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Free Pattern Patchwork Heart Quilt and Mini Quilt

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You can get the pattern for this beautiful patchwork heart called the Stitches from The Heart HERE>

It was a quick project and a fun one for sure!

I am always attracted to making patchwork hearts. My quilt patterns have been based on hearts ! You can check out my patterns linked at the end of this post for more hearty inspirations 😉

The heart shape has always been my favourite shape. I love the little curve elements of the heart shape and something about what it represents as well, I guess.

For this pattern, I am using:

And just for the fun of it, I recorded a fun video from start to finish. If you like this kind of video, make sure you subscribe to my channel. I appreciate your support so much.

The mini quilt comes together pretty quickly. But the pattern also come with an instruction for a larger quilt size which can easily be a lap quilt or a baby quilt.

Make sure you check the pattern out! It’s free by FQshop HERE> Stitches from The Heart HERE>

Stitches from the Heart Mini Quilt Making Process

Let me know what you think? Have you ever used the Triangle Roll Paper before?

Anyway, if you are a heart shape lover too, and want to make more heart quilts and pillows, check out my patterns:

I Heart Quilt Pattern & Scrappy Heart Pillow

Both of these patterns are based on a heart block.

Till next time, have fun quilting!

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How to Blind Stitch

January 23, 2021 1 Comment

A little tutorial today on how to blind stitch by hand.

I am in the process of piecing together the quilt-as-you-go blocks for the second version of my Sewcial Bee Sampler quilt as mentioned earlier and now I am at the stage of hand stitching the tiny sashing on the back of the quilt.

Before I piece the sashing together, I took a photo of the layout so I can refer to the blocks as I sew them in rows.

After piecing them in rows. The front is ready, the back still needs to be finished. And this is where I need to sit down and hand stitch the blind stitch.

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Quilt As You Go update: Sewcial Bee Sampler V2

January 15, 2021 4 Comments

Another quilt-as-you-go finished. It’s the same quilt pattern with the version 1 I posted in 2019. But with totally a different look.

Here is the first version which I blogged about HERE>:

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This one was put off for much longer than the first one. Quilt blocks were all readily quilted at the same time with the first version, but it was so hard to pick the right sashing.

This version is made from my scraps including the frames of the blocks. Hence the wide range of greys.

And because it was so scrappy, it was hard to pick a fabric for the sashing.

I was also resistant to buying any new fabrics to complete it. But I didn’t have much stash of large yardage. Either I was going for scrappy sashing too or I will eventually need to buy enough yardage for it.

Hence the progress was stalled. For quite a while. I finally decided to buy enough yardage for the sashing. But it was difficult to choose which kind of fabrics to get.

Picking the right fabric for the sashing

I finally made the purchase late last year (2020), and picked the fabric that has most of the colours from the blocks. It is also one of Art Gallery Fabrics, and since the blocks were made from all Art Gallery Fabrics, the colours were a good match.

The fabric is from the same designer I have from my stash – Katarina Roccella which is why most of the colours were similar.

Here is the link to the fabric if you are interested to get some too.

I love the fact that the fabric is stripy. Similar to the first version, I think stripy fabrics are great choices for sashing, borders or binding.

Now, at this stage, I do feel like it is a little busy.

But I think it will be fine with the thin sashing made using the same method I use for joining together quilt as you go blocks. Click here for the tutorial for piecing quilt as you go blocks with tiny sashing.

Otherwise, it will surely be a great experiment right?

I am definitely just going with it this time. Wish me luck!!! I’ll update again soon.

You can find the archive for each of the block quilting HERE>. Each of the blocks were custom quilted with feather design quilting.

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Here is one of my favourite block.

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Notion Talk: Squared Ruler Stripology

January 8, 2021 9 Comments

Quilting Ruler

I have been a quilter for about 9 years now. However, it is not until a few years back that I started investing in more rulers. Quilting can be an expensive hobby, but it doesn’t have to be.

You can start quilting with the very basics and work your way as you stash up slowly according to your budget.

I think in my first 2 years of quilting, I only had ONE ruler. The 6 x 12″ ruler. That one for everything. And it was fine. You can still make quilts with just one ruler to start with.

I have a post before this about the top rulers that one should have – covering the very basic rulers that are required. You can check that out HERE>

However, today I am going to talk about a ruler I recently bought and fell in love with instantly. It is an extra ruler that helps make things a little faster and easier.

Creative Grid Rulers

Creative Grids has come out with lots of different types of rulers. And one thing I noticed is that the markings are a little different than other rulers. They also have special gripping strips on the back of the ruler.

These two features make it a whole lot better. I love the clear markings making it easier and faster for your eyes to cut. And the gripping strips really do hold onto the fabric and allow the ruler to stay in place while you do the trimming or cutting.

I am definitely in love with their rulers.

I have talked about the Stripology Ruler before.I love the big size for easy trimming large pieces of fabrics. You can now opt for the large squared ruler too. The sqaured ruler has the same slots but with more markings. It is a little busier but you can use it in two ways. However, I do feel like squaring is way easier with the smaller sized Squared Ruler I talked about in this post.

You can check out their selection of rulers HERE>

Creative Grids Stripology Squared Ruler Mini

My recent purchase was this Mini Stripology Squared Ruler. It is not so mini as the name suggests, but it is the smaller version. It can cut up to 7″ strips and 6.5″ square units.

Perfect for making patchwork units.

Just with all Creative Grid Rulers, the markings and the grip on this one is amazing.

I love the square markings for the 3,4,5,6 inches squares (in black) and the 2.5″,3.5″,4.5″,5,5″ and 6.5″ squares (in white). They make it easy to trim down your blocks fast and accurately knowing exactly where to slot in your rotary cutter.

How to use the Stripology Squared Ruler

Here is a video showing how I trimmed Half Square Triangle units using the Bias ruler and the Stripology Squared Ruler Mini.

Links to the things I used in this video:

Overall, I am really happy with this purchase and definitely seeing myself use this on a regular basis. I just love the crispy cut of freshly trimmed units.

Let me know in the comment if you have any other suggestions of rulers that I should add to my stash!

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Sewcialites Quilt Along Update

December 20, 2020 1 Comment

Hello.

It has been a while since I last updated my work in progress. But I am doing it today. Not much has been progressing in my sewing room due to the little one and a lot that is going on around at home.

School and work from home seem to be taking over everything these days.

Anyway, I told you in my previous post that I decided to join in the Sewcialites Sew-Along. Well, I am happy to say that I am still on that bandwagon and keeping up!

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CYBER MONDAY SALE!!

December 1, 2020 No Comments

Hi there, I am just sharing some of the good finds on SALE this CYBER MONDAY especially curated for QUILTERS in mind.

Check them out and have fun!

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CYBER MONDAY SALE FOR QUILTERS:

use code SAVEBIG and save up to 30% off the whole cart! Check out tons of fabrics, notions and quilting books HERE>>

Huge list of quilting fabrics, notions, patterns on big sale Cyber Monday sale HERE>. No coupon required.

FREE Go! Me and more sales on dies! This is a super great time to grab it if you’ve been eyeing some of the dies..

CHECK IT OUT HERE>

20% OFF SITEWIDE with CODE : CM20 – all kinds of fabrics. I recommend getting minky, knits and home decor fabrics here. but, there’s also quilting fabrics! So just grab them while you’re there too…

(I’ll update the list as I come across more deals, thank you for dropping by – let us know if you find some great deals to share in the comment too!)

Free Motion Quilting Design Ideas

November 17, 2020 4 Comments

Did you know that I have an archive of free motion quilting designs ideas on the blog already?

Well, it was from my Sewcial Bee Sampler quilt where I made the quilt intentionally with the quilt as you go method to practice all the different motifs.

In this post, I’ll gather those all up and put them in one place so that it’ll be easy for you to refer to and hopefully get inspiration from.

Make sure you pin this post so that you can come back to this post anytime you want to try out the designs.

Free Motion Quilting Design Ideas

You can click on the title or the image of these designs and it will bring you to the post where I share the “how-to” to make these designs. I hope you’ll enjoy it!

Loopy loops

Among my favourite free motion quilting design is the loopy loop. I never get sick of this simple free motion quilting design. You can easily finish a quilt with this design. Loopy Loops free motion quilting motif is definitely one you must master to quickly finish a quilt!

Terrace Echoes

Echoed SS

Scale this design and it makes a perfect allover design for a quilt. It will be a gorgeous texture!

Woodgrains

Loopy 8’s

Pebbles

Spirals

Heart Loops

Clamshell Strands

City Terraces

Row by Row Loops

Floral Meandering

Mendearing Leaf

Cloud

Swirl Curls

Square Loops

Here is another of my favourite, similar to loopy lopp, square loops is also easy to master. This one will suit a more structured quilt.

Jagged Hooks

Star Strokes

Blooming Flower

Leafy Strands

If you are new to free motion quilting, check out Free Motion Quilting Bootcamp where I take you from zero to mastering Free Motion Quilting Confidently all the quilts you are going to make!

Don’t forget to pin this page! So that next time you’ll need ideas for what to quilt, you have these free motion quilting design ideas to come to

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Patchwork Barn Quilt in Progress

October 20, 2020 7 Comments

A little more update on the progress of my blue and white Patchwork Barn quilt.

I have posted the previous progress HERE> and HERE>

From the last post, I have made 12 more blocks and I am happy to say that I only have 9 more blocks to go to complete 72 blocks required for the quilt.

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Sewcialites Quilt Along – Block 1

September 30, 2020 3 Comments

O well, what have I got into?

Yes, I have started another project. Just could not resist the sew along. I love sew along for the community and seeing other people’s version of the same quilt. I love that we can share thoughts about the quilt as we go along working on it together.

Besides, I love a sampler quilt. Can’t you tell yet?