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Bear hug coordinate graphing2/4/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() But today I need a baby quilt for our pastor’s wife. Ah, yes, I made this quilt in patriotic fabrics several years ago. In shuffling through my pad of graph paper, I found a sketch of two simple quilt blocks. ![]() I quilted an all over stylized leaf design in variegated purple thread.Īre you making a quilt containing squares this summer? If so, leave a comment below describing your quilt. In the quilt below, the purple hues perfectly complement the grapevine print in the outer border. She used smaller red squares for her quilt. I first saw this configuration on Rita Hodges’ blog. Eight squares of various shades of purple surround a white central square. The second quilt is an interesting coloration of a Nine Patch. Using variegated thread, I quilted back and forth across the quilt in a design reminiscient of contour ploughing, echoing the loopy shapes in the previous row. (This idea for little helpers comes from my friend, Karlene of .) And if the child is too young to handle scissors or a sewing machine, they can help plan the placement of the squares and hand them to you as you sew. ![]() Noteworthy because they are very nice quilts made with the lowliest of shapes, the simple square.Īll the colorful fabrics keep your eyes moving around and around this quilt! Can you find the heart, the chicken, the baseball and the hippo? If you are searching for an easy project for a child or grandchild to help you sew this summer, consider making a quilt like this. Recently I quilted two noteworthy quilts. My friend, Linda, is currently the charity quilt chariman for the Colonial Piecemakers in Williamsburg, Va. When she has an overage of quilt tops made by guild members that need quilting, I sometimes volunteer my longarm services. Happily, the parallel pinning method kept my vertical seams aligned even though they were separated by the green horizontal sashing. Of course I removed the pins with my right hand as I sewed the rows together. If they don’t align perfectly, I can ease the fabric and re-pin prior to sewing. Since I inserted the short, thin pins along the 1/4″ seam line, I can flip the top row upward and check the alignment of the vertical sashes prior to sewing. Her article “I Love a Line: The Slice-and-Insert Technique,” explains the method pictured below. I learned about Jacquie Gering’s “parallel pinning” method in the Spring 2014 Modern Quilts Unlimitedmagazine. There is a third pinning option which keeps vertical seams aligned even when separated by strips of fabric. Incidentally, I usually pin my quilt pieces together using this method. In this way, if the sewing machine needle happens to hit a pin, it will more likely glance off without breaking the needle or bending the pin since the pointed end is the thinner end.Īlternately, when I enrolled in a serger class, the instructor recommended we insert pins with the points inward, so we could easily pull out the pins with our right hands before they reached the cutter and the presser foot. When constructing garments, I was taught to insert pins with the points toward the raw edge of the fabric as in the photo below. It’s so much easier to line up vertical sashing when the horizontal sashing incorporates cornerstones! The difficulty in sewing the rows of this quilt together is lining up the vertical seams of the sky fabric that separate the houses. This whimsical print fits the kid-friendly theme perfectly! I found several green options in my stash.Īny one of them would do, but I settled on the light green print with tiny chicks and flowers. This time I wanted to copy Marie’s quilt by sewing green “lawns” between the rows. In the original “Charmville” quilt, I sewed black print strips of fabric for “streets” between the rows. I am making progress on my “Charmville Revisited” kid-friendly quilt! After attaching the roofs, and rearranging the houses several times, I sewed 2″ strips of sky fabric between the houses. ![]()
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