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Thursday, January 19, 2023

Antique Lace Quilt

Antique Lace Quilt

I am in love with this quilt! And the name Antique Lace fits it perfectly. Thank you Missouri Star for this lovely pattern". When I was assembling these blocks I was also surprised and thrilled to discover the secondary block that appears out of nowhere!

This pattern looked complex, but it comes together very easily with a few twists and turns of a half-square triangle block.

The finished size of the original quilt made by Missouris Star was 73" x 73" but I planned to make mine bigger by adding a border of half blocks on 3 sides.

This awesome quilt pattern only needed 2.5" strips which I plan to cut from my fabric stash using greens and purples as I don't have any jelly rolls in those colors.

Below is a photo of one of the unfinished blocks before it was sewn together.

Make one block I will need to make 32 half-square triangles (HST).

Cut 2 white strips 2½̎ x Width Of Fabric (WOF)
Cut 2 colored strips 2½̎ x WOF
Sew 2½̎ strips of the main color and 2½̎ of background color together to form a tube.

Using Trimmer B Triangle line up the 3̎ line on the triangle and cut on both sides of the template and make 32 half-square triangles, flip and cut the template all the way along the tube strips.
Each completed block will need 32 Half Square Triangles

First Unit Pin Wheel make 1

Take 4 half square triangles all seams to the center sew light-dark. And make the center pinwheel.

Second Unit Flying Geese make 4

Cut 8 x 5½̎ x 3̎ Rectangles Back Ground (BG) Fabric (white)

Sew 2 HST together BG (white) blocks facing each other to make a flying geese block (Make 4)
Sew one x 5½̎ BG (White) Rectangle to each end of the flying Geese.

Third Unit Corner Blocks make 4

Cut 16 x 3̎ x 3̎ Squares from the BG fabric (white)

You will use 5 x HST (Half Square Triangles)

Below is one corner of the block you will need four corner blocks makes one complete block.

Floating the quilt.

This is the Q-bot quilting E2E pattern called Paisley.

Just off the quilting frame.

Finished and quilted ready to be passed on to my granddaughter Erica for her 18th Birthday.

This is the gift that my granddaughter Erica will receive for her 18th birthday. Erica is living on the other side of Australia in Queensland.

Quilt States

Antique Lace Quilt for Erica.

Finished block measured 18 inches x 18 inches square.

The unfinished block measures 18.5 x 18.5 inches square.

No borders just quilted and bound.

Started: 11th February 2020

Finished: 15th December 2020

Posted 19th January 2023

Until next time

Happy quilting

Anne

Bearadise Quilt a Block of the Month

This quilt is a fun and happy quilt called "Bearadise" by SuzysSitcom.com. This was a Free Block of the Month that started on the 15th of March 2021. Suzy is a very talented quilter and designer. I have made the quilt bigger by adding other blocks and bear fabric between some of the blocks.

Need to put the 2-inch borders on all sides. WIP is a work in process.

The moose head is my design.

This Xmas block was not in the original pattern although Suzy at SuzysSitcom.com had these guys in a table runner pattern. I just loved the pattern so here it is.

The bubbles were interesting to stitch by hand, they look amazing and I loved the number plate on this block.

The original pattern only had one bear and a guitar by the campfire. I changed out the guitar for a lady bear.

Last block.

Started this quilt in 2021 and Finished the top in 2023 now I have to quilt it. Need to decide what to put on the back and write the label.

Happy Quilting

Until next time

Anne

Affairs of the Heart - Finished 2021

Yippee Affairs of the Heart is finally finished. It has been on my UFO list since 2013. The original quilt was designed and made by Aie Rossmann. Aie's original quilt had 36 appliqued blocks composed of hearts and lotus flowers on a back background with a very pretty heart border which I loved.

Started 2013
Finished October 2021

Posted 2023

My quilt is a little different from the original. I hand embroidered 12 of the blocks with a variegated thread and the other 12 blocks were done by needle-turned applique a total of 24 blocks were needed to make this quilt. I kept the original heart border and added another border of black which later I machine quilted the rose designs onto it using the variegated thread I used for the blocks. I love this quilt the way the bright colours pop against the black background is awesome.

The final measurement of this quilt was 88" x 88".

Happy quilting, until next time.

Anne

Seagulls Paradise quilt

This quilt is a fun and happy quilt called "Seagull Paradise" by SuzysSitcom.com. This BOM started on the 24th Dec 2020. I am late in starting mine but I will get it done, my quilt will not be the same but the plan is to make my own interpretation of this quilt by changing some of the elements on some of the blocks.

Gifted to my great-grandson Hunter in May 2022.

This quilt has a bunch of adorable of silly seagulls set in a nautical-themed setting and I fell in love with their quirkiness. I choose to applique mine using the fusible webbing method, originally the quilt measured 52" inches by 68" inches, but I plan to make mine bigger and modify blocks and add more blocks and sashings.

To Make the background landscape or seascapes for some of the blocks I tried the following technique using scraps from my fabric stash.

Using a rotary cutter, I freehand cut a curve through both overlapping layers of background fabric making sure that both fabrics were facing right side up and overlapping, cut a slightly curvy gentle line about 1 inch into this overlap of both fabrics. The most important thing is to remember not to make the curve too deep or it will be hard to piece the two curves together.

How to sew the curves together.

Turn the piece of fabric over onto the other fabric so they are right sides together, and align the curves to the top edges. Sew the pieces of fabric together very slowly, stopping to adjust frequently sewing a straight line all at the same time. It's important to remember not to pull or stretch the fabrics just let the feed dogs do the work. Make sure to hold the top fabric in my left hand and a-lining the bottom fabric with my right against the 1/4 inch guide to sew the curve. A tip I followed if I thought I was going to sew a pleat, was to stop, lift the presser foot with the needle down, re-arrange the fabric, presser food down, and slowly keep sewing. I found that the key to success was to follow the golden rule and go slowly. Trim to the correct size and start appliqueing. This process of making your own background fabric out of your fabric stash was very interesting and I will use it again. Loved the result.

Quilted using Q-bot on my longarm.

This is a very cute block love the pelican and my favorite.

Happy Quilting Until next time

Anne

Entwined Illusion Quilt

“Illusion Quilt” or other names are Escher or Entwined.

I made this Practice Table Runner first from my fabric stash to see if the pattern worked. Then I made my version of an Illusion Quilt, Escher, or Entwined Quilt.

I don't have a pattern so I am going to wing it and design this one myself I needed to make two trapezoid units (which consist of two blocks) one right-facing triangle and one left-facing triangle.

I am using a partial seam, meaning you don't sew the whole seam to join one piece to another right away - you just sew part.

A 60-degree triangle is required for all of the cutting processes. The four fabric colours I have chosen to create the 3D illusion are White/spots fabric (light colour), Grey fabric (medium colour) Black fabric (dark colour), and a centre triangle of Red.

Cutting Instructions to make 304 trapezoid units:

Cut 34 strips of the dark fabric, sub-cut the strip using a 60-degree triangle place the bottom on the 4-1/2 line and the top on the 2-3/4 line, and then cut 304 isosceles trapezoid pieces, each strip will produce 9 units. See the photo below.

Cut 34 strips of the light fabric, sub-cut the strip using a 60-degree triangle place the bottom on the 4-1/2 line and the top on the 2-3/4 line, and then cut 304 isosceles trapezoid pieces, each strip will produce 9 units.

Cut 34 strips of the medium fabric, sub-cut the strip using a 60-degree triangle place the bottom on the 4-1/2 line and the top on the 2-3/4 line, and cut 304 isosceles trapezoid pieces, each strip will produce 9 units.

Cut 9 x 2-inch strips of red (feature) fabric to make the 2-inch triangles for the centre of the triangles. I will need to cut 304 units. I marked all edges 1/4-inch triangles.

To sew one right-facing triangle and one left-facing trapezoid.

Sew on a 2-inch triangle to the light trapezoid left side of the trapezoid. Only sew half the seam making sure to backstitch the start and at the end of the partial seam.

Sew another 2-inch triangle to the opposite side of another trapezoid (right side) same as above.

then sew the grey, medium-coloured trapezoid to the unit to the red and white spotted unit. Sew the black trapezoid unit to the other red and white spotted unit.

Important Pressing instructions:

All seams must be pressed open, this will cut down on the bulk at the intersections and give a better point when joining units together.

Practice pieces

These are two rows pined together Sew in rows. I made one row at a time.

The quilt top is 20 rows down and 19 rows across. At least two borders a small 2-inch red border and the second is a four-patch set on point using up any of the leftover quilt fabrics and I decided on a black and white strip binding.