Journey of a Quilter: Block 9 YAY!!

Congrats to Karen for winning a 6″ Twist for getting block 8 done in time!! Karen, please email me which color way you would prefer from the pics in Block 8 block entry 🙂

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As per all of our other blocks, cut according to colour

Sort according to mini block they belong to

mb1 this block is so cut and we haven’t done this one before, it went together really well

Make sure when sewing your pink and beige triangles together you sew them on the square edge

press seams open, handle these carefully as the bias is exposed so it will have some stretch

layout and piece in order remember the direction, a good tip: have the green pinwheel blades meet in an opposing direction in the middle

here’s how nice it looks when pressed open, the bulk is minimized

next block

same thing match up your seams in the corners with pins and once sewn, press well with seams open

next block, I sewed this one in many sections, 2 pieces in column 1 then 2 pieces in column 3 and 4, all together with chain piecing then added the rest in these columns, then connected them to the other columns.

For this block, I did it similar to the one above: I sewed the top row together, then the middle row and then the bottom row. Basically, whatever I could chain piece at one time I did that, then cut the thread pressed and add the next pieces to these ones that are sewn…remember to press in segments, sew a bunch together, then cut thread and press all of these pieces at the same time. This saves time, thread and getting up and down too much from the machine 🙂

This block is pretty straight forward, sew the corner stones (beige) to the dark pink rectangles, sew the brown to the beige in the middle (row 2) then the last row in the same fashion as the first row. Press, then sew these 3 rows together.

Here’s your final block…sew together carefully, press and mark your stitching. This one I completed the fastest, I don’t know if I was excited because it’s out last block or because I LOVED this block I think the best 🙂

So I’m working on the finishing kits. Here’s the colours available for the backs. Silks of course are also availalble if you wanted to finish the back/binding in the silks.

My plan is to have the border in the dupioni silk, and the backing and binding in the same fabric weather it be dupioni silk or cotton. Please, please, please get back to me as soon as possible for finishing kits as I want to ensure everyone gets what they want.

Ladies, first come first served.

I’m budgeting the finishing kits will be approx $75, plus shipping (3 m for backing and binding, 2 dupioni silk quarters for borders, 1 m of fuse for dupioni silk quarters) This will be for 3″ extra all the way around for personal quilting, if you need this professionally quilted you may need to add more fabric as some long arm quilters like 8″ all the way around. I’ve done some figuring but haven’t tested this amount of fabric yet 🙂 I’m working on it! We can do your finishing kit in all silks also if you want just let me know:) 

For mine I think I’m going to use all of the remnants from the top and all of the cutting for mine because I LOVE scrappy backs. I would like to encourage you to do the same. With your scrap pieces from the top make up a square or two or use these for your label and make your label large and cheery with a great story on it. Mine will be a FAB story because I’ve truly been through a journey over these 10+ months…

7 Cottons

Dupioni Silk Quarters: Beige, Light Pink, Dark Pink, Dark Green, Light Green

Any questions please email me. or Post your question or comment here as other people will likely have similar questions.

Thanks Ladies, be back soon 🙂

Valerie