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I recently made a bed size Sparrows quilt (Finished size is 80 3/4" x 82") and wanted to share how I figured out the math for it! DISCLAIMER: The following information is not a replacement for the Sparrows quilt pattern. I will share the amounts needed for each piece, but the pattern is still required for assembly instructions. You can purchase the Sparrows Quilt pattern HERE! Alright, let's break this down! I'm sharing how I quickly figured out the math for this in case it's helpful for anyone else trying to enlarge another quilt pattern! The Sparrows throw size quilt consists of 24 blocks. To add an extra column and row to the throw size, you will need an additional 11 blocks. 11 is almost half of 24 (Do you see where this is going?) so I simply took the total amount of pieces needed for each letter, divided it in half, and added that amount to the total. So, for example, (6) A pieces are needed for the throw size. Half of 6 is 3 so for the bed size you will need (9) A pieces. (The extra row and column that is added to the throw size is highlighted in red above.) And you might be wondering, does this mean I'll be making 36 blocks instead of required 35? So, yes, going this route means you'll have one leftover Sparrows block. I personally was fine with cutting for an extra block because that meant I would have extra pieces in case there were any mistakes along the way. And guess what? Those extra pieces did in fact came in handy later 😅 Still confused? Not great with math? 😆 Don't worry, a printable sharing the amounts needed for each piece is at the end of this post! FABRIC REQUIREMENTS: For the bed size Sparrows quilt I bought... 5 1/4 yards for the background3/4 yard for each Bird's Body print3/4 yard for the Beak & Tail print3/4 yard for the HST's1/8 yard for the Bird's Eye print Because I had a few people ask what fabrics I used in my quilt top, I've linked to them below! Cotton Couture in Cadet for the background Essex Speckled Yard Dyed in Cream for the bird's body Kona in Shale for the bird's body Woven in Dust for the bird's body Crawford Gingham in Navy for the bird's body Add it Up in Earth Unbleached for the beak and tail Kona in Bone for the HST's Select the link below to download the bed size instructions: DOWNLOAD THE BED SIZE INSTRUCTIONS (I'll update this post with full shots of the quilt once it's finished!) Thanks for reading! Have a question? You can email me at [email protected]
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There is a wonderful pattern out there from V and Co. that I have and love. It gives good instructions and information about how much fabric to buy, etc. The only problem I faced with it, is that it called for a specific cutting tool, that I did not have, and didn't feel I could afford at the time. So, I improvised. I will touch on the rest of the instructions for putting this together, but frankly you can find it in so many places on-line, that it's a little redundant. Here are the points, after making this quilt at least 3 times and teaching it multiple times, that I find makes it easier. I will also help in figuring out how to change the size of blocks, because I like to choose what size to have my blocks, so I assume you might, too. (If you just need this part, skip down to the *). First, you cut your fabric into strips, two dark and two light (These are cut at 2-1/2", finished they will be 2"). Sew one dark to one light, press towards the dark. Repeat with the other pair. Then place those strips, right sides together, so the dark is on top of the light, and the light is on top of the dark. Match your edges and sew across the top and bottom. I'm sure I don't need to say this, but taking precise 1/4" seams is a must when making a quilt. Next you are going to cut isosceles right triangles from the strip set. I show this in several pictures to show there are many ways and tools to use that can help you make that triangle. To the right I have a ruler, specifically for making this kind of triangle. This is very nice because it doesn't take a lot of figuring to know that you got things lined up - there are lines that match the bottom, the seam and the top. You cut along the sides. But let's say you don't have a handy-dandy ruler like that. You can use a square ruler. Line up the ruler so that each diagonal side (that you will cut down) have the same number lining up with the bottom or bottom seam. You can have to top point hanging off the edge up to 3/8" according to the marking on the side of the ruler. By the way, that measurement of the edge that you cut is the size of the square. As you can see from these photos of the gray and white, the unfinished size of this square will be approximately 6". The black and white square will be 10-1/2". After cutting the first triangle, flip the ruler over and cut another, and another, and another until you have the desired number. Unpick the little bit of the seam on the tip on the triangle. *Now would be a good place to interject how to figure what size to cut your strips, and how to figure what size your final squares will be. If you like geometry, you would know the "a squared + b squared = c squared" would be the equation we need, though in this case, a and b are the same number. I will break this down for those that don't thrive on the math. Pull out your calculators and plug in these numbers. Let's say you want to have 1" finished stripes (be sure to add your seam allowances after doing the math). Here's how the figuring works: 1" x 4 (number of strips per square) = 4 4 xª (squared - or if easier do 4 x 4 = 16) 16 ÷ 2 = 8 8 √ = 2.82 (square root) This will be the size of the finished square using 1" strips. Plug in whatever size strip you want to cut: 2.5 x 4 = 10 xª = 100 ÷ 2 = 50 √ = 7.07 Remember to add in the seam allowance before cutting - this 2.5" strip finished needs to be cut 1/2" larger at 3". It can also go the other way. You know you want a 3" square finished. What size strips to you cut? 3 xª (or times by itself 3x3) = 9 9 x 2 = 18 18√ = 4.24 4.24 ÷ 4 = 1.06 (size strip to use) Confused? Click here for all the numbers figured out for you. Personally I prefer the first way, but it's good to have both methods. "But wait!" you say. "You didn't tell me how to figure how much material I need!" For this there's not the easy formula, but I will tell you this: Take the size of your strip (let's say it's 2.5" finished) and multiply that by 4. 2.5 x 4 = 10. That is the length of the seam at the bottom of the triangle. Doing simple math in your head, you can see that with 42" wide fabric, you are going to get 10 triangle bottoms across one side. The other side will have 3 with 2 partials left over. From there, you should be able to figure out what you need, or you can message me and ask if you need more help. We now return to our originally scheduled programming. Open up flat and iron the seam towards the dark fabric. Square it up, by lining up the center seam on the diagonal and trimming to the correct size. In this case, I'm trimming to 6". My preference (because I strive for perfection) is to trim all four sides to make it a perfect square. At this point, I cut the light and dark squares the size that matches the striped pieces. Then, with right sides together (and I find it works best to put the striped piece on the bottom because of the biased edges stretch more on top), I sew the squares together. I prefer to chain piece them, saves me time, thread and headaches of dealing with the little bird's nest of bobbin thread knotting on the bottom. As you can see, to form the majority of the pieces, the dark square and light square are sewn on the same side of the striped square. Then flip one around and make this layout. Match the center seams and sew. Then join those squares together in strips. You can choose to make long strips that you then sew together, or I prefer making larger squares and sewing larger and larger squares together. Personal preference. You can do it the way that is most comfortable for you. Continue to carefully match each corner seam. To help me with my chain piecing, I carefully stack the pieces up - two pieces together with edges matching. (Photo on left). I place the stack to the left of my sewing machine, then turn the stack so the edge that I'm sewing are next to the machine. (See photo on the right). I pick up the top piece and without turning it, put it under the foot to sew. It's already lined up and oriented correctly, and when there's a color scheme that has to keep things in the right order, it's taken care of. I don't have to sew individual blocks and put them back on the design wall (or lay it back out on the floor), because I know that they are going to come out of my machine still attached by the chain piecing and in the same order I put them into the machine. Keep sewing until it's all put together. Then quilt as desired. My preference is pin basting, even when I'm putting it on a quilt frame. This gray and white houndstooth I hand quilted around the colors so the houndstooth pattern would also appear on the back. As you can see in the photo, when I hand quilt, I look for a way to quilt continuously rather than have to tie off and start over again. For this quilt, it meant quilting in a rather zig-zaggy pattern moving from the bottom of the quilt frame, up. So, as I quilt with one thread and reach the top of the quilting area, I unthread the needle and move over to the next place where I quilt with a different thread. You can see the multiple threads all over the quilt. I discovered this method when I was quilting Sterling's large Bird's in the Air quilt and much prefer to not have to tie as many knots in the center of the quilt. The pink and gray, as well as the black and white, were both machine quilted on a long-arm. Meredith quilted the black and white. I don't know who did the pink and gray. At the end, don't forget to put a label on as to who made the quilt, date and any other important information. One thing I don't like about this pattern is that the squares made up of the stripes, have all the edges of the square on the bias. These you have to sew to squares cut on the grain. This makes it difficult to line up corners perfectly. And I prefer to be able to make it look as perfect as I can. Someday, I will figure out the pattern for this where all the squares can have the straight grain around the edges. . . but not today. ;-)
Fluffy Cloud DIGITAL Longarm Quilting Pantograph Design by Oh Sew Kute More Details This Fluffy Clouds Panto stitch is a single line that continues into rounded shapes forming fluffy clouds. The pictured layout has every other row offset by about 30%, just for reference. But you can customize it to however you’d like! Included in this file is a PDF format to be used for Print at Home ability. This design is a Pantograph and can be used in E2E (Edge to Edge) quilting. It is re-sizable to any size or shape you need using your quilting program. You are purchasing a Digital Pantograph .zip file that you will download. The Zip file will include these formats: BQM Bernina CQP CompuQuilter DXF AutoCad HQF HandiQuilter ProStitcher IQP IntelliQuilter PAT Innova AutoPilot PLT Qbot SSD SideSaddle QLI Statler PDF Plus a TXT and/or a WMF with an image for viewing. Digital Longarm Pantograph Quilting Designs are specialized files created just for Computerized Longarm Quilting Machines. This pantograph is DIGITAL and is received by download only. Please read and understand our policies on Digital patterns. To protect the copyright and hard work of designers, all sales are final on these items. Click here to read policies on refunds and returns Two Places to Download after Purchase: 1.After you check out of the shopping cart, the last page that appears will have the name of this digital pantograph clickable. You can click on the name to start the download. 2. Right after you complete your order an email is sent to you. In that email the name of any Digital Pattern is clickable. Click on the clickable name to begin the download. Please email us with any questions to: [email protected] Click here for more Digital Longarm Quilting Pantographs from Oh Sew Kute Click here for All Digital Longarm Quilting Pantographs Click here for Digital Longarm Quilting Pantographs by Theme Click here for all Paper Longarm Quilting Pantographs
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Classic Scandinavian style can be achieved by a beginner in this new Nordic Charm pattern. Designed with a beginner in mind, with detailed instructions and illustrations to help you along the way. Comes in two block size options, each with multiple quilt size options. Fabric requirements are pictured in the image gallery. Listing is for a PDF version of this pattern only! Additional Information: *Must have Adobe Reader 6.0 or newer to view the pattern. *Due to the nature of this product, no refunds or returns are permitted. * **Although this pattern has been tested by multiple testers, mistakes are still possible. Be sure to check www.simplymackbeth.com/pattern-corrections. Please email any errors you may find to simplymackbeth [!at] gmail.com� Pattern is for personal use only, and may not be copied, distributed or sold. Copyright Simply MackBeth Design Co., 2020 **PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE FOR ANY PATTERN CORRECTIONS**
