I decided I wanted to make a nested heart pillow for the Project QUILTING ‘Have a Heart’ Challenge. I drew my design up on EQ7 and decided to paper piece it together. I printed out all the templates which I then had to tape together since the paper wasn’t big enough. Then – to keep things straight I colored in the different hearts with various colors. It was a mess! I’m not quite sure what I was thinking … 
But – I did it anyway. I put together all the pieces. 
I had a vision and this is one of those times when my vision was a bit too pink. Wowza! That’s a really pink quilt!!!!
I thought about quilting it in black but multiple folks recommend that I use white to calm it down. I had a lot of fun free motion quilting this on my bernina using aurifil thread. I tried out lots of different designs – a different one in each heart! 
I did not quilt in the thin black/lime green batik heart and it just sort of ‘pops’ out of the quilt this way.
Isn’t the quilting so much fun!?
So … here it is – ‘Have a lot of Hearts’ – a Quilted Pillow. It’s bright, it’s big (24” x 24”) and it’s done. This is definitely not my favorite piece ever but I like it better than I thought I would as I realized just how ‘pink’ it was turning.
I used a fun printed fabric for the back too! And since it’s a pillow! I have an entry for the Nancy Zieman pillow challenge!
KimLapacek.com | Home of Persimon Dreams and Project QUILTING
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very lovely pink quilted pillow.
Ooh, I like it! Cool method, and it's fun to experiment, right?
What a super block! And I love the backing too, great work.
Sweet!
This is really fun. It's a lot more pink than I would normally work with in a project- well maybe. I find myself using it a lot more than I realize. Perhaps it's just one of those colors I don't like to like. Either way, your heart pillow is lovely, and I'm glad you came up with something you can use for more than one challenge.
I love all the different stitches. Wowza, the free motion is extraordinary. Great pillow.
I like that this was paper pieced and your quilting really gives the end product such a wow factor. Thanks for sharing, Kim. Thanks for linking up to TGIFF.
I really like the colors you used!
You are so creative! I love how you keep coming up with brand new ideas! And you are fearless…you will try anything. Great combination of colors/fabrics again, and such a sweet print on the back. Cheers!
~Janie
let me just say I like all the pink! good job Kim 🙂
Pink is my favorite color so I think it is lovely! You come up with some of the most unique color combinations and patterns. They are all great.