Wednesday, August 6, 2014

A Quilt For Eric

My nephew and his wife are having a little boy next month and I have been thinking about making a quilt for the little guy.  I've been thinking about it for a long time, and the months just keep creeping by.  I looked at the calendar and realized I'd better get cracking.  September is right around the corner. 
I chose Snips and Snails by Riley Blake.  The pattern I chose was a simple one, one that I could finish quickly.  I used my Accuquilt Go to cut the pieces.  I needed four 6-1/2" squares of three different fabrics.  I cut a 7" strip of three different fabrics.  I folded each strip and placed it on my cutting die and cut all 4 squares from each strip at one time.  I did this with each of the three fabrics.  Layering fabrics and cutting them with your rotary cutter is just as effective, however, I think the Accuquilt was faster and the squares had more accurate measurements.

I cut nine 4" strips of white fabric and nine 4" strips of blue striped fabric.  I cut these strips into 288  triangles with the 3-1/2 (3-7/8") cutting die.  
I sewed the triangles together to make (144) 3-1/2" squares.
I sewed together 48 sets of these blocks.
I sewed half of these strips to opposite sides of all 12 blocks.
I added the remaining 3-1/2" squares to the other half of the two block strips as shown below.
I sewed these to the other two sides of the squares.  The 12-1/2" block looks like this.
Then I sewed the blocks together to make the top of the quilt.  Next I will put the border on and quilt it.  The pressure is on to finish this quilt.

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17 comments:

  1. What an adorable quilt! I love the way the white background makes a secondary pattern like a basketweave or a crosstitch, and That Snips and Snails Line is one of my favorites.

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  2. what fun fabrics!! That is a great pattern and a really sweet baby quilt.

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    1. Thank you Sue. It is such an easy pattern. Good for that quilt that needs to be finished quickly.

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  3. Such a sweet quilt and so suited for a boy. I love the design! Nice to see you putting your AccuQuilt cutter to good use!

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    1. Thank you for the great party Lorna! I need to use my AccuQuilt more.

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  4. Kathi, this is a really great quilt for featuring a cute fabric like those owls! Great job!

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  5. It's looking great, gorgeous fabric and such a clever design - I love how hsts are so versatile and can create so many hugely different quilts.

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  6. very cute, a great little boy's quilt

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  7. Love the design, HSTs are the bomb, aren't they ?~! I just did one for my hubby with 208 of the little buggers in it. It was a ball watching him press them and then lay out the design.

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  8. How fun! Love the block design and the that animal fabric is cute!

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