Heart Garland

While most of the Christmas decorations are put away, we keep the window decorations up till the end of February and I decorate the kitchen garland for Valentine’s Day.  Many of the hearts are part of my series that are attached each year to little bags of candy. For many years I was focusing on red fabric. If you look closely you can see red and white ticking (Sweet Dreams Valentine), a bandanna print (given with Red Hots), Dotted Swiss (tiny Toblerone bars), a toile print (nonpareils), polka dots (with a Morse code message and Dot candies), a vintage cherry print (cherry jellies), and red and white gingham cut with pinking shears (watermelon candy). This year’s heart features owls, of course, two owls that form a heart and the saying “Owl you need is love” – a tip of the heart to Molly and Jeff.