First... How handsome does Luke look draped with his new quilt!?!!? SO handsome!!!
Traditional fence rails look like steps, I just let mine be helter-skelter. I made the tag on my embroidery machine, then attached it by hand at the end. I did the binding on the machine as well. Since this quilt is for a newborn, I thought that might add a little extra strength... It will likely be washed and dried many times before it is retired.
I quilted it on my machine with a walking foot. First I ditched between all the blocks, then around the perimeter to secure the edges. Starting from the center, I quilted a pattern, starting in the ditch and continuing through other blocks, creating a sort of criss cross. The project took only about 5 hours total. I am not very fast, either!
It is important to sew both directions on the strip sets so there will not be any bowing (I did not do this, I had extensive bowing), and it is important to measure the strip sets accurately in order to cut them into accurate squares. There will be more on my blog, www.kaiaslaughing.com soon!First... How handsome does Luke look draped with his new quilt!?!!? SO handsome!!!
Traditional fence rails look like steps, I just let mine be helter-skelter. I made the tag on my embroidery machine, then attached it by hand at the end. I did the binding on the machine as well. Since this quilt is for a newborn, I thought that might add a little extra strength... It will likely be ... Read full instructions »Difficulty:
Play Ball fabric by Riley Blake, 1 roll-up with 25, 2.5" strips, 5/8 yd. coordinating blue quilting cotton for binding and tag, 1.5 yd play ball navy Background for backing,
What was your inspiration?
Luke's nursery is sports-themed.
What are you most proud of?
That the seams matched up for the most part!
What advice would you give someone starting this project?
Sew in different directions so your strip sets won't bow. This is less important with strip sets of two or three strips, but it was a bit of an issue with five.
Beautiful work on your Quilts. I was sitting here contemplating which design to do with the stripes I have collected . I recognize that the brighter the fabric -the nicer the look. And oh Yes -yes I thank god for Jenny Doan. She's special !! Louise Visscher
Thank you, Louise! Fence rails are great fun, but if you have a lot of strips, I recommend the Jelly Roll 1600 or Jelly Roll Race or whatever people are calling the latest non-pattern pattern! Here's a link to Jenny's tutorial: http://youtu.be/2bEJLnaZQOU It's simple, FAST, and fun to make! Everyone recommends using a jellyroll, but I think it would be very scrappy and fun if you just made it with the leftover strips you have in different lengths. I think it would be just gorgeous! I've made a few for children's birthday gifts, and another for my sister. You can check them out on my blog, kaiaslaughing.com. It's a completely random blog about whatever I feel like saying right then, and mostly only my mom reads it, but I have some sweet shots of my sister Elise's quilt up there, along with some cute pics of my first quilt I ever made. Enjoy!
Certainly! I'm delighted you like it! I was totally self-taught until last year when I took the free class for my new sewing machine... Since then, I am still proud to be a figure-it-out woman, but I've been sponging up all the information I can get on new techniques, etc! I'm still self-taught, but I'm class-improved! Good luck on your fence rail!
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