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Biscuit Patch

Robin ♥ — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:47:13 +0000

This is my first “quilt-along” and I’m so excited. Currently, I am working on a vintage crib size quilt. I have already picked the fabrics and I am sewing the squares together.

Cotton Fabrics

When I think of vintage my mind drifts to subdued tones and wonderful textures. Unfortunately, the fabric isn’t very textured, so I’m going to give it some. The center of the squares will be a biscuit patch.

The center, biscuit patch square, finished is 4″, which means I need to cut one 5 1/2″ square & one 4 1/2″ square. The 5 1/2″ square will be fitted onto the 4 1/2″ square. 1/4″ will be sewn in on either side, leaving 4″. You may choose any size you want. However, if you go big you might lose the effect.

Needed Items:

Washed & Dried Fabric

Washed & Dried Junky Fabric (you’ll never see it)

Steps:

1. Cut one 5 1/2″ square from your fabric & one 4 1/2″ square from your junky fabric.

: 4 1/2″ Square and 5 1/2″ Square

2. Fit & Pin the 5 1/2″ top fabric square corner to the left side of the 4 1/2″ corner of your junky fabric square. Do that to the right side as well. You’ll have loose fabric in the middle that you will need to pleat and pin right down the middle.

: Larger square pinned to the smaller square

3. Sew 1/8″ in along the side. Make sure you back-stitch at the beginning & end of your line.

: 1/8″ stitch, back-stitching at the beginning and end

4. Go in a clockwise circle pinning down each side & sewing them down.

: Fold pleats clockwise.

There you have it, a 4 1/2″ poof. I ♥ it!

: Completed square with biscuit patch center

Get stitching…

♥R

Phase 1 Completed

Robin ♥ — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:58:05 +0000

Phase 1 is probably just thinking up this crazy quilt, but you get my point. I have completed the middle top of the quilt as of midnight June 3, 2009. What a task! This part was hard. Figuring out where to put what and make it flow correctly was harder than I expected. A few tries later I had it where I wanted.

Now onto the jean boarder and colorful binding.

Here it is…

Top Middle

7X8 8 1/2" squares

Completed! Phew...

Getting Closer

Robin ♥ — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:58:53 +0000

So close I actually laid the quilt out. SO EXCITING!!! I have a vision of course. It entails two 3X3 8 1/2″ square blocks sewn together to make a very large block. One is a windmill pattern and the other is a block pattern. If the block pattern has a proper name I don’t know it. Anyway. The blocks are going on the top right of the quilt. The windmills are going on the bottom left. Balance if you will. I will somehow fill in the missing space with the random squares I have created and basic jean that I have yet to cut.

Last night was spent escaping my quilting wonderland. I ran into Pahoa with a few girlfriends of mine. Needed to do a little catch up with one long lost girl pal that now lives in L.A., CA. She skedattled this morning back to city life. Poor girl! We ate dinner at Nings, an amazing Thai food restaurant. Delicious! Another friend of mine was doing some Champagne Ponds lounging and was awesome enough to stop by for a quick hello that turned into an extra 2 for dinner. He had a buddy from Oahu with him. We had a good time for sure!

I arrived home in time to sew ribbon onto a 8.5″ X 16.5″ piece of tan khakis I found. That rectangle is still in progress as my B.Y.O.B. session resulted in an earlier than later bedtime.

Here’s the latest…

Block Squares

8 1/2" 3X3 Block Squares, Top Right

8 1/2" 3X3 Windmill Squares, Bottom Left

Crochet Butterflies

Hidden Butterfly

Playing with thread pattern modes

Ribbons, will soon have jean cherry blossoms

Escaping Butterflies

Butterfly

I couldn’t help it!

Robin ♥ — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:54:36 +0000

So much for taking a step back yesterday. From my alarm going off at 5:20am, work out at 5:30am, Cheyenne drop off at 7:50am, work at 8:00am, Cheyenne pick up at 2:30pm, off at 4:00pm, Cheyenne’s golf lessons at 4:20pm, visiting Roslyn & new baby Teija at 6:00pm, home at 7:00pm…

Dinner and bath time somehow got accomplished but I don’t remember it. The night prior I was up till midnight sewing so at this point I was pretty much a zombie. I need sleep. This girl is no night owl!

After Cheyenne fell asleep, somewhere around 8:45pm, I snuck into the craft room. Oh yes I did. Why I don’t know. It was calling to me, but never mind taking a step back and figuring anything out. I definitely didn’t have the time or patience to deal with that. I did however manage to knock out 2 squares. This counts as 2. So there! I couldn’t help it.

2 for 1

Quilt Squares…

Robin ♥ — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:30:31 +0000

This is consuming my every available second after all the other unavoidable responsibilities I have. The ones that can wait are waiting. This is top priority.

I’m enjoying watching the progression. I definitely need to take a step back tonight and think about filling in the blanks. I’m keeping a majority of the quilt plain ol jean used from old jeans I have left over from a prior project of my mothers. I need to make sure there’s ebb and flow. Challenging. Bringing these random squares together might be rough. I’m sure I’ll figure it out.

This is what I’ve got so far. The highlights anyway…

Windmill Pattern

Pocket full of posies

Peek a boo

Popies

Whimsy

Mr. Puffer & Friends

Walk in the rain

Windmill Pattern

Blue Bird

Squirrel

Building Blocks

She’s crafty

Robin ♥ — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:03:42 +0000

My mom is very crafty. She’s extremely creative, which feels like a complete understatement. She’s amazing. She has been, in a variety of different ways, trying to get me to make a quilt. Its been going in one ear and out the other. Been there. Done that. Not doing it right now!

Then she started pulling out fabric. Asking for my advice. Oh she’s clever. She knew once I looked, felt, and started creating, it was just a matter of time. She was right, yet again. I couldn’t help it. She had some pretty awesome fabric.

I picked my fabric. I cut. I pinned. I stitched. I ripped out stitches. I stitched. I ripped out stitches. I got pissed. I took a trip to Ross to purchase a sheet set (much cheaper for a backing than purchasing fabric). I got happy. I bought the batting. I puzzle fit the sheet and batting to fit my king size quilt. I pinned together. I sewed. I banned. And FINALLY, I slept under it last night. The binding is pretty sweet. I took a bunch of different fabrics and sewed them together randomly. I wish I had thought of that sooner; I could have planned on a thicker binding. Arrggghhhh…next time. All in all, I really had fun. That’s probably because I used bonded cotton batting. That’s the good stuff.

So onto my next sewing adventure. I really need a new bag and am starting that tonight. Oh, I’ve got the sewing bug and it’s sure to last.

My Newest Quilt Creation - King Size