The Tilted Heart Tote is blingy, fun, roomy, and a unique combination of yarn and a very special fabric - and a free crochet pattern on Moogly!

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The Tilted Heart Tote features the Leisure Arts Diamond Kit in the Heart Design, which inspired the rest of the tote, and is clearly the centerpiece! While I took inspiration from the fabric in the Heart Design for my pattern, you could use this same idea for any of the Beginner Kits, which have a finished area of 8.7" x 8.7".

To crochet into the canvas of the design, the key is to punch holes in the fabric. Make sure that you have a good-quality hole punch for this. I found that my 3 hole punch actually did a great job - I just had to be careful to only punch one hole at a time. Another option is a leather hole punch, which is, of course, meant to be quite strong.

I recommend cutting off a bit of the excess canvas from around the design and using that to practice punching your holes in. You can even use it as template when you have the spacing right to mark out your holes. Once you get the hang of it, it goes pretty quickly!

If you like the shape and idea of the bag but would prefer it to be purely crochet, you can make a square to the same size of the art and work into that - it would be fun to find a 9" square pattern to adapt here as well!

Tilted Heart Tote

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US-I, 5.5mm hook – Brittany Hooks

350 yds Red Heart With Love (100% Acrylic; “4”/Medium/Worsted/Aran/UK: 10-12 ply)
Color A: Black (1 skein)
Color B: White (1 skein)

Leisure Arts Diamond Art Heart Kit

Clover Stitch Markers

Hole Punch (approx. ¼"/6mm hole)

Purse Handles - Everything Mary, purchased at my local JoAnn

Fabric for lining (optional)

Gauge: 12 sts x 9 rows = 4″/10 cm in hdc

Finished Size: 18" wide x 16 " tall (excluding handles)

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Mattress Stitch Seaming

INSTRUCTIONS:

Prepare the Diamond Art Kit

Finish the kit as directed.
Trim off excess fabric from the canvas, leaving the 8.7" x 8.7" printed design.
Using a pencil, lightly mark spots for holes on the back of the fabric. Space them so that there are 13 holes along each side, approximately ½" from the edge, ⅝" inch apart.
Use a hole punch to create holes, using a sharp pair of scissors to trim off any hanging chads. Do not pull on them, as pulled strings may affect the design on the front of the canvas (and yes, I learned that the hard way).

Section 1 (Right Side of Heart)

Row 1: With Color A, from the RS of the canvas, join to the hole at the bottom of the right side of the heart, ch 1, 2 sc in each hole across side; turn. (26 sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, hdc in each st across; turn. (26 hdc)

Row 3 and 4: With Color B, rep Row 2.

Row 5 and 6: With Color A, rep Row 2.

Row 7 and 8: With Color B, rep Row 2, break yarn.

Row 9 and 10: With Color A, rep Row 2, break yarn.

Section 2 (Bottom of Heart)

Row 1: With Color A, from the RS of the canvas, join to the hole at left of the bottom of the heart, ch 1, 2 sc in each hole across side, work 13 sc evenly across side of Section 1 rows; turn. (39 sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, hdc in each st across; turn. (39 hdc)

Row 3 and 4: With Color B, rep Row 2.

Row 5 and 6: With Color A, rep Row 2.

Row 7 and 8: With Color B, rep Row 2, break yarn.

Row 9 and 10: With Color A, rep Row 2, break yarn.

Section 3 (Left Side of Heart)

Row 1: With Color A, from the RS of the canvas, join to the hole at the top of the left side of the heart, ch 1, 2 sc in each hole across side, work 13 sc evenly across side of Section 2 rows; turn. (39 sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, hdc in each st across; turn. (39 hdc)

Row 3 and 4: With Color B, rep Row 2.

Row 5 and 6: With Color A, rep Row 2.

Row 7 and 8: With Color B, rep Row 2, break yarn.

Row 9 and 10: With Color A, rep Row 2, place st marker in st # 26 of last row, break yarn.

Section 4 (Top of Heart)

Row 1: With Color A, from the RS of the canvas, join to the hole at the right of the top of the heart, ch 1, 2 sc in each hole across side, work 13 sc evenly across side of Section 3 rows; turn. (39 sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, hdc in each st across; turn. (39 hdc)

Row 3 and 4: With Color B, rep Row 2.

Row 5 and 6: With Color A, rep Row 2.

Row 7 and 8: With Color B, rep Row 2, break yarn.

Row 9 and 10: With Color A, rep Row 2, break yarn.

Section 5

Row 1: With Color A, RS of the canvas up, join to unworked side of Section 3, ch 1, work 13 sc evenly across side of Section 3 rows, sc in 1st 13 sts of last row of Section 2 (leaving rem sts unworked); turn. (26 sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, hdc in each st across; turn. (26 hdc)

Row 3 and 4: With Color B, rep Row 2.

Row 5 and 6: With Color A, rep Row 2.

Row 7 and 8: With Color B, rep Row 2.

Row 9 and 10: With Color A, rep Row 2.

Row 11: Ch 1, sc in first 13 sts of row leaving rem sts unworked; turn. (13 sc)

Row 12: Rep Row 2. (13 hdc)

Row 13 and 14: With Color B, rep Row 2.

Row 15 and 16: With Color A, rep Row 2.

Row 17 and 18: With Color B, rep Row 2, break yarn.

Row 19 and 20: With Color A, rep Row 2, break yarn.

Section 6

Row 1: With Color A, RS of the canvas up, join to marked st of Section 3, ch 1, sc in marked st and next 25 sts of Section 3, work 26 sc evenly across side of Section 5 rows; turn. (52 sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, hdc in each st across; turn. (52 hdc)

Row 3 and 4: With Color B, rep Row 2.

Row 5 and 6: With Color A, rep Row 2.

Row 7 and 8: With Color B, rep Row 2, break yarn.

Row 9 and 10: With Color A, rep Row 2.

Row 11: Sl st in first 13 sts, ch 1, sc in next 26 sts (leaving remaining sts unworked); turn. (26 sc)

Row 12: Rep Row 2. (26 hdc)

Row 13 and 14: With Color B, rep Row 2.

Row 15 and 16: With Color A, rep Row 2.

Row 17 and 18: With Color B, rep Row 2, break yarn.

Row 19 and 20: With Color A, rep Row 2, break yarn.

Handle Tabs (Make 4, with Color A)

Row 1: Ch 6, skip ch closest to hook, sc in remaining 5 chs; turn. (5 sts)

Row 2 – 4: Ch 1, sc in each st across; turn. (5 sts)

Row 5: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in next st, sc2tog; turn. (3 sts)

Row 6 – 9: Ch 1, sc in each st across; turn. (3 sts)

Row 10: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in next st, 2 sc in last st; turn. (5 sts)

Row 11 – 13: Repeat Row 2.

Edging: Ch 1, sc evenly around tab; break yarn and join with seamless finish.

Assembly

Fold piece horizontally at the bottom left corner of the heart, so that Sections 2 and 3 are folded at the corners and Sections 5 and 6 are in the back.
Sew side seams using the mattress stitch.
Add Top Edging:
Rnd 1: Join with Color A to any st of top opening, sc evenly around working 3 sc in each "point" and dec at "valleys"; join.
Rnd 2: Rep Row 1; break yarn and join with seamless finish.
Add fabric lining if desired.
Use Handle Tabs to attach handles to bag.

What do you think of this idea? Do you like the combo of Diamond Art and crochet? Share it with your friends, and I'll be able to make more!

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