Aunt Daisy's Quilt Along
 

Dear Members,

If you would like to make the Aunt Daisy Quilt, there is a free Quilt Along, the pattern is totally free until January 1, 2023. Details will be posted on this group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/238458531647902 , the yardage chart is already posted with material requirements from every size from King to Queen to Double to Twin to Table Topper/Pillow. The quilt along begins February 1st.

that looks very interesting - I love doing this style with ombre fabric and just letting the shading be random.

Been thinking about this - and my two totes of scraps. I think I'll select a background and use random scraps for the color.

Spent the weekend cutting up scraps. I went through two large totes of scraps and a few smaller misc totes. Got all the color pieces cut from scrap, but had to use yardage for the neutrals for the background. I'll work on sewing following along, which means the next step is to start making flying geese.

They are bagged up in sets, Flying Geese, HST, Hourglass, Square in a square, and 4 patch. Oh- and the Tri-rec units, not sure what they are called.

Hi Cathy,

I'm Vanessa, I created the Aunt Daisy Quilt. Thank you for joining in on the quilt along! I've had company for about two weeks; my son's home burned down this last year and they lost everything, a brand-new house that he built and they'd moved into and he was waiting for the siding (that had been backordered for months due to covid) and USAA insurance refused to insure the home until it had siding on it, so they lost everything except the gardening clothes they were wearing. It's been a tough year for them. So, they have made a decision to move to Houston and they've been here for a few weeks tying up loose ends. They leave in a week. So, I say all of this to say, I'm ready to start the next lesson/block unit that will be released March 1st. I need to hurry because it takes time writing the lesson and making the photos! I'm making mine on this round navy blues and creams but I'm thinking about making a lap quilt that is scrappy with fall colors. I'm like you, I love scrappy quilts!

I have 3 others that I am working on right now. One I am behind on already. The other 2 are on time. I think I'll pass on this one.

Thanks for the welcome Vanessa, I don't have a facebook account, and that is why I'm posting progress on this board.

I've got the flying geese units complete. Very glad to get them out of the way early on.

Aunt Daisy Quilt Along
 

Just in case you need the link, you can look on the first of every month by noon at the latest for the block units each month.

www.vanessavantreasequiltalongs.wordpress.com

I love this quilt! And with it moving along at a once-a-month pace, I feel maybe I can get it done amidst all my other stuff, (charity quiltmaking and family sewing). Thank you so much for your pattern and lessons, Vanessa.

I'm so sorry about your son's misfortune. I think he should sue the insurance co. They left him hung out to dry! :(

Just downloaded your part 1, Flying Geese methods. Thank you so much for all the photos with post-it notes! This is going to be fun.

How about we use this thread to share our progress and pictures? I joined the Facebook group but would also like to work with the QB folks who are making this.

I was looking at the picture of the quilt and noticed you could also do the blocks with geese as singles rather than doubled. I might do mine that way.

Here’s what I have so far. I actually have finished my geese for a full size. I dread the tri-rec blocks… they are my nemesis!

yea! time for another round. I guess she calls them quarter square triangle blocks, but they look the same as hourglass to me. I've already got all my triangles cut, as that is the way I prefer to make them, so I can jump right in to sewing.

I won't be able to work with my charm squares for this clue, so I'm planning on cutting some 5.5" squares to use instead. At least there aren't many of these.

I know my head will explode when it comes time to do the tri-recs! I just can't get them right, and there are so many of them in this quilt.

I'll see about posting the way I do tri-recs. I do have the rulers and would not want to do without them.

I got all the hourglass blocks sewn and started trimming, then I had to go to work. I looked at the posted directions and had a "what the . . . " so I gave that up and sewed them they way I normally do. And since I'm gong scrappy, methods that are designed to make more than one at a time aren't going to work for me anyway.

Macybaby, what's your method for making hourglasses?

I've just had a chance to check into this. I'm continually amazed at the generosity of quilters to share their ideas and expertise. I cannot sew along, but will be following this thread and the Facebook page to see the results, and will hope to make the quilt someday.

Could someone explain where I would find the number of each kind of unit to make for each size quilt?

Vanessa, I really enjoyed your intro to the quilt. I wish I could be more like your Aunt Daisy!

Hi joe'smom! That info is given in each part's instructions.

here is how I make hourglass. I use my easy angle and companion angle (I believe they came as a set) . The main thing with these rulers is they have the dog ears already cut off, and that is important for lining up on the WOF so the triangles are correct. I use these rulers whenever I am cutting triangles.

I started out by using my 4.5" square and figuring out what size the triangles need to be. I will draw out a scale block to measure if needed too. Sometimes I'll use EQ8, but it always figures measures before cutting off the ears. When I'm using that, I'll draw were a triangle needs to be so it's a square/rectangle, then I'll get exact measures without ears, which is what I need.

For this pattern, I determined that I need to use either 2.5" strips, or 3.5" strips (for no bias edge on outside). The first picture shows how the rulers get laid out on WOF - and the important part is where the narrow end is. Normally I'll cut WOF a bit wider (1/8 to 1/4) so I can trim down. After you cut the first piece, you flip the ruler to line up with the new leading edge to cut the next piece.

One more thing to add, if you are not doing scrappy, you can cut your light/dark WOF and put them face together, and then cut the triangles, Then they are already paired up for sewing. I was going scrappy so didn't do that.

The second pic shows the two cut piece, The first has the bias edge on the long side, and for Hourglass, that will end up on the outside edge, so if you don't want that, make sure to cut them the other way, like the second so the bias are now on the edges that will be sewn together.

The third pic shows them sewing along the short edge and the fourth shows them pressed to the dark, and how they are paired up for last seam. I do spin my seams sewing this way.

Fifth pic shows them sewn and ready to be trimmed. if you don't have a 4.5" ruler, use a larger one and line cut two edges at a time, with the corners lined up at the 4.5" mark. I'm not a big fan of cutting all four sides at a time, so more often I will use a bigger square, cut two sides and then flip the block and cut the other two sides. Especially with smaller stuff where the ruler is hard to hold in place.

Here is my set of hourglass blocks, ready for next month.

Cathy, thank you for that wonderful tutorial on how you do hourglasses.

I have finished my hourglass blocks...YAY! Ready for next month's part.

Woo, those are fun QSTs, sewbiz!

Macybaby, what a great variety of fabrics!

MacyBaby - Just had to say a quick hi! and I recognize some of your fabric from the Booms! What a fun way to use the extra!

Good day/evening everyone. I’m sitting on the fence debating on this BOM . I really, really like this QAL. I have saved all of the directions so far. This years BHMQ has taken all of my scrappy background fabric. So I would have to invest in background FQ fabric. (Any suggestions on who sells only light background fq). I would plan to do the queen size quilt adding inches to reach 120” on the sides. My plan to do in FQ’s in a controlled scrappy colors. I lean towards cool colors. So batiks mixed in with other fabrics that plays well with batiks. Fabric colors; assortments of blues, greens, purples, lavender, aqua, maybe throw in some gold and brown or gray. I figure I will add on fabric as I go along. Like I did with the BHMQ project. I figure I can catch up in a month or so. Can you tell I’m really trying to talk myself into starting this project?. LOL 😂

happylab, I routinely check on Etsy, searching, 'low volume fabric bundle' for lighter neutrals. Of course, this will usually involve separate shipping charges, which can add up.

L'il Red Hen quilt shop makes it easy to search for neutrals, as they have a 'by color' option and a neutral section. Last time I checked they would sell 1/4 yd. (but not a fat quarter).

Happylab, I have seen neutrals bundles at Piecing the Past and also at Quilted Twins in the past. Give them a look. This is a very fun QAL!

Thank-you joe’smom & Sewbizgirl for the info I will check it out.

This QAL looks really fun. I will see what I have in my stash to sew along. 10 yards of background fabric is my current issue. I may need to use several different pieces that closely resemble each other on color. The other fabrics are not an issue. I just have to dig.

Happylab, I'm using scrappy neutrals for my backgrounds. I can't see how it could possibly total 10 yds.

It looks like most of the neutral fat quarter bundles are pretty expensive when you figure out the price per yard. I have been looking in the sales part of any quilt shop I go into to see if there are any neutrals although there is often a 1-yard minimum purchase in the sale section. Also, if the shop happens to have fat quarters and happens to have a sale on them, I will look for them there. Ha, I do have some yardage of neutrals in quantity enough to use them for backings and if I actually used them for the backings, I would have scraps!

I found a piece of backing for this project. Next week project, to find fabrics to match my backing. I want to make it a controlled scrappy, using purples, blues, aqua, & greens. Time to go digging and planning fabric colors for the different parts of the top.

I use a lot of neutral scrappy, so normally buy it by half or full yard pieces and not fat quarter.

There are a lot of times I'll want to do a project that takes a lot of fabric for the background, like 5-6 yards, and I rarely have that size pieces in my stash.

The Aunt Daisy pattern would also be really neat to do controlled colors. I messed around with it on EQ8 and you can get some really neat designs doing it more like a medallion quilt too.

HST for this month, will be an easy one. I don't like any method for making "multiples" at a time, and already have all my triangles cut so it will be sew, press and trim and be done. I do have a bloc loc 4.5" ruler so trimming will be a breeze.

here are my HST for this month.

Hi, I'm thinking I would like to make this but I'm not on Facebook. I did find a Wordpress pdf that had over 100 pages of Block A,B,and C units. Will there be more? I'm not sure I could go back and find the rest, if there is. I haven't read through but just skimming I see the info for all size quilts down to even a pillow or topper. Will you all be posting your quilts here, I'd love to see. Thanks for any more info on this.

Toogie, we will post here. The blocks are all 4.5" easy blocks. The author has a website for it, aside from Facebook. It's here:

https://vanessavantreasequiltalongs.wordpress.com/

The blocks are simple, but she usually shows several ways to make them so you can find your favorite.

I've worked ahead a little and did the 4 patch blocks too... so now I have double geese, hourglass, HSTs, and 4 patches enough for the queen sized quilt.

The hardest part for me has been waiting. I am very tempted to work ahead too.

I have a hard time staying interested during those long waits for the next block, when doing a BOM. Block of the week type QALs work better for me than BOM. Some people on the Facebook group have gone ahead and made the whole quilt, as soon as the line drawn picture was shown! I'm trying to go slow, but when I have a lull between quilting projects, I will use that time to catch up or work ahead a little. No one cares so I do what works for me.

Thank you sewbizgirl. This is what I found, but like I said, I wasn't sure if this was all there is.I haven't read through but I saw some had finished so is this all we will need? or is it continued with other squares or maybe a border? Does anyone know yet? I have never participated in a sew along...

There will be a few more blocks. They come out on the first of each month. Not sure about a border, tho.

I used the original drawings and picture to figure out all the pieces I needed, then went through my scrap piles and cut them all. So now I have sandwich bags filled with the pieces ready to sew up. That worked well for me as it got me motivated to do something with all those scraps. I actually cut up pieces for three quilts, and am now sewing what is left together randomly.

Wow, Macybaby... you cut up enough for 3? You are going to be busy. Maybe making the blocks randomly will be a lot less boring than sewing 100 of one and then 100 or another... Good going, putting those scraps to use.