X Marks The Spot string quilt
08-16-2011, 12:38 PM
#1
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ suburb
Posts: 4,664
I found this excellant tute late summer, and changed it a bit to make 6-1/2" blocks.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-56940-1.htm
Instead of using paper (which I hate to remove!) I rough cut my strips about 5-5/1/2" and turned them into 4" wide strips.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-56940-1.htm
Instead of using paper (which I hate to remove!) I rough cut my strips about 5-5/1/2" and turned them into 4" wide strips.
After cutting the strips, I sewed them together in the way described in the above mentioned tutorial. I made my strips into 40 or 42 long strips to make the best use of the background fabric.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]242693[/ATTACH]
press the seams one way. I only trimmed on the back if the overlap was lover 1/2
[ATTACH=CONFIG]242694[/ATTACH]
trim to 4 wide.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]242695[/ATTACH]
Cut background fabric into WOF by 3-1/2 wide. Join pieces to either side of the pieced strips. and press.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]242696[/ATTACH]
I used a 6-1/2 ruler. If you watch the markings on where you lay the plastic square, all the blocks will be the same. For example, with theis 6-1/2 block, I lined up the 4 mark at the sides of the top, and the 2-1/2 mark at the bottom of the square. Cut out. sew 4 blocks together to make a 12-1/2 square.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]242697[/ATTACH]
This sample shows four 12-1/2 blocks sewn together
[ATTACH=CONFIG]242698[/ATTACH]
08-16-2011, 04:25 PM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Southern California
Posts: 927
oh wow this is great!! thanks i am going to use it :-)
What do you think about adding a skinny (1") strip to each side of the fabric strip before adding the borders? I think that would look neat!
What do you think about adding a skinny (1") strip to each side of the fabric strip before adding the borders? I think that would look neat!
08-16-2011, 04:33 PM
#5
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ suburb
Posts: 4,664
This quilt is a charity quilt. But when I do another one for one of my kids for a lap quilt, I will add sashing before the border. I had to keep this to about 40" wide, sashing would put it too big. But yes, you are right, it will look nicer.
Originally Posted by yolanda
oh wow this is great!! thanks i am going to use it :-)
What do you think about adding a skinny (1") strip to each side of the fabric strip before adding the borders? I think that would look neat!
What do you think about adding a skinny (1") strip to each side of the fabric strip before adding the borders? I think that would look neat!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
