Quilt for an Hour

The Winner Is — #1

February 19, 2011

After counting about half the votes, it was pretty clear that Quilt #1 is the winner. The half square triangles along the outer edge of the pieced blocks will be scrappy. They just happen to be drawn in in the same colors and I didn’t take the time to change them. No doubt it doesn’t [...]

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Morning Splash #13

November 23, 2009

Cutting Instructions: Border Fabric: 4 – 2″ strips (B-1) 3 – 1-3/4″ strips (B-2) Accent Fabric: 7 – 1-1/2″ strips (B-3) Sewing Instructions: Now we’re ready to begin adding borders. The top, without borders should measure close to 52-1/2″ x 68-1/2″. There are plenty of bias edges and if you experience any fullness, spread it [...]

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Morning Splash #12

November 19, 2009

Using the units from yesterday, and the colored triangles (X), make 32 of the following blocks: Be very careful while sewing and pressing this step so as not to stretch any bias edges.

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Morning Splash #10

November 17, 2009

Continue working to get the rows and top put together.

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Morning Splash #5

November 9, 2009

Cutting Instructions: Fabric is already cut for this step. Sewing Instructions: 11. Mark the center of one end of each of the colored strips. 12. Using the matching color, cut the 2-7/8″ colored squares (M) on the diagonal once and position over the ends of the segments from Step 11 to create the segment shown [...]

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Morning Splash #4

November 5, 2009

Cutting Instructions: Background Fabric: 12 – 2″ strips (K) Sewing Instructions: 10. Sew a 2″ background strip (K) to the top and bottom of a 1-1/2″ colored strip (L). Make 1-1-/2 strip sets of each of the four colors. Press seam allowances towards colored strip. Cut each color into 12 – 4-1/2″ segments. You will [...]

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