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21 Dec 2018

Quilt As You Go – Quick Gift Ideas

Happy Friday,

I started and finished a few projects this morning using one type of the Quilt As You Go (QAYG) method! They were so easy I wanted to share them with you.

I love pot holders! I cook 5 out 7 days each week and use pot holders constantly.

Christmas 2018 QAYG Potholders

QAYG – Potholders

Start with 2 squares of Insul-Brite measuring 10 x 10 inches for the front and back of your potholder
Strip piece 4- 2.5 x 11 inch rectangles directly onto both squares of Insul-Brite
- finger press your seams
Add a piece of cotton batting between your front and back piece – quilt along the seams to join the 3 pieces
trim potholder to 9 or 9.5 inch square
sew a basting stitch around the entire potholder
Bind – I used one 2.5 x WOF for each potholder

Enjoy your potholder!

QAYG – Table runner

I needed a runner for my coffee table.

Christmas 2018 Candy Cane TR

My requirements were:

12 to 16 inches tall and 32-34 inches wide.
inspiration : candy cane
use red & white metallic fabrics

After I found scrap batting in the size I needed. I cut the white strips 4.5 x WOF and the red strips 2.5 x WOF.

Starting in the center I pieced the fabrics directly on the batting at a slant to give it the candy cane illusion.

trim the sides
add backing
echo quilt along seam lines
bind

Christmas 2018 Candy Cane CU

Christmas 2018 Candy Cane Backing

QAYG Placemats

Christmas 2018 QAYG Placemats

Christmas 2018 QAYG RB Placemats

These placemats measure 12 x 16. Fabric is from Timeless Treasures.

I used 4 strips 3 x 16.5 inches per placemat.

I sewed the strips on to the batting
Added backing – placing right sides together
sewed around leaving opening
turned right side out
top stitched around entire placemat to close the opening
echo quilted along seams

Happy Stitching

Posted in New Projects and tagged place mat, potholder, QAYG quick gifts, quilt as you go, table runner

24 Jul 2018

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Christmas In July – Peppermint Pinwheels

Happy Monday!

After seeing so many inspiring projects in the many Christmas in July blog hops, it motivated me to finish my only Christmas PHD – Peppermint Pinwheels.

Peppermint Pinwheel TR

I used my Creative Grids Scrap Crazy 6 templates to create the table runner. Together the templates create a 6 inch finished block. One of the templates is a equilateral triangle, I used the stripe fabric with this template in each block, rotating four blocks creates the pinwheel. I used green scraps for the other templates to surround the striped fabric. Twelve blocks creates a 12.5 x 36 inch table runner.

peppermint pinwheel cu

I’m so happy to have this table runner finished, and I’m happy with how it turned out, and even happier how quickly it was to put together. I created each block then used a QAYG method to finish it. I definitely will make this again to give as a gift.

Below are three projects I fell in love with during this past week Christmas in July blog hops and plan to add to my Christmas to-do list are:

Michelle from Creative Blonde – Christmas Stocking for pet dog
Wendy from Pieceful Thoughts – Christmas Tree Mini
Missouri Star Quilt Company – Christmas Tree Wall Hanging

Linking up with Main Crush Monday with Beth from Cooking Up Quilts.

Happy Sewing & Quilting

Posted in New Projects and tagged christmas in july, creative grids, pinwheel table runner, quilt as you go, scrap crazy 6

18 Oct 2017

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Quilt As You Go

I am fascinated with the Quilt As You Go (QAYG) technique. Cutting and piecing are my favorite parts of the quilt making process – I truly dread the actual “quilting”.

Fortunately there are several books, online articles and tutorials teaching this unique technique. My go to reference is Jera Brandvig books Quilt As You Go Made Vintage and Quilt As You Go Made Modern.

In both books she teaches different joining methods.

With the placemats below I stitched six 3.5 x 12.5 inch strips directly onto a 13 x 19 piece of batting and backing. After stitching I trimmed the placemats to 12 x 18, then I added binding.

QAYG Batik Placemats

QAYG Batik Placemat Front

For the table runner – I stitched/quilted jelly roll strips on to twelve individual 9.5 inch squares of batting, trimmed squares to 8.5 x 8.5, joined the squares to create the table runner, added backing, stitched in the ditch and added binding. Finished size for my table runner is 16.5 x 46.5.

QAYG Batik Table Runner

QAYG Batik TR Close Up

Both projects were quick and easy, I’m happy with the results.

I really, really love QAYG 🙂

Until next time!

Posted in New Projects and tagged batik table runner, jelly roll table runner, placemats, QAYG, quilt as you go

31 Oct 2016

Happy Halloween

Growing up I wasn’t a big fan of Halloween – I’m not into scary things. When my kids were small their dad had trick or treating duties. If he wasn’t available I would take them to organized church events that had costume guidelines.. Yeah yeah I’m boring.

Eventually I got over my “Halloween Fear” and embraced it was only one day. I do love the orange/ black colors of Halloween and tend to decorate with those colors in mind.

Below are a few of the items I made for my home to celebrate Halloween 🙂

Throw coin quilt for my couch, I used one charm pack – Midnight Masquerade.

Midnight Masquerade Coin Quilt

Various Pillows:

Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun : front made completely with my embroidery machine
Chevron and plus pillow more walking foot quilting practice
Colorado block — two color pillow to emphasis the pinwheel center also quilted with my walking foot