Showing posts with label It's Only a Square. Show all posts
Showing posts with label It's Only a Square. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Square's, Part 3

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It's ONLY a Square
Your quilt top will be finished

See Part 1 HERE  and Part 2 HERE

With the center of the quilt finished, next will be the outside borders.
How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Square's, Part 3

Cut 2 (Darker Color) 34 1/2” x 3 1/2”
Sew to the top and bottom of the center
How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Square's


Cut 2 (Dark Color) 40 1/2” x 3 1/2”
Sew to each side of the quilt.

How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Square's, Part 3

Cut 1 Red – 1 1/2” x 40 1/2”
Cut 1 Black – 2 1/2” x 40 1/2”


How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Square's
Sew together and sew to the TOP of the quilt.
How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Square's, Part 3

Cut 1 Red – 1 1/2” x 43 1/2”
Cut 1 Black – 2 1/2” x 43 1/2”

Sew to the Right side
How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Square's, Part 3

Cut 1 Red – 1 1/2” x 43 1/2”
Cut 1 Black – 2 1/2” x 43 1/2”

Sew to the Bottom of the quilt

How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Square's, Part 3
Cut 1 Red – 1 1/2” x 46 1/2”
Cut 1 Black – 2 1/2” x 46 1/2”

Sew to the LEFT side of the quilt


How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Square's, Part 3

Cut binding 2 1/2" x 160

Your quilt top is finished ! !  That wasn't hard.....

Remember, take each step one at a time and enjoy the process !
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and Little Quilt Ladies Quilt Patterns 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

How to Make a Square Quilt with only SQUARE'S, Part 2

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If you missed a few weeks ago, HERE's our start of the quilt.

Now that you have your 16 blocks finished it’s time to do some arranging. I lay mine out, 4 cross and 4 down. I used to lay them out on the floor, at one house I had a felt wall but with age I lay them out on my bed, I like the white so that nothing takes away from my pieces. bethanndoing.com

How to Make a Square Quilt with only SQUARE'S

Now is the time to move them around, so that you like the placement.

Cut  40 (mine soft gray) – 2 1/2” x 6 1/2”

Piece the border piece between each quilt block, for each row


How to Make a Square Quilt with only SQUARE'S, Part 2

Inside borders.

Take one 2 1/2” x 2 1/2” Square,  add 2 1/2” x 6 1/2” keep doing this until your row looks like this.

Nine patch quilt blocks
Do this ROW as above 5 times, using different colored squares, making no row the same.

How to Make a Square Quilt with only SQUARE'S

Piece the border to each row, and row the rows together.
How to Make a Square Quilt with only SQUARE'S, Part 2

When you finish all the rows you will have the center of the quilt.


Nine patch quilt blocksHow to Make a Square Quilt with only SQUARE'S, Part 2 Nine patch quilt blocks

I'll give you a couple of weeks and we'll finished up with the outside borders then.


I am the Author of The Quilt Ladies Book Collection
and Little Quilt Ladies Quilt Patterns


Wednesday, June 1, 2011

How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Squares

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Received a phone call from a very dear friend who’s taken the plunge and is learning how to quilt.  HERE – is how she started. The next question is, “How do I do a quilt top? ”

I know when you see a finished quilt it can seem very overwhelming. I’m going to walk you thought making a quilt top over the next few weeks.

Remember, “It’s Only a Square”    Finished Quilt Size:  46”x 46”  1 yard of each color will be more than needed to do this project.

Cut  160 – 2 1/2” x 2 1/2” in assortment of colors (I used a dark, medium and light) approx. 1 yard of each color !

It's ONLY a Square, How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Squares

Lay out each block before sewing it together, there is no right way or no wrong way. I’ve included some examples of color placement, these are examples, have fun move colors around and you will need 16 blocks.  Use a ¼” seam allowance and press your seams to one side. 

How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY SquaresHow to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Squares
Lay out 3 in each row
And do 3 rows.

You will need a total of 16 pieced block, so have fun, move color around, here is just a few examples:


Take a few weeks and I'll walk you through putting the block together with sashing and borders, let's say 2 weeks ! Keep checking back !


So, get the fabric out, get cutting, piecing and let's make a quilt top  !




Be Kind to all,  
Beth



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