YUP, it has been very busy since my last blog post. The borders have been attached to the disappearing 9 patch, the quilting is done, the binding has been sewn on so all that is left to do is to turn the binding to the back and hand sew it in place. Time to start a new project, right? This one I am calling "Sun Dancers"..I loved this horse fabric when I saw it and bought several other fabric that went with it. I fussy cut the horse fabric (the horse squares are 4" wide across the width of the fabric). Since it had such a horizontal fell to it, I though a quilt as you go long and skinny runner/wall hanging was in order. The photo here is of the final layout on the strips on my design wall. This quilt will end up being 16" wide and aprox. 42" long. I hope to finish it this week, even though it is a short one what with Christmas.
Who knew that making a partial seam block would be so easy? This particular block finishes to 9" square. I wanted to show off the Oriental fabrics I was using to their best advantage so best to use a simple block. As you can see, this block has only 5 pieces. I chose to use 2 light and two dark of the same two colors for the frame around the center square. The center is 4 1/2" sq. and the rectangles are 3" x 7". To make the block, place the center square at the top of one of the rectangles, RST (right sides together). Sew, starting at the top corner of the square and stopping 1" from the bottom corner of the square. Press the seam allowance towards the strip (top left large photo).
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YUP, it has been very busy since my last blog post. The borders have been attached to the disappearing 9 patch, the quilting is done, the binding has been sewn on so all that is left to do is to turn the binding to the back and hand sew it in place. Time to start a new project, right? This one I am calling "Sun Dancers"..I loved this horse fabric when I saw it and bought several other fabric that went with it. I fussy cut the horse fabric (the horse squares are 4" wide across the width of the fabric). Since it had such a horizontal fell to it, I though a quilt as you go long and skinny runner/wall hanging was in order. The photo here is of the final layout on the strips on my design wall. This quilt will end up being 16" wide and aprox. 42" long. I hope to finish it this week, even though it is a short one what with Christmas.
Who knew that making a partial seam block would be so easy? This particular block finishes to 9" square. I wanted to show off the Oriental fabrics I was using to their best advantage so best to use a simple block. As you can see, this block has only 5 pieces. I chose to use 2 light and two dark of the same two colors for the frame around the center square. The center is 4 1/2" sq. and the rectangles are 3" x 7". To make the block, place the center square at the top of one of the rectangles, RST (right sides together). Sew, starting at the top corner of the square and stopping 1" from the bottom corner of the square. Press the seam allowance towards the strip (top left large photo).