all that’s left of the Defenestration quilt is to quilt it and make the binding! Here’s mine!! I quilted with a design called Modernish in black thread Because the top is wider than a WOF, I added a yellow bee stripe down the middle of it. Get the pattern here or the same KIT as …
It’s the last step of the QAL- borders! For the borders, start sewing together the leftover #8 colored rectangles with #8 background rectangles (there’s 4 more background rectangles than the colored ones) Sew them into rows. 2 rows with 8 colors and 9 background rectangles, plus add the 4 colored #1 squares to the ends …
I can finally show this secret quilt I have been working on since May. Our pastor announced in March (I think) that he was retiring- but will stay around and do mission work etc. Another quilter and I “schemed” then to make both him and his wife AND our new pastor and wife (our youth …
The last block to show for inspiration is the Chimney Sweep block, it’s an “oldie but goodie” and no way, would I try to rotary cut this because the block construction is on an angle. I’ve made lots of quilts with this die, the blocks finish 10″ Here’s an old M&Ms table runner and …
I still have more block ideas to show! This time it’s Priscilla which is a rather new die by Accuquilt and I LOVE it, the pieces are tiny and fun, I actually have a top ready to quilt which I’ll show later The block finishes 6″ so each quadrant is 3″ and those stripes are …
Ready for more inspiration? The Canning Jar block is a fun rather new die by Accuquilt, the blocks finish 8″ And I made this quilt for them when the die was launched fun blocks with selvedge edges! Here I have a light blue one made Then a “teal/turquoise” it’s a leftover batik scrap from Island …
It’s time for SEWING all those HSTs together! To not be overwhelmed with a gazillion triangles, I grab a pile of 16 of one fabric and 16 of the background #5 and sew those together while I’m working on other projects, then iron, then grab 16 more and keep going. Don’t forget to press the …
I finished this month’s color of the month blocks and I’m going to show them one by one with ideas instead of just doing one post at a time. First up is the Chinese Lantern (made with the Chinese Lantern Accuquilt die!) And the color of the month was Light Blue and bluish green or …
Did you see this butterfly quilt on Accuquilt’s blog? I made it using the 9″ Butterfly die and the 9″ QUBE set and strip dies. all the fabrics are from Michael Miller (which is part of the seasonal fabrics starting July 1st!) the quilt measures 35″ x 44″ and I quilted cute butterflies all over …
Did you see the new Palm Die by Accuquilt? I was able to try this die and designed this wall hanging! It’s called Palms at Night (PQ12354) and I paired it with the 8″ and 4″ QUBE sets! The wall hanging measures 26″ x 26″ Here’s some EQ sketches I sent to Accuquilt for using …