Friday Finish

I finished this quilt yesterday!

I've had a backlog of baby quilts to make

and this is the LAST one that has a due date!

Yeah!

 I quilted it simply with my walking foot...

following along with the chevron pattern.

Good thing it's a baby quilt!

There was a lot of stopping and turning involved.  

I even found a great fabric for the backing!

This quilt went together SO quickly.

Thought I'd share with you how I did it....

the SPEEDY way.

;)

I began with 9 different fabrics

cut in strips 7"wide width of fabric.

One strip of EACH fabric.

I folded them in half and made a few RANDOM cuts

using my 45 degree line on my ruler.

I began Placing my ruler at the top left corner

and finished on the bottom right corner.

Each SLICE is different.

I didn't MEASURE how wide each slice would be.

Some are wide.

Some are thin.

I was able to get 4 slices from each strip.

ACTUALLY it looks like 4...but it's double...so it's 8!

I put my slices off to the side as I cut.

I had a lot of triangles left over.

I saved these.

Then...

I opened my stack of slices and made TWO stacks.

One slice goes one way....

the other slice goes another way.

I  made SIX columns of slices.

(this photo shows only 2)

Three columns go one way.

Three go the other way.

I just picked them up RANDOMly and sewed them together.

I have a DESIGN FLOOR at my house.

As I worked I laid them out and EYEBALLED the lengths.

For you that are NEW to sewing....

this is what the seam looks like.

The point hangs over the end a bit where the seam begins.

Here they are all lined up together.

When they were all ABOUT the same length...

I added the leftover triangles to the bottom and top of each column/row.

and then cut OFF what was too long!

(my quilt measures 38"x43")

It was a FUN way to sew.

NO stress!

NO worries.

ONLY FUN!

I also made bread yesterday.

Actually...

the BREAD MAKER made the bread.

I just added the ingredients.

:)

Mmmm...It was yummy.

(instead of candied fruit, I used some dried fruit I had on hand)