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Cold Little Heart
Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #44

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This cookie was inspired by a comment my husband made when I finished off the teeny bit of wine that was left in the bottle, which he had apparently planned on drinking himself. When he found the bottle empty, he sighed, “You and your cold little heart.”  We both found this hilarious for a number of reasons. It’s not the type of language my husband normally uses, there were other bottles of wine in the house and my husband is absolutely NOT mistreated.  This has resulted in my husband stalking me with cut out hearts. He cuts them out of the newspaper, junk mail and napkins.  Yesterday, he cut one out of his banana peel.  All of this made me decide to celebrate (and decorate!) my cold little heart.

The cookie is a 6” circle.  I used one of my husband’s cut-out hearts (slightly modified) as a guide for making connection points.

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Used a scribe tool to outline the heart then added red dots as connection points.

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Then I messed things up.  Rather than piping in thoughtful, intentional lines that follow a pattern, as Christine has showed us repeatedly, I went wild.  There was no rhyme or reason just a bunch, of willy nilly lines.  Fortunately, I quickly realized the error of my ways.  I am attaching a photo as a cautionary tale of what NOT to do.

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I was able to scrape off the lines and pipe again in the direction of the actual pattern.  I didn’t take photos but I basically alternated direction with each layer. I used a 1 PME tip for the bottom layers and then switched to a 0 PME for the rest.  I did have line breakage but most were easy to fix.    I lost count of how many layers there are in total but the stack of lines is slightly taller than a half inch.   

I'm pleased with how it worked out.  Seems like my cold little heart isn't such a bad thing after all though my husband has become very protective of open wine bottles.

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Lisa!!!! This is awesome!! I love the bright red and your amazing lines, you are perfecting them more and more! Congratulations dear friend!!♥️

And what a gorgeous couple you two make!!👏👏♥️♥️

Lisa!!!! This is awesome!! I love the bright red and your amazing lines, you are perfecting them more and more! Congratulations dear friend!!♥️

Thank you dear Heather. I do feel that I’m getting better but I know I still have a long way to go!

Oh Lisa, the story is too sweet!!!! I love this!! And I love your wonderful cold little heart! This red is amazing!! The story is amazing! The stringwork is amazing! All is amazing, dear Lisa!! @LisaF ❤️❤️

Oh Lisa, the story is too sweet!!!! I love this!! And I love your wonderful cold little heart! This red is amazing!! The story is amazing! The stringwork is amazing! All is amazing, dear Lisa!! @LisaF ❤️❤️

You are too kind dear Gabi 😘♥️🍪🍷🖤

Wow!  how many lines did you make???   Amazing.   Pretty heart!  

Thanks Ryoko. I have no idea how many lines there were in the end. I wanted to hide all of the black and it just kept needing “one more round”. Eventually Ihad to stop!😂

Your cold, little heart is surrounded by some fantastic hot red stringwork. Sometimes with heart shapes the layers can end up looking less than tidy, but you've managed to keep everything very neat looking. I love the inspiration behind this cookie. It sounds like you have a fun household!

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Your cold, little heart is surrounded by some fantastic hot red stringwork. Sometimes with heart shapes the layers can end up looking less than tidy, but you've managed to keep everything very neat looking. I love the inspiration behind this cookie. It sounds like you have a fun household!

Thank you Christine. Even though I’ve never actually heard your voice, I heard a voice that was allegedly you after I first piped my random lines. It said something to the effect « “What in the world are you doing?” My answer of “I have absolutely no idea!” Seemed expected. Hence the improvements.😂🤣

How incredibly beautiful Lisa @LisaF!! The lines are perfectly piped. Your work looks flawless. I love your hubby's little valentine hearts that he cut out from different sources...how romantic, especially the banana peel! Love the sense of humor you share. It sounds like you have a precious relationship to last a lifetime...how I cherish my hubby, too, who sees me day in and day out and still loves me (that's quite challenging at times!).  ❤️❤️❤️  Hugs...

How incredibly beautiful Lisa @LisaF!! The lines are perfectly piped. Your work looks flawless. I love your hubby's little valentine hearts that he cut out from different sources...how romantic, especially the banana peel! Love the sense of humor you share. It sounds like you have a precious relationship to last a lifetime...how I cherish my hubby, too, who sees me day in and day out and still loves me (that's quite challenging at times!).  ❤️❤️❤️  Hugs...

Thank you so much Carol. Yes, we have a very “intricate “ relationship. The pandemic has pushed us to new levels of codependency however! As they say ..for better or worse...😂🤣😂

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