Deanna at Wedding Dress Blue has a really nice tutorial for a “Sew Small Sampler Quilt” with 3-½ inch unfinished blocks. She has directions for 12 old favorites plus measurements for background blocks to set the quilt on point. The blocks are not difficult and Deanna offers to help anyone who needs a little more direction in making the quilt.
I decided to add borders and size the piece to fit my 1930s era sewing table.
I chose to use up a lot of green scraps to steer this piece in the direction of St. Patrick’s Day.
I did very simple stitch-in-the-ditch quilting along with a free-hand pinwheel motif in each block…
…and decorative stitching in the borders.
As I was piecing the blocks, I used 1-¼ inch scrap blocks as leaders and enders, and by adding a few extra strips of fabric, had enough to make the backing.
The piece measures 26x 16 inches and will be nice for my March sewing table cover.
Check out Deanna’s tutorial for a good project.
http://weddingdressblue.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/tutorial-sew-small-sampler-quilt/
Cute quilt! BTW the Primitive quilts magazine shown on my blog was purchased at JoAnn’s. If you have one near you, maybe you can get one there. Their web site id http://www.primitivequiltsandprojects.com. I want to get the next one when I have a 50% off coupon.
Thank you for letting me know where to buy the magazine. I’m in JoAnn’s about once a week and I’ll look the next time I’m there. Lillian
This is such a cute little quilt and so festive. It just looks great. I see that Scottie dog rug…that’s another cutie, Lillian!!!
Oh, Lillian, it is lovely! One color gives it such a different look. And your quilting is very nice. May I share a picture and link back on my blog?
Yes, of course, you are welcome to share a picture and link. It was fun to make and all of your measurements and instructions were perfect. Lillian
You mini sampler is just the cutest thing in greens. Wedding Dress Blue is a very creative site with great tutorials. Thanks for sharing.
That’s a really cute quilt, and I think the green colors are beautiful.
You have some really cute fabrics in your mini quilt! Love the little puppies!
That looks wonderful! My favorite – green! At first, I thought it was for a FW table, but that would be square – at least mine is – so I’m not sure what the table is. I keep wanting to pick up the corner of the quilt and peek. =) Love the back, too.
This is a sewing table from the late 1920s-early 1930s, purchased in an antique store 5 or 6 years ago. I assume they used it for hand sewing. It’s about as wide as a TV tray table but longer, so there’s room to spread out a little bit. It also folds up for storage – very handy. I use it for everything from eating to working jigsaw puzzles to sewing to working on photo albums, etc.
Hope you’re having a nice evening. Lillian
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