My Pink Quilt Guide

Finally finished quilt number two! Here is a stage by stage guide for this one...

Firstly use a 13cmx13cm square template to cut out 108 squares of material. I used twelve different materials and cut 9 squares of each.

My materials

I then lay out the squares for the quilt in a 9 square x 12 square rectangle. I didn't use a pattern for laying the squares out - they are completely random, so I just made sure the same ones weren't next to each other.

A stack of rows of squares

Then stitch the squares together in rows, before stitching the rows together. A great tip I found was to number each row to make sure you keep them in the right order. I originally used chalk but it rubbed off so I wrote the numbers on small pieces of paper and pinned them to each row.

Ended up with a bit too much wadding! I lay out the quilt over the backing material and wadding to cut it all to the right size. I then layered it: backing fabric wrong side up, wadding and then the quilt the right side up. I then pinned and stitched it all together. 

Then for the binding round the edge. I made my own using my new gadget! It's brilliant, I highly recommend getting one. 

I then attached the binding in the usual way all around the edge. The corners are a bit fiddly but they just need a fold on each side.

Tahdaa... The finished item!

Same Pattern, Different Dresses

My last post was of my first use of New Look Pattern 6143... this one is of my second and third!

The Suggested Fabrics for this pattern are mostly stiffer materials like cotton, linen and taffeta. I decided, however, to try it in jersey fabrics and it worked just as well:

Dress 1

Dress Two

Having watched the Great British Sewing Bee though I'm now very aware my pattern matching isn't great on dress 1! Definitely my new favourite programme.