Thank you so VERY VERY MUCH for using a contrasting thread color. It makes it so much more obvious what you are doing. I wish others would learn to do this and follow it.
This is just brilliant! Making your corners nice and neat, plus you are still able to square up your edges! And if you have any carpal tunnel from cutting squares,this also would help with that! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and ideas! Shawna
I learned two things from this video. One: I didn't know the cutting board you were using locks into place. I will have to check mine and see if I have that capability. I've had mine for many years, and it may be a newer feature that was added later. Two: I love this technique of making a square in a square block. I could see putting the sewn squares on point and making a really interesting quilt. A scrappy version would a great stash buster also if you have enough bigger pieces of fabric to start with or using a background fabric with stash fabric. My creative mind is overflowing right now!
My heart stopped when you took your iron to your beautiful rotating mat! I ruined my big mat when I tried ironing pieces on my thick wool ironing mat on top of my cutting mat. Some lessons are more expensive than others 😏 cool technique - it gives me lots of ideas. Thanks!
Donna Jordan did this 7 years ago with a Kid's alien themed panel that she cut up and placed all the small panel pieces on larger squares like you did. She didn't center all of them, but kept them more or less squared up. Made a cute quilt. Her video is called "Panel Quilting Made Easy". Thanks for sharing tiye your ideas,
I'm not a quilter yet, but I'm watching and learning from people in the know. I just watched Donna's video and she had great tips on using the panel pieces. For me, Tim's way of folding and ironing would work better, I think. Thank you for suggesting Donna's video!😊
Nice work and explanation. I like folding over a cardboard to make sure it happens where is supposed to be every time. The only negative of this method is the waste of fabric, especially if working with expensive ones.
This is a very good idea for someone just learning to quilt, all the points and junctions match so easily. It's the matching of the junctions that is disheartening, when they don't seem to come together no matter how hard you try at the beginning. Fabric moves and stretches and plays little tricks, just because sometimes. So this technique will help a lot. Thanks for sharing this one 💐
Tim..I've seen the sq in a sq before. Love the idea with the center sq slanted. Thanks for sharing. If you used the wonder under or heat & bond i'd only do a small sq of it in the center so the outside edges would be easier to sew thru. You could do it as an I spy. With the center sqs having different animals, flowers or designs.
I love those kind of different ways of putting together and the 9 patch I had seen and was going to do haven’t yet but it is great to see someone do it. Thanks 😊
This seems like cheating! I'm just beginning to quilt, and I've been tempted to buy one of those fabrics that look quilted and put the layers together and "quilt" it by sewing along the lines as if I was stitching in the ditch!
Fabulous technique! I’ll definitely be using it. A good place to use a hot ruler. A couple of narrow strips of Wonder Under would work well, add less bulk, and would be less expensive than applying to the entire wrong side of fabric. Thanks, and stay well! Muskoka ON 🇨🇦
Just place a regular index card along the edge of the center (red here) fabric and then fold and press! Just move it to the next side, press, etc. No guessing!
I had seen this done using a Layer Cake where instructions are to cut some of the 1O" blocks into four 5" blocks for the centers. To make a larger quilt top (and overall easier) I purchased the same fabric combination in a Charm pack. It costs less than buying two Layer Cakes and having to cut out 5" squares.
Don't scrape your rotary sharp edge against anything. It will dull just like a kitchen knife if you use the sharp edge to scrape cut bits. Kitchen knife: always use the back of the knife to scrape bits. Rotary: use hand to move scrap. ))
This looks easy; but, aren't you adding bulk to your quilt top.? The seams are going to be thicker. You have no raw edges on those sewed folds (which is good if the back is going to be open and subject to direct wear). However, it will add to the weight of the quilt, and you could break needles (if it is machine quilted). No. I am not a quilt police officer. I'm just an old woman who has learned many lessons the hard way. I got too hot yesterday trying to mow the grass with a push mower. I do my pressing on an ironing board in another room (to keep from melting my cutting mat or burning my table top). It also keeps my cat from knocking my iron off the ironing board (which can hurt the cat, or melt the flooring, or burn the rug, and kill my iron). Walking to the other room is good for me. When you get to be my age, you had better be walking (so that you can keep waking).
Donna Jordan at Jordan Fabrics has a video on really cute panels where she uses this technique. I'm using her and your instructions to put together an ABC quilt. I really like your last quilt!
Great video! I appreciate you taking your time going through the steps instead of rushing through! 😊 Also, I have a question, please: what kind of iron do you use?
Just want to say that Winder Under isn’t made for sewing (ask me how I know this🙁🙁). I use a medium Pellon but I’d ref her just cut out thst center so it isn’t so thick and then save that cut out piece for more blocks! What a fun way of some really cute quilts!
I have this awesomely cool fabric.. ones pink with the eiffel tower on it .very fitting right now. And the other is like different parts of the world in a map but its a beautiful dark, blues, purple, black. Im going to do a pink small square over the larger dark square, then the small dark square over the larger pink square. Im excited to do this Timothy as its my first quilt of any kind and i need something very simple. And you my love have shown me the way. I surely appreciate you honey. Im 75 now so i better get to sewing and trimming. I cant wait to show you somehow. Do you have a facebook page my sweet man?
I use dark thread so my viewers can see the stitch lines. I would not normally use black thread for a full project. You should match your fabric with the thread.
How about using that thingy it’s a straight edge that you put against say the corners to make straight corners along the baseboard to paint the wall so you don’t get it on the baseboards or maybe at the top of the ceiling it’s in the paint section and it’s silver with black handle I think that would be great for that fold over thing although it would get hot but only if you ironed across it for the fold . OK if you can figure out what my rattling about is you know what I’m talking about but it’s a dollar tree find
I’m a pinner from way back, but I also use glue - a miracle for hand appliqué that I wish I knew many years ago! Glue used to be that 4-letter word” that we couldn’t say😁😲😲
There’s no telling. I cut or burn myself every few days, usually on my hands. I think this one might have been from a piece of acrylic sheet I was cutting with my big co2 laser.
Love your videos! This is so inspiring. I can’t wait to try it. I have many fabrics that would work wonderfully with this technique. You made it very easy & it looks so complex great quilt design. Thanks for a great video. Mariaknits27 💃🏻💕🧵🪡🧶📚
