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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Windmill HST Baby Quilt Tutorial

Windmill quilt top

Measurements :
Finished block : 7.25"
Finished top : 29" x 36.25"

Five shades of grey

To make this quilt you will need 5 shades of grey fabrics
from light grey to dark grey. 9" of each one.

Strips

Fold your 9" fabric in 2 from seam to seam.
Cut it in 2 lengthwise.
You obtain 2 strips of 4.50"width.

Squares

Put 4 strips over each other and cut squares of 4.50".

Cut triangles

Cut them in diagonal.

Triangles

You obtain those triangles.

Stitching

Put two different shades triangles right side against right side,
and sew them on the diagonal side.

Assembled triangles

Trim corners

Trim the corners this way.

HTS

You obtain this unit.

Trim corners

Open press it.

Four units

Lay your 4 units this way.

Assemble 2 units

Sew 2 units together.

Pressing

Press on the dark side (always).

Two units

You obtain those 2 new units.

Open press

Sew them together and open press.

Windmill block

You block is ready.

To make your quilt top, arrange your blocks the way it pleases you and then assemble  
them this way :

Sew four blocks together for your first row.
Go on this way with the next 4 rows.
Last step : sew the 5 rows together.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Shades of Grey


       


My twenty Windmill blocks are ready to be assembled for another baby quilt. Since yesterday I tried various combinations on the design board. When my daughter came this morning she disarranged everything 
until she told me that this makes her dizzy and disappeared! So I remained alone in front of those three options and I think I will choose the third one. 

Next post I will write the tutorial of this quilt top for beginners who want to make a very quick and easy baby quilt.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Sewing Sewing Sewing...

all day long!

Stitching


Stitching

Stitching

Stitching

Stitching

I added three more rows to my double Four Patch top, which means 30 blocks. To complete it I need another 20 blocks... I think I rather have a break from this and start a new baby quilt for my three months old grandson : first priority, isn't it? As I showed in this post, my daughter chose various shades of grey for this quilt and I suppose it will be a pleasure for me to use soft neutral hues, after all those colorful fabrics lately... relaxing!