I made these 2 boy quilts for charity. I'm on a mission to provide more quilts for the boys out there! These were donated to Shriner's Hospital.
This first one is a pattern from the book "Quilt-As-You-Go Made Modern" by Jera Brandvig. This is the second quilt I've made from the book. It is a good QAYG book -- has a variety of layouts and clear instructions. One drawback to this method was that it is difficult to chain piece QAYG blocks. I felt like I was wasting a lot of thread -- after each little stitch I'd have to pull out the block, snip the thread, and start again.
In this method, you sew the fabric right onto the batting. Then, you sew the blocks together. Then you add the backing -- because all the blocks are individually quilted, you just have to sew a simple grid through the quilt to attach the backing.
This first one is a pattern from the book "Quilt-As-You-Go Made Modern" by Jera Brandvig. This is the second quilt I've made from the book. It is a good QAYG book -- has a variety of layouts and clear instructions. One drawback to this method was that it is difficult to chain piece QAYG blocks. I felt like I was wasting a lot of thread -- after each little stitch I'd have to pull out the block, snip the thread, and start again.
This next quilt is out of the same fabric. (I bought all this fabric for 75% off!) This is from a pattern I made once before -- I really like the first quilt better. I guess it's because there is more contrast between the background fabrics and the squares.
The second quilt is on my Finish-a-Long list for Quarter 4, 2017.
I am linking up to the Finish-A-Long party at She Can Quilt.
To save your thread, try sewing onto small pieces of fabric. I use left over binding pieces cut about an inch or two wide. Then, you just snip between this and the piece you just sewed. Line up for your next seam and just run it through. Snip between your little scrap and your piece and sew off onto this little piece again. This saves lots of thread.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the suggestions!
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ReplyDeleteWonderful boy quilts. We are blessed to be a blessing. These will be well received.
ReplyDeleteGreat quilts! I especially like the top one.
ReplyDeleteThose are both AWESOME!! There will be happy recipients.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking quilts. Keep up the good work!
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