Crafty Sewing & Quilting: Slice and Stitch Quilt Block

Showing posts with label Slice and Stitch Quilt Block. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Can You Slice and Stitch?

Update: The Slice and Stitch Quilt Block Tutorial is now available at Craftsy.com as a PDF Downloadable Pattern for Only $1.00. Click Here.

I needed to make a table runner from this fabric, because it matched this cool plate.

Found a striped fabric that would blend well.

I cut strips and started slicing --- Here is the link to the original post on "How to slice and stitch."

When I created this table runner, I ran out of daylight!

Then I quilted. I outline stitched a few of the flowers with a meandering in the background.

I wiggle line quilted through the strips.

Stitched in my name and the year.

I love to take photos of these beautiful tomatoes. The colors are incredible! and they are not blue! You know how I love BLUES...

Yes, I know I need to do the binding... I started it this afternoon. I'll share it another day, along with the mug rugs I made with the leftover scraps.

Take to enjoy the colors around you...
Marcia

"How to slice and stitch."

Friday, September 21, 2012

Today is My Day for the Dots on Dots Blog Hop!

Update: The Slice and Stitch Quilt Block Tutorial is now available at Craftsy.com as a PDF Downloadable Pattern for Only $1.00. Click Here.

__________________________________

It is the last day of the Blog Hop!
Wow! Hopping around gave us all some wonderful ideas using Dots!
A big "Thank You" to Corrie and Des from Quilt Taffy Blog and Madamn Samm from Sew We Quilt Blog.

Dots are a simple circle and I decided I wanted to create a simple block with the dots in between the dots in the block.

My block can be made in a 10 1/2 or a 12 1/2 or actually any size you would like.

I started with 2 colors of dot fabrics - a light yellow and a medium purple. It works best if you have contrast between the colors.

I roughly rotary cut a square 2 inches larger than 12 1/2".

Then I rotary cut 3 strips from the purple - 2 inches wide.

I laid them on my yellow block at an angle, making sure I wasn't too close to a corner.

Then I carefully lifted up the strips and cut. See the next couple photos...

Then I started sewing the strips where I cut. See the next couple photos.

Do not stretch or pull as you are sewing. Pins are a good idea if you pin your seams. The angle cuts are bias and may stretch a bit.

Roughly trim off the edges.

Pressed/ironed.

Ready to trim the block. I made it quite a bit larger, but probably an inch larger would have been plenty.

You could cut it at an angle, but then you are going to have more bias edges to stretch and pull.

I rotary trimmed my block "straight on" instead of at an angle -- less bias fabric to work with later when assembling the quilt blocks into the quilt top.