I've made a couple of quilts for friends and have been asked by many how I did it and I must confess that I figured this out by just looking at a quilt online, just another talent that God has given me, with out him I wouldn't be able to bless those I have with these quilts.
This is a version of the quilt I am making but will give you an idea of what it might look like when it's done. Today we will concentrate on the blocks and then later everything else,lol.
Supply list: Varies by size of the quilt
1 Half yard for inside block A (Animal pattern)
1 Half yard of corresponding fabric to fabric A
1 Half yard for inside block B (Animal pattern)
1 Half yard of corresponding fabric to fabric B
1 Yard of Fabric for lines connecting blocks and trim and binding
1 Yard of backround fabric, I used white.
1 Yard of more of muslin for backing dependent on how big your quilt is.
First things first:
Make as many 4 1/2x4 1/2's with fabric A as you want, you can make this quilt as big or as small as you would like.
Then take the corresponding fabric and make 1 1/2 inch strips.
Now your going to sew the 1/2 inch strips to the top and bottom of the 4 1/2 in block, you can save more fabric by doing a running line, place your 1/2 strip to your sewing machine and sew on your 4 1/2 inch block then instead of cutting there, place the next block very closely to the last and sew, hopefully you can see it in the picture.
Then when you've sewn as many together as you can, place the line of blocks on your cutting mat and cut the blocks apart.
When your done doing this, start on the opposite side of the block so that there is a blue strip on the top and bottom of the block.
Now take your 1/2 inch strip and sew it on the side. Make sure that while you sew you also put the seams facing one way and stick to that pattern, I ironed them to go out so when I hand sewed the quilt I had a line to follow from the seams.
And repeat. Lastly, Take your blocks and square them. You basically put the squares on the lines and make sure everything is straight and if not cut off the access fabric, if you skip this step your quilt might not be even or not matchup when you ad more fabric to the pattern. As you can see in the picture I had a bit I had to cut off, make sure you check all sides and all blocks.
And there you have it, your first block, now do this with fabric B and corresponding fabric. I'm going to stop here because that will take a while to do all by it's self, again you can make this quilt as big or as small as you would like, the bigger the quilt the more blocks you will need to make.
