Nancy Drew Blog hop Quilt and tutorial

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The day is finally here!!

It seems like this hop has been in the waiting for a loooong time. Guess it was because the fabrics were delayed so the hop got delayed too 🙂

You know I love blog hops! so of course I signed up as soon as I saw this at sewwequilt

Now since I’m not from the US, I actually never read Nancy Drew!

Though my kids know of the books but are not INTO them.

so….. I JUST ordered a charm pack of the fabric line from quilt taffy and I figured I would come up with something fun still! and of course after playing with EQ I came up

 with this.

Here’s what I used to make it

1 charm pack (42)

1 yd red

over 1yd white print (more for the binding too)

Cutting directions:

Cut half the charms (21) into 4″ squares

the other half 4 1/2″ squares

From white cut (42)1 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ rectangles

and (42) 1 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ rectangles

From red cut (42) 4 1/2″ squares and cut diagonally

Then sew red triangles to top and bottom of the 4″ squares, iron toward red, trim off excess fabrics to line up with square.

Sew remaining red triangles to sides.

Trim blocks to 6 1/2″ squares.

Now I just bought this nifty spinning mini cutting mat that was perfect, though it wasn’t spinning as smoothly as I would have liked.

So I actually took off the black bottom and trimmed with just the black circle behind the mat, it didn’t lay perfectly flat but it spun around great!! do any of you do that? or am I doing something wrong?

Here’s the finished quilt.

I didn’t care that some of the nancy drew squares were on point, but they are all turning the same way, so I kind of like it that way, but you can pick 21 that are non-directional if you want.

I did a loopy pointy meandering all over

(I really LOVE the white squiggly fabric, thought it went well with a book-ish fabric)

The backing was a burgundy fabric I pieced together and it was JUST enough!!

finished quilt measures 41″ x 47″

Here’s a video of me quilting it 🙂

Thanks to Mdm Samm and Carol for hosting another great blog hop!!

Here’s the other bloggers for today

Thursday, March 7, 2013 

Simple Sew

Sewing By Moonlight

Beaquilter

Pat Sloan’s Place

A Stitch In Time

Judith Handmade Treasures

Gingersnaps Fabrics and Quilts

Judy At That Other Blog

Fabric-ating

Melinda Quilts Etc

87 thoughts on “Nancy Drew Blog hop Quilt and tutorial”

  1. Judith

    Oh My BEA! I love the red and the loopy blue. Your quilt is sew sweet! Thanks for sharing…Judith, Texas

  2. Scrapatches

    Sew pretty! I love your choice of red and blue/white fabrics to show off the charms. Nice pattern design. Thank you sew much for the detailed tutorial and the free pattern. I am a new follower. Sew happy I found your blog! … 🙂 Pat

  4. Judy B

    Great Job on you Nancy Drew quilt! Hope Sonja is feeling better soon. Thank you for sharing.

  6. Jenn

    This is quite clever, enjoyed it! I like how the fabric styles really stand out and the squiggly material kind of looks like question marks–as in…whodunit? :)Jenn:)www.nancydrewsleuth.com

  7. Sowing Stitches

    This is such a good pattern for putting ALL of the prints In the Spotlight! 🙂

  15. MooseStash Quilting

    What an adorable quilt. Love the design you and your EQ have come up with. You are such an inspiration!

  17. Sharon

    Wow Bea you picked an awesome design to show off those squares and the color choice is great…thanks for the tut and video on it….

  18. Madame Samm

    and a video to boot…how adventurous…must of been all that Nancy Drew in you ….great project my dear…love the floating idea of your blocks.

  19. Mommarock

    Watching that video was AMAZING! I can't imagine quilting like that. I did some FMQ and let me just say it looked NOTHING like the flow of that quilting. Umm WOW is all I can say! I'm so impressed with your skill. The flow of the quilting just floors me!!

  20. Quiltin' Jenny

    Very cute quilt and thanks for giving the measurements. I always have trouble with the square in a square math!You did a great job on the quilting.

  22. Carol Swift

    Very nice quilt and a tutorial/video, too…wow! Thanks for hopping with us and sharing how you did it.

  23. tink's mom

    Love your quilt. I made a lot of little things never thought to use it in a quilt. Great job.

  24. Quiltsmiles

    Bea, Your quilt looks great! I will adapt my equipment to work better for me when it doesn;t too. Sounds like you made progress with your revolving cutting board. Jane

  25. Shanna

    I've gotten a clue! Oh I picked soem very old copies when I was a child of the book, but I have not seen any of the new books or movies. What a great job you did in coming up with the quilt though; I also LOVE that squiggy fabric!

  26. Gmama Jane

    Very nice job and I really liked watching you long-arm quilt…very mesmerizing so early in the a.m.BlessingsGmama Jane

  27. Teresa Nance

    I love your little quilt! I bet that beautiful baby will love laying on it.

  34. apple blossom

    I'm leaving this post open so I can watch the video little later. thanks for sharingABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com

  36. The Slow Quilter

    The layout of the fabric was great along with the colors. I enjoyed watching your quilting video it looks so smooth and easy.

  37. Cliodana

    🙂 like you i'm not from the US (Canada) and never read a nancy drew book! falled in love with the book fabric!thank's for sharing have fun in the hop

  39. sandra

    Love the quilt, great design, thanks for showing how you quilted it very interesting. Blessings sandra

  40. sandra

    Love the quilt, great design, thanks for showing how you quilted it very interesting. Blessings sandra

  41. sandra

    Love the quilt, great design, thanks for showing how you quilted it very interesting. Blessings sandra

  42. Needled Mom

    It turned out so cute, Bea. I really love all the color in the fabrics too.

  43. Patty

    I LOVE your quilt. And love the backing. You have done a great job.Very pretty.

  45. My Sister Made Me Do It....

    What a great job you did with the charms! Perfect coordinating fabric. Well done.

  47. JanesQuilting

    You did a beautiful job with your charm pack. (Kids now a days are so different than we were.) Your quilt is very pretty. Thanks for sharing.

  49. patchouli moon studio

    Your quilt is beautiful! Love the quilting. Looks so easy to quilt with a long-arm machine.

  51. Beth Strand

    What a wonderful quilt…it's so fun to see how different all of our projects are!

  52. Jane's Fabrics and Quilts

    Well you sure did come up with something!! It is just wonderful and your video too! Wow!

  55. Anonymous

    Bea-I love your ND quilt. The light background really makes the blocks stand out. From CA, thanks for sharing.

  57. Linda J

    I love EQ and often use it to design my quilts or alter existing quilt pattern to fit size parameters for my pro bono quilt group. You did a great job on your Nancy Drew Project and the tutorial. Off to see the video!

  60. Gill

    Great quilt! Thank you for sharing!I've never used a spinning cutting mat – would you recommend it??

  61. Domestic Bliss

    Great use of the charm squares! I'm still trying to figure out how to use pre-cuts, so I appreciate everyone who shares detailed instructions.

  64. BizyStitches

    that turned out realy cute. With your long arm quilting was that free hand, computerized, or pantograph? Love the design.

  77. LJ

    What a great quilter you are and you know your EQ, too! Lots of great fabrics in the collection but I really do love the blue on blue silouettes. I enjoyed seeing your video clip also.

  78. OhioLori

    Love everything about your Quilt!!! Squiggly print is perfect for sure…Thanks for sharing directions too! 🙂

  82. Scrapbook-ChickADoodle

    Love your quilt. Love the design and fabric. Great job! Thanks for sharing.

  84. Karrie S

    I really love the quilt! Thanks for the video. It's very helpful to newbies!

  85. Tricia

    Your quilt shows the Nancy Fabric's fabulously!! This pattern will be on my "to make" list. Thank You for sharing it with us.Sincerely,Tricia

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