Store and protect quilt batting conveniently whilst quilting. Handi Tool Tray The Handi Tool Tray sits on top of your HQ frame, spanning the poles which makes it easier to access all of your gadgets, bobbins, needles, rulers, scissors and other accessories.
For hand dyed fabric lovers (Moi! Included), playing with gradations conjures up a quilt that looks 'woven' rather than pieced.Whether the block is created from just two strips or many, this nifty,little 'beginner' rail fence quilt pattern has a lot of offer anyquilter, no matter their skill level.All the patchwork illustrations you see on thewebsite are created with the EQ7 software program.I use itfor all my block designing because it makes designing so darn easy.and FUN!And if you're a MAC user, EQ has created a version just for you! These blocks can be varied by increasing or decreasing the number of strips in each. As you'll see in the illustrations that follow, changing the order the fabric color values can dramatically change the look of the final design. And finally, you can make 'wonky' blocks to add even more pizzazz to your patchwork.Truly a basic block!If you create a quilt with a controlled color palette using just three fabrics (for example), you'll stitch a long strip of each fabric together into strip sets and then cut those sets into the block. It's rather like doing the.
If you choose to make a scrap quilt, you'll make each block individually.Rail Fence Quilt Pattern DesignsThere are two basic layouts of the the blocks. I'll use the simple, three strip block from above to illustrate.
To make it easier to see the design, the fabrics are positioned from light to dark.In this first pattern, the blocks are laid out so that the dark strip (or 'rail') iseither on the left or the top. The odd numbered rows start with the dark onthe left; the even numbered rows start with it on the top. Morphing the idea of gradation just a bit, this next rail fence quilt pattern uses two values of black and white fabric.one looks more white, the other more dark.and a single bright for each set of blocks.
The result is an eye-popping rainbow quilt.perfect for a child or any lover of bright, dynamic quilts. Add a black border and quilt with those super-luscious, fully saturated rayon and polyester threads. The finished quilt will be a show-stopper.and still a basic, easy to piece rail fence quilt design. Were your eyes fooled by this design? Doesn't it look like the blocks are different sizes? But they're not. They are square blocks just like all the examples on this page.
Take note that in order to 'complete' this design, I've added a border equal to the width of the black strips. Otherwise it just doesn't look finished.For Applique Lovers.sometimes there's just not enough time to applique all the quilts that exist in your mind-I know-I belong to that club! What's an appliquer to do?
My suggestion is to applique just a panel for your next quilt. Now border this panel with a field of fast and easy rail fence quilt blocks in subtle fabrics so that all your hand stitching takes center stage like this.
While out shopping the other week, we came across these darling headbands. And although they were adorable, I wasn't up to the $24 dollar price tag that went with them. I told Hannie that I think we can make something similar that are still super cute.So, we came home and started on some proto-types to see if we could make some at home. We had about 4 different attempts but we finally found what we both were looking for!
They are made from existing 1' angled headbands and they are so.06.27.19. We have another PDF pattern to release this month and this one is such a good one! As you know we love traditional quilt blocks and the Churndash is one of our favorites. We even wrote a whole podcast on the history of the Churndash quilt block itself that you can listen to HERE.So, naturally we needed a Churndash Quilt to go with it. I love the look of this block and you really can make it out of any traditional or modern fabrics and it will look great.I used a whole bunch of scraps.06.20.19. Our church group got together the last couple of months and sewed 15 quilts for all the girls in our congregation.
All of the girls were graduating from high school, and it was quite the feat to pull off. But, we did it! So, a couple of weeks ago we presented 15 quilts to 15 girls for their upcoming adventures to all over the world.We used one of our favorite patterns to sew all the quilt tops so they would all be the same. But we could assembly line sew them up as well. We used the Peaches.06.13.19.
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