Bakers dozen final piecing instructions

 Hello!  Well I am finally back to complete this top!

I can't believe it has taken so long to come back to you all!

Anyway below is the photo where we left this quilt top

lets get this baby together 

The following are photos of the sections we will deal with

this will be our first section to deal with

We will add the grey strip under the dutch 9 patch but only sew it partially through like in the following photo and then put the small dark grey block on the start of the grey from the left of the block as per the photos

first partial seams

pin these pieces like this ready for the next lot of piecing

then sew these two units together down the completed sashing strip

it will now look like this

You can now add the section below with the 9 patches this to this unit.

We will now continue with the rest of the piecing.

Now we will continue with the partial seams as pinned in above photo 

lets put the following small squares onto the sashing on the following unit as per the photo leaving the seams partially done  so the top square unit will not be sewn fully to the bottom only the top part of the sashing and the bottom one will be sewn to the outer of the piece below the nine patches and fully to the inside of the long sashing.

now we are getting pieces together

Next we will piece the two of these units together and we almost have the top half complete

this will now come together

in a wider view of the units

Now we will piece the house onto the 9 patch and the friendship star piece starting at the small dark grey square and sew down the sashing.

now the house is onto the top part of the quilt

close up of how this will come together

Next we will sew the top part we have just sewn together with the lower section

sew these two pieces together

to look like this

We will now sew the top two pieces together.

we will firstly sew the centre seam down

then the seam above the house

We will now connect the next long section from the bottom to below the house but by the sashing only then we will connect it just below the house

connection of the second last unit of the quilt

lastly we attach the last piece.  I attached the long piece then i did the last partial same from the square near the house.

This is how the lower now looks

Ta Da!  the Bakers Dozen without a border

Flying in the breeze

I decided I wanted a bit of a cool border of this so I have decided to use this text print fabric that has been in my stash.  Now measure your quilt top in the centre of horizontal and vertical plus the ends and sides then take the average and cut your borders to that size and attach them  

text fabric from stash

Now i have cut my side borders and attached these then I have attached the top and bottom borders.

Complete Bakers Dozen Quilt Top!

yay!

Now I am so sorry this has taken so long to complete this post.   I plan on having this quilt top quilted by end of July.  I managed to get to the Australian Quilt Convention and was very pleased to meet the wonderful Angela Walters of the Midnight Quilt show here is a link to her blog.  I did a free motion quilting workshop with her and I am even more motivated now.   

So I hope you are excited to finish.  If you have finished and placed yours another way I would love to see it.  Maybe if you're not in my Facebook group you could tag me on Instagram or even come and join us atWehago Designs Quilting Community

Until next time happy quilting, happy life,

Wendy

Part 1- lets piece the blocks the Bakers Dozen Square Dance!

Hello!

How did you all like the Bom quilt which I have called the Bakers Dozen Square Dance?

Now I will give you a break down of the strips for sashing and how I joined it all together.  Please don't be overwhelmed.  It looks complicated, but let me reassure you, that it is not really hard, we just need to take our time and do this in an order.
 (If you do not wish to set it out like this you could sash in uniform way and use the extra 9 patches to make the border with)

I did lay this all out and move the blocks several times to achieve the right effect (with hubbies help) of my blocks and colours.   I suggest you place the house block central as I have, why?  I feel this draws the eye to the centre of the quilt then allows our  eyes drift around all of our other blocks.  It's a bit like the saying all roads lead to home.

You need to join the extra 9 patches made from the December blog as follows to form 4 x 12.5" square blocks and 6 12.5" x 6.5" rectangle blocks.  These are fillers.  

For the sashing strips cut 2.5" width of fabric.  We need 25 strips to make the sashing and the inner border.  Cut the following from the light grey border (or whichever colour you prefer)
1 x 42.5" length
1 x 34.5"
2 x 28.5"
3 x 26.5"
7 x 20.5"
Using some of the ends from the previous strips and some of the other strips cut
14 x 12.5"

then you should have 7 strips which can be used for the inner border.

From the dark grey fabric cut  4 x 6.5" squares

We can now start to assemble the quilt.  Clear a space or use a design wall.  I use a floor as I haven't set up my design wall.

this was my initial layout before I moved the house and played with all of the 9 patches

I have labeled the sections and will explain each one in the following steps

 

Join the following Sections with a 12.5" strip.  

note:- *Press all seams towards the sashing!

Firstly do section A, B, C, D, E, F, G, placing a 12.5" strip between the monthly Bom and the little 9 patch fillers.

Onto section F place an extra 12.5" strip on the outside of the 9 patch fillers

Secondarily, do section I and J making these into long pieces as in the picture.

this is a quick overview of this section which we will piece together soon

Ok our next part of completing this top is to piece some of these sections together.  So on the top of A and B we will sew a 20.5" strip,  then sew both of these pieces together. Then to the left outside of this unit we sew the 28.5".  Place this piece away for later

this is section A and B now know as AB

Next sew the 20.5" to C, E, F and G.

 Sew the 34.5" strip to inner part of section I as per the photo
Sew the 42.5" strip to the inner part of J as per the photo

overview of all the sections joined into units to make the complete top

Now your top should be looking a bit like this.  I have separated them all so you can get the idea of how all of the units are coming together.

top section of quilt.  

Now this will end our Part one.  The next section we will deal with the partial seams and the final part of the border.  If you wish you may like to cut your border out.  I cut my strips at 5.75" width of fabric.  I used 8 strips as to do this.  I plan on giving you part 2 for the final part of this process by Friday so you can all do a lot over the weekend as I know a lot of you put your weekends away to quilt the days away.   I am trying to find time to write this as clear as I can after work so I feel this is the best solution for us all.

Please let me know how you are all finding this challenge.  Remember I will be doing a row by row this year but feel I should wait until April to start.  I really need to complete a few things and this will give me time to get a fair amount of it together in writing anyway.   

So I wish you all the very best for this week and enjoy piecing this part of the quilt together.  Plus remember this is your quilt so you may piece it a standard piecing of sashing or just join them as they are if that is how you wish to do it.  

have a good creative week,

Wendy.

Lets do a Happy Dancing with the Penguins!

Bakers Dozen Square Dance! - BOM 2016 Reveal!

Bakers Dozen Square Dance!

Well It is together!  Thanks to all who have played along this year!  I have been called into work a day early so I will give you the reveal now and let you get your sashing and border fabric out and cut into strips.   

Tonight I will give you the breakdown and how to get this together.

all of our blocks   

Now you will remember the spit 9 patch, it was bothering me, so I went and made a new one

redone block!

Now I was happy with this result so I replaced it in the mix!

before the replacement of the split 9 patch

starting of arranging of the blocks

final arrangement of the blocks in the quilt

Finally together just before the setting sun, so outside to get a photo for you all of it hanging on the line without the borders!

together without boxers

Then after a little bit of work during the night and some sleep, a quick photo before going to work of the top outside on the line with the borders this time!

Ta Da!

Bakers Dozen Square Dance Quilt!

You will need 1.35 mts or 1.5 yds of light grey for sashing, 8" strip of dark grey and 1.2 mts or 1 1/3 and a little bit for the outside border.

well I must bid you good bye and get to work on time!  you may cut your light grey into 2.5" strips and you will need 21 strips for the sashing.  

Our quilt measures 71.5" x 85"  and I can't wait to get it all quilted.

Until tonight have a great day 

Wendy.  

ps don't forget to leave a comment!  :)

November BOM has arrived

Hello!  Well the long await for the November instalment for Block of the Month is here!  

So much has happened over the last month, I have just finally caught up enough to do this block.  This month I decided to do the spool block and place a 9 patch in the centre for the coloured thread!

So go to the stash and select two tones of fabric for your thread or 9 patch, a background and a contrast!

Cutting Instructions:-

for the 9 patch cut from one fabric, 5 x 2.5" squares

                                        second fabric, 4 x 2.5" squares

from background and contrast fabric, cut 2 x (3.5" x 6.5") rectangles

                                                             cut 4 half square triangles at 3 7/8"

Once these are cut layout pieces as below:-

laid out ready for stitching

We will web the 9 patch block so we will take the top two squares and join them and then chain piece the next two and then the next two.  Do not cut the joining threads between the the units.  then we proceed to join the next pieces onto them to create the webbed 9 patch leaving us only to join them into one block

webbing of the 9 patch block

 

Webbed ready to join the three rows to make the block

next join the 6.5" background to the sides of the block

 background edges joined onto the block on opposite sides

Next we join the half square triangles to make the corner square of the block.  These are then joined to the contrast 6.5" rectangle taking care to add it in the direction per the initial layout.  Press seams to the contrast fabric

adding the triangle corners to make the spool bottom and top

Press seams to the contrast 

Ready to add the last two rows to make the completed block

And here is our finished Block!  Ta Da!

completed Spool block all press

Here is our blocks so far, now just one to complete the set, I did promise a bonus block and will look into this one this week,  I am not happy with my split nine patch block so I do plan on redoing this one.

The Blocks so far!

So how are you liking this coming together?  If you would like to place this together like I am planning I will give you the heads up to make some 9 patch blocks from your scraps so far.   Use 1.5" squares  and you will need quite a few,  how many I haven't decided but I am not going to do the standard way of laying these blocks out in a sashing for a boring outlook but you are quite welcome to do that.  My problem is I like to have a different outlook on this.  

I am also thinking about next year, I have enjoyed doing this block of the month and doing something a little different for you all.  I am wondering if you would like to go on an adventure next year with me?  I am thinking of more like a row by row quilt.  This would mean if you only want a wall hanging that is possible or if you want a large quilt this is still possible.  I will be keeping it simple again as I will not have heaps of time but love to do this and have people join with me.  Now let me know your thoughts over the next few weeks as we wrap up the year.

Anyway, have a great Weekend and I hope to check in with you on Sunday if all goes well.  I have almost finished my Double Wedding Ring Bag Pattern also for all who have been patiently waiting.

So have a wonderful time and catch you real soon,

Wendy.

October bom has arrived!

Yay! October BOM!

Hello!  thanks again for being so patient and understanding with me!  This months was running late then I had the call from the nursing home to say that a bed was available for my mum.   Hence I have been a bit busy organising things for her move in tomorrow.  

Now that is under control I thought I would do something for me tonight and sew.  So I went to the Bom fabric stash and I chose these two fabrics for this block.  Earlier this week I purchased the EQ Mini and from the small amount I have played with it, I'm really loving it.

So lets get on with this block.   I have chosen the flying squares block this month.  We will learn how to do a partial seam and still have heaps of fun and whip this block up quickly.

My fabrics for this block

Now lets cut from background 2 strips at 2 7/8" and 2 strips at 2 7/8" from the main fabric.

Then from the background cut 4 rectangles at 2 7/8" x 7 11/16" and 5 squares at  2 7/8"

from the main fabric cut 8 squares at 2 7/8"

layout of flying squares block

lay out your fabrics and remember to check it if you have directional fabric so you have them running all the one way unless you like a messy haphazard look.

getting ready to stitch

We will sew one 2 7/8" square of main fabric onto the background rectangle and then we will sew the 9 patch block together.  Remember webbing is a great idea with the 9 patch blocks.

all outside strips are sewn and the centre 9 patch

Our next part of this block is to sew the outside strips to the inner 9 patch block and we start this with a partial seam.  As below I will start sewing this strip on from about 1/3 down from the start of the seam.  See the next few photos.

sewing the partial seam

starting of the partial seam

sewn and pressed

Take the next strip to be stitch and lay it on top of the block and sew the complete seam and repeat until all four strips are on the block.

ready for 3 strip to be sewn

preparing to sew

all four strips sewn on

Now we will finish the partial seam.  Lay the first strip back onto the centre of the block and sew from the start of the block to where you started sewing at the beginning and press.

about to sew the last part of the partial seam

sewing the seam.

completed flying Squares block

I am really happy with this block.  I hope you enjoy it also.  Below is a shot of all of our blocks so far.  Isn't this looking great.  I will try and do a post soon about how we can lay these blocks out for different layouts of sashing or just joining cleverly.  

all 10 blocks so far

Enjoy this months block and the partial seam!  Always take time to fondle fabric and sew and then you will have the finer things in life!  Take care and lookout for the next blog post not so far away.

cheers for being great followers and if you are new to my blog, I hope you have enjoyed it!

Wendy!