This post may contain affiliate links. Thank you for your support!
After receiving my customer's approval for the layout of the giant Star Surround quilt, I began cutting squares and sewing half-square triangles today. I decided to start at the center of the quilt since I wanted to get the star layout done first and determine the exact dimensions of each square for the remainder of the quilt. Each block is 10" unfinished.
Some of the words are upside down so the quilt does not have a "right" head/foot and can go any direction on the bed. It took me quite awhile to get the direction of the words figured out and cut the squares in half the correct way. It did not work to make half-square triangles by sewing two squares together and then cutting them in half; the fabrics ended up the wrong way on one of the half-square triangles when opened, so each block was pieced one at a time with triangles cut from squares. The rest of the quilt should be easier since it is all solid colors, and I can make half-square triangles two at a time.
Just let that girl sew! Quilt pattern designer with OQD Obsessive Quilting Disorder #busyhandsquilts
Get a Free Pattern!
Get a free pattern when you sign up to receive the latest info on what's happening in my studio, new quilt patterns, subscriber-only sales and Giveaways, quilty window shopping, and other fun news! Click here to sign up!
Sign Up for BHQ Blog Posts by Email!
Click here to sign up to receive Busy Hands Quilts blog posts by email.
Quilt Kits in my patterns at Connecting Threads!
We engage in affiliate marketing whereby we receive funds through the sale of goods or services on or through this website. This disclosure is intended to comply with the US FTC Rules on marketing and advertising, as well as any other legal requirements which may apply.
Busy Hands Patterns!
Patterns are available to quilt shops at Checker, United Notions, EE Schenck, and Brewer.
Wholesale patterns are also available directly at busyhandsquilts@hotmail.com.
No comments :
Post a Comment