Daily Fun January 29 to February 11, 2020

We have made a square, a triangle and some basic quilt info. NOW it’s time for some FUN quilt block patterns. Don’t over think these, just step by step.

Quarter Square Triangle

Cut 2 squares, 1 each color – your squares needs to be cut 1 ¼” larger than the
finished size you need, example
you need a 4” finished square cut square 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”

On lightest color on the back, pencil mark from corner to corner.

Sew ¼” from the line, on each side of the line.

With scissors cut on each of the 2 lines, open up, move the match colors, pin and sew you will have 2 blocks

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Make This Quilter Happy !

Son’s Quilt Still Used !

Want to make me HAPPY ! Pull out a quilt I made in front of me! Nothing make’s me HAPPIER !
This is the seating at Grand #3’s soccer game from the fall.
It’s his Daddy’s VERY old quilt. I think it is about 18-20 years old… I machine pieced and had it long arm quilted. The pattern is drafted for you here too ! !

how to make a simple quilt pattern block

14′ x 14″ Finished Size
Cutting for 1 Block

Cut 4 Pink – 4 1/2″ x 4 1/2″
Cut 2 Purple – 6 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
Cut 1 Purple – 14 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
Cut 4 Gray – 4 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
Cut 4 Gray – 6 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

purple quilt pattern and all cutting instuctions

I did 5 blocks across and 6 blocks down, 30 total blocks.

Simple 2 inch border, quilt and binding.

free quilt pattern for a purple quilt block

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Crazy Man Quilt Pattern Block

A Quilt Ladies Ebook Quilt Pattern

Our 2nd Grand is Crazy Man and this is the quilt I made for him.

“Crazy Man” Quilt Block Patterns – Finishes quilt block is eight inches by eight inches. The “Crazy” part of this quilt is the background fabric, it’s bold, it’s yellow and it’s what makes the blocks a “Crazy Man” quilt.

12 blocks each block 8″ x 8″ complete instructions how to put the quilt together finished size is 48″ x 60″

Instruction on how to do quilt binding included too.

HERE

free triangle quilt block — Crazy Man Quilt Pattern Book

How to piece Triangle Tutorial is HERE

How to piece 4-Patch Tutorial is HERE

simple triangle quilt block pattern free

Cut 4 Red 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Cut 4 White 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Make triangles

Cut 8 Red 1 1/2” x 1 1/2”

Cut 8 White 1 1/2” x 1 1/2”

Cut 8 White 2 1/2” x 1 1/2”

Sew as Shown

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Basic Quilt Info Needed to all Quilter’s

The Quilt Ladies Basic Quilt How To

Here is a bit of info that will make starting to quilt a little easier.

Standard Cut Sizes of Fabric

Fat Quarter – 18” x 22”

Fat Eighth – 9” x 22”

Fat Sixteenth – 4 ½” x 22”

1 Yards is 36” x 44-45 ”(width may be different per
fabric company)

Standard Mattress Sizes

Crib – 23’ x 46’ or 28” x 52”

Twin Single – 39” x 75”

Double/Full – 54” x 75”

Queen – 60” x 80”

King – 76” x 80” or 78” x 80”

Standard Batting Sizes

Crib Size – 45’ x 60”

Twin – 72” x 90”

Double/Full – 81” x 96”

Queen – 90” x 108”

King 120” x 120”

There are MANY ways to piece quilt blocks,

I’m sharing the way I like to do it.

Squares

Cut 2 – 2 ½” x 2 ½” squares the same size (finished size of square plus 1/2 inch)

Good to good Fabric

¼ inch seam allowance, sew

Trim threads

Open and Press to the dark – My How to do this

Triangles

Cut 2- 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” Squares

(finished size
plus 7/8”)

Good to good fabric, with a pencil draw a line corner to
corner, this is

The line you measure your ¼” seam allowance from

Sew from edge to edge use a ¼” seam

Cut in half on the pencil line, trim threads

Open and press to the dark fabric,

There will be 2 blocks – My How to do this

Cutting Chart for Half-Square Triangles

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Autumn Night Quilt Pattern Block

Quilt Pattern from The Quilt Ladies

Today is my birthday, this quilt design is mine and one of my favorite. A day all about me???

Finished quilt block size is twelve inches by twelve inches, yes it has a lot of pieces, but it’s not hard to piece. I like to lay all

My Autumn Night I have used fall colors, use what you have or like. See my Esty Quilt Pattern Shop

This is a quilt
block which I would do all the piecing first.

Cut the parts

Make the triangles, lay them out and then piece the block together.

Tutorial how to make the quilt pattern Autumn Night

Go unit by unit

Cut 6 Yellow – 2½” x 1 ½”

Cut 6 Yellow – 1½” x 1 ½”

Cut 8 Yellow – 1 7/8”x 1 7/8”

Cut 8 White – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 2 Yellow – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Cut 2 Purple – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 2 Yellow – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Cut 2 Orange – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 6 Orange – 2½” x 1 ½”

Cut 6 Orange– 1 ½”x 1 ½”

Cut 8 Orange – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Cut 8 White – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 2 Orange – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Cut 2 Purple – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 4 Purple- 2 ½”x 1 ½”

Cut 4 Purple – 1½” x 1 ½”

Cut 4 Purple – 17/8” x 1 7/8”

Cut 4 White – 17/8” x 1 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 20 White – 1½” x 1 ½”

Cut 4 White – 2 ½”x 3 ½”

Sew as Show

Finished pieced block

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Unique Calendar Holidays January 15-28, 2020

Celebrate EVERY Day in Every Way !

The next couple of weeks has National Bagel Day, National Pie Day and National Popcorn Day. Celebrate with fun, a walk or a huge piece of Pie on January 23 ! ! ENJOY every day !

I use www.holidayinsights.com to find these days.

January 15
National Bagel Day
National Hat Day

January 16
Appreciate a Dragon Day
National Nothing Day

January 17
Ditch New Years Resolutions Day

January 18
Thesaurus Day
Winnie the Pooh Day -The Birthday of Winnie’s author A.A. Milne

January 19
National Popcorn Day
National Tin Can Day

January 20
Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday , celebrated on the third Monday
National Butter crunch Day
National Cheese Lover Day
Penguin Awareness Day

January 21
National Hugging Day
Squirrel Appreciation Day

January 22
National Blonde Brownie Day

January 23
National Pie Day
National Handwriting Day
Measure Your Feet Day- we only ask….”Why!?!”

January 24
Beer Can Appreciation Day
Compliment Day
Global Belly Laugh Day

January 25
25 Chinese New Years
National Seed Swap Day – Last Saturday in January
Opposite Day

January 26
Australia Day
Spouse’s Day

January 27
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day – last Monday of month
Chocolate Cake Day
Punch the Clock Day

January 28
Data Privacy Day
Fun at Work Day
National Kazoo Day

Beth Ann

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Making Quilt Triangles – My How To

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After learning to make a square, the next step is the triangle. Just like the square if you are not ready to purchase a rotary cutter and mat. You will need to make a freezer paper pattern. How I do my Square’s
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Take the FINISHED size of the square you want and add 7/8 of an inch.
example:
for a finished size 2 inch square you will cut your fabric 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″
for a finished size 3 inch square you will cut your fabric 3 7/8″ x 3 7/8″
for a finished size 4 inch square you will cut your fabric 4 7/8″ x 4 7/8″

And so on, either make you freezer paper pattern or up with a rotary cutter and ruler.

I’ve used a 3 inch FINISHED Square cut 3 7/8″ x 3 7/8″A light and a dark.

Quilters Triangles, How To Make with Seven, Eighth Inch Squares

On the Wrong side of the light fabric draw a line from corner to corner.

This is the cutting line NOT sewing line

On your sewing machine sew a straight seam, 1/4″ from the line.

Turn and do the same thing on the other side.

(when I have many to sew, I do chain piecing, one right after another, not stopping the machine until all finished and then turn and do the other side) If NEW do them one at a time.

Cut on the drawn Cutting line.

You have 2 triangles

Open them up and 2 triangles

Press your seam to the dark fabric and trim the end tail off.

This is your finished triangle

GIVE IT A TRY…. IT’S NOT HARD.

I recently posted a block on Facebook and there was a lot of take about points.

Here’s how I do it.

Pieced together a triangle to a block

Added this as a strip to another piece. Pin as much as you need, check as you pin to make sure

you have the 1/4 seam allowance.

On this seam I had to move the needle in just 2 threads to make the point perfect.

Press the fabric

The point.

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Start with a Basic Star Quilt Pattern

Traditional Star Quilt Block

I’m moving all The Quilt Ladies over to this site, I own the name, The Quilt Ladies, but not my blogger site, moving it here, I own it all) This is a traditional quilt block and one of my MOST asked for quilt patterns.

This star quilt block has a finished size of 12″x12″ This quilt block is one the my quilt patterns from my book, The Ladies. See all my Quilt Patterns at The Quilt Ladies Quilt Pattern Shop

Cut 4 Soft Gray
3 7/8” x 3 7/8”

Cut 4 White – 3 7/8” x 3 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 4 Soft Gray
3 ½” x 3½”

Cut 1 Blue – 6 ½” x 6 ½”

Sew as shown

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Start at the VERY Beginning to Learn to Quilt

The Quilt Ladies MOVING it over Monday

I’m in the process of moving things (how to’s, quilt patterns) over from my blogger site www.thequiltladies.com (the site will be up and used as long as blogger let’s it, I don’t own the site, just the name. Here I own both). I’m going to call it, Move It Over Monday. I like the idea of seeing, updating and checking all links. Hope you enjoy

Always remember that quilting has been done for hundreds of years and all the new gadgets are great.You can still do things very simply and fill your sewing closet with new innovations as your talent grows.

No need to purchase a rotary cutter and mat your first time out. Take your time and enjoy. I have linked, use or NOT, This post may contain affiliate links. I will receive a few cents if you click to their site and purchase

Things needed to start a quilt project:

A sewing machine that sews a straight line, borrow one or purchase one at a large chain store. No need to spend hundreds on a machine to straight stitch. OR Hand piecing can be done too. Everything is the same as a machine, but you hand stitch using the same ¼” seam allowance.

1)Graph Paper
2)Freezer Paper – Plastic coated paper, like the butcher’s wrap meat in. You can purchase it at your local store or if you ask they may give you some at your butcher counter

3)Glue stick
4)Iron
5)Gray thread
6)Ruler
7)Pencil
8)Basic sewing supplies, Scissors, thimble, sew riper, etc.
9)Needles – for hand piecing Sharps size 7-12, for quilting Between needles size 10-12
10)Sewing Pins
11) Fabric and Batting

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Fabric– The best rule of thumb is to purchase the best fabric you can afford. Always 100% cotton. Avoid loose woven fabrics. Wash cotton to check for color fast and iron if needed. If new to quilting it is always best to start with a light and dark color. Link if you like

Cutting – Rotary cutter, mat and ruler can be used if you have them. If you are new to quilting and are not sure you want to buy all these supplies try Freezer paper. It may be purchased at any grocery store. You will notice that one side is shiny, one not.

Draw the pattern pieces on to graph paper, the finished
size, the – – – line. The – – – – will be the sewing line

Add a ¼ inch seam allowance around the entire outside edge –the cutting line
(example – 2 inch finished size cut square 2 ½” x 2 ½”) Cut pattern out

With a glue stick. Paste the pieces to the NON-shiny side of the freezer paper.

Cut the pattern out.

You can now iron the pattern to your fabric, shiny side down.
This pattern can be used over and over. It will leave no film on your fabric.

My take on Irons: I use a regular old iron, nothing fancy or expensive, NEVER add water to it, as steam will stretch your fabric. I have two one for quilting and one for our lives.

Square – Cut 2 squares the same size (finished size of square plus 1/2 inch) example cut 2 ½ x 2 Good to good Fabric
¼ inch seam allowance, sew
Trim threads
Open and Press to the dark

How to Start Quilting with The Quilt Ladies

1)sew seam with a 1/4 inch seam allowance,

you may need to mark your machine with this measurement.

2) You can chain piece a few at a time

Cut thread and open

3)sew these together

Watch your color placement, sew good side to good side.

4) 4-patch quilt square

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