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Sure, squares are interesting and easy. So, why not? If you are considering making a quilt, any one of these would be a great way to begin. How, you ask? 1. Start with a square of fabric and sew it to another square. Keep adding squares to form a row until you are satisfied that the row is long enough. Thirty inches is a good start, but you can certainly make it any length you want. 2. Make several rows. If you have a square quilt in mind (equal length and width) count the squares in the first row and make that many rows. 3. Now you're ready to begin stitching the rows together. Sew two rows together matching up the squares as you go. 4. Keep going till all the rows are in place. Really, it's that simple. One of the great reasons to use simple squares is that you can use a different fabric for each square or just a few fabrics for the entire quilt. Thanks for stopping by. Please say hello. Only Google+ members can leave a comment, BUT you can reply if you're not affiliated with G+.....just click the reply button. Please leave your email address or blog address--I'll shoot back a "hey."

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Download this free pattern for an easy one-block modern quilt. It’s great for beginner quilters and seasoned sewists! Island Breeze is the quilt I designed for Danielle Hartgers’s Zanzibar collection for Blank Quilting. It measures 62″ x 74″ and has 12″ blocks. Although the block looks complex, it is easy to assemble, requiring only half-square …

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Работу над этим проектом мы начали давно. Он задумывался как долгоиграющий. Предполагалось, делать по блоку чуть ли не каждый месяц, по крайней мере хотя бы один в 3, т.е. чтобы он соответствовал текущему времени года. Но как-то не получилось, то одно, то другое, пришлось прерываться на другие более важные в то время проекты. Но несколько блоков были отшиты, нужно было продолжать. И мы подумали, что одна из "вечных" тем в лоскутном шитье, времена года, отлично подходит к теме нашего лоскутного фестиваля "Благодарность", работа возобновилась. В проекте участвовали Ведяева Н.Б., Голева А.М., Кузьмина И.Ю., Суранова Л.А., Хоменко М. Каждая участница отшила по 4 блока 20смх20см соответствующие временам года. А я занималась руководящей, художественной и собирательной стороной работы. В маленьких блоках мы старались показать то, за что мы любим зиму, весну, лето и осень Зима. Конечно же это снег, снежинки, каждая неповторима в своём совершенстве. Блоки снежинок нашли в интернете, шили по бумаге. Весна. Первые цветы, маленькие, трогательные, нежные. Почти все блоки я отрисовала сама, шили по бумаге. Лето. Прежде всего это вкус, вкус ягод и фруктов, именно тех, что растут у нас в Сибири. Все блоки нарисовала сама. Техника ручная потайная аппликация с элементами вышивки. Осень. Конечно же, это осенние листья, красные, жёлтые, разноцветные. Эти блоки отшивали в традиционных техниках, квадратики, треугольники, "избы". Когда все блоки были отшиты, встал вопрос, как их соединять между собой. Были разные варианты, в том числе такой, сделать несколько панно, у каждой участницы свои времена года. Но всё-таки решили соединить все вместе в одну большую работу. А как это сделать? Хотелось, чтобы получилось не как обычно. Я предложила использовать мои любимые йо-йо. Их укрепили плотным фетром. Нижний край панно украсили "висюльками". А это фото с фестиваля, фотограф Юлия Бернухова. Панно получилось не очень большое, может быть немного банальное, но всё-таки милое, нежное и красивое, как мне кажется. Спасибо всем участницам за ваша работу!)))

Let's sew up this traditional Box Quilt block today. It is beginner-friendly and you could dig into your stash and/or scraps to make a beautiful quilt. This pattern is a little different than other Box Quilt blocks you can find online and is attributed to Nancy Page. Using only squares and rectangles, the block goes together fast! Let's check it out!

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Lattice Square Free Quilt Block Tutorial Lattice Square Quilt Block 12" 4 Blocks Cutting for 12" Finished Block Cutting for 16" Block Fabric Cutting Chart Click the Image Below To See Carol's Books DOWNLOAD FREE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE VIDEO DESCRIPTION ON YOUTUBE ACCUQUILT - CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION Happy quilting! Carol

Has this ever happened to you where a quilty friend shares a link to a really cool technique and you "think" you've committed it to memory until you didn't? Yep, that's exactly what happened in this situation. I "thought" I had the technique all locked down in my memory and I was in my sewing room making a block when my block did NOT look like the block I had remembered. What happened?!!! Preface it to say, "my mistake" turned out to be better than the original!! Why? Because "my way" requires NO TRIMMING when the block is all done. How's that! NO CUTTING and NO TRIMMING - whose interested now?!! Let me show you "my way" in creating the NO CUT - NO TRIM Block-in-a-Block Quilt. Grab (1) EACH of your favorite 5" and 10" Stackers. I used my NEW Midnight Garden Stackers available here! Press BOTH the 5" and 10" squares in half vertically AND horizontally with a hot iron to create the crease. Place the 5" PRESSED square (right side up) on top of a 10" PRESSED square (right side up) aligning the pressed lines so the 5" square is centered on the 10" square. Using the cardboard stock found in your 10" Stacker pack, lay it on top of the layered fabrics so the edge of the cardboard lines up with the edge of the 5" square. Using a hot iron, press the fabric onto the cardboard stock, slide the cardboard stock out and pin. Repeat the SAME steps on the other side. Sew a 1/4" from each edge. Press open. Rotate your block and REPEAT the exact steps above to the other two sides. To create a NO CUT - NO TRIM Block-in-a-Block finishing 9" square! Lay your blocks out in a pleasing fashion of 6 blocks across x 7 blocks down. Sew the rows together, quilt, bind and DONE!!! Isn't she so pretty?! The perfect lap size coming in at 51" x 59"! And perfect to make EASILY in a weekend or ONE dedicated day to quilting! Whose RUNNING to their sewing room and grabbing their favorite 5" and 10" Stackers to make their very own NO CUT - NO TRIM Block-in-a-Block quilt? I see quite a few hands raised. You're Welcome! Happy NO CUT - NO TRIM Quilting! Gerri

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Here are the last 3 blocks in my quilt guild's Block of the Month. These blocks make up the bottom row of the pattern, Jeni Baker's Half Square Triangle Sampler: Now I need to choose a background. I wanted to go with a colored fabric, rather than the white as shown in the pattern, and I thought I had found the perfect green: I put the first 9 blocks against the green background and lived with it for a while as I made the last 3 blocks. I began to think that although the green was a perfect match, it was overpowering the blocks. These blocks are only 6 inches, so the background has a bigger impact. I went back to the drawing board and found a lighter, less saturated green and tried again: It's a subtle difference, but I think the second choice helps the blocks stand out a little more. Here are the two fabrics side by side: And here are the 12 finished blocks, with the darker green background under the top 6 and the lighter green background under the bottom 6: This has been a lot of fun seeing how much variety can be achieved with just 16 Half Square Triangle blocks.

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It's Friday again, and we're back at the cutting table to get started on two more blocks. I sure hope you enjoyed making the last batch! Ready for a couple more? Here we go...... Here's your cutting and sewing directions for Part Three: Light Print *Cut (4) 2 3/8" squares for HST. Green Print *Cut (2) 2 3/8" squares for HST. Blue Print *Cut (2) 2 3/8" squares for HST. *Cut (1) 2" square for block center. Directions: *Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of all (4) 2 3/8" light squares. Match with (2) blue and (2) green 2 3/8" squares to make HST. *Make (4) green and (4) blue HST that should measure 2" unfinished. *Arrange the units for the block as shown, sewing them into rows; press for opposing seams. Sew rows together; press. Your block should measure 5" unfinished. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Here's your cutting and sewing directions for Part Four: Light Print *Cut (2) 2" squares. *Cut (3) 2 3/8" squares for HST. Pink Print *Cut (3) 2 3/8" squares for HST. Blue Print *Cut (1) 2" square for block center. Directions: *Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of (3) 2 3/8" squares. Match with (3) pink 2 3/8" squares to make HST. Make (6) pink HST that should measure 2" unfinished. *Arrange the units for the block as show and sew together into rows; press for opposing seams. Sew the rows together to complete the block. Your block should measure 5" unfinished. Not too hard, right? More fun blocks to come next Friday..... Have a great weekend! Lynne, and I, and a bunch of our BFF's will be boarding the ship on Sunday to begin our Great Girlfriend Getaway to Alaska!! Please consider joining us on one of our next Great Girlfriend Getaways in 2013!! Click here to see where we're going. I'll post pictures and news once we're home. Pam  

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I am so excited to kick off the Modern Half Square Triangle Quilt-a-Long! Today I'll share with you my inspiration for this quilt-a-long and the supplies you will need, and starting next week we'll start working on the blocks! I saw this pin a few weeks ago, and I was captivated. I loved it, and when I clicked through the pin, and found that the man who created the design used the Perl program, and that he made it for his then-girlfriend, and that she made the quilt for him as a wedding present, I knew this was right up my alley! (I have emailed the gentleman who wrote the program that created all the blocks to ask his permission to host this quilt-a-long, but I haven't heard back from him.) I loved the look of the blocks in black and white, and thought it would be fun to take these traditional block designs and make them 'modern' by only using two colors. (I am the type of person who likes to make things in the colors I first see them in, so this is really no surprise!) I couldn't figure out how to assemble the blocks without drawing them all out, so I grabbed my gridded notebook and my black colored pencil and got busy. There are 72 blocks, so this will take 72 weeks! Don't stress though - you can cut the fabric for several blocks at once, and assemble the blocks as you can. Each finished block will measure 8.5 inches. Feel free to make your blocks smaller or larger (you will need to adjust fabric requirements accordingly). I first made a few blocks 12.5 inches, so I'll compare those for you so you can see what you like best! Supplies: 5 yards each of two colors (or as many colors you would like to use!) Rotary cutter, clear acrylic ruler, self-healing cutting mat, marking pen (more on this next time), lots of thread, sewing machine, iron This yardage requirement assumes that you will cut 3.5 inch squares to trim down to 2.5 inch HSTs. I find that if I sew a scant 1/4 inch seam allowance I can use 3 inch squares to start. This requires far less yardage. You may want to try out your seam allowance to see what you can get away with. I will post one new block each Monday - and we will finish our quilt in January 2014! Yikes! I do think this is the best method - you can do four blocks at a time at the end of the month if that is easier. I recommend making several HSTs at once - it is easier to batch cut, sew and trim! Come back next Monday to see the first block! I am so excited! Even if you haven't made a quilt before, I think you can handle this one, so please jump in and join us - I am happy to answer questions as we go!

Hi friends! Today I have a really special (long) post for you! Today I want to share a quilt that took me two years and about 85 hours to complete - my Postage Stamp quilt! I got so many questions on Instagram every time I posted pictures of this project so I will try to cover all the FAQ's here. First, let me start at the beginning... THE INSPIRATION My grandmother passed away in October 2019. She was the one who taught me how to quilt and who my pattern company is named after. After she passed, my mom and aunt asked if I would finish a couple of the quilts she had been working on so we could give them to family members. This red, yellow, and green 9-Patch quilt one was one of them. I don't know the name of the pattern but I know it came from a magazine. I remember her working on this quilt over the years and I know each individual square finished at 3/4". Can you believe that!?! The quilt top was finished many years ago so I just got it longarm quilted (with a Baptist Fan pattern) and then I bound it by hand. The back was white with colorful buttons and the binding is black with red and yellow flowers on it, as you can see here. The backing fabric was hanging with the quilt top in her closet and I believe I picked out the binding fabric from her stash. This quilt went to my aunt Janet and her husband Dave. The other quilt I finished at that time (I have 2 more I still need to finish!) was this little baby quilt. I think the squares finished at 1-1/4". My aunt and I chose the back and binding fabrics from my grandmother's fabric stash and then I had it longarm quilted with the Interlocking Orange Peel panto by Karlee Porter. This quilt went to one of my cousins. So after finishing both of those quilts made by my grandmother, I was inspired. I never thought I would make a Postage Stamp quilt; too intense for me! But I got the itch around that time to make something with tiny squares and a little while later I made my first blocks. CUTTING I cut 1-1/2" squares that would finish at 1" each. I did not do all my cutting at once. I found that I liked to cut batches of squares, both bright and white, whenever I was running low or got tired of the ones I had in my pile. It was a nice way to break up all of the sewing. When I was actively working on my Postage Stamp quilt I would keep piles of squares by my machine so I could easily grab and sew. I didn't put too much thought into what fabric went where. I just tried to space out colors to create balance. When I needed a break from that project I simply put the squares in a ziplock bag. They didn't get wrinkly so it was easy to pick up where I left off the next time I was ready to work on my quilt. FABRIC I used lots of different whites, creams and low volumes for my "whites". If you look closely at some of the following pictures you'll be able to tell. From far away, everything reads as white but the quilt still has a really scrappy feel to it. Plus it was a great way to use up scraps! As far as the brights go, I used alll the colors. My only requirement was there had to be enough contrast between the brights and whites. There are several fabrics of my grandmother's in this quilt. Including a few squares that have remnants of her embroidery! Those are my favorite! ASSEMBLY There are several ways to assemble a Postage Stamp quilt. You can strip-piece units together. But since I used scraps for all of my pieces I cut squares and sewed them together one-by-one. I didn't mind; in fact I preferred to do it that way so it would be extra scrappy! But of course, you could strip piece if you wanted. For the most part, I chain-pieced rows together to make regular, small 9-Patches (above). I made some that had brights in the corners and some that had whites in the corners. This was such mindless sewing and I quite enjoyed it! Immediate satisfaction! Then I sewed nine of those 9-Patches together to make big 9-Patches that had 81 squares in each block. I figured out it took me about 45 minutes to make a block (maybe about an hour with cutting). Towards the end of this project, I switched from making small 9-Patches to just chain piecing squares together to make a row for the big 9-Patches. I started by sewing tons of pairs of bright and white squares together. When I got bored I separated the pairs and then sewed them together to make units of 4 squares each. Once I had all those sewn together I sewed 2 of those units together plus one extra square to make a row of 9 squares. PRESSING After I made each block row, I pressed the seam allowances toward the dark/bright fabrics. After I sewed the rows together, I pressed the seams open. I pressed everything as I went. It may seem daunting but I honestly got faster the more I did it. It really wasn't too bad. I definitely recommend pressing as you go and pressing the seams open will help your quilt lay nice and flat. Quick side note here: I never pin when I piece. If you're really accurate in your cutting and piecing all of your seam allowances should be able to nest together nicely. I'm sure that saved me a lot of time while making this quilt. I have some tips saved in my Instagram highlight bubbles on precision piecing and cutting. Check it out @gigis_thimble. As I worked on this project, I found it helpful to set little goals for myself. I started by making two blocks and kept trying to double the number of blocks I had until I finished. One month I challenged myself to make 100 little 9-Patches and towards the end of this project, I challenged myself to make 1 big 9-Patch a day until I was done making all of my blocks. I always tell myself, "A little progress every day adds up to big results!" and that is definitely the case with a Postage Stamp quilt! Because there are a gazillion seams in this quilt, it is heavier than normal. The seams can start to stretch apart because of the weight and become harder to match up. So I would recommend that you make two halves of your quilt; press the row seams and then sew the 2 halves together to complete your quilt. Here I am at the halfway point: And here is the finished quilt top. An exciting moment! FINISHING I bound the quilt in this red and white gingham fabric that I had in my stash. I also had this rainbow fabric in my stash that I had bought recently for another project (that didn't turn out how I wanted so I gave it away). The fabric is 55218-20 from the fabric line Shine On by Bonnie and Camille for Moda. I used it for the back of my quilt and I love it. My friend Jen Ostler quilted it with the Scribble Hearts panto. She always hides an object in her quilting for her clients to find so this time she did a rainbow. It took me forever to find but I think it's darling. It's much easier to find from the backside of the quilt than the front! One of my Instagram followers sent me a picture of her Postage Stamp quilt that had been quilted with the Scribble Hearts panto and I thought it was sweet and fun so I decided to do the same on mine. I love the quilting community where we can all inspire and learn from each other! I've been buying custom quilt labels from Ever Emblem for the last couple of years. I get the 2" cotton fold-over, sew-in labels and I've been really happy with them. They're really inexpensive and a quick way to label your quilt. Well that's it! I think I addressed all of the FAQ's! Please let me know if I missed anything. Just to recap here is a quick breakdown of all of the details... DETAILS Finished size of individual squares: 1". Finished quilt size: 72" x 90" Total number of big 9-Patch blocks: 80 Layout: 8 x 10 blocks Total number of 1" squares: 6,480 Start date: December 27, 2019 Finish date: November 3, 2021 Longarm quilter: Jen Ostler in Highland, UT (@drycreekquilter on Intstagram) Quilt panto: Scribble Hearts Hidden object in the quilting: rainbow Backing: Rainbow 55218-20 by Bonnie + Camille for Moda Approximate time to make this quilt: 85 hours Batting: 100% cotton Machine pieced Hand-bound 1/4" seams I hope you enjoyed this post! Like I said, please let me know if you have any questions. I'd love to know what you think about this project and whether or not YOU might make a Postage Stamp quilt someday! Happy quilting!

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