Steady Stiching

I have a quiltsmart panel and one of these days I really need to get to making it. I think I'll play with this technique with the squares before i open up the panel....yet another tool for our toolboxes...thank you.

HopeandFaith89

Thank you for posting this! Great idea! I was looking thru the Scrappy Quilt show and wanted to make a scrappy, but didn't think I could get the blocks to look nice. This way I can move them around til it suits me, and not do all that work and be unhappy with the results in the end. yea!

wendiq

Fireworkslover.....good reminder. I plan to park this suggestion in my gourd.....Thanks!

kellen46

I have made some totes and baby quilts with this technique. I keep a little box full of 2.5" squares handy just in case I get the urge to make something. It is really easy. If you make a quilt a light weight batting is best. Sometimes if I can find a new flannel sheet at the thrift shop I will use that for the batting. I see that Pellon has batting advertised as the same weight as a flannel sheet. Finding a thrifted sheet is cheaper though I think. Go for it, try a small project first like place-mat. Oh yeah it also makes great Christmas stockings. I add a bit of thrifted crochet doily to the top cuff for a vintage look.

BettyGee

Many thanks for the link. This will help with the collection of 2.5" squares I've acquired through the PSQ swap organized by The Curious Quilter last year.

sewbizgirl

WOW. What a great idea! The biggest plus is that you don't have to keep track of the order of your squares, once you lay them out and iron them to the interfacing. I pinned this to my Pinterest board, "Quilty Goodness", so I will have quick access to it later. Thanks!

smurfsmom

Take a look at some of the patterns Dina Pappas came up with using this technique. I have made 3 wall hangings using her patterns and have a couple more plus a quilt or 2 on my bucket list.

Mimmis57

That is kind of the same technique Anita Grossman Soloman uses with her paper piecing.Kind of fun.

tenngal

I'll try this, for sure !!!

bobquilt3

That's been around for a long time. At one time they used to sell fusible with printed grid lines to set the squares. This way is cheaper and can be used for any size.
Another thing they did with this was to use cross-stitch patterns and use squares of fabric
in place of stitches to create the pattern. I always found the resulting quilt tops to be very stiff. . . Even with the lightest fusible.