Baby Quilt Tutorial: Stretching Wonky Stars
Hello There! I have a tutorial for you today! Take one charm pack add in some solid scraps sew it up a bit wonky and ta-da – a little baby quilt! I am not the best at using pre-cuts, they tend to just hang around the studio until bam – light bulb! And that’s just what happened with this little charmer.
Fabric: Summersville for Moda |
Pre-cuts are a good way to buy a complete fabric line. I bought a charm pack because I knew I loved the Summersville fabric line by Moda that came out this summer (2012). The line drawings and little houses mixed with modern prints in bold primary colors needed to join the stash. The charm pack of 42 – 5″ squares in all the prints and colors seemed like a good way to bring home the quilty goodness. And it was, especially once I paired it up with a bunch of solid scraps I had in complimentary colors!
But I knew I wanted something a little different than the normal patchwork quilt (typical me, can’t do anything normal). So I cut a bunch of small solid squares to make a little sumpthin-sumpthin special. Once I had the blocks done I messed around with the layout and another bam – light bulb moment. Stretching wonky stars fell into place and I just knew I had to share it with you…cause I love sharing!
So how about it? A stretching wonky stars baby quilt tutorial – let’s go!
Materials Needed:
1 Charm Pack – or 42 5″ squares
84 squares of solid scraps (1.75″ – 3″ squares)
Boarder: 2 scrappy strips 3″x26.5″ & 2 strips 3″x36″ or 4 3″ strips from 44″ wide fabric
Binding: 150″ 2.5″ wide strips
Backing: 36″x40″ solid or pieced fabric
Sewing machine, thread, rotary cutter, mat….usually quilting suspects
Next mark a line with a disappearing marker or a hera marker from corner to corner of the small solid squares and sew across like shown below. A little tip for this part: make sure to sew straight across from corner to corner. Super important to getting a straight block in the end. If the corner is a little off – no problem, just unpick and do over!
Once sewn from corner to corner trim the outside triangle leaving a 1/4″ seam allowance.
Next press open the seams..there you have it one block done….41 more to go!
Next step is to add the boarder. I just used more scraps that I had on hand sewing them together until it was the right length for each side. I ended up with 2 strips 3″x26.5″ & 2 strips 3″x36″. You could also use just one color and cut out 4 – 3″ strips from 44″ wide fabric.
Cheers!
Kelly
2012-10-19 06:41:35
Source: http://bluebirdsews.blogspot.com/2012/09/baby-quilt-tutorial-stretching-wonky.html
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