It's been awhile, eh? I've been very busy with secret projects (shh!!) so my social media has been dark for the past month or so. But I have been knitting and sewing away, trying to endure the heat and humidity.
A couple months back a friend showed me a quilt block she learned, the 10-minute quilt block. Although I enjoy quilting I don't quilt too often, so I had never heard of this particular technique. It was quite interesting, and far easier than it appears.
I decided to use this new block to make a quilt for a friend that is pregnant with her first boy. I have a large stash of quilting fabrics and was happy to use them up for a good cause. I decided to arrange the blocks into a pinwheel and use yellow, green, brown, and dark blue.
I did a lot of math to figure out how big to make each block to make a baby sized quilt. It wasn't until I had sewn all the blocks and laid out the quilt top that I realized I had made a huge error in my math and the quilt was actually massive!!! Instead of a baby quilt, it was now going to be a family cuddle quilt. Oh well, time to go out and buy bigger batting. The quilt ended up being 57" x 76".
A couple months back a friend showed me a quilt block she learned, the 10-minute quilt block. Although I enjoy quilting I don't quilt too often, so I had never heard of this particular technique. It was quite interesting, and far easier than it appears.
I decided to use this new block to make a quilt for a friend that is pregnant with her first boy. I have a large stash of quilting fabrics and was happy to use them up for a good cause. I decided to arrange the blocks into a pinwheel and use yellow, green, brown, and dark blue.
I did a lot of math to figure out how big to make each block to make a baby sized quilt. It wasn't until I had sewn all the blocks and laid out the quilt top that I realized I had made a huge error in my math and the quilt was actually massive!!! Instead of a baby quilt, it was now going to be a family cuddle quilt. Oh well, time to go out and buy bigger batting. The quilt ended up being 57" x 76".
This was only my second attempt at free-motion quilting, and my first attempt was about 4 years ago. It was actually easier than I remembered, but even with the quilt rolled up and resting on two tables the weight was difficult to manage. I think next time I will have to come up with a new game-plan. I did simple loop-de-loops over the yellow sections, and a sort of spiral over the center of the blue and green pinwheels.
The binding was another source of difficulty for me. Luckily I happened to see a tip on the Craftsy blog to use Elmer's school glue on the back half of the binding instead of pins or clips, and it worked wonderfully.
Below is a video demonstrating the 10-minute quilt blocks. I learned another new one last week that looks strikingly similar to a cathedral window, so I might have another quilt in my future!
The binding was another source of difficulty for me. Luckily I happened to see a tip on the Craftsy blog to use Elmer's school glue on the back half of the binding instead of pins or clips, and it worked wonderfully.
Below is a video demonstrating the 10-minute quilt blocks. I learned another new one last week that looks strikingly similar to a cathedral window, so I might have another quilt in my future!
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