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Showing posts with label three dimensional. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 6, 2009

3-D Half Square Triangle Tutorial

5:28 PM | Posted by Mel
Here is how you can make a three dimensional half square triangle that will add real depth and delight to your quilts.
Fold your colored square in half diagonally, wrong sides together.
Lay your colored square on top of your background square, lining up the raw edges.
Baste 1/8" from the raw edges to secure the top fabric to the background fabric.  
When basting, lengthen your stitch as large as possible.  My machine goes to 4.  You could also baste by hand with a large stitch.
Remember to switch your stitch length back to your 'normal' length when assembling prepared blocks.  I use about a 2 1/2" length for my regular sewing stitch.
There is no need for squaring up and DO NOT press your folded edge!!  It is optimal to keep the rounded soft edge of the fold.
I've done some layouts of possible blocks using this technique. 
When assembling squares, use a 1/4" seam just as you would normally when putting squares together.  DO NOT PRESS! 
The above unit is a sneak peak on a special project I am working on!
The samples below are not sewn together, I just layed them out to show possible design.  The 1/8" basting threads would not be visible when you assemble the blocks using a 1/4" seam allowance.
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

A Little Quilt Show

3:42 AM | Posted by Mel
One of my 2009 goals is to make at least 1 table runner or wall hanging per month.
This is my January project, it's a small wall hanging from the book Bits and Pieces. I used a fabric line by Buggy Barn.
This quilt was outside of my comfort zone in that it contained hearts. Yea, lots of them! I am not a mushy, lovey type of person, but I like the more primitive style of the hearts (elongated).
I hand appliqued the hearts then hand quilted the piece. I got it soaking wet and let it air dry to achieve the wrinkled look. I'm happy with the results.
Yesterday I worked at the shop (Sew Sweet). I took some pictures of original quilts they have designed for your viewing pleasure.
This was last year's (2008) Shop Hop Quilt. The theme for the hop was "Once Upon a Time". Sew Sweet chose Goose Girl. It's a young adult fantasy novel by a Utah author Shannon Hale. The story is based on a Brother's Grimm tale by the same name.
I tell you, the picture does not do it justice! There are three-dimensional elements in the quilt (for which Sew Sweet is known for). The little flower buds that surround the outer border are 3-D, as are the 'pinwheels'. The 'picots' have a small yellow piping trimming the 3-D triangles. Lakehouse fabrics were used.

This quilt is a companion piece to the Goose Girl quilt and is done in the popular pink and light greens. It is a throw size. The 'geese' are three-dimentional, the quilt is made mostly with Lakehouse fabrics.

This is a quilt made from the shop's quilt from two years ago's Shop Hop. The theme was "Everyone's A Star" in which the shops chose movies to represent and Sew Sweet chose A Field of Dreams. The original quilt was done in all shades of green, symbolising a green field. The next quilt was designed especially for an event in Delta, Utah. Every year they have a Snow Goose Festival and along with that there is a quilt show and classes. Marta will be teaching this quilt. It is crib sized, the flowers have a very small piping outlining the petals.
Well, that's my show! If you enjoyed the quilts, send off a note to Sew Sweet and tell them! They'll be tickled!
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Monday, January 21, 2008

For YOU!

2:41 PM | Posted by Mel
Here are some tutorials and/or patterns I came up with.
Use them as you like, but please give a shout out to me, I worked hard! I would love to see the finished product though, so send me a picture! melissa266(@)gmail(.)com
Please, if you find an error or if anything is not clear, leave a comment so I can fix it.
Adding some 'wonk' to the OP
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Stack and Cut Crazy Squares My First Tutorial!

You will need at least four different fabrics cut at 6" square.

For each block follow the following proceedures:

Stack four fabrics at a time.

Make a slice through fabrics with your rotary cutter. Stay with in 1/2" of the corners.

Take the top fabric from one of the two halves and put it on the bottom of the pile.

Sew the two halves together with a 1/4" seam. Press your seams. Make sure you keep your block in order as you sew and iron. Don't worry about squaring your blocks yet, we'll do that after we sew the second cut back together.

Stack your blocks again. This time cut your blocks in two on the opposite side of your first cut. Now take the top TWO pieces from one of the two halves and put them on the bottom of the pile.

Sew the halves together then press seams. Square up to 5" square. NOTE: Any size of block can be made. Just cut your beginning squares 1" larger than what you want your unfinished pieced square to be.Vary the angles in which you cut your squares. This will give each set a different look.

Use this technique to make placemats (see next tutorial!), table runners, wall hangings, hot pads, baby quits, full sized quilts etc!
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