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Try Something Different and Make the Binding a Design Element! Most quilters have been taught to finish off their quilts with narrow bindings. These thin strips serve the purpose of finishing the edges while providing one last chance for a bit of accent color, if the quilter feels it’s needed. Wide bindings – 1/2″ or …
(Edited to add: see the finished quilts HERE ) Back in January I cut my string scraps that were less than 2.5" down to a uniform width o...
How do you use the Fibonacci sequence in quilts? This article gives examples showing the different ways of using Fibonacci in quilting.
Hey friends! I have been trying to think of ways to be more environmentally friendly when I am quilting. I am really thoughtful about the beautiful fabrics I select and I want to use every scrap so that nothing goes to waste. Today I am sharing a scrap buster tutorial to make a quilted bookmark! How to make a quilted bookmark: Materials: Fusible Midweight Interfacing Quilter's Cotton Scraps Sewing Machine Iron & Pressing Mat Other Helpful materials: 6 1/2
Happy March 1st! I'm so ready for our dreary wet winter to end, but the sun is out today and it's looking like Spring! I pulled this happy stack a couple of weeks ago and decided to make another Ziggy Baby quilt but with lots of different prints for each color. The pattern really only...Read More
About a month ago I dug out my Cobweb Quilt that I'd started in a class with Chris Kenna on 1 April 2017 - almost exactly a year ago. This pattern is by Chris Kenna and I've included details of how to get a copy further down this post. Chris Kenna's Copbweb quilt hanging up I'd made quite a few cobwebs at our guild's retreat in July 2017, but I really hadn't touched it since. So I decided to sew a few more cobwebs while I took a break between other WIPs. You're possibly thinking that these fabrics are quite different to my usual colour palette - well, you're correct. I'm deliberately trying to use different colours and values, so my quilts don't all end up looking too much alike. I like variety and I want to try out lots of different types fabrics (possibly with the exception of French General - but never say never!). I like to sort my pieces and cut them to the required lengths before I start sewing. I got on a roll and I've spent the last four weeks working on this quilt every day. I've now finished all of the segments for the quilt. The cobwebs AND the stars. Yay!! Now I'll be able to assemble it at our next guild retreat in July 2018. This quilt isn't easy or quick - it's very labour intensive because every single piece is foundation paper pieced. There's a huge amount of cutting, pressing and sewing involved, but it's the variety of fabrics that makes it look so good. I developed a system of piecing a number of blocks at the same time, to avoid jumping up and down to the cutting board and iron too frequently. Many people have asked me about this pattern. The best way to get this exact pattern is to email Minerva Book Shop in Wellington, New Zealand. [email protected] They can post you a copy (anywhere in the world), and will be sure to include the correction to the template published in the magazine. If you've got an old copy of the magazine at home, be sure to email or phone the shop and ask for the corrected template before you start sewing. Otherwise your star points won't meet nicely. However, there are a number of similar patterns available - just google "cobweb quilt pattern". Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke have good ones in their book Material Obsession Two. (Pop Stars and Maple Leaf Rag - page 116.) Tips for joining Foundation Paper Pieced sections. 1. It's important to get the seams meeting up nicely when you join the pieces. I very carefully put pins straight through the two pieces to be joined, making sure that the seams match up. 2. As I'm ready to sew each piece I replace the pins with Clover Clips - flat side down. Clover Clips hold the pieces more firmly than regular pins which tend to distort the pieces as you remove them . 3. I use my walking foot to sew the pieces together - it's so much easier!! 4. I lower the stitch length to 1.70 for all foundation paper piecing. This makes it much easier to remove the paper later because the holes are punched closer together. 5. Although the pattern in the magazine says to trim the seam allowance off the papers before you start, Chris told us in the class to leave it on. I prefer to leave it on myself. 6. When you do come to join up your blocks, Chris told us that the points will sit as shown in this photo of her quilt. The slight indentation is unnoticeable in the finished quilt. "How will I quilt it?" I hear you asking? Well, one thing is for certain, I won't be quilting it on my domestic machine. Therefore I'll either get it quilted by a long armer, or hand quilt it. I'm still thinking about that.
Paper piecing Monday just did not happen yesterday. After spending 5 days celebrating Russian Christmas with friends at Hood River we got home late last night and I just could not get my act togeth…
The quarter-square triangle magically turns into so many varieties of the disappearing quilt block. Come and explore these! Brother Innov-is BQ3050. Free Pattern.
All Wrapped Up Quilt Pattern by Stacy Iest Hsu #SIH004 (this is the most recent version of the pattern, updated 9/9/17). Adorable dachshund dog quilt pattern, perfect for the dog lover! Also a good pattern to use your scraps. Finished Quilt Size: 45" x 60" Pattern is new and unused/unopened. All pattern sales are final.
Quilts and Quilting - Scrappy Pinwheel in a Square
Thanks for all the “water bird” suggestions you shared with me this week. I was inspired to create enough blocks to put together a lap quilt. This Flamingo will measure 8″ wide by 16 1/2″ high, unfinished. I decided not to limit myself to just birds from the northwoods of Wisconsin. Since I adore flamingos, … Continue reading More Paper Pieced Water Birds →
Red, white, and blue quilt patterns are beautiful and honor those who served in the armed forces — check out these patriotic fabric tips!
Learn how to transform leftover fabric scraps into useable quilting binding. Scrap binding is perfect for charity quilts, small projects and more.
How do you use the Fibonacci sequence in quilts? This article gives examples showing the different ways of using Fibonacci in quilting.
This page is all about my la passacaglia quilt. Some very kind bloggers helped me out when I was considering making this quilt, so I'm putting some details here in case other people are interested in how I made my quilt. my finished quilt - 68" x 77" (173 cm x 196 cm) Jan 2016 before hand quilting I started my la passacaglia on 1 January 2015, with these fabrics. I wanted my quilt to look like the piece of Kaffe Fassett's Millefiori fabric in the photo below (top right). I think it's important to have an overall look in mind before you start. Otherwise you could just end up with a big mish mash. That's fine if you want that, but many people don't. Like many other people, I used the English Paper Piecing (EPP) method. I know Willyne hand stitched the original quilt when she designed the pattern, but I had no experience with hand stitching, so opted for EPP. I also think in my case the EPP would provide a stronger seam. I'd hate to do all that work and then have it fall apart! I chose acrylic templates with 1/4" seam allowance, and they are fine for me. I strongly recommend acrylic templates for this quilt. They are especially useful if you intend to do fussy cutting. I use glue basting, and Invisafil thread by WonderFil, in two shades of grey. Invisifil thread was recommended to me, and it has been great. It is very fine at 100wt, but also extremely strong. It never breaks! I could have pieced my whole quilt with one reel of this thread. There is so much on each reel. October 2015: half of my la passacaglia quilt - Oct 2015 Here are links to my earlier posts on my la passacaglia quilt: January 2015 April 2015 May 2015 July 2015 - includes my mum's la passacaglia too August 2015 August 2015 - presentation to Capital Quilters October 2015 - half way there November 2015 December 2015 - what to do with the edges? January 2016 - the top is finished January 2016 - how I attached the borders January 2016 - the completed borders May 2016 - Hand quilting my la passacaglia quilt September 2016 - it's finished! June 2017 - I'm a winner at QuiltNSW Sydney Quilt Show before quilting mitered corners I finished hand piecing the top on 14 January 2016, one year and two weeks after starting. I then added borders, and hand quilted it with Aurifil 28wt, in a range of colours. I matched the thread to the fabrics as much as possible because I didn't want to add even more busyness to the quilt. I intend to hang it on the wall once it is finished. basted, but not quilted yet. And below is my mum's la passacaglia quilt. She also used English Paper Piecing and hand quilted her quilt. Mum started her quilt after she saw what I was doing - she caught the bug too. What was going to be a pillow, turned into a whole quilt. In 2016 QuiltMania magazine chose mum's quilt to hang in their exhibition of 20 la passacaglia quilts at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. Now they've also chosen it to hang in Pour l'amour du Fil in Nantes, France in April 2017. Well done mum - Joy Hill. I'm so proud of her. by Joy Hill - my mum
Learn how to easily calculate quilt binding taking into account the size of the quilt and the extra binding needed to turn corners and join ends.
Funnily enough I have had 3 requests for help with quilt-as-you-go techniques via email & twitter this week! So I thought I would do a quick post outlining two different methods. This enables you to quilt blocks as you go along, and then put them all together at the end. It avoids the need to cram great big quilts through your sewing machine! The method you choose can be determined by the result you want to achieve: do you want sashing as part of the design or not! Whichever method you choose, you want to avoid quilting all the way to the edges of your block because you will need to pull the edges back a little to put them together. Quilt as you go with sashing. This lap quilt utilises sashing as a technique to sew your blocks together. There are other quilt-as-you-go methods that do not use sashing but I use it here because it adds a uniformity to the design. For the front sashing – you will need 1 inch wide strips, and for the back you will need 1 ¾ inch strips. Fold the back strip in half and press lengthwise. Pin the raw edge of the strip to the back of your block, and the front strip is pinned right sides together to the front of the block (see picture). Sew an accurate ¼ seam so that the back sashing, the block and the front sashing are now stitched together. Fold the front sashing back and press. Now pin the raw edge of the front sashing to the next block front sides together (as in picture). Sew with an accurate ¼ inch seam (the backing fabric in this picture is white!). Now lay the two blocks flat with the right sides up and press the front sashing flat. Turn the blocks over and sew the back sashing onto the back of the block using a ladder stitch as seen in the image. Continue sashing the whole quilt. Quilt as you go without sashing. This method does not use sashing. I didn't want sashing to distort my log cabin so this method was perfect. First, trim your squares to your required size (remember the seam allowance!). Take your two blocks and place them face down. Pin the backing and the wadding back out of the way. Now place the blocks right sides together, sew the front pieces together with a ¼ seam and press the seam flat (as shown in the picture below). Trim the wadding carefully so that it will lie flat. Now lay one piece of the backing flat. Turn the second piece under with a scant ¼ inch seam and pin in place. Slip stitch the pinned seam in place keeping the stitches small so that they will not show. Continue using this method to sew the rest of the row. Then continue and sew the rows together. So now you are done! There you are - two different ways of putting together your blocks once you have quilted them! I hope you find this useful and it gets you having a go!!!
I think we can all agree that as quilters we have this deeply implanted love of creating and being creative, and that creativity doesn’t just stop at piecing a quilt top. Doing the actu…
El origami quilt consiste repetir un mismo módulo sencillo, que al unirlos forman un patrón decorativo. ¿Sabías que podés crear fácilmente un mural o una linda lámina para enmarcar usando origami? Estos patrones de origami se realizan usando solo una hoja cuadrada de papel. Colocarlos uno al lado del otro en filas de cinco módulos o más, crea un mosaico estéticamente llamativo y agradable. En este caso usé un color liso neutro en los módulos principales. Un módulo cuadrado en papel estampado en la misma gama de color sirve de unión de los módulos plegados, logrando un efecto muy delicado. El diseño del módulo es de Tomoko Fuse y se encuentra publicado en su libro “New kusudama origami”. Cada módulo mide 10x10 cm. Hice una segunda opción con los módulos principales en el mismo color neutro, pero los módulos de unión los plegué en un color contrastante logrando un efecto totalmente distinto. La lámina que resulta puede ser montada directamente en la pared como un mural, o en un marco. Enmarcarlas es una buena opción para evitar que el polvo se deposite dentro del papel, pero en este caso me gustó el volumen que tienen los dobleces de los módulos así que los enmarqué sin vidrio, para evitar que las solapas se aplasten. Si querés ver otros quilt que realicé, hacé click aquí. Si te gustó alguna de las piezas y querés comprarlas esta es mi dirección de e-mail: [email protected]
In 2012 gaan we met z'n allen een eigen huisjes quilt maken, je kunt ons volgen op dit Blog. - In 2012 we're all going to work on a house quilt, you can follow us at this Blog.
I’m a fan of Leah Day’s blog and have a few favorite quilting designs from her site. I want a new overall quilting design for a bed size quilt so this morning before church, I looked at Leah's filler quilting designs and found 2 I want to try out. I need a small charity quilt or two to try the designs on before I tackle the bed size quilt. http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2009/08/day-15-flowing-glass.html I like the look of the flowing glass but wonder how it would look on a much larger scale. This is one of her VERY early videos. I really like the topographic map design and think it would work well on a large quilt. http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-327-topographic-map.html My JoAnn Fabric store has recently remodeled and is now offering classes. The beginner quilting class pieces the “Hole in the Barn Door” block (AKA “Shoo Fly”). Yesterday I cut several block kits from a collection of red, white and blue fabrics but only got one sewn. I wanted to use this fabric but hesitated because the plaid was printed so OFF grain. Would you use it? I also took a few minutes to make some sample blocks for a child comfort quilt. I chose white fabric for the contrast, but my son's comment was, "The white will get dirty." Maybe I should have used gray.
Double fold binding is the best way to finish a quilt. In this beginner's guide learn the tools you need, whether to cut the binding on the bias or grain line, and tips for sewing strips together.
I think we can all agree that as quilters we have this deeply implanted love of creating and being creative, and that creativity doesn’t just stop at piecing a quilt top. Doing the actu…
Adding sashing to your quilt blocks is ideal for when you want to separate the blocks, rather than sew them together. It also adds a bit of oomph and interest to your quilt blocks. You can make sashing as wide or as narrow as you want. For this tutorial I have cut my sashing at 2'. This will give me a finished sashing size of 1½'. This is a generic tutorial to show you how to add sashing to any sized quilt block. Watch the video tutorial below or scroll down for written instructions (Can't see the video? You may
Create this modern quilt created entirely with square fabric pieces
Learn all about sewing Quarter Square Triangles including variant types, starting square size, trimming and a Quarter Square Triangle Chart to refer to.
Illustrated step by step instructions on how to work Thorn stitch with ideas of how to use this stitch in hand embroidery projects.
AccuQuilt's list of 10 downloadable quilting patterns for beginners. Use your GO! Fabric Cutters to cut your favorite fabrics for these quilting patterns.
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About a year ago I posted my Bulging Checkerboard quilt (Stand Back!), and got a lovely email about it from a quilter in Portland, Oregon named Margaret Ellis. She also wanted to make that pattern, but in the same size as I did (51 x 51) vs the original 102 x 102 size of the pattern. Since that time we have corresponded regularly and shared photos and ideas about a number of projects. And, yes....she did make the Checkerboard quilt too. I have had a pattern in my queue for a long time, "Labyrinth Walk", (click for link to pattern). This pattern also makes a huge quilt: 84 x 84! Maybe it's just me, but this is waaaayyyy to big to put on a wall (unless you had a specific large, prominent space in mind), and I think the whole effect / impact would be lost if it was used as a bedspread. Why do these creators make these quilts so big? I had been able to scale down the Checkerboard to one-fourth size, but for some reason was having trouble doing this one. Margaret reminded me of a fun math fact: halve the dimension and you get 1/4 the size! So she was kind enough to put together a complete set of cutting instructions at the new size of 45 x 45 and sent them to me in December (along with a picture of her version of Labyrinth). The reason it is not exactly a one-quarter scale is that the white strips in the original are cut to 1.25" wide. There is no way to scale those in half and still have room left for a 1/4" seam allowance on both sides. So she just made those 1", which still worked out fine. I put these new instructions in my "stack of things to be done" because a) we were going away for a week at the end of the month, and b) I was working on another quilt. Then, just after the first of the year, I saw a Facebook posting for an Art Auction at Homer Plessy School in New Orleans. Loyal readers know that my daughter lives in Nola, and one of her good friends is on the board of this school. YES! I will make Labyrinth as it is a perfect candidate for an auction. But the art piece submission deadline was March 15th! Suddenly, I had to get very busy working on this. Luckily, we have had a string of single-digit and below-zero temp days, and my wife had an out-of-town weekend conference, so I had plenty of time to work on making this quilt. Here is my finished piece: As in some other 3D quilts, the farther back you stand, the better the dimensionality. And, like a lot of quilts, this looks so much harder to make than it actually is! The fabrics are white, light gray, dark gray, and black batiks. There are really just two different blocks and they are arranged in 3 x 3 rows: the "2 concentric squares" block (5 of those), and the "maze" block (4 of those). Each block is about 12" square. It's all in the design, cutting and piecing. The former block is made up of 30 pieces for each, while the latter needs 64! The two gray borders on the right side and bottom, plus the diagonal black corners, reinforce the apparent depth of the body. As usual, I did minimal quilting: white thread in the ditch of all the white strips, plus grays and black ditching along the border edges as necessary. Let me know if you can find your way out of the maze!
Quoiqu’il en soit…ils se terminent (au moins les tops)… Les barattes : avec l’ajout d’une bande de petites barattes, mon ouvrage a maintenant la taille d’un dess…
