Quilting is one of the best stress-relieving hobbies.
It is also a means to make handmade goods for your loved ones.
Materials:
Fabric cut measurements for eachblock
Directions:
Prepare all the needed materials.
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check that everything is washed and neatly pressed.
Lay the fabric blogs together, as seen in the photo.
Alternately, stack all the back blog fabrics on top of the batting blog fabrics.
With a ruler, center the 2-middle square on top of the batting fabric and pin it in place.
Sew one sides middle squares to secure them while leaving a quarter inch seam.
pop launch the top middle square to face upright and finger press.
Place another square on top of the centermost square and sew on the opposite side.
ensure to leave a quarter-inch seam.
fire up the top middle square to face upright and finger press.
Sew the other side of the strip in place.
bring up the long strip so that it is upright and press your finger on it.
Repeat with the other 2-1/2x6-1/2 strip on the opposite side.
With the other two 2-1/2x6-1/2 stripsto flankthe frame, repeat the sewing process on opposite sides of the square.
On the opposite sides that are longer, sew on theTwo2-1/2x10-1/2 strips to frame the frame.
You are done with the first block.
In total, you will need 12 blocks.
Lay the block fabrics on the bed, as seen in the photo.
Sew the binding with the remaining fabrics that were used for the blocks.
Overlap each strip and sew a straight diagonal from corner to corner.
Cut off the excess fabrics and neatly iron all the batting strips.
Lay the 12 block fabrics in the order you want them and take a picture of them for reference.
Stack the blocks in columns and place a colored pin beside each one.
Line up the first 2 blocks facing right sides together.
Pin back the back and batting fabric, then pin and sew the two front pieces together.
Repeat all the fabric blocks together while maintaining a quarter-inch seam.
Once all the front pieces are sewn, cut out the batting fabrics so they meet perfectly.
Iron the fabrics in the back flat.
Pinback the back fabrics and hand sew the batting fabrics.
Repeat with the other blocks.
Assemble the column blocks by sewing them together.
Once done, cut out the excess batting and back fabrics using a rotary cutter and ruler.
Pin the binding strips facing the right sides of the whole fabric and stitch across.
Crisscross both strips right sides together, pin, and sew them together.
Open up the binding and fold to the other side.
Sew it in place.
