Do you know the Easiest Way to Make a Checkerboard quilt? blog.patsloan.com/2016/07/pat-sloan-how-to-make-a-bonus-quilt-while-you-make-other-things.html
Excellent video. I have show box after shoe box of 2 1/2" blocks. One of these days, they will become a checkerboard. My pie for PI day will be apple - - if my son comes over to peel the apples. Since he was a young boy the promise in this household has been "anytime I find peeled apples, I will make a pie". I haven't gone back on this promise - many a Sunday morning, I awoke to a nice bowl of peeled apples. As an adult, he continues to peel the apples!
Toward the end of the video, doing the strips of 6 makes it able to make them all the same, start with a dark, end with a light. Then you just flip every other one to get the checkerboard.
@@nancywatts1167 good for you! I started quilting at 60, 3.5 years ago. I bought my first sewing machine- a budget Brother- and it's doing fine. Just bought a walking foot to try straight line machine quilting. I was surprised by how much I loved quilting!
Pat, that's a great idea you have about the checkerboards. If you're already sewing, you might as well work on two quilts at a time. Have a good weekend.
I love your pretty checkerboard quilts! They must be fun to sew in between more intricate sewing, and I love the idea of using them for leaders and enders...or save them up and do a checkerboard marathon-- that sounds fun, too!
Pat, you inspired me to cut up my scraps into 21/2 inch squares. I now find my self using them quite often. I really liked your method of sewing these together. Will start sewing as I'm quilting something else.
Me, too. I thought I was doing great saving scraps in color coded boxes. I love this idea better. Cutting them as they happen is a great idea instead of cutting them all at once!
I have a feeling this is going to be one of your videos that I watch most often, haha. This video changed my mind about my scraps and ever since seeing it I've been cutting, cutting and making my little stacks in hopes of future checkerboard quilts. Thank you for the daily inspiration.
I have color coded boxes of scraps. Some are large enough to use in applique, but others are smaller. What a great ways to use them. I had been making 'crumb' squares usung scraos in all shapes & colors until I had about a 9" square. I believe I learned how from Jenny Doan. This will be a way to use scraps in a new way Thank you so much!
I’m working on a checkerboard quilt - since last March - handsewing - aaaand handsewing aaaannd hand sewing - hahahahaha!!! Almost done with the first 16” square.
Thank you for going through your checkerboard process. I have a box of 3” squares and just scratch my head in confusion. Now I know how to bring them together!
THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS! I get it now! Just have to separate my blocks into color ways. I’d sent you an email and you asked for a photo of my fabrics. I’m going to send them, but I think why I liked yours so much was the color management. I’m going after it!
I just started to using pieces of fabrics at the beginning and end of the sewing of my project so it doesn’t go into the machine, great way of using good blocks for another project;) thanks
Thank you for the checkerboard as you go idea! I use leaders and Enders a lot when I am not chain piecing but I love your idea to yet make another project at the same time! Be safe and stay healthy! Love ys
I’m watching late today. We came up to Ruidoso, NM for spring break. I brought some sewing, but who knows if I’ll get any done. Pie is a must tomorrow.
I like all your checkerboards but really like the multi-colored one. And the "twosies" :) I laughed when you said that as I first heard that on Fons & Porter-Marianne was with her daughter on that episode & were talking about "twosies" & "foursies"!! My now 11 yr old granddaughter wanted to learn to sew when she was 7, I got out random blocks I'd got on Ebay years ago & we started with twosies of course. Then I asked her if she wanted to sew them into foursies!! And so it went :)
Your checkerboard method is interesting. I have been sewing twos, then combining them into fours, eights, etc. Making one long chain of squares, alternating with light and dark start and stops before sewing the rows together so I can press them all to the dark before piecing two rows together. I sewed rows of 20 squares to make a 40x40 baby size checkerboard quilt in pink/white-ish. Working on one in blues now that I hope will be big enough for a lap or twin size quilt. Love your idea on storing them in individual shoeboxes. Mine are all jammed into one box which gets awfully messy at times. By the way, these are all blocks left over from two traffic jam quilts. I just got a little carried away cutting my scraps into squares!
Thank you Pat. I have tried this many times and my squares seem to shrink or become whop-sided. Maybe now I can go back and try your way and accomplish the beautiful quilt I've always wanted. ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏
I’ve got a small mess. I did 2 at a time then sewed 4 together then sewed those to another 4 and sew on. I should’ve stopped when some of these blocks got knocked off temporary design wall. I was so excited to start sewing again. Especially since all my blocks and seams were nesting. I got too excited too early and well now I have a bunch of twisted sisters. I don’t know if you’ve heard that phrase before but my sewing instructor told me that’s where my seams don’t lay flat ones going one way one’s going the other. Then I started getting the sniffles then I realized I was getting chills then I realized I had to put everything down and stop and do only the most necessary things for my husband and granddaughter any advice. Do I start over? Do I donate it to someone has the patience for stitch picking?
Thanks so much for sharing your techniques and tips. I really like the red and white checkerboard quilt. I really like the border and backing fabric. Where did you get the backing fabric?
Ok, another question. Confetti Candy doesn’t follow the same pattern as the 2 color checkerboard quilts. Is this just random with colors that are similar in value with lights thrown in? Or is there any else to think about?
I've made super scrapy quilts using just 2½" squares Pat's quilts are called checkerboard because they are 2 colors like a checkerboard used in the games of checkers & chess.
I've started ironing all my seams open on my quilts. It works better for me than ironing to the 'dark' side. Easier to match seams & there's no big bump to sew over and still make sure seams lined up.
Last to the conversation, but why not do four patches rather than 9 patches? Then they can all be the same without thinking about which strips start dare and which start light-you just flip them.
For the red & white I'm not starting with Jelly rolls, I'm cutting up odd pieces and left overs. Squares works for me, but you could keep strips. I also get a more random placement with i do them individually
So…, after 11 mins of bla ..bla..bla… Im seeing squares of fabric pieced together alternating dark and light. How else can you do a checkerboard but that way 🤔 Don’t want to look mean or inconsiderate but please respect other people’s time. The video should do or show what the title of the video claims to be. Thank you 🤗
