Originally Posted by
1stitcher
The quilt I'm currently working on is almost finished and already my thoughts are at the next one. The only problem is that I don't know what to make.
My patchwork of the crosses design by Lucy has given me such a great time. Any suggestions?
[ATTACH=CONFIG]617871[/ATTACH]A nice lady from this board shared this quilt procedure, and I found it very easy to make and lot of fun and interesting when completed, it is made in rows, but when completed looks like it was made in a square. I am not at home presently, but I
think it was about 80 inches x 90 inches in size.
each block is 6 inch x 6 inch, with a 1/4 if a circle cut from the top right corner, and that part of the square was then sewn onto another block, then to finish off that block you add another circle from one of the other 6 x 6 squares, and then make a binding to cover up the stitching line, then you sew the completed blocks in a row, then sew all the rows together, add on a border and my final border I made it scalloped.
There were 14 rows, in all - just watch which direction you place the circle on each block to get the same effect as my quilt showed.
If you click on the picture, you will get a larger picture to look at. If you decide to make this quilt, you can easily use fat quarters. I cut all my bias pieces on the bias, so they are easy to sew onto the circle, I sewed the inside of the bias on first, then top stitched down the outside of the circle piece. I used a yard of fabric for the bias strips and the outside binding on the outside border. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any assistance, should you decide to do this quilt. It is still my favourite quilt that I have made.
The 7 and 8 rows you would place your 1/4 of the circles, so they form a complete circle.
My rows were 6 blocks with the corner circle facing the right side, then the next 6 blocks facing the left side.