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Showing posts with label rag quilt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rag quilt. Show all posts
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Saturday, October 13, 2018
The Latest Rag Stash Buster Quilt
I finished a quilt. Actually start to finish in about 2 weeks. Amazing what sewing can get done when your DH goes farming.
I planned it to use up the multiplicity of fabric scraps of 40+ years of sewing for a family. Yes, I used up a lot.
The denim squares had been precut. A couple years ago I had a stack of old jeans to get rid of, so I sliced them open, and standing at the snack bar in the kitchen, ran a bic pen and a couple of sharpies dry cutting them to 6 1/2 inches (the size of the acrylic square I own). I piled them up in a drawer and what joy to take out accurately cut denim, ready to go.
One square out of every four patch was backed with a different print, I drew on a star from a template made out of a large margarine lid. and I sewed around it. Then I carefully cut out each star, leaving a margin to clip and fray, and sewing the little guy on the opposite corner of the four patch, and I was surprised at how quickly that went.
The backs were string quilted to a very thin worn out old sheet cut to 6 1/2 inches, and then I sewed them together back to back. The clipping took a bit of time. I actually face timed my daughter and while she worked on a painting I did a lot of the clipping and mercifully I don't even remember the amount of work it was. It was a great visit!
I always cold fluff dry the quilt before I wash it, and then washed it twice. The amount of lint it produces is horrifying but it looks soooo good. I am imagining that it will be the cover of choice for one of my grandsons when they visit.
Don't say I didn't warn you...there will be lint. Plan on being around to clean out the lint screen every 15 minutes or so.
The denim squares had been precut. A couple years ago I had a stack of old jeans to get rid of, so I sliced them open, and standing at the snack bar in the kitchen, ran a bic pen and a couple of sharpies dry cutting them to 6 1/2 inches (the size of the acrylic square I own). I piled them up in a drawer and what joy to take out accurately cut denim, ready to go.
One square out of every four patch was backed with a different print, I drew on a star from a template made out of a large margarine lid. and I sewed around it. Then I carefully cut out each star, leaving a margin to clip and fray, and sewing the little guy on the opposite corner of the four patch, and I was surprised at how quickly that went.
The backs were string quilted to a very thin worn out old sheet cut to 6 1/2 inches, and then I sewed them together back to back. The clipping took a bit of time. I actually face timed my daughter and while she worked on a painting I did a lot of the clipping and mercifully I don't even remember the amount of work it was. It was a great visit!
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