When you Ask Grandma for a Quilt, You get a Quilt !

 Last year for the holiday's I did three quilts for three of the Grands.

Well, the oldest did not receive one of the new quilts last year !  April at his birthday he asked for a quilt for Christmas.

So, I've collected fabrics and this is my starting off place.

Now, the four basics.

Adding the Grandma fun !

No solid background for this one !

Grand #1's finished line up, here I go ! !

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Bias Tape the OLD Fashion Way

Bias Tape is NOT hard to make, you will need 

2 Straight Pins

1 Piece of fabric cut 1" x 3" approx - Holding Strip

The strip you will make into bias tape, I cut mine large to show, normal cut will be 

3/4" to 1 1/4" wide. 

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Iron over your edges, 1/8" to 1/4" and Press

Do both sides

Lay your started binding down, press side up.
Take your Holding Strip and lay on top, Pin into your ironing board cover next to the bias tape.

Pull the bias tape

And, with a hot, dry iron press, at first do a bit, and lift iron, pull and iron.

As the tape becomes longer you can leave the iron and pull slowly.
(Other side view)

Pull tape slowly

Good side of bias tape.

I like to roll mine  to keep it until I'm ready to use it.
I learned this years ago from a Home Eco. teacher in the 70's
No need to buy a machine to do this for you !  But, you can if you like !

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Quilt Ladies 52 Weeks Quilt #1

 The 52 Weeks of Quilt Blocks is finished and I have a stack of quilt blocks.

I'm putting the blocks together into a quilt, so here we go !

 I will give you a section per week, so if you didn't do the blocks you can follow along now ! There is time.

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Finished quilt measures, 54 inches wide and 74 inches long.

I will be giving you the link to the patterns, if you missed them and cutting for how to piece the quilt together.

This photo is before all borders have been added.

5" x 5" blocks - HERE

Cut 1 - 1 1/2" x 5 1/2"  Add between block 2 and 3

Piece row together as shown.

Basket pattern - HERE

Cut 1 - 1 1/2" x 16 1/2"
Sew to right hand side

Sew the two sections together as shown

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52 Weeks of Quilt Pattern Blocks - Week 52 and it's ENDING

52 Weeks of Quilt Block Patterns

This has been a huge project for me  and this weeks block is

"Pine Tree" a traditional pattern that with color you can make very modern. And, in my world pine tree's are pink !

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Finished Quilt Block Size 10” x 10”

Pine Tree Quilt Pattern Block

Cut 7 White      2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Cut 7 Green      2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 1 Bright Green     6 7/8” x 6 7/8”

Cut from corner to corner – use only 1

Cut 1 Green       3 ½” x 3 ½”

Cut 1 White      3 7/8” x 3 7/8”

Cut from corner to corner

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52 Weeks of Quilt Pattern Blocks, Grandmother's Choice Quilt Pattern - Week 51

51 Weeks of Quilt Block Patterns

Week 51 of  52

This is "Grandmother's Choice" and it's one that I like it's name as much as the pattern.

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Grandmother's Choice Quilt Pattern

Finished Quilt Block Size 10” x 10”

Cut 2 Tan  4 7/8” x 4 7/8”

Cut from corner to corner

Cut 4 White      2 ½” x 2 ½”

Cut 4 Coral        2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Cut from corner to corner

Cut 4 White      2 ½” x 4 ½”

Cut 1 Tan  2 ½” x 2 ½”

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True Blue Quilt Pattern on 52 Weeks of Quilt Pattern Blocks - Week 50

This weeks quilt pattern is "True Blue" and I made my pink !
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True Blue Quilt Pattern 

Finished Quilt Block Size 9” x 9”

Cut 2 White      3 7/8” x 3 7/8”

Cut 2 Blue 3 7/8” x 3 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 1 White      3 ½” x 3 ½”

Cut 8 White      2 x 2

Cut 8 Lt. Blue    2 x 2

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