I have been trying to find new ways to use up my scraps & make fun quilts for my Quilted Hugs Project!
Today I counted and so far I have 13 finished Quilts!!
I also have 18 finished quilt tops!
That makes a total of 31 quilts! WOW! I cannot believe that I have made so many already.
Go me!
After finishing sewing the binding on my last few quilts today I decided to find a way to use more scraps and make some more quilt tops.
I have enough fabric to make another Stringy Quilt.
Those come together soooo fast!
I like changing things up. I can not seem to make more than two quilts in any one pattern or method before it just seems boring.
SO....
I decided to do a Quilt-A-Long (QAL).
I have tons of strips of fabric in my scrap basket and they seem to be constantly multiplying.
I don't like to use any strips larger than 3 inches, so those tend to sit on the bottom of the basket and just get in my way.
I decided to pull them out and see how many I had.
I was very surprised that I have sooo many large and long strips of fabric 3 inches wide or larger.
SEW... I decided to do a Nine Patch-A-Day QAL!
These are so easy and it's not hard to make one nine patch per day.
The fun will start on July 5th!
That gives you a week to get your fabric together, match up fabrics, cut any scraps to the required size, etc. (Note: If you have a jelly roll feel free to use that. Your blocks will finish a little smaller, but it will still turn out GREAT!!)
Here is a quick tutorial on how to make a nine patch for our QAL...
Materials Needed:
Aprox 3 yards of
Scrap fabric 3 inches by at least 18 inches long
(You can also use a jelly roll and your blocks will turn out smaller. Just make sure to cut your pieces
2 1/2 inches wherever it says to cut 3 inches in the tutorial.)
You should end up with this.
3. Out of the remaining fabric cut two 3 inch squares out of fabric A and one 3 inch square out of fabric B
5. Press seams towards the darker fabric.
7. Press open seams.
I am going to make one block per day for the next 36 days.
That will give me enough blocks to make a nice lap quilt for my Quilted Hugs Project!
Please join me and leave a comment to let me know that you are playing along.
I would love to see your progress so please follow my blog and then post about this fun Nine Patch QAL!!
I will post soon about how to turn these blocks into a quilt top.
Hugs,
Lisa
Today I counted and so far I have 13 finished Quilts!!
I also have 18 finished quilt tops!
That makes a total of 31 quilts! WOW! I cannot believe that I have made so many already.
Go me!
After finishing sewing the binding on my last few quilts today I decided to find a way to use more scraps and make some more quilt tops.
I have enough fabric to make another Stringy Quilt.
Those come together soooo fast!
I like changing things up. I can not seem to make more than two quilts in any one pattern or method before it just seems boring.
SO....
I decided to do a Quilt-A-Long (QAL).
I have tons of strips of fabric in my scrap basket and they seem to be constantly multiplying.
I don't like to use any strips larger than 3 inches, so those tend to sit on the bottom of the basket and just get in my way.
I decided to pull them out and see how many I had.
I was very surprised that I have sooo many large and long strips of fabric 3 inches wide or larger.
SEW... I decided to do a Nine Patch-A-Day QAL!
These are so easy and it's not hard to make one nine patch per day.
The fun will start on July 5th!
That gives you a week to get your fabric together, match up fabrics, cut any scraps to the required size, etc. (Note: If you have a jelly roll feel free to use that. Your blocks will finish a little smaller, but it will still turn out GREAT!!)
Here is a quick tutorial on how to make a nine patch for our QAL...
Materials Needed:
Aprox 3 yards of
Scrap fabric 3 inches by at least 18 inches long
(You can also use a jelly roll and your blocks will turn out smaller. Just make sure to cut your pieces
2 1/2 inches wherever it says to cut 3 inches in the tutorial.)
1. Sew strips aprox. 9 inches down the length of the fabric, right sides together.
You should end up with this.
2. Cut sewn strip into Three 3 inch sections.
3. Out of the remaining fabric cut two 3 inch squares out of fabric A and one 3 inch square out of fabric B
4. Sew the 3 inch squares onto your pieces making three alternating sections. (See picture above)
5. Press seams towards the darker fabric.
6. Sew the three sections together to make a nine patch block. Make sure to match your seams.
7. Press open seams.
Your yield should be one nine patch block that finishes at 7 3/4.
That will give me enough blocks to make a nice lap quilt for my Quilted Hugs Project!
Please join me and leave a comment to let me know that you are playing along.
I would love to see your progress so please follow my blog and then post about this fun Nine Patch QAL!!
I will post soon about how to turn these blocks into a quilt top.
Hugs,
Lisa
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