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Cindy
Now that is making pink lemonade out of lemons! Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteGood find on the quilt, even better use of it. Happy Valentine!
ReplyDeleteThat looks really sweet! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI like that heart just the way it is! It's beautiful in it's simplicity. Joan, I finally did a post about the award you gave me. Sorry it took so long, and thanks again!
ReplyDeleteHappy Monday!
Carol
Love it-just perfect!
ReplyDeleteDebra
Just brilliant! :-)
ReplyDeleteXO,
Anne
I love that!!! Quilts are my weakness....
ReplyDeleteWow, I love that. So lovely! I can't believe you found that quilt in the garbage!
ReplyDeleteAndrea
TheTrainToCrazy.com
It's wonderful! It reminds me of LOVE. How did you get it to look so smooth around the heart? I think if I tried, it would be really bunchy...
ReplyDeletexo
Pam
I am always amazed at what people will throw away! You did a beautiful job with that heart. Now see if whoever threw that away saw it they would say now why didn't I think of that!
ReplyDeleteSo adorable!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty -- and how wonderful to take a tossed-out treasure and give it new life! Wonderful. And a really NICE job on gluing on that quilt! Excellent.
ReplyDeleteCass
I love things that glue (and don't have thread or needles involved). I love it just the way it is...so pretty.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely heart and I love the color Pink.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! I especially appreciate that it's trash-to-treasure. Thanks for sharing! I'd love if you would join my link party at childmade.com.
ReplyDeleteThat looks so nice. A good way to use a damaged quilt.
ReplyDeleteI have also salvaged a quilt my grandmother made in this same way. It is nice to have something sentimental but also that looks nice enough for your home. Yours looks so sweet. Enjoy, and thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea and I know my mom has some quilt scraps in her craft room. Love everything about it!
ReplyDeleteIt looks so soft and squishy! I just want to hug it!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for stopping by the Talented Tuesday at My Frugal Family link party, and adding this to the page! Don’t forget to stop back next week to see which links from this week are featured, and to add your new links!
Oh wow how pretty. I loved the old quilt. You mean no stitching? Wow.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Have a Blessed Wednesday,
Sherry
I love your quilted heart...vintage quilts are a passion of mine!
ReplyDeleteHappy Day, Carrie
Hello Joan, I more than love this idea. It looks like you did find a part of that old quilt without a tear or wear. A wonderful idea and it looks so sweet.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Jeanen
I'll be linking!
ReplyDeleteVery cute!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! Thanks for sharing with Made it Monday! Jules
ReplyDeleteSo glad you were able to rescue that quilt. someone worked too long for it to end up in the trash. You brought it back to life. Just beautiful
ReplyDeleteThat made the perfect heart. Glad you rescued it and what a nice thing to turn in to!!
ReplyDeletevery cute!
ReplyDeleteGreat save!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I am impressed!! I totally agree with Teresa~Gardening with Soul. That was a labor of love and you truly put the love back into that quilt!!
ReplyDeleteA most excellent way to recycle.
ReplyDeleteoh such a cute heart! And the silver spoons on your prior post are beautiful...I've never seen spoons like that, I'm impressed that you're thinking of selling them...I'm afraid I'd probably selfishly keep them for myself since I tend to be a bit of a hoarder! I'm in MN so will have to see how far of a drive the Elkhorn sale would be, maybe I'll see you there!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I love the colors and texture of this quilt. It is so nice to see it reinvented!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. I love the quilt and the colors are wonderful. What a great idea this was!! Happy VTT!
ReplyDeleteCUTE pink quilt heart! I love quilts, I love hearts, I love vintage... so it's perfect in my book!
ReplyDeleteGreat way to repurpose! I love the pink and white! Very pretty! You did a beautiful job!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Tina
They were meant to go together, it looks pretty. I found a cutter quilt, but it was not that nice looking, so I passed on it.
ReplyDeletePerfect - for Valentine's and beyond! Must go down and rummage through some cutters I have accumulated! We are getting a brand spanking new Michael's down the road - yippee!
ReplyDeleteVery nice!!! What a neat find..
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining get your craft on... I hope you join me next week!
LOVE this! Will feature tomorrow. So very creative! Thanks for sharing today. Thank you also for linking up to Thrifty Thursday!
ReplyDelete~Hugs~
Leigh
Tales from Bloggeritaville
www.lbratina.blogspot.com
Adorable, perfect use of that old quilt
ReplyDeleteIt is so pretty...what a great use for an old quilt!
ReplyDeleteThe heart is just as cute as can be.
ReplyDeleteSaw this on Finding Fabulous, and would LOVE if you'd link it to my Valentine's Craft post!
ReplyDeletehttp://makinglemonadeblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/some-valentines-day-l-o-v-e.html
I love how you used the quilt. Great way to recyle!!
ReplyDeletelove your quilted heart! great way to recyle and pretty too!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, I LOVE how it turned out! I guess it does pay to pull things out of the trash even if you don't know what you will do with them...
ReplyDeleteBest wishes,
Tammy
What a great way to repurpose the quilt you found and the heart. It is adorable.
ReplyDelete~ Tracy
Gotta grab it when we see it and let our mind play catch up. Wonderful cover job!
ReplyDeleteHappy S&T Blessings ;-)
Wow, I can't believe anyone would put a quilt in the trash! You certainly made it a new life!
ReplyDeleteThat looks great! It's nice that the quilt lives on...
ReplyDeleteI love it--even the shabby parts of the quilt.
ReplyDeleteThis will be on my favs list.
do you have a button, if so I will add it to my side bar.
Cheri
This is so cute! I love it so, so much!
ReplyDeleteVery innovative and the pink and white is perfect!! Lezlee
ReplyDeleteThat is just lovely. I can't believe you found that quilt in the trash! Glad it found a new home in a heart with you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to Make it Yours day! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your great ideas!
This is adorable--thanks for linking up!
ReplyDeleteSorry I'm late on posting how WONDERFUL your heart is (I'm recovering from cervical spinal surgery). It's so FAB. Oh, and I read about your blog peeves and I totally agree! Thought sometimes Blogger just doesn't behave and play nice LOL.
ReplyDeleteSo anyway, Great job on the heart. Makes me want to do one when I get my head out of this dang neck collar.
Smiles~
Marilyn
www.DollsEtc.Blogspot.com