Woven Jelly Roll Rug. Hello! This is Jera {quiltingintherain.com} bringing you this fun weekend rug project that requires just 1 jelly roll. Make a free rug for yourself by checking out my blog for a jelly roll giveaway! I used the collection ‘Wild Rose’ by Blackbird Designs. It makes a beautiful rug to display in your sewing room or to put by the fireplace. Seven simple steps below! Oh, and there’s a surprise bonus picture at the bottom of the tutorial ;-p 1 Jelly Roll*Non-slip liner for drawers, enough to cover 20”x30”Scrap backing fabric, measuring 20”x30” *Originally I tried using non-slip rug padding but it was too thick to sew through. Step 1 – From your jelly roll, choose 28 strips and do the following: Take 12 jelly roll strips (44″ long). Step 2 – Cut the backing fabric. From your scrap fabric, cut a 20”x30” rectangle.
Step 3 – Place the 30” long strips along the length of the backing fabric and pin at the ends. For each strip, sew a zig-zag stitch to secure the weave. One fabulous 20″x30″ rug! Table Runner Tutorial. (This easy quilted table runner tutorial was originally a guest tutorial at V & Co.) Today I'm going to share a quick method of making a quilted table runner by quilting and piecing all at the same time! (Does that blow your mind? I hope not. It's really fun. And easy, I promise.)
Let's start playing, shall we? Begin by deciding what size table runner you want. You can make any size table runner you want, so customize it to your space. Iron your batting (if it was a wadded up remnant like mine) on a low heat setting. After both pieces are pressed individually, center the batting on the wrong side of the backing fabric. Okay, on to the fun part. Next cut a collection of strips of different fabrics. Arrange your strips on top of your backing and batting. Trim any long ends so the strips are roughly the same length.
Take the first strip from the right-side-pile and pin it (right sides together) matching right edges. Now press that seam open. See how pretty it looks? And voila! Piece N Quilt: Self Binding Receiving Blanket Tutorial. Self Binding Receiving Blanket By: Natalia Bonner of Piece N QuiltFinished size 39"X39" Materials needed: 1 Yard front flannel (pink)1 1/4 Yards back flannel (brown) Create two squares. Find and mark the center on all four sides of both pieces of fabric. Turn the fabrics so the right side is facing each other. Starting in the middle on three of the sides stitch from the center to the 1/4" from the end (allowing for seam allowance. Find the corner on all four sides of the backing fabric (brown). You will be creating a mitered corner. Fold that corner over itself creating a crease where you will stitch the corner. Stitch along that line on all four corners. Cut off excess material on all four mitered corners.
While the materials are still inside out press the front (pink) material toward the brown all the way around. Top stitch with matching thread all the way around the blanket on the edge of the backing (brown material). Note: We used Woodland Bloom flannels by Lila Tueller for Moda fabrics. Today I plan to sew! Tips For Sewing With Minky Fabric. One of the most common thoughts I hear about sewing with minky fabric is how difficult it is to sew with. Many people, especially beginners are too nervous to try sewing with it for fear of diaster! The good news is that with these few easy tips, anyone can be successful sewing with minky – even you! Learn how to sew with minky fabric below! Minky Tip #1: Don’t allow the fabric to stretch as you cut it.
This is especially important if you’ll be sewing it to another non-minky piece of fabric, which most likely won’t have any stretch. Let the fabric lay flat, and adding a few pins here and there to keep the selvages together (if you’re cutting with a folded edge) can help to reduce it slipping out of place while cutting. Minky Tip #2: Pin, Pin, Pin!!! (affiliate link), as they’re a bit quicker to pop on and off as you sew. Minky Tip #3: Use a walking foot (affiliate link), also called an Even Feed Foot.
For under $20, and it works wonders. . , and will fit most sewing machines. Minky Tip #4: Y-Seams Tutorial. Two days ago I was looking in the book Material Obsession 2 and I reeeeally wanted to make a block from the Jazz Hands quilt. But…it had Y-Seams. A lot of Y-Seams. I decided to suck it up and try it out. Disclaimer! What is a Y-Seam? 1. Stitch from the bottom up to the dot in the photo. Sewing: Finished: 2. 3. Take the top piece of fabric and fold it down right side together with the left portion of the bottom fabric. 4. 5. Continue sewing down the rest of the fabric to complete the “Y”. 6.
Congratulations! And now you can go ahead and make something really cool like this! Pattern is Jazz Hands from Material Obsession 2 Fresh Posts You Might Like : Tagged as: Tutorial · Y-Seams. LMS | Liberated Wedding Ring Block Tutorial. July is my month in the Red & Aqua Bee . I decided to go with a Liberated Wedding Ring block–you’ll remember I mentioned this block in a previous post. I was finally able to track down the block in a different book–thanks to a tip from a reader–thank you so much! However, the block was a smaller block than what I was looking for–under 12.5″. I came across this String-X Quilt tutorial which is basically the same pattern just constructed differently at the very end. So, here’s my take & tutorial on this block. First begin with a bunch of strips in varying widths from 1″-2″ x 6″ or so in length.
In addition to your strips of fabric you will need 4 squares of white fabric (I used white Kona) cut at 4 7/8″ and then cut diagonally to make a total of 8 triangles. Begin constructing your block by taking one of the paper pieces and laying one of the strips face up on top of the paper. Take a 2nd strip and lay it on top of the first right sides together. Flip the 2nd piece down and iron it a tad. Scrapbuster ~ Potholder Tutorial. My box of fabric scraps is getting to be a bit out of control.
Today I decided to actually put those little pieces of leftover fabric to use and make some potholders. And if you have never made potholders before, now is your chance! Below are the directions, and just because I like ya, a template of the pattern I used to make mine. These potholders measure 7″ x 7″ which is a good size for my hands. But if you prefer yours larger, simply enlarge the templates that you will print in Step 1. Supplies: 1) 11 strips of fabric 2) Insul~Bright Insulating Material. Optional Supplies: 1) 505 Spray Adhesive or safety pins for making quilt sandwich 2) Quilting ruler 3) Rotary cutter 4) Self healing mat 5) Water soluble marker for marking quilting lines Step 1: Print the following PDF templates.
Step 2: Select a piece of fabric for each pattern piece. Step 3: Sew the pieces together using a 1/4″ seam allowance. Step 4: Square your finished blocks to 7″ squares. Step 6: Quilt your potholders. Quilt Block Tutorial: Interlocking Seasons « The Parfait Cafe. Interlocking Seasons Quilt Block Tutorial Version 1.1 *PDF Click Here* This 12.5” x 12.5” block will require 6 different fabrics; 4 for the outer rings, 1 for center ring, and 1 for background. Cutting (*Use the following direction as a suggestion. Cutting each piece one by one will result in more accurate result but you can save time by minimizing the number of cuts by cutting multiple pieces at once.) Piecing: Arrange outer ring fabric into 4 sets in the order of how you want the rings to interlock. Suggestions: • After sewing each piece, be sure to iron both sides of the fabric, pressing the ¼” seam allowance to the darker fabric side.• All sewn strips will be ¾” wide.
Repeat the steps for the next 3 panels to create 4 panels. *The last panel will use the first set of outer ring fabric for the “next outer ring set” for A-2. 1. To see the completed blocks, you can find the blog posts here and here. If you make a block using this tutorial, please add it to my Flickr group, Parfait Projects! A Quilt without Binding (Tutorial) On my mind lately ... ... and for some time now, has been to make a quilt without having to bind it. I thought it wise to start with a small project to trial this method of quilt making.
And naturally you can't stop at just one ... I am sure it wasn't an original thought, and it wasn't even necessarily a process that would be time saving. It was more to create a different, sleeker and perhaps modern look to something that is steeped in tradition. For someone like me, who dutifully binds quilts and is comfortable with the process, it is even a little outside of my comfort zone. Much of the process is the same as usual and I started by making a simple quilt top. I then pin basted the quilt top together with a layer of batting, but no backing fabric. I then thought it beneficial to stabilize these two layers, and stitched in the ditch along three vertical seam lines and four horizontal seam lines. It then measured the quilt sandwich and cut the backing fabric to the exact same size. Rita.