01-13-2014

Wake Up to Kona Solids!

Welcome to my little stop in the Wake Up to Kona Solids blog hop hosted by SewWeQuilt!

This hop is featuring quilts made ONLY with Kona solids and I thought this sounded like too much fun to pass up! If this is your first time visiting you can see My Quilts here and learn more about me in this post.

The inspiration and sponsors for the hop are Amanda Murphy‘s new book, Color Essentials, from CT publishing and these fabulous bundles of Kona solids by Robert Kaufman….Sunrise and Sunset(new to the market). Aurifil also has some yummy thread to match!

So here is my quilt, Goose on the Loose!

Goose on the Loose! 28 1/2″ x 32 1/2″

I used some left over Kona solid fat quarters from a Robert Kaufman Poseidon bundle. I used to the blues in the bundle to make my Prism quilt.

For this one I used the shades of green and some white, Kona Snow. I threw in a little Kona melon for some pizazz:)

I did a vertical design for the quilting, to keep with the directional flow of the quilt.

I used this tutorial to do the binding by machine.

I pieced my leftovers on the bias to create my binding.

Pink and green is one of my favorite color combos!

Here is a list of all the great quilts you can check out between now and the 21st!

January 13-TODAY!

Creatin’ In The Sticks

The Sassy Quilter-you are here:)

January 14

Sew Me Something Good

Sew Peace to Peace

Quilting Prolifically

Linda D. (shown on Just Let Me Quilt)

In The Boon Docks

The Cosmic Quilter

January 15

Thimblemouse & Spouse

Daisy Days

My Addiction to Quilting

Mountain Mist Designs

January 16

CeLynn’s Sunflower Patch

January 17

Debby Kratovil Quilts

January 20

More Stars in Comanche

The Quilting Queen Online

January 21

Childlike Fascination

Renee Luvs Quilting

Cherry Blossoms

Sew We Quilt

A little giveaway today for all my Sassy visitors,

Just leave a comment and you’re in!! (you can follow me through one of the links below it you like:)

Contest open internationally, ends midnight ~~Sun. Jan. 19th~~(edited) Tues. Jan, 21st

You can find and follow TheSassyQuilter here on Facebook, Pinterest, Bloglovin’, or by email(form on right sidebar)!

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08-11-2013

Star Surround- Flying Geese

This weeks homework for the Star Surround Quilt Along, with Melissa@Happy Quilting, was Flying Geese and lots of them. She has a great tutorial for making the flying geese units. There are several ways to make a flying geese unit, three that I know of. I had heard of this method, but had never tried it. I have to say it may be a favorite. Making them seemed to wiz by.

I even got to try out a special tool I bought for squaring up these things. I got it at a quilt show I went to in February. It is called a Bloc-Loc Flying Geese Ruler. There are channels that the quarter-inch seams fit snugly into, this “locks” the unit into the ruler(no slipping at all!) and you can just zip your rotary cutter around it. It eliminates the time spent on each unit lining up the tip of the goose to make sure you have a quarter-inch seam area, making sure all other sides are correct and then doing it again for the opposite sides. I give this product an A+++.

Last weeks homework was half square triangles and I also have a Bloc-Loc Ruler for half square triangles. This ruler works well for multiple sized units, so you still have to line up some numbers, but not the center on the diagonal seam. The flying geese ruler is only for units 2 x 4, which is the most used sized unit. They sell all kinds of these, so check them out: www.blocloc.com.

Don’t forget Melissa has a Flickr group for sharing your progress and maybe even winning some prizes if you link up! I also have an open Flickr group for all my own bloggy friends following along just so I don’t lose track of you:)

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06-25-2013

Block 6

Block 6-Virtual Quilting Bee

I am mixing it up on you guys today;) This is a finished block and a WIP. I have a special post for the end of the week so I just wanted to get this block out here so we didn’t get behind… being behind! This block is by AmandaWoodruff@ACraftyFox as a part of the Virtual Quilting Bee hosted by AmySmart@Diary of a Quilter. Click here for the step by step tutorial for Block 6 and here for Amy’s different method of construction. They are a little ahead of us so we are doing a block a week until we catch up. Click on the link below to get all the details if you want to join on or just see what’s up!

Virtual Quilting Bee

Let me just start by saying…..Check Amy’s edit for this block!!! The center square should be 3.25″ and not 3.5″. Very important and nice to know before you rip the block out 4 times :| I seriously thought I was losing my mind. I was checking and double checking, but I just couldn’t get this to add up! Frankly, I still am not sure about the numbers and it didn’t come out perfectly, but it was good enough at that point. I had to fudge a few points and get in where I fit in:)

This block uses a smaller unit referred to as Flying Geese. This is a very traditional quilt pattern. You can make an entire quilt of these or combine them with other blocks or units to make some pretty cool things. I think they look just fabulous as a border myself! That is on my quilting to do list. There are several ways to make a flying geese unit. This is the way the tutorial shows you. MSQC has a great video showing you how to make four at a time using one of Eleanor Burns specialty rulers.

Also, the technique used to construct this block is one that some beginners may never have heard of…partial or inset seams. Don’t panic! It only means that you partially sew part of your seam so that you can fit it into the rest of the block. You then finish sewing it from a different angle to close up the stitches. Amy’s method is a whole lot simpler so check it out here, but look at both because maybe you will like the other method and it is good to know all ways to get things finished.

First, you will mark a diagonal line on your smaller squares(on the wrong side of the fabric). Sew this on to the larger rectangle. It works best if you sew just along the outside of your marked line! (toward the outer corner). You lose a little fabric when you press this open, so this helps make things a little toward the extra rather than short. We can always square up our block, but if you find a way to square it larger…let me know:)

Trim your 1/4″ seam.

Then, press open. Notice that I am doing some chain piecing her to speed things up.

Now, do the exact same thing on the other side and square up your final unit to 3.25″ x 6″.

Lastly, I will tell you again to read over the tutorial closely! And I would follow Amy’s tutorial on sewing partial seams, especially if you are a little nervous about it.

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