Red, White and True Quilt Along 1: Cutting

Are you ready to get started on the Red, White and True Quilt Along? We are going to be cutting all of the fabrics for the blocks at this time. We will cut the border fabrics later. Just remember that your Background and Color 1 Red fabrics will be used in the borders too, so keep them handy!

"WOF= Width of Fabric

Throw 46” x 58”

Background: Cut four 4 ½” WOF strips, cut these into thirty-two 4 ½” squares.

                            Cut twelve 1 ½”WOF strips.

Color 1 Red: Cut one 4 ½” WOF strip, cut this into eight 4 ½” squares.

                           Cut one 5 ¼” WOF strip, cut this into six 5 ¼” squares.

                           Cut three 2 ½” WOF strips.

Color 2 Blue: Cut one 4 ½” WOF strip, cut this into eight 4 ½” squares.

                           Cut one 5 ¼” WOF strip, cut this into six 5 ¼” squares.

                           Cut three 2 ½” WOF strips.

"We will cut the fabrics for the borders later. 

Twin 64” x 88”

Background: Cut eight 4 ½” WOF strips, cut these into sixty-four 4 ½” squares.

                            Cut twenty-four 1 ½” WOF strips.

Color 1 Red: Cut two 4 ½” WOF strip, cut this into sixteen 4 ½” squares.

                           Cut two 5 ¼” WOF strip, cut this into twelve 5 ¼” squares.

                           Cut six 2 ½” WOF strips.

Color 2 Blue: Cut two 4 ½” WOF strip, cut this into sixteen 4 ½” squares.

                           Cut two 5 ¼” WOF strip, cut this into twelve 5 ¼” squares.

                           Cut six 2 ½” WOF strips.

 "We will cut the fabrics for the borders later.

You should have some beautiful piles of fabrics that look something like this! If you have any questions, let me know. You can get the Free PDF on Craftsy for an easy to print version of these cutting directions. Look for Red, White and True Quilt Along 1: Cutting.

Red, White and True Twin Version jean kritenbrink

I haven't made the Twin version, but this is what it will look like. 

After much adjusting, fiddling, swearing and ripping I got my quilting machine to be nice and quilt properly, so I got this quilt quilted last night. No pics yet, as it was late but I will take some today. 

Please take a few minutes and add your photo to the Red, White and True Quilt Along Flickr Group as well. It will be fun to see everyone's photos. If you have any problems you can send them to me and I will add them for you! Let's get started!

A few more bits and pieces....

The Sunbonnet Sue Sampler group met the other night....Marta came with the first two rows sewn together and the third with two of the blocks ready and just waiting for the last block, Bits and Pieces. We were missing a couple members of the group, but Marta and Diane got their blocks finished. 

 Becky brought her Stack n Whack quilt from last year's class to Tuesday sewing last week. Love to see those finished tops.

 I loaded and started quilting the Red, White and True quilt the other day...nothing but problems. After taking out almost a whole row of quilting, I managed to re-quilt that row. But there was still a loopy issue at the very end. So I need to get back up there, take it out and figure out what is wrong.

On a happy note, The Red, White and True Quilt Along begins tomorrow with the cutting directions....are you ready?

I went to the KC Quilt Festival yesterday with friends. What a great show and lots of shopping opportunities. I managed to find a few fabrics I liked!

I am heading to my hometown soon to spend the day with dad and other family members...Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

Bits and Pieces of a lot of things

It's always fun to see the sampler quilts progress from month to month. The Highlights sampler is nearing the end and so the first group's blocks are really shaping up. Laura was worried that hers were too busy because of her repeating block, but I reminded her that they all had a border around them that spreads them out, so once we did the layout with some of them in place, it took on a different look. She liked it much better. 

Laura

Jane has been working on two quilts at the same time; one with a yellow background for her grandson and one with a green background. She decided she had enough blocks finished to put together the yellow one, so she brought it to class last week. You can see she made her Eccentric Stars out of different fabrics. I love it this way too. 

Jane

 Here are the green ones and last week's block. So pretty.

She also made these adorable camper pincushions for a friend and brought them to show us.

Jane

Diana

Diana is working with three fabrics and her background on this quilt. I love her placement of the fussy cut flowers. That is her border fabric, I think. It's great when people add their own ideas to your design. 

 The To The Point sampler group worked on this leaf block last week. We all think it looks more like a tree. That is mine from the quilt below.

 We talked about how different the blocks look when set on point and put some on the wall to see. I forgot to take a pic of them straight. Some blocks are more interesting on point.

Dianne has been working on her Beads, Buttons and Baubles quilt the past two Tuesdays. It's looking good and with all of those bug fabrics, I think she should name it Beetles, Bugs and More Bugs!

Dianne

I have been working on a lot of class stuff, but not sewing the past few days. I'm working on the Simply Posies Sampler 21 pattern, which is going very well. It's sort of the sampler that's not a traditional sampler, but I love it! I wish I could've gotten it quilted before I hung it at the store Wednesday, but it's actually easier to display the larger quilts in the classroom as a flimsy, so I guess it's ok. I may get it done yet this summer!

Simply Posies Sampler 21

I've also been working on the weekly sewing, posts and patterns that go along with the Red, White and True Quilt Along. (You can find all of the info on the quilt along on the link above.) I'm really getting excited about it and anxious to cut out my second quilt and sew along with everyone.Have you picked out your fabrics? There is a Flickr group you can post pictures to so we can all admire them! I will be posting the cutting directions on Mon. June 22, so have those fabrics pressed and ready to cut! Are you joining us?

I am going to load Red, White and True on the frame today and try to get it quilted. It's smaller and shouldn't take too long. Wish me luck! 

Honeycomb Waffle Too class

 I had a great time last Sat. teaching the techniques to make the Honeycomb Waffle, Too quilt. Lots of enthusiasm and a new quilter who really needed to make that quilt. We all know that feeling, right?

 I love watching these 3-D blocks come together. The book ABC 3-D Tumbling Blocks and More by Marci Baker makes it so easy to do these types of quilts.

 I sewed with the Tuesday Sewers yesterday...another thing I love about summer break! I put the back together for the Red, White and True quilt and made the binding. I hit a little snag in my quilting plans when I hurt my knee the other night, but hope to get it loaded soon and quilted. I had planned to load the new sampler and get it quilted too, but haven't been able to.

Anyway...I also worked on some more blocks for the working model that I've been using for the classes. I hope to get it finished this summer. I am using mostly blacks and grays for this version.

My second Honeycomb Waffle, Too quilt, in progress

I've added the link to the free Craftsy version of the Red, White and True Quilt Along Guidelines and Supply List. It is in PDF form, so you will need Adobe Reader to download it. I will add a PDF version of the pattern for each week's tutorial to Craftsy for easy downloading and saving. These will be in pattern form, not tutorials.  Then you can save to your computer and make it again. 

I would love to see your fabric choices on my Flickr group....head over there and add a picture! If you have any problems, let me know and I will add them for you. I think it will be fun to watch everyone's progress. 

Red, White and True Quilt Along

Red, White and True quilt  

I'm excited to tell you about a new event on my blog, the Red, White and True Quilt Along. I've wanted to do a quilt along for a long time, but time flies by so quickly during the school year that it just hasn't happened. Summer gives me a bit more free time plus time to play! So get ready to quilt a long with me! You can work on this quilt week by week and have something beautiful at the end. If you are not into patriotic prints, you can make the quilt out of any other fabrics that catch your eye!

First off, some Guidelines for the Red, White and True Quilt Along. The guidelines will be accessible through the location bar at the top of the page.

• Make the Red, White and True quilt using the weekly tutorials. The free patterns will also be available every week on Craftsy  so you can print it out easily. 
• Quilt can be made using any fabrics. It doesn't have to be red, white and blue to participate.
• The pattern will be available in two sizes. Add or subtract blocks, you can make it any size you want! 
• Join the Flickr group, Quiltinjeanie Designs Red White and True Quilt Along and post pictures as you go!
• Join the weekly Link Party to share your experience making this modern, graphic quilt.
• Have fun! Let's get started!

You can definitely use stash fabrics...using several red, blue and white prints instead of one per color. I've listed the fabric requirements below so you can be ready to start cutting on Monday, June 22, 2015. Start looking through your fabrics for just the right ones for this project! Once you've found them, feel free to post pictures in my Flickr group, the link is above. Or let me know and I can post them for you.

Fabric requirements

                                             Throw 46”x 58      Twin 64" x 88"

• Background:               1 ½  yd.                   2 ¾ yd. 
• Color 1 Red:                    1 yd.                   1 ⅝ yd.
• Color 2 Blue:                  ¾ yd.                   1 ¼ yd.
• Final Border:               1 ¼ yd.                   1 ¾ yd.

My inspiration for this quilt was originally the IA shop hop fabrics, but I already have plans to make another quilt using this pattern and non-patriotic fabrics. So I plan to sew with you to make that version.

New project

The red and blue are this year's IA shop hop fabric, gray and white is 2014 IA fabric, still available at CUAQ, and the fireworks....I just liked them. They are not part of  the IA hop fabrics.

I have been enjoying my first few days off work. I sewed two days with friends and made it out to Cut Up and Quilt to pick up some of the new IA shop hop fabric. I have been working on a design for the past few weeks, so I was anxious to get started.

The IA hop fabric has a patriotic theme this year, because of the IA caucuses. I decided that I would make something smaller that could be used for a table topper or wall hanging since it would be a more seasonal project. Plus it's fun to make smaller projects occasionally...everything doesn't have to be bed sized, right? 

This project will be part of an upcoming online event soon...stay tuned.

Red Axel Blocks made!

I'm teaching the Honeycomb Waffle, Too class again today. It's a fun one to teach and I always get lots of pictures to share. We have a family wedding tonight, so I will be heading to my hometown right after class for that. I volunteered to make pasta salad for the wedding, so that kept me busy last night!

Have a great Saturday!

Summer break!

I did manage to get all of those millions hundreds of books put away yesterday, but it was close. Now I can concentrate on summer stuff. Like sewing....painting...cleaning....

Judy

but first things first. I'm spending my first day sewing with the Tuesday Sewing group, so that's just about perfect! I'm going to work on some Circle and Spin blocks and maybe piece a back for the new sampler if I can find something I like. I'll worry about cleaning tomorrow!

Dorothy

These are some pictures from last week's Sampler Pick class. They are coming right along and it was fun to put the blocks up to admire them. There are three samplers being made by these talented ladies.

Christine

It always amazes me how everyone's colors come together for a unique look!

Marilyn

I haven't done a lot of sewing this week but did manage to make a few more Circle and Spin blocks on Sunday. I will have more to add later!

Circle and Spin to the Moon