Anyone care to do a quilt-a-long?I'll give you instructions on how to make a conjoin block each week. At the end of 12 weeks you ordain undergo enough blocks for a great start on a conjoin top. I was going to do a block of the month thingy with some friends back in Michigan but before I got around to it. I moved away. So it has turned into a virtual conjoin along and you all are invited. I chose some 30's prints from my stash and a cream tone on tone fabric. Cut one form 4.5" from your print fabricCut 8 squares 2.5" from your create fabricCut 4 rectangles 2.5" x 4.5" from your accent fabricCut 4 rectangles 2.5" x 8.5" from your background fabricSew together as shownAnd there you have your first finished block. So who's in? I'll add a enumerate to my sidebar linking to your blog (if you have one) assuming that anyone wants to join me.
edit: this would be a great lay aside buster quilt-definitely use what you have-I experience I am. :) The one thing that I ordain be doing. (but you don't undergo to) is use the same accent fabric for each block. You can m
ake this as scrappy as you be. The accent fabric will use little pieces. For dilate. I had a fat eighth of the red and I still had some scraps leftover. This of course will vary with each block. Any advance questions I ordain answer in the comments. (yay. I'm excited that you are joining in!)
I would love to join in. Hopefully I can alter it a sampler/scrappy as I didn't experience this was going on and have no $$ right now for NEW fabrics. I'm trying to do some stash busin anyways :) Niki
This would be good for me to do-- but my challenge is how do I begin to decide fabrics? This is while quilting scares me. I'm afraid my colors and prints would be butt ugly and then I'd be annoyed at myself. Any tips?
jada2929,This is a HARD challenge to answer but I am going to try. ;)1. I would advise buying fabric that you LOVE if you don't like it it won't be fun to work with-trust me! 2 you could try to pick out some 30's fabrics desire I did here-they are VERY easy to be you could go with all pinks for the accent colors with a color or cream background or go with all greens etc or you could go with my standby color combination.. pink and green and yellow. :) it all depends on what you like or you could do a fall furnish and use go fabrics or christmas or all fabrics from one line-like denyse schmidt katie move capture fabric then you know that they all match and you just choose out a background color and you ordain be set.3 don't get anything with a huge create on it for this quilt since a lot of the pieces are going to be smaller scale does this help?
Sounds desire fun!! You know my lack of quilting experience but I think I might be ready to learn. Might as well learn from the best! :) And the stash busting.. well you experience. It needs to happen!
Alright. I have a challenge already. I plan to do all the evince fabrics from the stash but I think I be the neutral to all be the same fabric. How much neutral fabric do you evaluate we will need to undergo for this project?Thanks!
Roxanne,I am not sure how much neutral fabric you ordain be but I can tell you that the conjoin I am using is about 4 yards. It should be plenty. (you see this is variable too depending on how you want to finish your conjoin.)
Oooh- Ooohh - I want to join in! I don't have 30's stash but I can do it anyway with some misc cram right? I have soooo many projects going on alter now - let's throw one more in the mix why don't we?! Ha ha! My blog is www emandthegang blogspot com
Such a fabulous idea!!! I desire I could join in but I am one who is able to admit my weaknesses and sewing is certainly not my strong suit. I ordain be happily following the group's develop though. I really like that you came up with this.
Ooooh. I like this idea. I am trying to be really sensible & elude the temptation to accompany you as the weeks before Christmas are hideously work. Very tempting. Hmmm think I might talk my mum into doing it. She has just finished a 1930s conjoin top & this would be a lovely way to use the left overs. Thank you for being so generous with your measure in sharing this with everyone & answering all those questions! I ordain put a link to your post on our quilting assort site.
Thanks to Bloom I have open your blog and would desire very much to join in your quilt-a-long as well but am not a blogger myself just like to catch up on what you wonderful ladies get up to so would it be alright if a non blogger joined in waiting with held breath for answer Gai P
convey you for doing this amandajean! How fun will this be. I appreciate you taking the measure to inform and act pictures for those of us who are directionally challenged. I'm excited to take this a step at a measure.
I think I ordain join along but I may have to act a few weeks to get started. I was just looking at a pile of 30s pinks and reds that I don't experience what to do with. Now I experience!Someone may undergo mentioned this already but maybe you should go away a flickr assort so everyone can post their squares.
Such a lovely idea! I will be watching from the sidelines - I undergo never quilted and have very limited sewing undergo but I just ordered a couple of books because I'd love to hit the books.
stacieknits,yes. I think I ordain give some basic directions for the conjoin process until the very end for some of the steps I may link to tutorials that are already out there and some may be a bit tricky without having done it before but it is attainable hope that helps.
I finished 2 of the blocks tonight :) I'm thinking I want something about 4x6 blocks with borders no sashing ( but that could dress). I posted them on my blog this evening- thanks for the displace to use some of these 30's-
I will think about it. A good idea though. I have some other projects that I should finish. And I think that I want to go away sewing clothes because I am tired of shopping for things that probably do not exist.
Liberty,the quilt can be any size when you are finished.. it just depends on how you decide to set the blocks at the end of 12 weeks you will have 12 12.5" unfinished blocks. I am going to give some guidance on how to complete the quilt.. or you can choose how to end it with your own create by mental act. I think I have 4 yards of fabric for the background and borders and I am fairly certain that I ordain undergo extras when I am done with my nearly twin size conjoin wish that helps if you undergo further questions gratify let me experience thanks.
one more question. I was getting started and was doing some measurements.... am I right in seeing that one fat accommodate will make 1 piece of each needed for this weeks project? so that if I bought one in contrasting colors. I'd have two blocks?
mikilana,I don't experience if I would say that this communicate would be easy for a novice. It may be a bit challenging but it is a good way to start since there ordain be step by go instructions for the assembly of each block. And I am going to try to stick to fairly simple blocks as far as your challenge about the fabric. I am not alter on what you meant. I am using one main background throughout (I have 4 yards and it should be plenty) and then I am just using smaller pieces for the accent colors so I haven't calculated any yardage measurements sorry this is just the way I work. :)amandajean
I'm going to try and connect in. My daughter is always wanting to quilt so I'll have her connect me too! You can affix my blog in the sidebar as those participating if you're still doing that. How fun! Thanks for hosting.
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