Hi there, how are things going? If anyone is joining in the quilt-a-long (it's still pretty quiet out there), please pop over to the flickr group and introduce yourself, and share any photos you have - fabric stacks, cutting...would love to see it all! This is the second part of my tutorial (the first can be found here, supplies and other info here). Now, you've cut your quilt top, let's piece it! This portion of the tutorial should be very straightforward and simple. There are really no variations in the method for the different quilt sizes. So, let's get going, shall we? At the end of the cutting instructions, I recommended stacking your pieces into piles by column (from left to right). We will be piecing the shapes into columns and then sewing the columns together to form the quilt top. I recommend chain piecing any number of columns that you're comfortable with. For anyone unfamiliar, chain piecing involves sewing similar units of fabric together one after the other without cutting the thread. For example, you would sew the first two units on each column together without clipping threads (needle down). I prefer to chain piece 4 columns at a time - any more than that and I inevitably get mixed up. You can press seams as you go, but I prefer to wait until all of my columns are pieced. As standard in quilting, all seams are 1/4" for piecing. 1) Start with the leftmost column. Take the top row piece and align it with the next piece in the column as shown below. The shapes should be easy to align since you have clipped 1/4" off the pointy ends. Stitch along the angled edge. Repeat for the next column, but notice that the direction of the shapes is opposite. When you're finished, your pieces should look like this. Now, continue chain piecing with the next piece in each column. The pieces for the first column should align as shown below. And, the second column should align in the opposite direction. Repeat for all pieces in your column and all columns. Then, press all of your seams open. Check that all of your adjacent columns match up and directional pairs look good. Also, this is your last easy opportunity to rearrange columns if you'd like. : ) 2) Once all of your columns are pressed and ready, I recommend trimming to make sure you have nice, even finished edges. If you are sewing a larger twin size quilt, you will have a pretty long column and this can be a challenge. For those cases, I recommend folding the column in half lengthwise to trim. If you are wondering what my fancy shmancy quilting tool is in the picture below, it's a metal framing square ruler I got from Home Depot (something like this). It is one of those random, invaluable tools that I use all.the.time...especially for cutting long pieces of fabric. Anyway, trim your columns, and let's move along. Once trimmed, I like to sew the adjacent columns into pairs and them sew those pairs together to form the quilt top. Align two adjacent columns as shown. Place the right column on top of the left column and pin the two together along the right edge. Piecing accurately is definitely not my forte, but I pin at each seam (making sure the seams are aligned) and in between. Stitch the two columns together along the right edge. Repeat for all columns and press your seams open. You're done!! Yay!!! Sit back and smile at your quilt top for a while. Mine is still hanging on my wall since I took this photo. As I said, I plan to tie this quilt instead of machine quilting. Next week I'll pop in with a quick post to share some of my favorite quilting and binding tutorials available online. I taught myself how to quilt using these wonderful resources, so I thought I'd pass them along to any new quilters following along here. Happy Weekending everyone!
Woohoo, I'm so happy that some folks have let me know that they are looking forward to a tutorial and quilt along for the quilt formerly known as Dillon's Quilt! You may have noticed that I gave this quilt a real name. Poor Dillon...I did not want his name forever tied to this design, so I've decided to call it the "Arrow Tail Quilt" since the shapes resemble arrow tails. :: I have updated and verified to the best of my abilities the supplies for a baby size and twin size quilt. If you are interested in some other size, I think that it will be fairly obvious how to downsize or upsize this pattern once you get going. :: Please note that you will need the entire width of the quarter yard cuts of fabric and fat quarters (in other words, make sure you have nice healthy cuts of fabric!). :: For the baby size quilt, if you are using directional prints, you will need third yard cuts or fat quarters. The fabric requirements above assume you will not have more than 4 directional prints in your quilt. If you have more, your fabric requirements may be higher. :: Are you interested in joining the quilt-a-long? This will be a very informal quilt-a-long, so please "join in" at any time. Since I needed to develop the tutorial, I have already begun my new version of this lovely quilt! So, I won't be sewing along with you but I'll be here if ya need me! :: If you are on flickr, feel free to join my flickr group here - introduce yourself, post photos, ask questions. I've gone ahead and added some photos of my progress thus far. :: If you are following along here and would like to comment, please make sure you are not a no-reply blogger. If you are, you can read about how to fix that here, if you'd like. Being a "reply blogger" enables me to correspond with you if you have any questions. Whether you decide to join the quilt-a-long or not, I'd love to see your finished quilt!! I will post the cutting instructions tomorrow (so if you're raring to go...not too long from now!), and the piecing instructions later this week. See you soon! :: TUTORIAL LINKS :: The Arrow Tail Quilt Tutorial - Cutting Instructions The Arrow Tail Quilt Tutorial - Piecing Instructions The Arrow Tail Quilt Tutorial - Finishing Your Quilt (Resources)
******I need to start off by saying that there are probably other tutorials out there for piecing arrows, but this is what I did to make mine. I used scraps for the tail feathers and bits of yardage for the backgrounds. First of all, you will need to piece a strip set. Start with a background strip about 3" x 19" or 20" 4 or 5 coloured strips ranging 1 " to 1 1/2" x 19" or 20" ending with a background strip 3" x 19" or 20" Place the 45* line of your ruler on the bottom of the strip set. It's ok to have it go off the top corner. You will still have enough background. Cut the angle Turn strip set around so the angle is on your left. Cut a strip 2 1/4" We now need to cut another 45* angle the opposite direction. Place the 45* line of your ruler on the bottom of the strip set. Again, it's ok to have it off the fabric on the bottom right. Cut the angle Turn the strip set around Cut a strip 2 1/4" If you put the cut pieces back, it should look like this That big triangle in the middle? It won't go to waste as I plan on using it in my quilt somewhere. Square off the ends of your tail feather units leaving yourself some background Now cut some background pieces 2 1/4" by however long you want your arrow to be. Mine are made up of several pieces to give it a more scrappy look. Cut a 1" by 3" background piece for the tail end of arrow The arrow was cut 1" by about 18" and the arrow head is a flying geese unit cut 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" with 2 1/2" connector corners sewn on Sew background pieces to tail feather units and sew to either side of arrow. Sew on arrow head Done! This is what I have in mind for the triangle pieces that are left over. I think they will make nice blocks or perhaps a border **If you want to make several at a time, you can make a strip set and cut several pieces the same angle, then make a matching strip set and cut several of the opposing angles. That way, there would be less waste--- but I want the leftovers : ) I hope that's clear. Any questions just ask. If you make one, I'd love to see! stats: Arrow pattern: making it up as I went along fabrics: scraps, with text low volume backgrounds ( pure, eclectic elements, word play, various black on cream) block size : 4 1/2" x 20" or 23" whatever you decide! Diane Warburton-- you asked about the backgrounds but I had no way of replying. There is no info on your google+ profile and you came up as no-reply. Hope this helps : ) linking up with Fresh Sewing Day
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******I need to start off by saying that there are probably other tutorials out there for piecing arrows, but this is what I did to make mine. I used scraps for the tail feathers and bits of yardage for the backgrounds. First of all, you will need to piece a strip set. Start with a background strip about 3" x 19" or 20" 4 or 5 coloured strips ranging 1 " to 1 1/2" x 19" or 20" ending with a background strip 3" x 19" or 20" Place the 45* line of your ruler on the bottom of the strip set. It's ok to have it go off the top corner. You will still have enough background. Cut the angle Turn strip set around so the angle is on your left. Cut a strip 2 1/4" We now need to cut another 45* angle the opposite direction. Place the 45* line of your ruler on the bottom of the strip set. Again, it's ok to have it off the fabric on the bottom right. Cut the angle Turn the strip set around Cut a strip 2 1/4" If you put the cut pieces back, it should look like this That big triangle in the middle? It won't go to waste as I plan on using it in my quilt somewhere. Square off the ends of your tail feather units leaving yourself some background Now cut some background pieces 2 1/4" by however long you want your arrow to be. Mine are made up of several pieces to give it a more scrappy look. Cut a 1" by 3" background piece for the tail end of arrow The arrow was cut 1" by about 18" and the arrow head is a flying geese unit cut 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" with 2 1/2" connector corners sewn on Sew background pieces to tail feather units and sew to either side of arrow. Sew on arrow head Done! This is what I have in mind for the triangle pieces that are left over. I think they will make nice blocks or perhaps a border **If you want to make several at a time, you can make a strip set and cut several pieces the same angle, then make a matching strip set and cut several of the opposing angles. That way, there would be less waste--- but I want the leftovers : ) I hope that's clear. Any questions just ask. If you make one, I'd love to see! stats: Arrow pattern: making it up as I went along fabrics: scraps, with text low volume backgrounds ( pure, eclectic elements, word play, various black on cream) block size : 4 1/2" x 20" or 23" whatever you decide! Diane Warburton-- you asked about the backgrounds but I had no way of replying. There is no info on your google+ profile and you came up as no-reply. Hope this helps : ) linking up with Fresh Sewing Day
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