Sunday, February 17, 2013

Studio Sunday #10 - Candy Kisses Quilt

I haven’t posted for Studio Sunday in a while, so to start back up I have a quilt pattern for you that I recently designed.

I made a new Valentine’s quilt for this year out of a Sandy Gervais line from a few years ago. It coordinates with the Candy kisses tablescape here.

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I drew up a sketch on a piece of paper. Then did a small mock up.  To have a complete picture I designed the quilt in EQ7. I downloaded the fabric images from the United Notions web page.

Blocks measure 12” when finished. The quilt is 60” square. Yardage for quilt is at the bottom of post.

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Fussy cut 9 – 6 1/2” squares for the center of the blocks from the panel. 

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Cut  18 – 1 1/2” x 6 1/2” rectangles.
Sew to top & bottom of fussy cut squares. Press away from square.

Cut 18  - 1 1/2” x 8 1/2” rectangles
Sew to sides of  fussy cut squares. Press away from square.


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Make 72 Flying Geese units that are 2 1/2” x 4 1/2” before sewing into block (2” x 4” finished). I use the Nifty Notions Half Square and Quarter Square rulers. 

I don’t cut the thread between units until after I press. This gives stability to the seam.

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Flying geese units are sewn into sets of two

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and pressed open. The units should measure 2 1/2” x 8 1/2”.

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Sew units onto top

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and bottom of  blocks. 

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Press towards center of block.

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Sew cream  2 1/2” squares to ends of remaining flying geese units.

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Sew to sides of blocks. Press seams open to reduce bulk.

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I get really flat seams by placing a clapper on them after pressing. I have had my clapper since college. Although Bolts is a quilt store,we carry them for quilting more than clothing construction.

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A finished block. I actually sewed the flying geese units on the opposite direction from the mock up. I decided this was much stronger.

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Choosing block placement  for the quilt.

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Cut 38 – 2 1/2” x 12 1/2” rectangles for sashings  and 24 – 2 1/2” squares for cornerstones.
Sew sashing strips to blocks vertically.

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Pay close attention while piecing or you may end up with this: Oops!

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So you have to rip before having corrected row.

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Sew 4 sashing and cornerstones units.

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Inner borders – cut 5 – 1 1/2” x WOF
Outer borders were cut 7 1/2” by 72” from length of fabric.

Measure your quilt to find your border lengths. I sewed my two borders together and mitered the corners. You can choose not to go that route. My friend Tiffany at Needle in a Hayes Stack did the quilting as I like to quilt by hand. (I write the check).

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I  wonder what other panels Bolts in the Bathtub  has with 6” squares. I’m pretty sure we still have a panel with shells….

Have a great day creating.

Stitch at you Soon,
Dawna

Partying with : 
Boogieboard Cottage - Masterpiece Monday
A Humble Creation - A New Creation
Quilt Story - Fabric Tuesday
I Gotta Create - Wildly Original Link Party 
Sew Many Ways - Sew Darn Crafty Linky Party

Quilt Yardage :
1 Panel
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1 7/8 yard red
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3/8 yard cream
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1 yard pink
7521-293
7/8 yard dots on pink
17287-63
1yard plaid
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1/4 yard vine on cream
17406-12
2 yards Kisses
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4 comments:

  1. What a cute quilt. It turned out really nice. Maybe some day I will get a little extra time to get some quilting done. :)

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  2. Dawna, this is fabulous! Seriously I want to go make one right now, but I'd have to wade through the pile of unfinished quilts first to get started!

    Thanks so much for sharing at A New Creation!

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  3. This is an adorable quilt. Great ideas on the design.

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  4. I love your header with the Stitching on the name of your blog..so pretty, cause I love to embroider, my fav hubby. Your quilt is lovely, I also adore quilts and wish I knew how to make them! Thanks for sharing such gorgeous pattern ideas too! Thank you for your sweet and kind wishes for our Anniversary. Big hugs,
    FABBY

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