It has been a long time since I last posted. I have been working on finishing up my 2012 block of the month from Craftsy.
Here is the link to craftsy. www.craftsy.com/ This class was free. They are also doing a block of the month for 2013 that is also free.
A few years back I had an internet quilting site. The site was very similar to this blog in that I shared how to make quilts. I thought I would share one of these quilts now. When I did these quilts I didn't take any pictures of the steps as I did them.
"Sailing to Dreamland
My "Sailing to Dreamland" baby quilt is an applique quilt. It is a good pattern for your first quilt. I used fusible applique for the hull and the sail, and needle-turn applique for the mast. I hope you enjoy making this baby quilt.
MATERIALS FOR SAILING TO DREAMLAND:
1/8 yard of fabric in 4 solid colors. I used red, green, yellow, and orange, but you can use any colors you wish.
Scraps of fabric in prints to match the solids. I like a variety in my quilts, so I use a different fabric for each sail.
1 to 1 1/2 yards of a boat novelty fabric. The pattern needs to be a horizontal pattern.
1 1/4 to 1 1/2 yards of light blue fabric for the sky
1/2 to 3/4 yard of dark blue fabric for the water
1/4 yard of light brown fabric to look like wood
1/2 yard of fusible webbing
1 1/2 to 2 yards of border fabric I used a red polka fabric. The length of your quilt will depend of the height of each row. I like my border to be one solid piece, so I usually have a lot left over. If you don't mind piecing your borders, you can use less fabric.
2 pieces of backing fabric, 1 3/4 yards by the width of the fabric
1 3/4 yards of cotton batting. The batting should be wide enough, if not, you will to need to get two pieces and sew together
1/2 yard of binding
DIRECTIONS FOR SAILING TO DREAMLAND QUILT:
1. Trace 12 hulls and 12 sails on the smooth side of the fusible web with either a pencil or a fine tip fabric marker.(Check your marker to make sure it doesn't run when pressed. Leave at least 1/2 inch between each pattern piece. Roughly cut out each pattern piece.
2. Pin the hulls to the solid fabrics. Pin three hulls to each color for a total of 12 hulls. The pieces should be pinned at least 1/2 apart. Roughly cut apart.
3. Using a small running stitch, stitch along the traced line. Cut out leaving a 1/8 inch seam allowance.
4. Cut a small slit in the webbing and turn right side out. Gently poke out the points, and smooth the curves. Set the hulls aside.
5. Repeat steps 2-4 with the sails on the printed scraps of fabric.
6. Trace 12 masts patterns on the right side of light brown fabric.
7. Cut out leaving a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Put all three boat pieces away until you prepare the sky and water.
8. Cut 3 strips of light blue (sky) fabric 40 1/2 inches long by 10 1/2 inches high.
9. Cut 3 strips of dark blue (water) fabric 40 1/2 inches long by 3 inches high.
10. Fold and press approximately a 1/4 inch seam allowance along the top of your water fabric. Do this with all three strips.
11. Place your water fabric along the bottom of the sky fabric with the fold toward the top. Do not sew down yet, you are deciding where you want your boats.
12. Place four boats along the blue fabrics. I used one of each color. Use the boat pattern to see where the pieces should be placed. Place the four boats on the strip. When you like how the boats look remove each piece, marking lightly with a pencil. Make sure the boats cover any pencil line.
13. You are now ready to start sewing. First sew your sail using a blind stitch. Net pin your mast, using needle-turn applique sew in place. Last sew your hull. Repeat for the remaining 3 boats on your first strip of light blue fabric.
14. Pin your water fabric along the bottom of your sky fabric with the fold toward the top. Make sure your water fabric cover a small amount (about 1/8 inch) of your boats. Stitch in place using a blind stitch.
15. Repeat steps 11-14 for the remaining strips.
16. Cut four strips of your focus fabric 40 1/2 inches long. The height will depend on your focus fabric.
17. Sew your strips together, alternating your novelty fabric strips with your boat strips, beginning and ending with the novelty fabric. At this point I prefer to use my sewing machine. I like the strength it gives the larger seams. Press the seams toward the blue fabric.
18. Press your quilt top.
ADDING BORDERS TO SAILING TO DREAMLAND
1. Measure the width of your quilt top. It is good to do this 3 times, at the top, middle, and bottom of your quilt. If they are not all the same, go with a average width. If you used the measurements I gave, it should be about 40 1/2 inches. Cut a strip that 41 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches. I usually add about an inch to 2 inches to my length, in case I made a mistake.
2. Measure the length of your quilt, adding on the top and bottom borders. This should be 9 inches. Again I add on a little extra to my length. I would rather trim any excess, than have to add more.
3. Pin your border fabric to the top and bottom of your quilt top. Sew together with a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Again I like to do this part with my sewing machine. If you hand stitch it, use a very small running stitch. Press seams toward the border fabric. Trim off any excess fabric.
4. Pin the remaining two strips along each side of the quilt. Sew together using a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Press toward the border fabric. Trim
LAYERING SAILING TO DREAMLAND:
1. Sew, on your sewing machine, your two pieces of backing fabric, using a 1/2 inch seam allowance. Press seams open. Press fabric flat
2. Lay your backing fabric on a large flat surface, right side down. Smooth and pin or tape down.
3. Lay your batting on top of your backing fabric. Smooth and pin or tape down.
4. Lay your quilt top down, right side up on the batting. Smooth out any wrinkles. Starting from the center either baste or pin the three layers together. I like using quilting safety pins. They should be placed about 6 inches apart. If you baste your quilt, use a thread that will stand out. This will make it easier to remove the stitches later.
5. There will be a lot of excess batting and backing fabric. You can either leave it and trim it before binding your quilt or you can trim some excess now and the rest later. It you decide to trim now, you need to leave at least two inches all the way around.
6. Your quilt is now ready to be quilted.
BINDING QUILT SAILING TO DREAMLAND
1. After your quilt is quilted trim the backing and batting evenly with the front.
2. Measure the top and bottom of your quilt and add 1 inch. Cut 2 strips, 2 inches by the width of your quilt. If your fabric is not long enough you will need to piece your strips together. Repeat for you side bindings. Fold the 4 strips in half and press.
3. Pin your binding to the top and bottom of your quilt top with the right sides together and the raw edge on the top of your quilt. Machine stitch with a 1/4 inch seam allowance, press toward the quilt. Repeat for the remaining two sides.
4. Fold your binding to the back of the quilt and hand stitch using a slanted hem stitch. Press binding flat.
Here are the pattern for the boat.
If the pattern for the boat did not come out. Here is the site I got it from http://www.coloring.ws/boats.htm
This is a great site for applique patterns.
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