I've choosen a x and + quilt:
Picking Fabrics
Each block is made up of 7 total
fabrics. This quilt is very scrappy, so it does not matter if you choose lights
or darks for each area. Just make sure you have 7 total fabrics in a block. If
you have it would be fabulous if you could use a small amount of “I spy”
fabrics.
Because we don’t know if it will be a
boy or a girl who will surprise us in September I’ve choose a neutral color
palette: Just please try in your pick lemon and not mustardy yellows and stay
with the fabrics in a modern and not too dark range if possible – f.e. I don’t like batiks that
much.
Cutting Fabrics
Fabric 1 for the center cross - two
2" squares, one 5" x 2" strip
Fabric 2 for the edges of the cross - four 2" squares
Fabric 3 for the background triangles - eight 2" squares
Fabrics 4-7 for branches of the x - four different 3.5" squares cut on point
Fabric 2 for the edges of the cross - four 2" squares
Fabric 3 for the background triangles - eight 2" squares
Fabrics 4-7 for branches of the x - four different 3.5" squares cut on point
Creating the X branches
For each block, we create four x branches or corners.
For each block, we create four x branches or corners.
Using a fabric marking pen and
straight edge, draw a straight line for corner to corner on your 8 background
fabric pieces as shown.
By aligning one 2" background square onto of one
3.5" aligning the corners with right sides facing sew directly on the line you just
traced.
Trim away the outer edge, leaving
1/4" for seam allowance.
Press open and repeat for the
opposite corner.
As you can see, even without the
center cross, this quilt design has quite an impact.
Tip: Making each corner one by one can
tedious, so I like to do all of my marking in one step and then chain piece to
make the process faster.
Making the +
Making the + in the center of the x is simply a matter of laying out your fabrics and sewing the pieces together with a 1/4" seam. Please press the seams open.
Making the + in the center of the x is simply a matter of laying out your fabrics and sewing the pieces together with a 1/4" seam. Please press the seams open.
Assembling the block
And last but not least: simple sew
the pieces together. Please press all seams open again.
Tipp: for matching the points a bit
easier: When joining the middle row to the other parts it can be helpful to
mark the both middles with a pin and align them.
That's it, your first block is done!
Final block size: 7.5" finished,
8" including seam allowance
Credits
The tutorial I adapted is originally
from badskirt.
Happy making and thank you!
Ursula
Cool block! How critical is it to make fabrics 4 - 7 cut on point? That will create bias edges on the corners of your big block. Is that really what you want? Thanks and congratulations 🙂
ReplyDeleteHi Karen
DeleteJust make it as it go es well for you. It's no problem for me to deal with Bias edges.
Thank you for asking and the congrats. We are so happy with our little 'frog' :).