Contemporary quilters take for granted the old-fashioned step-by-step processes of making quilt blocks from small fabrics, then putting them together into the completed quilt top. Those processes seem good and intuitive to old quilters because from their point of view, that is how quilts have...
Remember, for each pass across the quilt (ditch, echo, background, blocks) I’m working from the right side of the quilt towards the middle, rotating the quilt, and then working from the middle to the other side of the quilt. I only concentrate on one section of the quilt at a time...
then connect them together using the method I've outlined in the tutorial above. I shared this technique for the Flower Festival Sampler Quilt so quilters could make the quilt bigger without making extra blocks.
Hi! This week’s post is a big one as we’re at the point of finishing our big bright and happy “Bayside” Block of the Month Quilt!! We have one more set of blocks to make first, then we can jump […] Read More Try a Quilting Challenge September 4, 2024 Hi! This week I...
Click here for the Free Economy Block Tutorial at Diary of a Quilter I have just a couple of tips on the trimming of the different sections. When you trim each section after sewing on a new round, keep the block centered in the ruler by finding the halfway point and lining that up on...
Trim each HST to 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” square. You might be trimming off a bit more than you’re used to, but I like to give myself plenty of extra when I’m working with small pieces. Set the blocks aside. Pin each of the (4) orange 1” x 1” squares to the (4) yellow...
I've just finished piecing all of the blocks in bright, primary colors, because it's a boy!!! My niece just adopted a tiny baby boy, and I can't wait to snuggle him in this beautiful quilt!!! Thank you for the great tutorial! ReplyCozy...
I still call it a charm quilt because it was obviously the intention of the maker to create a quilt where the red and yellow centers of the blocks and the corner pieces were the “unifiers” of all of the different fabrics. In each of the 16 blocks in the quilt, there are 32 ...
While this looks great as it is, it is not very utilitarian. If I sew these all together, it will only be 48 inches. So I am going to layout these sampler blocks with a shadow. Hopefully I can get going on this, I am ready to be done! Even though more scraps were created in ...
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