Scrappy Valentine's in a Square

I wanted to make some Valentine blocks for February  (Note my inspiration came from Edyta Sitar's Quilters Dozen Sweethearts, which are precut and ready to sew)

 If you want to make your own scrappy ones, take out some scraps because it doesn't take much and it doesn't take long.  Of course I used red and pink with low volume backgrounds, but would also be cute in all colors.

For each block you will need:

Heart:  

3 x 4"

4 x 6 1/2" rectangles

Background:  

7 3/8 squares (could use two 5 1/2");

3" square;

2 3/4" square (could use two 2" squares)  

Note:  I put the alternative sizes in case your scraps are smaller.

Cut the 7 3/8" large square and the 2 3/4" squares diagonally twice (if using the 5 1/2 and 2" squares, cut diagonally ONCE)

To snowball the corners, lay the small triangles as shown so there's a 1/4" dog ear hanging off the fabric as shown

Trim off the heart fabric as shown and stitch together with right sides together (note to save time, you could use these as templates to trim other heart sections)

Trim the large heart section to 4 x 6 1/2" and the small heart section to 3 x 4".  Sew the 3" square to the small heart section and trim to 4 x 6 1/2"

Now sew the two heart sections together and trim the heart to 6 1/2"

Now to put your Valentine in a square

I placed a tiny mark in the center (3 1/4") of each side of the heart blocks and made a fold in the corner square triangle so I could match the centers and sew right sides together.

Square your blocks up to 9".  Before you know it, you'll have a flock of Valentines!

If you didn't want to put your Valentine's in a square, you could add some sashing and cornerstones

I was thinking of making some of the Valentine's with red and pink backgrounds (second from the top on the right) but then just decided to stick with the low volumes.

Now to get back to work on my scrappy trees!

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