W.I.P : Scrappy Trip Around the World Quilt

Just popping in with another work in progress: The Scrappy Trip Around the World Quilt

This was long due as it is a commision quilt, but whenever I do make commission quilt, I tend to procrastinate a lot. Not sure why.

I guess the scary part where you kind of worry that it might not match the expectation, or probably the restriction of the design or colors.

But I am braving through, hopefully, the owner will love it once it’s done.

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I have made A Scrappy Trip Around The world Quilt before blogged HERE> and I love that quilt to bits.

That one was a big one and now it lives with my mum, one of my favourite quilt ever, so it’s best to gift it to the one I love most.

This time I am working on my stash of  2.5″ strips that I’ve been collecting when I sort my scraps which I talked about more HERE> if you are interested in how I sort my scraps.

Stripology Ruler

If you’ve read that post before, you know that I cut these 2.5″ strips using Stripology Ruler. 

This time I use the same ruler to cut through the strips that I have patched together. Since this is my first time using this technique for the patched pieces, I do feel like I need to find the best way so I can cut faster and accurately.

The best thing about this method is that I don’t really have to remeasure every time I make a cut.

I can go through 7 slots and cut all 7 strips ready, instead of remeasuring 2.5″ every time I make a cut.

I think that saves a lot of time.

Here is a video of me cutting the strips.

Cut Efficiently

Things that will make it better and more efficient using Stripology Ruler to cut patched pieces:

• Running through the slot twice, there are thick seams which can add up to 6-8 layers of fabric.
• Shift the position of the seams so they won’t stack on top of each other.
• Have a sharp new blade: I recently tried the universal blades, not too bad for the price.
• Take time to align the fabric well and check every few slices just to make sure the ruler maintains aligned.

Once the strips are cut, it is time to unpick one of the seams for each strip.

You can read more how to make this Trip Around The World block using this tutorial.

Since I am making a 5 blocks x 5 blocks quilt, that makes about 175 seams to be unpicked. Each block consist of 7 strips.

So, I’ll need a few of these seam rippers in case I lost one. :p

My favorite one so far has to be Clover though, I love the handle and how it feels in my hand. It is pretty sharp and have been even though I’ve had it for quite a while now.

I haven’t made many yet, and these were just test blocks to see how the blocks will look.

I think I am going to do it in batches. Doing each step for the whole set. So I am going to go back to unpicking all of the blocks before stitching them back together into blocks.

Here is how my sewing table is looking like at the moment. I am taking small minutes here and there to work on these, and hopefully, I’ll have a finish soon to share!

How about you? What are you working on?

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