Circles Baby Quilt: Finished!

Dies used: Drunkard's Path Quarter Circle
                 Drunkard's Path & Fan Background


Hello again!

The little man that is set to receive this baby quilt has yet to make an appearance but it is now all ready when he is!

I've loved making this quilt. Sewing curves made a nice change, they weren't too tricky to handle and work so well on a small quilt like this one (approximately 32" x 32"). The circles are a really good size for quilting in that they are big enough to contain a specific pattern/design but not too big so that it's awkward to keep track of the design during quilting. I used 4 different quilting patterns and had 4 circles of each design.

The brushed cotton backing is super-soft and is lovely to touch especially with the ridges formed by the quilting.

All that's left now is to wrap it up and wait!

Happy sewing :)

Circles Baby Quilt

Dies used: Drunkard's Path Quarter Circle
                 Drunkard's Path & Fan Background


Last time I posted about the baby quilt I had just begun for my friend's baby that is due in a couple of weeks time. Having made the first four circles as a test run it was time to work out how the rest of the quilt was going to come together. After going through my entire stash of blue fabrics I opted to use some blenders to bring out some of the more detailed prints and not to repeat any as I'd originally intended and instead use 16 different fabrics.

I have to say that I'm not sure I'd have managed a quilt even as small as this if I had to cut all of those curves by hand! Here are all 16 circle blocks ready to be sewn together.

I always photograph my final intended layout and use the photo as a guide to work from as once sewing them all together gets under way I always lose track of what goes where! They were sewn together into four 2 x 2 blocks and then joined in pairs and then together to give the final quilt top.

The quilt is now basted and the backing is some super soft organic brushed cotton with a clouds design, perfect for snuggling a newborn under.

Quilting has begun and the plan is to have 4 different quilting designs for the circles, so there will be 4 of each style. One down, 15 to go.

As it's only small it's easy to manoeuvre on the sewing machine and fun to quilt. Next time I post there may be a little baby tucked up in it!

Happy sewing!

Works In Progress: Baby Quilt & Table Runner

Dies used: Hexagons, 1 1/4in Sides
                 Hexagons, 1in Sides #2 (for the papers)

                 Drunkard's Path Quarter Circle
                 Drunkard's Path & Fan Background

We're back home again now after our family holiday to the Isle of Wight. The days were packed with visits to castles, beaches, Roman villas, boat trips, dinosaur attractions and more but the evenings were much more relaxed with plenty of time for some English paper piecing. The box I took to hold my basted hexagons filled up nicely over the course of the week.

Still going to need quite a few more though to make a 6ft+ festive table runner!

Returning home again meant getting back to the deadlines and trying to get back on top of the to-do list. One of my close friends is due to give birth in the next few weeks and I want to make a little quilt for the new baby's arrival. Whilst there isn't quite the same pressure as a work deadline, time is running out quickly and so it was time to get on with it!

I've been wanting to use my Drunkard's Path dies for a while to have a go at a circles design and this seemed like the perfect project. I decided to make 4 circles using some printed children's fabric and see how it went. Having spent years sewing toys full of tricky curves as a result I don't really mind sewing curves and found that the quarter circles and background pieces went together really nicely. With the finished circle being quite large at 7in diameter, the curve isn't too tight and didn't feel awkward to manage instead it felt quite comfortable to sew.

I think 4 circles by 4 circles will work out at a good baby quilt size and so the top is almost a quarter complete already. Oh and if you haven't guessed, it's a boy!

To make the children's prints stand out more it might be good to add a few circles made with basic blender prints, or add another background fabric, hmm. Some more playing about with fabric is needed I think!

See you next time and happy sewing!

Inspiring me Quilt : Blocks 10-15

Hi everyone! I come back with more blocks for my Inspiring me Quilt. If you remember I talked to you in this post as my own challenge using just Sizzix Dies!!

My idea is getting 100 blocks!

I have designed six more , some of them with a little of embroidery with DMC floss.

Hope you  like them and enjoy , I´m sure maybe you can sew some project with a block you can find here. 

Ok, here I go with the blocks.

First of all a new one for me and one of the traditional blocks in quilting,

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul 4,1/4in Assembled

It´s fantastic how quick you  have have these pieces cut and just start to sew!!

You can see a video tutorial at the web.

I came back to hexagons again and I have designed a new block.

Hexagons, 1 1/4" sides ( for fabric )

Hexagons, 1" sides ( for pattern)

For the squares I have used

657626

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Square, 4 1/2" Finished (5" Unfinished)

Hexagon, 2in sides

I cut the fabric with the 2" die and my cardstocks with 

hexagon, 1 1/4"sides 

I have try this big hexagon now and I have to say I love this size too.So I ´m sure I will do more things with it!!

This is my first time trying this apple core block. I have to confess I was wishing to have this die at home , especially because this is one of the traditional block that is complicate  to be cut BUT easily with the Big Shot Plus , so you can have a lot of apple cores cut in just some minutes.

Thanks so much to Sizzix who let me to enjoy new and waited blocks!!

Apple Core, 5 3/4in H Finished

You can find a video tutorial at Sizzix web.

I have cut the block assembled  to my size block in a square 8.5"

Here it is my last one , the Drunkard´s path. 

If you love this block as me, you can check my projects  Valentine Square Cushion ,Vane quilt  or even my lovely Drunkard´s Path cushion with pom poms

657168

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Drunkard's Path Arch & Fan Background

657169

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Drunkard's Path Quarter Circle

This is some details of my embroidery.

And here they are all my 15 blocks 

Hope my project inspire you!!
Have a wonderful weekend and see you in two weeks.
Love
Mercedes
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¡Hola a todo el mundo! Hoy vuelvo de nuevo con algunos bloques más de mi quilt Inspiring me. Si recuerdas, te hablé  en éste artículo  sobre él y cómo está siendo mi propio reto para usar sólo los troqueles de Sizzix.

¡ Mi propósito es conseguir hacer 100 y espero conseguirlo!

He diseñado seis más , algunos de ellos con bordado usando hilo de DMC.

Espero que te guste y que lo disfrutes, estoy segura que a lo mejor te anima a idear algún proyecto con alguno de ellos.

Echa un vistazo a las fotos.

El primero ha sido una  novedad, Robbing Peter to Pay Paul es uno tradicional que quería probar y que he tenido la oportunidad gracias a Sizzix. Es comodísimo cortar de una vez todas las piezas del bloque.

Tengo que mejorar el montaje porque ha sido mi primer bloque pero no dudo que haré más cosas con él.

Pincha en los enlaces de las fotos para ver los troqueles.

Vuelvo a los hexágonos y pruebo por primera vez el troquel grande de 2 pulgadas de lado. Me gusta esta medida. Es cómoda y para hacer los patrones he usado el troquel que ya tenía de  1 ¼ de  pulgada en los lados.

Otro bloque  que he hecho por primera vez ha sido el de Corazón de Manzana , Apple Core,  otro bloque tradicional en un buen tamaño. Le tenía ganas  la verdad. Lo bueno es que puedes cortar un montón de una vez con la Big Shot Plus y no tienes que estar usando patrones o reglas con lo que te ahorras un montón de tiempo. Por cierto en el enlace junto a la foto podrás ver un video tutorial.

Por cierto , éste lo he cortado  en un cuadrado de 8.5” para adaptarlo a las medidas de  mis bloques.

Por último otro bloque que repito, Drunkard´s Path  y que me encanta por la cantidad  de combinaciones que puedes hacer con él.  Si te gusta tanto como a mí puedes ver otros proyectos que he cosido como   Valentine Square Cushion ,Vane quilt   o también  el cojín Drunkard´s Path cushion with pom poms.

En la última foto puedes ver todos los que  ya tengo hechos así como el detalle de los bordados. 

Espero que mi proyecto te inspire  y que tengas un maravilloso fin de semana.

¡Te veo en un par de semanas !

Valentine square cushion

Hi everyone! I have started to plan some projects for next month and I just finish my first one.
It´s a cute square cushion using the Drunkard´s Path dies. I have chosen red and white colors , one of my favorite combo and perfect for Valentine Festival....... and it´s filled with an adorable lavender from the garden of a dearest friend of mine.
I used other die for the cute hearts , one of the last from Stephanie Ackerman. This die has some nice banners too.

Here it´s the back of the cushion with  the red heart button.

The size is 8" x 8" and 3" tall.

As I love embroidery I did something too.

Supplies :

657169

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Drunkard's Path Quarter Circle

657168

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Drunkard's Path Arch & Fan Background

659958

Sizzix Bigz Die - Banners & Hearts

657900

Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)

White  and red printed fabrics for the drunkard´s Path blocks

Scraps of printed flower for the hearts

Two pieces of printed flower  fabric for the border ( 16.5"x 3.5")

Two heart buttons

fusible web

Red and white Cotton 8 embroidery thread

Stuff and lavender

Cut out the Drunkard´s Path quarter circle and fan ( eight pieces from  everyone ) and sew four and four making two blocks.

Then iron the fusible web to the fabric for the hearts.

Cut out four hearts with right face down.

 Sew the hearts by machine with a decorative  stitch and do some embroidery with cotton 8 thread in the four corners like a flower and some french knot and some stitches in red around the circle with one thread.

Sew both side of the rectangle fabrics and pin around the top of the cushion .Take a look to the pics.Then add the other block and sew too leaving a hole to the stuff. Take out  and iron.

Now  you only need to add some stuff and lavender. Sew  with  an invisible stitch by hand and sew the two buttons and it´s done!!

I hope you  like this cute square  cushion  with a lovely smell of lavender  to say hello to February.

See you next Saturday!

Happy weekend!!

Love

Mercedes

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¡Hola a todo el mundo ! He empezado esta semana a planear algunos proyectos para el próximo mes de febrero y acabo de terminar el primero. Es un cojincito cuadrado usando los troqueles drunkard´s path. He elegido un combo de colores que me encanta, el rojo y el blanco , y que es perfecto para la fiesta de San Valentín……. Está rellenado con algo de lavanda del jardín de una querida amiga.

También he utilizado unos corazones de uno de los últimos troqueles de Stephanie Ackerman. Este troquel también tiene unos bonitos banderines.

En las fotos puedes ver la parte delantera y trasera con los botones en corazón rojo.

Tiene una medida de  20 cm x 20 cm y  7.5 cm de alto.

Como me gusta el bordado , he aprovechado para  bordar algo también en las esquinas y alrededor.

Materiales:

Supplies :

657169

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Drunkard's Path Quarter Circle

657168

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Drunkard's Path Arch & Fan Background

659958

Sizzix Bigz Die - Banners & Hearts

657900

Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)

Tela blanca y estampada roja para los bloques Drunkard

Retales de tela estampada para los corazones.

Dos piezas de la misma tela estampada para los laterales ( 40.5cm x 9 cm)

Dos botones de corazón en rojo.

Entretela

Hilo  rojo y blanco de algodón en el número 8 (bordar con una hebra )

Relleno y lavanda.

Se cortan  ocho piezas de cada troquel en las telas blanca y estampada roja. Con ellos haremos  dos bloques. Echa un vistazo a las fotos.

Plancha la entretela por el revés de los retales para los corazones y córtalos usando la troqueladora, dejando el derecho hacia abajo.

Cose los corazones con una puntada de festón y haz algún bordado en las esquinas como una flor y nudos franceses con el hilo de algodón.

Luego cose ambos lados  de las dos tiras rectangulares y colócalas como bordes sujetando con alfileres sobre el cuadrado delantero con corazones.  Cose del revés.Echa otro vistazo a las fotos para hacerte una idea. Añade  el cuadrado trasero , cose y deja una abertura para rellenar luego con relleno y lavanda.

Espero que te guste este pequeño cojín cuadrado con un delicioso olor  y que te servirá par saludar al mes de febrero.

Te veo el próximo sábado.

¡Buen fin de semana !

Cariños

Mercedes