Dealing with fabric bias is an important consideration is suceeding in assembling your quilt. This video gives some good suggestions and things to be aware of. Below are some of the brands that were recommended in the video:
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Congrats to Renee (Eastern Oregon) for winning all the blocks! Our members were challenged with a free block pattern for October. To make it fun, they could mail a single block of this pattern to me and then the drawing winner today will get all the blocks mailed to them. Once again, I am impressed with the beautiful blocks made. The lucky winner will certainly be able to make something nice with these blocks! --Ann I use masking tape almost everytime I work on a quilt. It is an amazing tool for me, and costs very little. Many quilters use the blue painters tape, but I really like Frog Tape for a little stronger hold. The Frog Tape still doesn't leave any residue and comes in different widths. Yes, both are easy to find at your local hardware store, and online on Amazon.com. ---Ann If you love to watch a new beginner try this technique, this video is for you. Actually the information is good, and her struggles along the way are entertaining (anyway to me!) This can keep you off the floor and able to use a smaller surface or table. This can be really helpful for many of us! ---Ann The winners of the Houston 2024 International Quilt Show have been announced. This year it was shared online by The Quilt Show by Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson. The video has lots of information about the quilts and the judging process, especially since Ricky Tims was one of the 3 judges.
The video is on You Tube, but is not sharable on our blog. It is about an hour long, but very interesting if you like seeing this type of information. Here is a link to the video: Congrats to Tomi (Santa Rosa, CA) for winning all the blocks. Our members have the option to submit a block to play "Block Lotto." This month's free block pattern is a butterfly block. Members are limited to one entry, but can add extra blocks not eligible for the drawing. This month we have a slideshow to see all the blocks. Enjoy watching! PS- This is a "members only" activity, but joining us is free. Past patterns remain available, including this free pattern from Riley Blake Fabrics. What a fun pattern, and flexible to whatever jelly roll you might want to use. This is a free pattern released by Moda Fabrics last year for National Jelly Roll Day. Great pattern for a Jelly Roll. By the way, some of our members cut their own Jelly Rolls (2.5 inch strips x width of fabric) from their fabric stash. Use the link below to save, view, or print the free pattern.
"National Sew a Jelly Roll Day" is an annual celebration, started by Moda Fabrics. It is held on the 3rd Saturday of September and many stretch it out to the entire month of September. If you don't know it, in quilting a Jelly Roll is a collection of precut 2.5" fabric strips, usually 40 to 42 strips cut and ready to sew. Often they are curated to include all the fabric in a designer collection. They are so tempting because the fabrics look so pretty together, and we love having the fabric to work with. Moda trademarked the name "jelly roll" in 2009 so you will see other companies calling them strippies, Roly Poly, Strip Roll, Spirals, and Pinwheels, etc. Are you confused yet? Right here on our website, we have quite a few free patterns to try out, and many designers and pattern makers sell them as well. SCROLL DOWN PAST THE VIDEO FOR THE 4 FREE PATTERNS FROM MODA (3 quilts & a Tote) HERE ARE THE 4 FREE JELLY ROLL PATTERNS FROM MODA. CLICK TO OPEN & SAVE:
Another easy and quick quilt pattern using a Jelly Roll (2.5 inch strips). Make an easy block and lay them out to the size that you want. Great for beginner quilters, to make donation quilts, or for a gift quilt in a hurry. Thank you to Missouri Star Quilt Company for the tutorial. Also see the written instructions below the video. Materials
1 roll of 2 1/2″ strips 1 3/4 yards of background fabric 5 1/4 yards of backing ......................... Instructions Step 1: Get the 1 3/4 yards of background fabric and cut it into 5″ strips, then sub-cut into 5″ squares. Step 2: Match your 2 1/2″ strips into two. Lay them right sides together and sew a quarter of an inch seam allowance on the side. Do this for the whole pack. You’re going to have 21 sets of them. Iron them open. Step 3: Get one of the units, cut the selvage off, and cut a 5″ square. Take one of the 5″ background squares and place it on the 5″ square unit. Place them right sides together and sew on one side. Press it open. It should be 9 inches. This will be block A. Step 4: Get another of the units, cut the selvage, and cut a 9-inch rectangle. This will be block B. Step 5: Take the block B and lay it on the side of block A. Sew them together with a quarter of an inch seam allowance. Once done, press it open, and square it up if needed. It should end up with a 9-inch block. Now, you have your finished block. ... You need seven blocks across and eight blocks down. When you assemble this, each block should be alternating. Sew them in rows first, then press them flat. Once done, sew the rows together with a quarter of an inch seam allowance. Put a 2 1/2″ inner border, then a 6″ outside border and you are done. We had a drawing at our September 9th 2:00 Zoom meeting, nd the lucky winner is Sue S. from Simi Valley, CA! Congrats Sue! Sue let us know that she plans to use the blocks to make a quilted item for her Guilds quilts that are donated to her community. PS - click on any photo to see a larger image.
Here are some interesting things to shop for at the Hardware Store. The lesson is to keep your eyes open for products that can be useful. Have you ever bought any of these? ---Ann If you love the look of a piano keys border like I do, you will love this easy miter corner technique to go with it. If you are a Virtual Quilters member, you might recognise this heart block. The pattern was our July Block Lotto. I wanted to make a small wall quilt, and use the scraps from making the blocks to add a piano keys border. --Ann Click on any photo to see a larger image Here are the steps I used A new fun activity for our members is the monthly Block Lotto. Each month a new block pattern is shared, which the members can use to make quilt projects including quilts of any size they want. The fun part is that if a member mails a completed block to Ann per the instructions, we have a drawing. The winner takes all. The winner for July is Pam S. from Sonoma, Calif. Congrats Pam! This is a tutorial on how to Miter Borders on a quilt, and it is well done. Helpful to be successful if you want this look. A thank you to Fat Quarter Shop for the video. Interesting exhibit and thought you might enjoy watching this exhibit. This is really helpful information if you love pantographs for marking your quilting design. You can print them at home and use your domestic machine or your sit-down quilting machine. Everything you need to know is in the video. PS - the Pencils recommended in the video are well worth buying. I found they marked on both dark and light fabrics. One marking pencil for almost everything, and it easily comes out with water. If you can't find them locally, I bought them on Amazon. Thank you to SewVeryEasy for another helpful video. Link to her video on quilting from the back: Click Here The website mentioned in the video with free patterns Click Here What is that??? Do you remember as kids playing the Telephone Game, also called the Whisper Game? Whisper something in the next persons ear, they repeat and whisper in the next, and so forth. At the end we get a laugh on how much it has changed! The Quilt version starts with a photo sent to the first person in the 4-member team. They make a small quilt top in any quilting style (12x12 is big enough) and submit a photo to us. That photo is sent to the next member of the team, and so forth. No one gets to see previous clues, Timeline: August, September, October, November. Reveal of all 4 quilts in early December. Details and signup in our "Member Login" section To Join Virtual Quilters if you haven't (membership is free) Click Here Here is a video of the Game done by another group: This video shows an easy way to make portable design Boards any size you want. Handy for laying out components for quilt blocks, organizing your paper piecing blocks, and stacking up your project to save running back and forth to the iron a few less times. Inexpensive, lightweight, and stackable! Of course, a big Thanks to Pride & Joy Quilting for sharing this info. Here are some interesting tips if you are frustrated with your seams not matching on projects. Sometimes it really matters, especially when the pieces you are sewing are small. |
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