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REST Baby Quilt from Fret Not Yourself

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.

~E.B. White

Quilting

The previous quilt used the medium green sets but there's still a bunch of dark green ones. They only seem to work with these dark browns. I like the combination although it's pretty old-fashioned. My stash also contained these pastel tan and green solids. That's how this quilt came about.

The back came from a LQS closing sale. While it's exciting to get the fabric so cheaply, it means fewer choices in the future. I have ...

added by Ann 1 week, 1 day ago. under adding words to quilts , chinese coins , damian paletta , reading , scrap quilt , string quilt , yasmin abutaleb

Satisfaction from Wedding Dress Blue

When one gifts a quilt, it is always hoped it will be well received. Particularly when it is a surprise.

Looks like someone approves of this quilt. (The human owner also seems pleased.)

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WISH Baby Quilt from Fret Not Yourself

If you're going to rise, you might as well shine.

Quilting

We're feeling better and now trying to reschedule all the appointments we missed this fall. We voted by mail and verified our ballots have been accepted. As Nann said, “May the best woman win.” There's a lot of yard- and house work to catch up on. We aren't at full strength yet but improving daily. I restarted exercise classes and am worn out after each. Again, it will get better.

I've washed as much red out of the nine-patch quilt as I possibly can ...

added by Ann 3 weeks, 1 day ago. under adding words to quilts , baby quilt , cat bohannon , chinese coins , reading , scrap quilt

Honey Hush Quilt COMPLETE (AND Mini Tutorial) from Wedding Dress Blue

Meet Honey Hush, a striking throw quilt made using a Honey Bun (roll of 42 WOF 1-1/2″ strips) and small pieces of multi-colored solids. Yes, just using scraps would also work beautifully. Just have FUN with it.

This quilt has 120 blocks.

NOTE: If you are using precuts, I suggest taking measurements at each step and trimming as needed. Precision can be difficult when working with precuts.

Each block is created with:

1 1-1/2″ square for the center
2 1-1/2″ squares and 2 1-1/2″x3-1/2″ strips
2 3″ squares, cut on the diagonal (NOTE: I ...

added by weddingdressblue 3 weeks, 2 days ago. under baby quilt , honey bun quilt , lap quilt , quilt , quilts , scrap quilt , scraps , tutorial (Comments)

Entertaining the Latest Baby! (Not Mine) from Gefilte Quilt

Welcome to the world, Declan! (FYI, your name is pronounced DECK-lan, which I didn't know until your grandma, my friend Lynn, told me about you!)

I made you one of my "Everything in the World" quilts, though sadly some of this stuff is no longer in this world (like Freddy Mercury, RBG and dinosaurs), and some stuff has never been in the world, depending how you define reality (Mighty Mouse, unicorns, the Golden Snitch.)

In case you take an interest in quilting some day, here's how I made this.

First, I spent 30 years collecting random novelty fabrics ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 4 weeks ago. under baby quilt , scrap project , scrap quilt

Second Chances Quilt: Sunshine And Shadow COMPLETE from Wedding Dress Blue

It started with a box of hand-me-down Half Square Triangles.

And an IDEA (this is based on the layout she called Diamonds).

Finally a flimsy.

And now a quilt! As the original maker likely didn’t plan for this to happen, some of the Half Square Triangles didn’t have much contrast. I am still pleased with the results.

It finishes at 56″x64″, a nice size lap quilt.

And, finished IS finished.

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Second Chances Dash Quilt: COMPLETE from Wedding Dress Blue

When the bag arrived, I was immediately excited. The fabric is lovely, and the strips would save a lot of cutting and piecing time.

A variation on a Churn Dash block seemed a good solution.

Cutting directions for each 12″ Dash block follow.

Background: 2 5″ squares, 4 2-1/2″x4-1/2″ rectangles
Primary Fabric: 2 5″ squares, 1 4-1/2″ square.
Inner Dash Bar: 8 2-1/2″ squares (or, separate the strips already sewn together into sets of 2). NOTE: If you have a charm pack, it could be a good starting place for this quilt. Just cut into ...

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SING Quilt from Fret Not Yourself

The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it's here is up to us.

~Alexandra Elle

Quilting

Tucked in a bag of scraps are several Coin sets in a variety of colors. I actually remember making these a couple of years ago. Now’s the time to use them in some smaller quilts. First up are the red and white leftovers from the Arkansas series and someone I know could use this.

SING quilt

The red and white look festive; the black and white binding reminds me of piano keys. Once ...

added by Ann 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under adding words to quilts , katherine rundell , reading , scrap quilt , string quilt

Still Loving The “New” Machine from Wedding Dress Blue

Saturday brought a long sewing day while I watched some football.

I improved my ironing set up.

And finished nearly half of a quilt top. Being prepped is critical as I don’t see how to incorporate a cutting area.

I do love the machine. It has responded beautifully to the care given.

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Second Chances Dash Quilt: Preview from Wedding Dress Blue

It was so much fun to play with Cheri’s gift.

The top is assembled, and I hope to have it quilted soon. YAY! I love to find purpose for fabric.

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Finished My Scrappy Cat Quilt from The Quilt Yarn

This was so much fun to do. I think those projects that just happen because you feel like it in the moment are often the best.

I used solid fabrics and leftover tone-on-tone prints for this quilt. Did not have to look for long for fabric to use as I seem to have an abundance of scraps from previous projects. As I often use solids and tone-on-tone prints I had plenty to choose from. Even managed to piece together the binding from binding strips that were left from other projects (yes, do save them as well!).

The completed quilt measures ...

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What Can I Make With This? from Wedding Dress Blue

Cheri passed on a project, or a potential project. Looks like it needs a second chance.

Hmm…what can I make with this?

ps–Yes, using a lint roller to keep strips organized is pretty genius.

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Film At Five: Scale Gives Persective from Wedding Dress Blue

When I shared the finish of my Postage Stamp Film At Five Quilt, Vicky suggested that pictures of the original (which I do have) and the postage stamp version together would be interesting.

It is interesting. But difficult. They are both fairly large quilts.

I have to constantly remind myself that, when it comes to squares, halving the length of the sides does NOT half the area, it reduces it to one-quarter the original. Likewise, doubling: 2×2=4, but 4×4=16.

Thank you, Vicky, for the suggestion. Looking at them together gives me perspective.

ps–The tutorial for ...

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Big Diehl COMPLETE from Wedding Dress Blue

Ah, some finishes are particularly satisfying. This is one of those. All those flying geese and half square triangles….

This is the Windspinner pattern by Kim Diehl in the book Simple Whatnots III. Times 25. You can learn more about the process by searching for BIG DIEHL in the box to your right.

The colors work together mostly as I hoped, with the possible exception of a few of the larger gold pieces that stand out a bit more than I intended. Hopefully the green binding helped tone it down.

The backing was a great find! An entire bolt of ...

added by weddingdressblue 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under #kimdiehl , kim diehl , quilt , quilting , quilts , scrap quilt , scraps (Comments)

Crossroad Blocks into a Baby Quilt from Fret Not Yourself

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

~Fred Astaire

Quilting

Yet another set of crossroads blocks. They've made several borders for me... like my Bramble Blooms 1 and The Square Deal {which I kept for myself}. The collection of 25 became the center of a baby quilt.

Crossroad quilt blocks

The green fabric has seven lengthwise repeats separated by a wavy brown line. It's visible on some of the borders below. They gave me the idea of adding a dark inner border. It was too severe but adding a third border in ...

added by Ann 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under crossroads blocks , quilt border , reading , scrap quilt , tiya miles

Big Diehl: Finally Binding from Wedding Dress Blue

With the start of school and events in my life generally, my sewing time has been significantly reduced the past few weeks. But, I did finally get the binding attached to the Big Diehl quilt last night.

I am hopeful for binding time this weekend. And a true finish soon. Remember: Quilting doesn’t really take patience, it requires persistence. If you don’t give up, you will finish.

added by weddingdressblue 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under #kimdiehl , kim diehl , quilt , quilting , quilts , scrap quilt , scraps , work in progress (Comments)

The Last Wonky Stars from Fret Not Yourself

You never know who is right but you always know who is in charge.

Quilting

I've been helping my kids so this post is late. Here's the final wonky stars with two larger slab-center stars. There aren't very many but this layout might work with two simple borders. It's just not too exciting at the moment.

There was just enough dark red to make the inner border a funny width { I think it was 1 7/8".} Then I pulled a white print to fill out the star border and cut it to fit. The outer ...

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Little Nameless Quilt Finished from Wedding Dress Blue

I am working on a tutorial for a charm pack baby/throw quilt. This is the first draft.

This one used 4″ squares and finishes at 35-1/2″.

It is a cheerful use of scraps and will be donated to the children’s hospital.

It may be a while before the tutorial is ready, but that will give you time to gather up a likely charm pack and some background fabric. Any suggestions for a name?

added by weddingdressblue 2 months, 4 weeks ago. under baby quilt , quilt , quilting , quilts , scrap quilt , scraps (Comments)

Starting A New Scrap Quilt 3 Inch Blocks! from Podunk Pretties

Hi Quilty Friends! I'm so excited today to share my newest quilting adventure. Three inch finished Bow-Tie blocks.

The plan is for a 90 x 90 quilt. That's 900 Bow-Tie blocks.

Assembling the blocks is a breeze. The challenge is digging through the scraps. It's going to be 100% scraps, even the background fabric. You see, I have this large tote of white scraps. Different shades of white fabric and a few white on white fabrics. If I had to guess I would say there's about 12 years worth of fabric in here.

For the white ...

added by Podunk Pretties 3 months ago. under bow-tie quilt , free scrap quilt pattern , scrap quilt

Second Chances Quilt: Untidy Truth from Wedding Dress Blue

It started out as an untidy pile of promising pieces.

Now it is a finished quilt.

The common denominator number is 4″. That is the finished size of the blocks, except the star blocks, which are 8″. It went together fairly quickly, once I had the idea.

I am so happy with the finished product. Someone out there will be happy to receive this piece of sunshine.

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