Half square triangle quilt: simply color

I shared in this post a while ago about these fabrics and how I absolutely love them! I love how they correspond with the colors and patterns that I want to decorate the girls room with. The line is called Simply Color. It was designed by V& Co and it is distributed by Moda!

I acquired some fat quarters and a charm pack in this line. I have decided to make a quilt for each girls bed. This first one I am going to show you is for my two year old, K, and I am going to make it a twin size.

I decided that for this quilt that I was going to make another Half Square Triangle Quilt. I love HST Quilts, if you haven't been able to tell. I love that you can make so many different designs with just technique. I will branch out and do different kinds of quilts in the future, I promise.

I decided that I wanted my blocks to be 4.5 inches wide. So I cut strips from the fat quarters at 5 inches across. I was able to get three 5 inch strips from each fat quarter. I also cut a 2.5 inch strip from what was left over to use later for binding.

I then cut each strip to make 5 inch squares. I also cut one yard of white background fabric into 5 inch squares. This can easily be made with pre-cut charm packs. They are already cut for you at 5 inches square and come in an assortment of patterns within a fabric line.

Stay tuned for the next steps in making a HST Quilt! TO BE CONTINUED...

Split Rail Fence Quilt: Part 3

 Finishing The Quilt Top

The other parts of this series can be found here: Part 1 and Part 2

After I finished sewing all of the blocks, I trimmed them to 13 inches square. When you are making your own make sure to measure your blocks to figure out what you should square them to. This is due to differences in sewing and pressing techniques. 

A jelly roll makes 12 blocks, so I decided to lay my quilt out in a 4 by 3 pattern. As I was laying out my quilt top and decided where each block should go I was keeping color composition and pattern in mind. After I was happy with the layout I took a picture so I could look back and reference it. 

I then sewed the blocks together into strips. I like to mark each row with a post-it note with its number. I had a total of 4 rows, each with 3 blocks in it.

After sewing the rows, I then sewed the rows together to make the quilt top. When I sew quilt rows together I like to put a pin at each intersection and then one pin in the center of the block. This makes sure that the rows are perfect and the intersections line up.

 

 Also I like to make my intersections "lock" so they line up perfectly. The way I do this is I press all of the seems on one row to the left and then on the other row I press all of the seems to the right. You can see this demonstrated in the picture above.  

And now for the finished quilt top!! What do you think??

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Charm Pack Quilt

I had bought a very cute charm pack almost two years again in Sisters, Oregon. Sorry I can't remember the line of fabric it was from. It was sitting in my fabric stash begging to be used. I decided to make a floor quilt. I sewed each block into strips of 8 blocks and then sewed the five strips together.

I used a high loft batting for some extra cushion and one of my many vintage sheets for the backing. 

I decided I was going to be adventurous and try free motion quilting on my machine. It didn't turn out so well. After about 30 minutes of getting frustrated with my tread breaking and getting my quilt sandwich stuck, I decided that I needed a different plan. I decided to use my walking foot and stitch in the ditch.

I still need to bind it. Any Ideas? I have no idea what to bind it in. Any suggestions would be wonderful.

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