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 …
How are you doing on the blocks? Hopefully you have the 12 blocks done so far!? Because I only used 6 fabrics, I knew it would be a bit trickier to “shuffle” things around so I put the blocks on my design board in a 3×4 layout like this Then with 17 of the #2 …
It’s time to sew the blocks together! Last week we created piles like this after sewing the HSTs together into blocks, then added 4 of shape #8 rectangles and a #2 square If you have directional fabrics, then pay attention to how the block is laid out and have the print right side UP Sew …
It’s time to sew those HSTs into block sections! Follow the pattern and sew 4 sets of 4+4 HSTs together from the piles we matched up last week, if the fabric is direction like this black text fabric, then you get 2 blocks of each like this I tried to alternate if the black text …
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 …
It’s fitting that today is the beginning of the Defenestration QAL part one because today Solveig is getting her wisdom teeth pulled (not out the window!) and step 1 is CUTTING the fabrics! I’m doing the BEE KIT and only using 6 fabrics (1/2yd of each) plus black instead of 12 FQs plus the background. …
Don’t worry it’s not a bad word!!! It actually means to throw something or someone out of a window! It was my oldest daughter’s favorite word for a while and I had never heard of it before then I happened to listen to a Sherlock Holmes type of book and Sherlock was smoking by a …
Defenestration What’s that word?? Don’t worry it’s not a BAD word. Defenestration means to throw someone or something out of a window. Broken Dishes blocks, along with rectangles and a solid white background, make the quilt look like stained glass windows. Defenestration is one of my teenage daughter’s favorite words! Finished size: 42” x 54” …