tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52743238498810029812024-03-12T17:34:26.397-07:00Quilts of PassionShannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16872057067232492937noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274323849881002981.post-48259161383530002672013-04-02T09:42:00.001-07:002013-04-02T09:48:41.822-07:00Quilt for babyI just spent the last month at my parents house. It was a nice break from my own. While I was there I decided I had better make the baby a quilt or it might never get done. So here is a bit of a look at what goes into a "Rolling Stone" quilt. As always (but not posted here) I draw out what I want as far as the finished product. And as always I learned a lot while making this quilt. I decided to go with 9 inch blocks. 4 across and 5 down. I also did my blocks "on point". That is when you take the block and rotate it 45 degrees. So the block is then standing on its point. Well one thing I did not take into account was that when you do an "on point" quilt the blocks reach across farther. So instead of one block being 9 inches across it ended up being 13 inches across. Therefore making my "baby" quilt way bigger than I had planned.<br />
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take 512 of these cute triangles</div>
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Sew them onto the sides of 128 of these squares</div>
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And you then have these "new" squares.</div>
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Next take a stack of these colorful rectangles and sew them together to make more squares</div>
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And now you have most of your block ready to assemble</div>
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Don't forget to fussy cut all your little bugs.</div>
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And lay them out how you want them.</div>
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And take a picture so you don't forget how you want them. </div>
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Now you can sew together the strips.</div>
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But be aware which way your bugs face and what color they face.</div>
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It does make a difference.</div>
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In between all this sewing be sure you are ironing your seams as well.</div>
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Now you may begin to sew your strips into blocks.</div>
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Again be aware as to what colors you are sewing together and that you sew them on the right way</div>
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Now your blocks are assembled, go iron them and lay them out with the bugs facing the direction you want and the right colors touching.</div>
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Yes I sewed it all together (including the orange triangles and then decided it was just to big to be a "baby" blanket.</div>
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So I unpicked it where I wanted it and it became smaller.</div>
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However if you look closely at this picture you will see that I made a big mess-up.</div>
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None of the same bug blocks are to be touching at any part.</div>
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Somehow in the sewing the strips together part I switched some strips to the wrong side.</div>
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Both my Mom and Hubby said let it be no one will notice.</div>
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But I will notice, every time I looked at it I saw my mistake.</div>
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So whats a quilter to do?</div>
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Unpick it and do it over.</div>
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I did not have to unpick the whole thing. I just took half of it off and redid the bugs as far as that I had already taken off to make it smaller and what I had in the section I took off to redo.</div>
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Now for the finished product!!</div>
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All bugs fixed and it is way cute. Even the binding is on.</div>
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Backed with Cuddly Minky fabric.</div>
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Nice and soft for baby.</div>
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<br />Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16872057067232492937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274323849881002981.post-84120914630260073352013-01-22T09:59:00.000-08:002013-01-22T09:59:10.522-08:00I'm itching to sew. And now I have a reason and something to sew. I should be more specific. I want to sew a quilt. Not just anything. I have not sewn for a good while now and I think its time to start browsing for material. You see, I just found out we are expecting a baby boy to join our family around June. And now that I am more experienced in making quilts and realize its not as hard as it looks I want this baby to have a nice looking quilt. I would make one for my other son who has an e-z made quilt-ish. But my Mom made it for him. Not that its a big deal if I did one, but he JUST started using it. It has been available to him for a whole year and he JUST started using it. He was very attached to his other blankie. It took a bit of convincing to get him to use it. He move to a big boy bed and so therefore has to use a "big boy" blanket. In about a year I think I will make him a new one a bit more fancy. But in the mean time, I have about 18 weeks (comfortably) to produce a nice blanket for this new baby. My first gift to him. I also have to make a new diaper bag (my old one is hanging by threads). So hopefully soon you can be looking forward to maybe some instructions for a new quilt!Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16872057067232492937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274323849881002981.post-62739749264781266792012-09-06T13:41:00.001-07:002012-09-06T13:41:15.263-07:00TherapySewing is a therapy for me. I love it. It is so relaxing to me to sit and put something together. Then I feel so accomplished when it is done. I used to sew a lot at night when my little girl was a little smaller than she is now. She would have a new dress almost every Sunday for church. I would sew it Saturday night after she went to bed. Then came my little guy that's not so little anymore and I was still able to sew after bedtime. Now I have a smaller little guy that is becoming not so small anymore either and when night time comes I just want to sit and do nothing at all. So my sewing has had to move to the daylight hours and the kids know not to touch anything I an sewing. However, that does not stop them from taking as many scraps as they can and string them all over the house. But I don't mind that so much. They know I love to sew. <br />
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So when I moved I forgot a vital piece of quilting equipment at my parents house. Actually 2 things. My cutting mat and ruler. I bought a new mat because mine was getting pretty beat up anyway. But I couldn't bring myself to buy the rulers to cut next to (you the kind I mean) because I have not one BUT 2!! And I left them both! So I finally got around to borrowing one from someone at church that sews and quilts as well. (Sigh) The kindness of friends. So I was able to get some material cut and somewhat finish my quilt i started at my parents house. It took me 2 months to get around to doing a 15 min. job. Oh well. Its done now and I just couldn't wait to finish it before I show you. So yes it is not done. I just have to add batting, backing and machine quilt it (still torn between trying it myself or sending it somewhere else) and then the binding and this baby will be up for SALE!! As for the price I am not sure yet. I have to take into consideration how much the materials cost along with all my time and energy making it. And depending on if I machine quilt it myself or not will go into the price as well.So without further delay...<br />
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My heart quilt! Isn't it lovely. I wish I could take credit for the design but I can't. I saw one on etsy and decided I wanted to make one. I had to draw everything out and do all the measurements. It really was quite the process. But now that its almost done it was all so worth it. Maybe I will have to keep it for my own. Who knows. But if anyone is interested let me know. I am not sure yet how I am going to go about selling this, maybe a local quilt shop or I just might have to open something up on etsy. Who knows.<br />
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Should I name my quilts??Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16872057067232492937noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274323849881002981.post-61838215893453668572012-09-03T10:52:00.000-07:002012-09-03T10:52:00.713-07:00I know I promised a quilt along for August. The thing is, life happened. We moved about 2 months ago so I am no longer living with my parents. We have been spending those 2 months with a Daddy that hasn't started school yet. And I am homeschooling this year for the very first time. And still trying to adjust to all of the above. Oh and not to mention we are a bit poor. Therefore hubby thinks I can just make any old quilt from my preexisting stash of fabric. I CAN'T!!! I need fabric that matches and color coordinating! Not to mention good quality, at least better. And of the material I do have it was bought mainly for dresses or skirts or some other project i just haven't gotten around to. So really I need to just do those projects. But I do have a great idea of what I want to do for my quilt along. Well, really I have 2 ideas. But it will need to be put off. In the mean time I will be finishing my other quilt soon and I will post a picture of it. I do plan to sell it. So if you know anyone interested send then my way!!Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16872057067232492937noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274323849881002981.post-86739382249126974942012-06-27T07:04:00.001-07:002012-06-27T07:04:42.076-07:00Quilt Along with ME!I think in August I will be starting a quilt along. But because I like things to go fast it will be a weekly quilt along. So start gearing up for colors as I figure out what I am to be doing on the blog and what blocks we will be doing. I have a few in mind. Since this will be my first I am just a bit nervous. So get out those coupons and go look for some cute fabric!!Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16872057067232492937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274323849881002981.post-38388315936363380922012-06-26T08:37:00.001-07:002012-06-26T08:37:57.467-07:00The ScoopSo here's whats happening (in other words why I have been away)...<br />
* Just did Girls Camp last week, that was exhausting.<br />
* Had Family here before that, they stayed and extra week or so, it was great!!<br />
* Schools out now.<br />
* Hubby is done with his school now (so less me time).<br />
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Now I am packing and getting ready to move this weekend. It shouldn't seem like so much because I live with my parents. The only real places that need to be packed are my room and the kids room. Everything else is already packed from our move here in the first place. I guess it just seems like it is taking me so long is because i don't want to take trash with me too. So I am in a way De-junking and organizing as I pack. Not to mention we have no truck to put it all in yet and I have kids that want to "help" and that can really slow a person down.<br />
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So onto why I am posting!! My Mom and I took that lovely sunflower quilt to a quilt shop. Sounds like a good plan right? Well, here is what I have learned.<br />
*Just because someone has a shop open does not mean that are the best at quilting.<br />
*Look at the work hanging in the shop. Are there freehand pieces done or are they all automatic patterns the machine does?<br />
*Get a solid price BEFORE you leave your work of art in someones care!<br />
*Find out before hand what steps are taken if you do not like the work that was done.<br />
*Have a number that you can be reached at all times if the quilter decides to change something.<br />
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We took our quilt in with the confidence that the quilter knew what she was doing. We were so wrong. She turned that lovely art work to trash. We were so sad and disappointed. There were places where changes what was supposed to be done and we did not like it. She had problems with her machine and got that fixed but then changed the color of the thread so that was not matching all over. Her stitches were uneven, x's off center because she doesn't like the uniformity or something like that, it was just and all over not so good of job. We took it back and talked about how to fix the situation. She even admitted she should not have tried it freehand. I really like the lady so I knew I was not really having hard feelings toward here, I was just disappointed. Well, in the end she gave us a refund and bought the quilt from us for the price of the fabric. Later we realized she gave us even more than that. We lucked out I think, that she was very compassionate about it and wanted to make sure her costumers were happy.<br />
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So beware when you entrust someone else with your quilt. I will go to here again but with something not so precious to me and make sure she is not doing it freehand.<br />
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I do have a piece that is a work in progress, but will not get finished until after I move. But I will post a picture later of one that some teenage girls helped make that we gave to someone. It might take a few days to get that posted because like I said I am working on moving at the moment and this has been a long break for me. Back to work I go.<br />
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Happy quilting. Feel free to ask any questions and I will answer as best I can.Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16872057067232492937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274323849881002981.post-70742342378664966032012-05-03T18:08:00.000-07:002012-05-03T18:08:50.618-07:00SunflowerThis is a quilt that I first wanted to do I just didn't know what exactly I wanted to do. So then my Mom wanted to do This particular quilt with me. So she took the initiative to decide on a pattern and design on the quilt. I did all the measurements and math for ALL the little pieces that needed to be cut out. Our dear friend and fellow quilter has a whole room (no literally a whole room) full of material (she used to own a quilt shop) and lets us come over to pick out material for this quilt.<br />
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The main reason for this post is to show you a little of the process to do sashings. Once you have your blocks put together into block form and have all the sashing pieces cut out it is vitally important to lay out the quilt and figure out how you are going to put it all together because there are a variety of methods, one of which I show you <a href="http://quiltsofpassion.blogspot.com/2012/03/blog-post_27.html">here</a>.<br />
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So here we are laying out all the pieces.</div>
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Now it is all sewn together.</div>
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Can't say I'm never in the pictures.... that's my arm!!</div>
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Do you have little on lookers? Well a good pass time for them could be play dough.</div>
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<br />Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16872057067232492937noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274323849881002981.post-66416106001722559872012-04-11T12:16:00.005-07:002012-04-11T12:52:16.971-07:00Disappearing 9 PatchThis is the first "real" quilt I made. I say "real" because I have made other blankets that I just took one big piece of material, batting, and backing and rolled the edges for binding. There was no patchwork to them whatsoever. I have made many of those.<br /><br />The magic to the disappearing 9 patch is it looks like a lot more work than it really was. I love that about this quilt. It was way easy for a beginner. If you want to start off with a little more than the traditional 9 patch this is the one to do. You will not be disappointed. This was one of the reasons I got hooked on quilting. I am sure you will be surprised to hear I just made this one back in August last year. That's how long I have been quilting. A mere 8 months. Not very long. That is one of the reasons I started this blog. So we could learn together how easy this is!<br /><br />No I did not make this quilt a tutorial. I had already made this quilt before I ever considered a quilting blog. Maybe one day I will do another similar to this and show you just how easy it is. Plus I thought if I did all tutorials it might get a little boring. But I do plan to show you a lot of good ideas.<br /><br />Shortly after moving in with my parents (that's where I am living at the moment) I was helping my Mom organize her craft room. It was in shambles with the preparation of me and my 3 kids moving in (different story alltogether, another time). In the process of the organizing we got to go through her material. She was real big into making really cute pillow cases and collecting material for that (which has come to a halt for a while...maybe I will show it to you someday). But in her stash of many magnificent materials I stumbled across these wonderful fabrics that all went so well together. This was of course after my Mom introduced me to the idea of quilts and the disappearing 9 patch. It just looked so easy to do. And my daughter already has a lady bug pillow pet! It just worked. So I did a little arm twisting and she said I could use the fabric. YEA!! So after many a nights and days cutting and sewing (it really didn't take long for that at all) I produced my first patchwork quilt top. The embroidery work on it is a whole other story! That did take a while. My little girl opened this up on Christmas morning. She was THRILLED!! I had been telling her it was going to be my quilt when I was done. And many times she asked if I would make her one when I was done with mine. I love making things for my kids!! So with out further delay...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxiOIh4uOuL1OUVV8wi8kW9WA82bnzACO2tfEYR0Zi1_c9K9FCA0If8_1PbKbUXrDXkrgLAjQbvBklOCRPZ-fnEkNhcbMl3XjwMdxgazMPslaH3nnX6_Ak10zHGHnfeYc3-K2pvH-tPE/s1600/DSC00469.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxiOIh4uOuL1OUVV8wi8kW9WA82bnzACO2tfEYR0Zi1_c9K9FCA0If8_1PbKbUXrDXkrgLAjQbvBklOCRPZ-fnEkNhcbMl3XjwMdxgazMPslaH3nnX6_Ak10zHGHnfeYc3-K2pvH-tPE/s320/DSC00469.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730227042580050658" border="0" /></a>I hand stitched flowers in white thread with black circle centers on all the ladybug squares. That is what took the longest!<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OHSbOxGBzd9JdSaKWEm6E2zPfgDi0D4or8HE0E321dy92PVIN_iJhMLvpoktKM7-SSCxprxA_Is2GzixX_js44j73w7fbS6PuH2AajxDsy3CCFw3O0tdqsc5cwSpVKCwUUoD2GG9rWc/s1600/DSC00468.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OHSbOxGBzd9JdSaKWEm6E2zPfgDi0D4or8HE0E321dy92PVIN_iJhMLvpoktKM7-SSCxprxA_Is2GzixX_js44j73w7fbS6PuH2AajxDsy3CCFw3O0tdqsc5cwSpVKCwUUoD2GG9rWc/s320/DSC00468.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730225946203369698" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4yNehY3hFETZNQS6opaFvCSkLqoK2NV1nnLYKA_cQ4hwsnh4u-DuoJFgiumUYG82Bv1sndXwcGeM1DS9qNSSqyrt8DqLw8_hnA2Aw-pAefNkgedYzlvcEVuAg0bI-Hd1RGG-nqgtHmU/s1600/DSC00472.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4yNehY3hFETZNQS6opaFvCSkLqoK2NV1nnLYKA_cQ4hwsnh4u-DuoJFgiumUYG82Bv1sndXwcGeM1DS9qNSSqyrt8DqLw8_hnA2Aw-pAefNkgedYzlvcEVuAg0bI-Hd1RGG-nqgtHmU/s320/DSC00472.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730225275118717154" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">By the way... SPRING IS HERE!!!! LOVE IT!!<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2J5a7NSwpV5u5TQBK98PXA4uj9FvO3mwHJBVSCJVLyUT0ivGBdGLqoWhyBIV9Tg3AAIzXVtpCSu4n2M2Av2-eYmpG4N02mTKgSbtEU22P4DT0DTVGxzAqWSoTgNQ0tJxH_MgKi4NbSfY/s1600/DSC00473.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2J5a7NSwpV5u5TQBK98PXA4uj9FvO3mwHJBVSCJVLyUT0ivGBdGLqoWhyBIV9Tg3AAIzXVtpCSu4n2M2Av2-eYmpG4N02mTKgSbtEU22P4DT0DTVGxzAqWSoTgNQ0tJxH_MgKi4NbSfY/s320/DSC00473.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730224745290596994" border="0" /></a>Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16872057067232492937noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274323849881002981.post-66076445632446825452012-03-27T20:04:00.018-07:002012-03-28T20:14:35.669-07:00Easy PinwheelHere is a sketch of what my finished product should look like. It is always a good idea to sketch out what you are planning your quilt to look like. It helped me with figuring out how many squares to cut and what order they would be sewn together in.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-O1S9FF4hsYctBiFbrVZHoEhmC_QANTQpIoBGFyeDtd_hMI0AINhKMa4zcZx4KrLNsbmCuK7pPKx3Xi5JP_MH2axueuLoCMWJ5jzhvOeIIiXjVOuQgDVuxw0Q1Yy-Bfk02V2r6IOAIQ/s1600/1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-O1S9FF4hsYctBiFbrVZHoEhmC_QANTQpIoBGFyeDtd_hMI0AINhKMa4zcZx4KrLNsbmCuK7pPKx3Xi5JP_MH2axueuLoCMWJ5jzhvOeIIiXjVOuQgDVuxw0Q1Yy-Bfk02V2r6IOAIQ/s320/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724778892575404594" border="0" /></a>Here are the colors I picked out for this quilt. It is for my husband and he wanted one that would not look girly at all. So I tried to go for darker colors and nothing with flowers or swirls. I cut these at 10 inch squares.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimL1eq9H6xi0ATkLR5WJXfDUcg3u_mCBV41TnAvnvWSYALfn15kNXb8p1W84MDgxD0qfA5xrycOEi7pA10_rykoXFOmv6HQzWixxf9yeqV7D7vbrO1tH87ftoRsVD2kYH6HggdkK1NZBc/s1600/2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimL1eq9H6xi0ATkLR5WJXfDUcg3u_mCBV41TnAvnvWSYALfn15kNXb8p1W84MDgxD0qfA5xrycOEi7pA10_rykoXFOmv6HQzWixxf9yeqV7D7vbrO1tH87ftoRsVD2kYH6HggdkK1NZBc/s320/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724801296980893538" border="0" /></a><br />So the main idea for this quilt was order since I am still starting out and not brave enough to extend my ability in more colors or in how to mix and match. So my main, what I thought was background color, is the black. Every block sewn was with a black piece and a colored piece. So layer a black square on a color square with right sides together. The next step might not make sense but trust me it works.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4F1illIKBfs_xjJZiFt7lE-TnjMi_7l9WSz2pD_EWGHIROL3s1bnmS6yUHSCJtfooNNlSKLzl90lIerZ47WKHDAMcZLUWBrgJB_44SJ0a5LrYpHsuEjEMM-BlzHxTH471P2lJpNeea_M/s1600/3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4F1illIKBfs_xjJZiFt7lE-TnjMi_7l9WSz2pD_EWGHIROL3s1bnmS6yUHSCJtfooNNlSKLzl90lIerZ47WKHDAMcZLUWBrgJB_44SJ0a5LrYpHsuEjEMM-BlzHxTH471P2lJpNeea_M/s320/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724800931729436162" border="0" /></a><br />Next sew all 4 sides at 1/4 inch. In quilting it is always 1/4 inch seams. You do not back stitch. Inevitably all those seams will be sewn again with another seam. (Side note: Normally people would chose a thread to match or blend with the colors they have chosen for the quilt. Well, I was so excited to do this I forgot till the end that I did not change mine to black. So try to match your thread.)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcly3hITaPo2NyPCcfpPw2T8rhyf-rkNahUrwvh2ukhyX2RuB5XwHfjm47Hx1afCCtRH5BPr8NTV3LjjG9N9Aatikjq2JuhTpvQUoiV-hlU8zDwXY-J6F3V2yTdSpde5kNSrdnFrvkVk/s1600/4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcly3hITaPo2NyPCcfpPw2T8rhyf-rkNahUrwvh2ukhyX2RuB5XwHfjm47Hx1afCCtRH5BPr8NTV3LjjG9N9Aatikjq2JuhTpvQUoiV-hlU8zDwXY-J6F3V2yTdSpde5kNSrdnFrvkVk/s320/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724800582492807394" border="0" /></a><br />Now take your ruler, cutting board, and rotary cutter and cut diagonally for all corners. Now you have 4 triangles.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3C_zqhLJSvm4m0OMUSqW1PrzhQBYyEE6m5_TBU9vnkhhUG_D28muSentMiXViggW-GToCjpEosKf0RsJnFiYkaffUocmDZmjkg_Mck4UxqcVA6ZlUUmAVOIYedDg7EV3naCdfrTsXgoE/s1600/5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3C_zqhLJSvm4m0OMUSqW1PrzhQBYyEE6m5_TBU9vnkhhUG_D28muSentMiXViggW-GToCjpEosKf0RsJnFiYkaffUocmDZmjkg_Mck4UxqcVA6ZlUUmAVOIYedDg7EV3naCdfrTsXgoE/s320/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724800233898776338" border="0" /></a><br />When you open up the triangles you will have 4 squares.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXA0Mb7L0Eodq3Z3H8kJ1PV7LtyBDOa5VJj6nPf2G6BjDlnHjpxrOyIEsgkUjXqzvIaiBoxa4HkXMgXM73FC2ttY4jnDB2G86lnzlqkhEcRRBvaEoydsjY7rHy7I4oUiyR6xAOhxrg3AQ/s1600/6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXA0Mb7L0Eodq3Z3H8kJ1PV7LtyBDOa5VJj6nPf2G6BjDlnHjpxrOyIEsgkUjXqzvIaiBoxa4HkXMgXM73FC2ttY4jnDB2G86lnzlqkhEcRRBvaEoydsjY7rHy7I4oUiyR6xAOhxrg3AQ/s320/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724799884639978066" border="0" /></a><br />The general thing with quilting is to iron the seam toward the darker side. Lay the triangle on the ironing board the the darker side up. Open the triangle and iron from the lighter side to the darker side. That will then put your seam to the darker side.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHf9UxEf9LO7hW0e3Bk1fhygmfhlaSCPxOUt96okJUqqyNcbY0j7cH5EMv4MrKWyxL9Sq6MXo0ck0SgOG0Lp7MgORT05FFahyphenhyphenbdeRakuXCXUMf56SEQoUv7Tobc8nF68UYoCaneK1qX0/s1600/7.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHf9UxEf9LO7hW0e3Bk1fhygmfhlaSCPxOUt96okJUqqyNcbY0j7cH5EMv4MrKWyxL9Sq6MXo0ck0SgOG0Lp7MgORT05FFahyphenhyphenbdeRakuXCXUMf56SEQoUv7Tobc8nF68UYoCaneK1qX0/s320/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724799553911575010" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8Q_BUo4ElFKUD6L0LKAH_1l1CmWJGbDZIfaCtxttXBs5Opgqqtsqv_uEYM0NYM81XZw4g1N-l71X1A1QrL89dCh_Cno_1wsgHPP5oAC6YbtNIy7-JEb-ao-l8uIPj5Kz3izkaxnRkNQ/s1600/8.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8Q_BUo4ElFKUD6L0LKAH_1l1CmWJGbDZIfaCtxttXBs5Opgqqtsqv_uEYM0NYM81XZw4g1N-l71X1A1QrL89dCh_Cno_1wsgHPP5oAC6YbtNIy7-JEb-ao-l8uIPj5Kz3izkaxnRkNQ/s320/8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724799185932106786" border="0" /></a><br />When you have all the triangles ironed you are ready to play with the pinwheel. So this is the square all opened.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGb1329z57dsoVu8U7BMu_t8R7H2-9VZ0ljq4UssXmLt7TZCThKSxyMgHjd6zzhFAS7qQOwqFqql0vWWWrbfCRk07JlKisSWZKt3JHVPOtRkNZrLH8QWJf074oGBYDWz3r1jPAWXHCdIA/s1600/9.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGb1329z57dsoVu8U7BMu_t8R7H2-9VZ0ljq4UssXmLt7TZCThKSxyMgHjd6zzhFAS7qQOwqFqql0vWWWrbfCRk07JlKisSWZKt3JHVPOtRkNZrLH8QWJf074oGBYDWz3r1jPAWXHCdIA/s320/9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724798735979671218" border="0" /></a><br />Now you just turn the pieces to where you want them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveEJKqTUvMBexHATXlQM8D1SyeCqWmr3I5hDKSyzrUVclUYBaAuq4kUyFvzETpx960nT0c1NGuWSDsXnBbvwdiiivrSaDD358Z-74Jrh4qWCSeTSbcIWEpxjM78g2BcHk4OPztIqUHBM/s1600/10.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveEJKqTUvMBexHATXlQM8D1SyeCqWmr3I5hDKSyzrUVclUYBaAuq4kUyFvzETpx960nT0c1NGuWSDsXnBbvwdiiivrSaDD358Z-74Jrh4qWCSeTSbcIWEpxjM78g2BcHk4OPztIqUHBM/s320/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724798349401871138" border="0" /></a><br />I like to sew in bulk. So I had all my pieces cut out before I started sewing. Then I sewed all the squares. Then I cut all the squares. After that I ironed all of them one color at a time. So this is my stack of half square triangles ready to be put together into pinwheels.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtBx_NAziykP1TxNSBlxGbs_PdUbP6FGp1L25UTRnwFHCjfre2ZxG1VQ_XzhmPjnXegz23unUUYGGxSBBPQ58yqJtYIWVo1lNXf4hy4ilyv-DUYHQXejULTfueA8PhbnTj37J__2KFgY/s1600/11.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtBx_NAziykP1TxNSBlxGbs_PdUbP6FGp1L25UTRnwFHCjfre2ZxG1VQ_XzhmPjnXegz23unUUYGGxSBBPQ58yqJtYIWVo1lNXf4hy4ilyv-DUYHQXejULTfueA8PhbnTj37J__2KFgY/s320/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724797941421323586" border="0" /></a><br />I start off with sewing 2 squares together. And like I said I like to sew in bulk. I only worked on one color at a time. Sew 2 squares together being sure they are pointing the right way. I will explain that in a few pictures. So with this step and the next you can just chain stitch the pieces together. Then again iron the seams.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VBtdxrXSV_ng4-Df4QYx74HEHvZAA_zrWZHXeWshiSn-ORnUVZezmcx8zxuqrSyishjCV6LG13gvjRDshb2fxmB106xjqjYpvn6wlp5AVCzRZqIwMd7PMO907Ymewef9fEGeYDWu42A/s1600/13.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VBtdxrXSV_ng4-Df4QYx74HEHvZAA_zrWZHXeWshiSn-ORnUVZezmcx8zxuqrSyishjCV6LG13gvjRDshb2fxmB106xjqjYpvn6wlp5AVCzRZqIwMd7PMO907Ymewef9fEGeYDWu42A/s320/13.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724797181670421970" border="0" /></a><br />Once the seams are ironed you can then sew 2 rectangles together. Again I will show you what I mean by making sure they are facing the right way. In this step just be sure all the points come to the center to form the pin wheel.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisscW8AnBIldm0Cl44Gnj-ObgZTDbkQ5lHuEz7LIoWv07ylLueDE6476XZElAPVL4MgfP5aWDOvdPvp87gR8cLr6vTc6U23OB91pX0yLLJC_Izkl8G2DCOwBLqX4Im5FXePSCvQw-VOc0/s1600/14.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisscW8AnBIldm0Cl44Gnj-ObgZTDbkQ5lHuEz7LIoWv07ylLueDE6476XZElAPVL4MgfP5aWDOvdPvp87gR8cLr6vTc6U23OB91pX0yLLJC_Izkl8G2DCOwBLqX4Im5FXePSCvQw-VOc0/s320/14.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724796766161333570" border="0" /></a><br />Also note if all pieces were ironed the right way you should have a seam in this step that "nests" together. That just meant the seams butt up against each other almost like a puzzle piece. Click on the picture to make it larger and that should give you a good idea of what it looks like. You can also feel with your fingers if it is put together right, with a little practice.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fD_ikEkSnnbMOYa1jfC1rbXrES-p7QubfkcKouxtnwHOwyvSWvrq0hHWGu-Ljp5KPlQXmMQgtYNh-jRfvAmmd0A2DeDvyO_Yoh3enlQXWpnrzJ8VkMkFPajztIeZaHsErnHXJ-wbn2E/s1600/12.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fD_ikEkSnnbMOYa1jfC1rbXrES-p7QubfkcKouxtnwHOwyvSWvrq0hHWGu-Ljp5KPlQXmMQgtYNh-jRfvAmmd0A2DeDvyO_Yoh3enlQXWpnrzJ8VkMkFPajztIeZaHsErnHXJ-wbn2E/s320/12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724797567031828482" border="0" /></a><br />Again iron the seam. I know a lot of ironing but it is all worth it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMbflwy12yo-PuVeoFp-dq1Xv2Ox2ZJPxHwRSZVQz7ySscuKjEIyF2EdINGRPRvT2zjajbfB6V9uOjOuYHM2JXwBxIf_Tt7bdYlpoB0mib_cFXVpM1kjepHC0R7L84wULqDtyl8yrl_0/s1600/17.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMbflwy12yo-PuVeoFp-dq1Xv2Ox2ZJPxHwRSZVQz7ySscuKjEIyF2EdINGRPRvT2zjajbfB6V9uOjOuYHM2JXwBxIf_Tt7bdYlpoB0mib_cFXVpM1kjepHC0R7L84wULqDtyl8yrl_0/s320/17.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724795490439697186" border="0" /></a><br />So this is the square all put together. With 10 inch squares being sewn this way it comes out to be about a 12 inch block. So yes, this quilt is over 8x8 feet. Lots of these and you will have a quilt in no time. See wasn't that easy? But I'm not done yet!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxmiDbS5ODxBVp4txbih_CEenyw3qHivgPBcn7A4PPQrgJVdlI0Rhpl4iqLsWxTRQVF4nDz1lFQQFxff7cz3eldc9ZiHC6w15EyjCkEsQFO469S6RuU7kuG_IlbLscQ1dix7c9A7uks8/s1600/15.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxmiDbS5ODxBVp4txbih_CEenyw3qHivgPBcn7A4PPQrgJVdlI0Rhpl4iqLsWxTRQVF4nDz1lFQQFxff7cz3eldc9ZiHC6w15EyjCkEsQFO469S6RuU7kuG_IlbLscQ1dix7c9A7uks8/s320/15.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724796385841590178" border="0" /></a><br />Here is what I was talking about with making sure you turn the pieces the right way. If you are not careful in turning the pieces the right way you will have pinwheels going in the opposite direction.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1olWdVzY8RuPlQO4N8Sw859gkNhnsvVq9ciq1odhAJ7aYzqDzisZViQWbOfYbcdqeS19r4_iBf1dp41TCbM4JSp8nouDQ067oX5PPrdYQ7Zk7_jmjqqFBX7vZJdxM-4hwks_QvxRKU7k/s1600/16.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1olWdVzY8RuPlQO4N8Sw859gkNhnsvVq9ciq1odhAJ7aYzqDzisZViQWbOfYbcdqeS19r4_iBf1dp41TCbM4JSp8nouDQ067oX5PPrdYQ7Zk7_jmjqqFBX7vZJdxM-4hwks_QvxRKU7k/s320/16.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724795958318320930" border="0" /></a>So now I am going to skip ahead a bit... sort of. A few options for this kind of quilt would be just sewing all the squares together or you could put sashing's in between all the squares which helps in making a bigger quilt without having to make as many squares. I chose not to do sashing's this time around. In a future quilt I will do sashing's and post on how to do that.<br /><br />So here is a basics on how I put my quilts together. I think this way is a lot easier to avoid future mishaps for not fitting pieces together. Normally people will sew one row at a time and then sew all the rows together. Well what if you mess up on one of the rows? The when you go to sew the rows together it will not match up right. Then for all the rest of the rows it will not match up right. So I feel my way helps to eliminate a lot of those problems.<br /><br />So we are going to start from the bottom of my pictures and work our way up. I did the same steps for the top just in the other direction.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bk4k7BcB5AWqFH_S835RF50qFUIEHXdThhJHfaCaz8aH98I0oXbDlfm4AM684uMSycWEy5BdXkgcwGoWa98tVQ33FemzTr58rfjvNqEAtymFzDfiMpFDHH1y1z_Nv09zHSY9iI0GCfA/s1600/18.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bk4k7BcB5AWqFH_S835RF50qFUIEHXdThhJHfaCaz8aH98I0oXbDlfm4AM684uMSycWEy5BdXkgcwGoWa98tVQ33FemzTr58rfjvNqEAtymFzDfiMpFDHH1y1z_Nv09zHSY9iI0GCfA/s320/18.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724795107661280466" border="0" /></a><br />So on the bottom row I start with sewing two squares together at a time. Not in and up and down fashion but in a side by side type of thing.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzz-waRdC9B7bYv1XiJtG8IaMgs1rKTLkgLOW-3sHLDSDfHds98CE7K3rOsA_QSOP-kygsfo3gm7a2aV4Mn-uLeEq_nKqSj1LpIHgg95JlhrzprL-ZkWsl2Lnlq5czBJh3qhPorqkP554/s1600/19.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzz-waRdC9B7bYv1XiJtG8IaMgs1rKTLkgLOW-3sHLDSDfHds98CE7K3rOsA_QSOP-kygsfo3gm7a2aV4Mn-uLeEq_nKqSj1LpIHgg95JlhrzprL-ZkWsl2Lnlq5czBJh3qhPorqkP554/s320/19.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724794560066699842" border="0" /></a><br />So I know this takes a bit more time but it is worth it. And kind of no fail. So have flipped over one square on top of the other and sewed it then again and again until I had all the row done in 2's. The I did it for the next row too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9n4mFJwGa2mc_C0PCKy7lEOTJxVMJ_IOr6s-KPLLX07dOit06UQfSt6gONWR0pIarKZ_62Oo2IvUwgbs2YqgMkLhDHrqOV5vekV24hokyt_YLiKdn_mrqjJHQnmExMnSxzFG7DptOd4/s1600/20.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9n4mFJwGa2mc_C0PCKy7lEOTJxVMJ_IOr6s-KPLLX07dOit06UQfSt6gONWR0pIarKZ_62Oo2IvUwgbs2YqgMkLhDHrqOV5vekV24hokyt_YLiKdn_mrqjJHQnmExMnSxzFG7DptOd4/s320/20.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724794087913269858" border="0" /></a><br />And yet again, iron the seam. So now we have rectangles again. I just realized I skipped a step in my picture taking so I will just tell you. Next you will sew 2 sets of rectangles to form a square again. So it will be from bottom row to the one above it. Again, iron the seams. And I would just go to the room, get my 2 pieces I was going to sew together then return it to the layout and then do the next set.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEqxVIJxB16C_THfq8ZCorLaTKSU8I89Wtb4BbW4oQ0iAP2MFj3om97DLwQqb7iBhVUZbeO2aMJe-2uIkq9fQCBh5Pz1nA2PH-84GaET7t_qJuJgYmvxr-dOd1-pZwf4FRF7_ATUINUA/s1600/21a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEqxVIJxB16C_THfq8ZCorLaTKSU8I89Wtb4BbW4oQ0iAP2MFj3om97DLwQqb7iBhVUZbeO2aMJe-2uIkq9fQCBh5Pz1nA2PH-84GaET7t_qJuJgYmvxr-dOd1-pZwf4FRF7_ATUINUA/s320/21a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724793601225061122" border="0" /></a><br />After sewing into squares make rectangles again, see the pattern.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCj-ABisK3k86k5s0d9f8gczBAp00Qucn8QNlZspyD4GFo5QUw884tAo8Opta3B5QUh3KxzGV5bRVsIwwyQgybMSrQJsTlruTD_Vp7n0DNSEeHF8RDO8zb0mCqlyM5nuwFY9D4bxQniTQ/s1600/22.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCj-ABisK3k86k5s0d9f8gczBAp00Qucn8QNlZspyD4GFo5QUw884tAo8Opta3B5QUh3KxzGV5bRVsIwwyQgybMSrQJsTlruTD_Vp7n0DNSEeHF8RDO8zb0mCqlyM5nuwFY9D4bxQniTQ/s320/22.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724792818215269794" border="0" /></a><br />Then sew those rectangles together side beside, while ironing seams throughout.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2LLZbGuNdQaN48zki1dqwvYHFVBUWuoogZy5CArbeu-U_gKG_XSVbCzLR7EMJm_zkU8dGJLNggm80dwmWb27BcfVDpN-mw1NRcIfSAcWHnKrRnLEVd0qhqI80J1MgyVfakXLIrz_4Uw/s1600/23.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2LLZbGuNdQaN48zki1dqwvYHFVBUWuoogZy5CArbeu-U_gKG_XSVbCzLR7EMJm_zkU8dGJLNggm80dwmWb27BcfVDpN-mw1NRcIfSAcWHnKrRnLEVd0qhqI80J1MgyVfakXLIrz_4Uw/s320/23.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724792329259938642" border="0" /></a><br />We now have 2 big pieces and one really big piece. Sew the smaller two together.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKEK0IRK7iMRzHvbbBG58OX7rukSQ94NdMdjOHl9Xz1xwgBDcdNeAzDJZ3IkOqtA3nj3vfNT3sn5NeD0qEkZmuTnHtHOeexJP-UUxUxfunyhTTjoc4PcGz0lTqUXUohkR5xyWzJzJntM/s1600/24.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKEK0IRK7iMRzHvbbBG58OX7rukSQ94NdMdjOHl9Xz1xwgBDcdNeAzDJZ3IkOqtA3nj3vfNT3sn5NeD0qEkZmuTnHtHOeexJP-UUxUxfunyhTTjoc4PcGz0lTqUXUohkR5xyWzJzJntM/s320/24.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724791841849477394" border="0" /></a><br />Now sew the 2 big sections together trying to match as many seams as you can.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8R8xxmEyEuK2APGYhXFoyucexAUWyXFaZwxKy8QL_IK4Fdcgqp8la2PLQiM1QhDgcfbcoPGt980AZBb39ohhLTVHMH1BtwssYJiZyrvePDMQCSr8U5-tAHt6R4Hq26tSZ0Qqv47JwfM/s1600/25.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8R8xxmEyEuK2APGYhXFoyucexAUWyXFaZwxKy8QL_IK4Fdcgqp8la2PLQiM1QhDgcfbcoPGt980AZBb39ohhLTVHMH1BtwssYJiZyrvePDMQCSr8U5-tAHt6R4Hq26tSZ0Qqv47JwfM/s320/25.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724791404215777026" border="0" /></a><br />Now your quilt top is ready for a border. That is a step I completely left out because it was the first time I was attempting it. I wish I had taken pictures because it was really easy. But there are many video tutorials that can show how to do it. But I do show you how to do the binding for the most part. And the borders are a lot like the binding. Except you sew the border on one side at a tine. So if you sew the top border first then do the bottom of the border next then the sides.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wvHFT66LOArmCPVHhhguiCiL0R4nrozs6EsZKd1se-JDCKYQkBvuIAZwHbC-npde5SRNij_-sVHXHJitJKqywnn7rEJ214QKD3p4W6QxkV2wWWgoBhlpi1S3b5mJFOkThXrHCNuI4V4/s1600/26.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wvHFT66LOArmCPVHhhguiCiL0R4nrozs6EsZKd1se-JDCKYQkBvuIAZwHbC-npde5SRNij_-sVHXHJitJKqywnn7rEJ214QKD3p4W6QxkV2wWWgoBhlpi1S3b5mJFOkThXrHCNuI4V4/s320/26.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724790916153495202" border="0" /></a><br />So I am going to move on with the idea that you have either found another place to learn to do the border or you are not going to do one. I highly recommend doing one.<br /><br />So now I have the backing laid out with batting on top and then my quilt top. I will show how to do that in a future tutorial. This quilt was way big and would be easier to show you on a smaller scale. It is nice to have the backing and batting a little bigger than the top so you have some moving room.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDEHyibBw0CpZPoxU5KPeZfx3kCzGf0Fq91N4lHATj-bt932T2_FCWLFbrg65TE93PDOqIphTW9F68uwn_9Y69fAsAhe00GScDEOMTNA8_jSPOQCEydAJ079IlEorBx7fdW0mdSfX2bs/s1600/27.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDEHyibBw0CpZPoxU5KPeZfx3kCzGf0Fq91N4lHATj-bt932T2_FCWLFbrg65TE93PDOqIphTW9F68uwn_9Y69fAsAhe00GScDEOMTNA8_jSPOQCEydAJ079IlEorBx7fdW0mdSfX2bs/s320/27.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724790445525976018" border="0" /></a><br />This is such a big quilt it wold no longer fit in the living room and it barely fit in the dining room. We moved the table out of the way and hoped it would fit here. If it didn't I would have had to take it to church and used the gym.<br /><br />My Mom helped me and pointed out if you look at it in different directions it looks like a different pattern. So in this picture we see the squares with pinwheels.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Wae3T4kB9At5ag4N4dicYKcaHk98qwNT1Rwngkdl1ebFFFL6XfNrd-QBDT-zIdLkZA2FTXDqqgRxHREnQXVmyPBzGCfEL4xHMjUHvmzQlrLCSVm577vi1guGaP2Pqe8ysu2fMaCgey8/s1600/28.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Wae3T4kB9At5ag4N4dicYKcaHk98qwNT1Rwngkdl1ebFFFL6XfNrd-QBDT-zIdLkZA2FTXDqqgRxHREnQXVmyPBzGCfEL4xHMjUHvmzQlrLCSVm577vi1guGaP2Pqe8ysu2fMaCgey8/s320/28.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724789782490144530" border="0" /></a><br />In this picture from the corner it looks like a bunch if hour glasses facing in different directions.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilx1eImmAHvj1dutEZvw3GdnvWal6WfQQCLw4GaE0o1eOKcM0dkQLV9Q9PjEpfL4DbGG3E99sc_R2L1hGJgfauF7T2fXW-K3iaXTSGRz9F2xvW_BeVnNaY98QpreK2Kqajzy1U73twT2Y/s1600/29.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilx1eImmAHvj1dutEZvw3GdnvWal6WfQQCLw4GaE0o1eOKcM0dkQLV9Q9PjEpfL4DbGG3E99sc_R2L1hGJgfauF7T2fXW-K3iaXTSGRz9F2xvW_BeVnNaY98QpreK2Kqajzy1U73twT2Y/s320/29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724789337257931154" border="0" /></a><br />So because this quilt is so big, there was now way I was going to pay to get it machine top quilted. So I am tying it instead. So we pin through all the layers of the quilt with safety pins. This holds every thing in place to it can be ties without things shifting.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJ8p2PUSI31md_-qgJ-E65Vrn0zzqTrOxk8UtT-q358xjOigPg5A7Xke8z1ROEnbczeneqpYUkpbvHXN1XR_qXQv8Vjj5KXEgcybCfyIGKIgriPsD09Ua8i7HX4O1BYhvVHB0B1BBvos/s1600/30.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJ8p2PUSI31md_-qgJ-E65Vrn0zzqTrOxk8UtT-q358xjOigPg5A7Xke8z1ROEnbczeneqpYUkpbvHXN1XR_qXQv8Vjj5KXEgcybCfyIGKIgriPsD09Ua8i7HX4O1BYhvVHB0B1BBvos/s320/30.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724788770255585010" border="0" /></a><br />Yup, its that big! So you start from the middle and work your way out.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAadPZ9fU-2-zO6mZhXfx1swReF4S6d7ry57A28aP-3hdqe6PKutLpwfP60wA4cS5LCZ1jomcdSTE-dE3CVDRoABXFB3g2pVIkx8HrKl216QvxZy516xR7rVc5VHG2l9ApcZ5XKc_i5w/s1600/31.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAadPZ9fU-2-zO6mZhXfx1swReF4S6d7ry57A28aP-3hdqe6PKutLpwfP60wA4cS5LCZ1jomcdSTE-dE3CVDRoABXFB3g2pVIkx8HrKl216QvxZy516xR7rVc5VHG2l9ApcZ5XKc_i5w/s320/31.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724788321312996306" border="0" /></a><br />I pinned at the corners of the squares.My yarn tie went in all the centers of the pinwheels.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtx3z18Z6A6OPN86Xt-L2Uk0AjvnRXOnd67E6TapT4iFO1WKckPfaFPEFirakV_YJ2NYQl9D8WUjL2ozh16tNm9cHK8SEPhI7rsnGQDyhHvNhmCxohImHGIZFCidnKHVp7Yc39aPB8yWQ/s1600/32.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtx3z18Z6A6OPN86Xt-L2Uk0AjvnRXOnd67E6TapT4iFO1WKckPfaFPEFirakV_YJ2NYQl9D8WUjL2ozh16tNm9cHK8SEPhI7rsnGQDyhHvNhmCxohImHGIZFCidnKHVp7Yc39aPB8yWQ/s320/32.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724787498979305858" border="0" /></a><br />After pinning you can then cut off the extra on the batting and backing.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLVuYJ9_GHSDJcTN-dsifE_DaKS-MGq4mAfeWFhtNQPGfOGfpPrxqSVw_VdAKByjcUPpQICEZHh9rftyFcwJWLjxQUJnKvPEVhnEOwac0tj2cRcZbnslYlCL_SxArob2HBEYQ3QxhEqY/s1600/33.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLVuYJ9_GHSDJcTN-dsifE_DaKS-MGq4mAfeWFhtNQPGfOGfpPrxqSVw_VdAKByjcUPpQICEZHh9rftyFcwJWLjxQUJnKvPEVhnEOwac0tj2cRcZbnslYlCL_SxArob2HBEYQ3QxhEqY/s320/33.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724787004317818322" border="0" /></a><br />3 year old's like to help too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKMpjaqwEZw9to8t_cc8fnJaK4p8_Ez5a2IKBXQoTfIPLuaX3ciD2hAvhFZ-Skr7Ul8qvGtKcQS27Shz8OO2sB9O2dL5ERtKDTicu7hDTfRFwllIpnBuVAzZpj4ASYmAlIoIKTlv-Uqs/s1600/34.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKMpjaqwEZw9to8t_cc8fnJaK4p8_Ez5a2IKBXQoTfIPLuaX3ciD2hAvhFZ-Skr7Ul8qvGtKcQS27Shz8OO2sB9O2dL5ERtKDTicu7hDTfRFwllIpnBuVAzZpj4ASYmAlIoIKTlv-Uqs/s320/34.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724786608315764466" border="0" /></a><br />Note to self: Try hard not to get hurt in the process of making a quilt. It really slows things down. I had hurt my foot the Sunday before this picture. It was just getting better then on this day, the Thursday after, I slipped on the first step to go upstairs to put m 5 year old back in bed. Hurt my ankle all over again. Thankfully we were done pinning the quilt and I was going to work on tying it that night. So I sat in bed with ice on my foot while I tied the quilt. It wasn't too bad.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGmIWgCdwXBQrdDkiWShzF9FHj1SMzBH_XiGwDZXUieUN9l058M1VA0NqXKf13F8hyphenhyphenOeS2NuVif5RSmr3WocaXzCGJRYR2I3Lx_WFTSrAos8UFXL4I3ugOvPTDeu3WydGwwBm2rsdpFM/s1600/35.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGmIWgCdwXBQrdDkiWShzF9FHj1SMzBH_XiGwDZXUieUN9l058M1VA0NqXKf13F8hyphenhyphenOeS2NuVif5RSmr3WocaXzCGJRYR2I3Lx_WFTSrAos8UFXL4I3ugOvPTDeu3WydGwwBm2rsdpFM/s320/35.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724786156815017314" border="0" /></a><br />About twice the size it should have been... ouch.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1Chj7G5uSTx8rkljC5dn0z9vdDF53-5w5_ovZZUv_wRFWUCaOkUfMUnjFFcnZzTwxPMOqDWBviLdTZwEsnkcRhzeZJoV4GFca0GzYmCmr-pk2n60nfgE6FYunbmylqKrw6AWIHx6Frk/s1600/36.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1Chj7G5uSTx8rkljC5dn0z9vdDF53-5w5_ovZZUv_wRFWUCaOkUfMUnjFFcnZzTwxPMOqDWBviLdTZwEsnkcRhzeZJoV4GFca0GzYmCmr-pk2n60nfgE6FYunbmylqKrw6AWIHx6Frk/s320/36.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724785724949617714" border="0" /></a><br />So after tying the quilt I was ready to put on the binding. I do believe here I cut 3 inch stripes which after all is said and done I think they were too wide. I would go more for a 2 inch strip. You will also cut off the white selvage part at the end of the fabric.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3gIGo-_2NixpyKgJ1vgMX2Wynj5ign9Oi6_p1blBD2-NzjC3kyR-KQi6Bef0jd4IrVHPvuUS-DQiDmqHe52Bz40fqdT3WiRBHq7g_Ll5NBxH5M6TjH30M8TF8qEQ-26wFHxuERXynRg/s1600/37.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3gIGo-_2NixpyKgJ1vgMX2Wynj5ign9Oi6_p1blBD2-NzjC3kyR-KQi6Bef0jd4IrVHPvuUS-DQiDmqHe52Bz40fqdT3WiRBHq7g_Ll5NBxH5M6TjH30M8TF8qEQ-26wFHxuERXynRg/s320/37.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724785057626037010" border="0" /></a><br />So to make the binding sew like the picture shown below. Looks confusing. I am not sure how to explain it in words. It is the ends of 2 different strips with right sides together. Sew diagonally starting with the corner closest to the top of the picture. Then you connect the next strip to the other end of the previous strip. Make sense??<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUGqexXbZ-jSi7eUQvZAQCSyFk2SBhvv1N_PYnYe_di7O5GWPJICbkuWxBKYMpMN3H34gJM8NaDXWpz_jnwx7V_8sjBxUjV996oz4IHXSOpf6CJs89J-_tTCcxgD5axoWzUv9icpaaRc/s1600/38.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUGqexXbZ-jSi7eUQvZAQCSyFk2SBhvv1N_PYnYe_di7O5GWPJICbkuWxBKYMpMN3H34gJM8NaDXWpz_jnwx7V_8sjBxUjV996oz4IHXSOpf6CJs89J-_tTCcxgD5axoWzUv9icpaaRc/s320/38.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724784076008749170" border="0" /></a><br />You can chain stitch these too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXcXaQfQisBwOrfK6LJz9j6AZD7n_iD3FKSPwK1CZxHGVNCihBbwBnD_lmemtF_2zDOnQb-WkbZv8dYow-aORi45DnJO1g_Q8WJLv9bUr5Zv3ZyJPtmgrHANp4MGyImseRWe-7B8MARU/s1600/39.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXcXaQfQisBwOrfK6LJz9j6AZD7n_iD3FKSPwK1CZxHGVNCihBbwBnD_lmemtF_2zDOnQb-WkbZv8dYow-aORi45DnJO1g_Q8WJLv9bUr5Zv3ZyJPtmgrHANp4MGyImseRWe-7B8MARU/s320/39.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724783541461248866" border="0" /></a><br />Cut off that extra corner. (Check that your strip is straight before you cut) If you sewed the wrong corners the strip will be an L shape.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlFascYZ3CgyP6fJfuY-PB-EII5frDZizeL74zeIlnYhoAf7T44miY8GvgcHN7NpLWjWDDVHNT8Lr3lENr8imdSPydUOM_Xp3U8Ilm0nFhslB8voOGI4AT5juKQ28EA0AoYlNXhcoDMA/s1600/40.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlFascYZ3CgyP6fJfuY-PB-EII5frDZizeL74zeIlnYhoAf7T44miY8GvgcHN7NpLWjWDDVHNT8Lr3lENr8imdSPydUOM_Xp3U8Ilm0nFhslB8voOGI4AT5juKQ28EA0AoYlNXhcoDMA/s320/40.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724782987181925810" border="0" /></a><br />See? Straight. And again... iron.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJt6Xbs5SgpOggUWQh1JkSW7Vq7NJSDbjCva_QE2UJ8qiYfkZJjMSCFy4mfnHgCadZRFV7VOTipdTvR2qVWAqdO55uQfj2i11R5kEk5zlpjULQv6aRwVzWHkvnesnHBAqojsTFYB2wBA/s1600/41.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJt6Xbs5SgpOggUWQh1JkSW7Vq7NJSDbjCva_QE2UJ8qiYfkZJjMSCFy4mfnHgCadZRFV7VOTipdTvR2qVWAqdO55uQfj2i11R5kEk5zlpjULQv6aRwVzWHkvnesnHBAqojsTFYB2wBA/s320/41.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724782472241061170" border="0" /></a><br />While you are at the iron doing the seams you will then fold that nice long strip in half to make it thinner.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMmAVtt4w7rJKXpihwc1U3r1X7KQXJyiIQss1_3xSBQ-uxXCiJz6YnSpoRS54Y4TwIviINEjJOXzbAISjHLDvepqUZSJ3dIuxfgYWNv6hR6t1B7Xw0uSWf_ot163sadiCcUFPV0SieYU/s1600/42.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMmAVtt4w7rJKXpihwc1U3r1X7KQXJyiIQss1_3xSBQ-uxXCiJz6YnSpoRS54Y4TwIviINEjJOXzbAISjHLDvepqUZSJ3dIuxfgYWNv6hR6t1B7Xw0uSWf_ot163sadiCcUFPV0SieYU/s320/42.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724782070362994290" border="0" /></a><br />Now you can pin that sucker to your quilt with raw edges together. Almost there!! Start somewhere in the middle of one of the sides of the quilt leaving about a 10 inch tail on the strip. When you get close to the end stop with another 10 inch tail from the end of the other tail at the beginning. Take the quilt out of the machine. Match up the ends to where it will fit the quilt. Sew the ends together with a straight line. Cut off the excess quilt and finish sewing it down. <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2008/10/binding-tutorial.html">This</a> is the tutorial I followed to learn how to do binding and mitered corners. She also has a nice and easy math equation to follow when trying to find out how much material and how many strips of fabric you will need to bind your quilt. Trust me the math works!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcV3THnSb-RLdPkvAAhl11LGFxZC7GC8PBsvs0uYmdl5ep_2uCzglNRjez4TRyV7PFRgs1Iy8R459YD172EiY2ln2RNVu1n8qQoj7qOauD88AwkUsXRH7Ccc8xGDFtx14HpX8htLc55MA/s1600/43.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcV3THnSb-RLdPkvAAhl11LGFxZC7GC8PBsvs0uYmdl5ep_2uCzglNRjez4TRyV7PFRgs1Iy8R459YD172EiY2ln2RNVu1n8qQoj7qOauD88AwkUsXRH7Ccc8xGDFtx14HpX8htLc55MA/s320/43.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724781484984533698" border="0" /></a><br />Flip the binding over and stitch it down by hand (again same post <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2008/10/binding-tutorial.html">here</a> further down shows how to stitch a binding down) with a blanket stitch.<br /><br />Now you are done and have a beautiful quilt waiting to be snuggled with!<br /><br />Not all my posts will be this long. After this I will refer to this post a lot since it covers a lot of the basics. When there are other tutorials it will be more on just putting together the block and not the whole quilt. Thanks for sticking it out. I hope to get a lot of quilts on here to show you. Not all will be tutorials. In a few months I will be starting a quilting Bee of sorts and hope to show you all the fun things we create. And who knows, I just my try a quilt along or two. We will see!Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16872057067232492937noreply@blogger.com5