Stack and Whack Quilts & a Giveaway

Welcome to this week's Linky Party!

The theme this week is Stack & Whack (S&W) Quilts. According to Quilt Block of the Month Glossary, a “Stack and Whack Quilt is one where blocks of fabric are stacked on top of each other so that the patterns are aligned, then they are cut in such a way that when pieced together properly, the sewn blocks will form a kaleidoscope pattern.” This is one kind of stack & whack quilt. Other S&W quilts are made by stacking, whacking and shuffling any number of fabrics to make unique and diverse blocks.

Half Square Triangle Quilts & a Giveaway

Welcome to this week's Linky Party!

The theme this week is Half Square Triangle Quilts. According to Quilt University’s Quilt Glossary, the half-square triangle is “the most used pieced unit in quilting. It is a square with a diagonal seam line.  Two different fabrics are on each side of the line, usually forming a light/dark configuration.”

                                                                       

Please enter your name and a link to your blog or a picture in Flickr.  If you don't have a blog or a Flickr account, email me (hputi01@gmail.com) a picture of your quilt and a brief write-up and I will post it on my blog page called Members' Quilts. 

Link up your quilts or blocks (you may enter more than once) using Mr Linky below and do visit as many of the other links as you can.  You will get some great ideas and may even find new followers and/or blogs to follow.

At the end of each month, all linky entries for that month will be tallied and one lucky winner will receive a charm pack of 20 (5") scrappy squares!  The monthly giveaway is open to residents within and outside the United States.

Be sure to check back each week to participate in a different quilt theme.

Elvira's Stars Quilt Along

Elvira's Stars QAL

This is a WIP (Work-in-Progress) from a 

Quilt Along (QAL) I followed on 

Desi Quilters. There are four parts to this QAL 

and I've completed three of them.

Flying Geese Star blocks

Ohio Star blocks

Variable Friendship Star blocks

A preview of Flying Geese & Ohio Star blocks

A preview of Flying Geese, Ohio &
Variable Star blocks

This QAL was fun to follow.  

The instructions were clear and concise. 

Each step in the instructions were complemented by photographs.

Star Log Cabin Quilt

A single block from the quilt. 

It's a twin-size quilt. 

A birthday present for son #2.

He picked out the star formation in the layout.

He likes stars.  There are stars in the fabrics too.

We're both happy. 

I because the quilt's finished and

he because it's going to keep him warm this winter.

This was quilted in the ditch on the sewing machine.

Star Baby Quilt

I found the pattern for this baby quilt in a magazine. 
The entire quilt, except the borders, 
was made with half square triangles.

It's a one star block that made a perfect baby quilt.

 

Our adorable grandson used it as a

play-quilt until he began crawling.

In the winter we use it in the car to keep him warm.

The quilt was fun to make 

and even more fun to quilt because of its size.

I quilted this baby quilt by machine, using tear-away stencils that were pinned to the center of the quilt top. The straight lines around the edges of the star block were done using a quilting bar attachment that fits into the back of the needle on the sewing machine. I used a ready-made satin binding to finish this quilt.

To make this 48" x 48" baby quilt, follow instructions for making half square triangles (HSTs), using the following measurements.

Cutting:

Note - to construct a half-square triangle (HST), determine the size of the finished unit and add 7/8th inch.  I will be rounding the 7/8th inch to 1 inch and trimming off the excess after the unit is sewn.  For two 9" finished blocks, I will need two 9-1/2" HST units plus 1 inch = two 10-1/2" squares.

Wash and iron all fabrics.

Using a 12-1/2" square ruler:

   Cut six 10-1/2" squares from the light fabric (white in this quilt)

   Cut six 10-1/2" squares from the medium fabric (pink in this quilt)

   Cut four 10-1/2" squares from the dark fabric (blue in this quilt)

Sewing:

Follow steps 1 to 10 under the Construction heading 

   Make 4 blue & white HSTs  

   Make 4 pink & blue HSTs

   Make 8 pink & white HSTs

   Trim all HSTs to 12-1/2" square. 

Configure the HSTs as in the picture above and sew the quilt top.

Add a 6" border on all four sides.

Layer, baste and quilt as desired.

Bind the quilt with double-fold binding, mitering the corners to finish the quilt.

Cheers!

Kaleidoscope Star Quilt

This was probably the most interesting quilt I've ever made.

I chose an oriental theme for my focus fabric.

 The repeats in the pattern of the fabric were segmented

and stacked on top of each other six times,

triangles cut from each set of six,

which were then pieced into a hexagon.

The resulting pattern for each

of the 18 hexagons in this quilt is unique.

 I've shown only 6 of them.

 I like the 'movement' in each block.

  The colours are incredible.

 I couldn't stop sewing this quilt because

my expectations kept on building.

It isn't until all the blocks are sewn

that one can appreciate the magic

that is created from one focal fabric.

The quilt was machine quilted by an independent long-arm quilter.

Cheers!

Blog Fodder: Star Quilts & a Giveaway

Welcome to this week's Linky Party!

The theme this week is Star Quilts. 

Please enter your name and a link to your blog or a picture in Flickr.  If you don't have a blog or a Flickr account, email me (hputi01@gmail.com) a picture of your quilt and a brief write-up and I will post it on my blog page called Members' Quilts. Link up your quilts or blocks (you may enter more than once) using Mr Linky below and do visit as many of the other links as you can.  You will get some great ideas and may even find new followers and/or blogs to follow.

At the end of each month, all linky entries for that month will be tallied and one lucky winner will receive a charm pack of 20 (5") scrappy squares!  The monthly giveaway is open to residents within and outside the United States.

Be sure to check back each week to participate in a different quilt theme.

Blog Fodder: Winner of March's Giveaway

Congratulations, Tina Katwal, the winner for March 2013 of a charm pack of 20 (5") scrappy squares!

All the linky entries for March 2013 (I omitted my entries) were tallied and one lucky winner was picked using Random Integer Generator (http://www.random.org/integers/). 

Here is the comprehensive list of entries for the month.

Theme	Entry #	Assigned #	Name
Strip or String Quilts	3	1	Shruti
	4	2	Shruti
	5	3	Marelize
Mug Rugs	1	4	Marelize
	2	5	Tina
	3	6	Ruth
Foundation Pieced Quilts	4	7	Chris
English Paper Pieced Quilts	1	8	Kelly

Random Integer Generator

Generate 1 random integers (maximum 10,000).

Each integer should have a value between 1 and 8 (both inclusive; limits ±1,000,000,000).

Format in 1 column(s).

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

5

Timestamp: 2013-04-07 18:04:08 UTC

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Thank you, everyone who entered, for participating in the quilting themes for March.  Please visit again for April’s linky parties, of which the first quilt theme has been announced.

Have a great day!

Blog Fodder: 9 Patch Quilts & a Giveaway

Welcome to this week's Linky Party!

The theme this week is 9 Patch Quilts.  The Quilt University’s Quilt Glossary defines 9 Patch quilts as ‘a basic division of a geometric quilt square into 9 equal squares.  Think of a tic-tac-toe grid.  Within the grid, additional divisions can take place.’ Examples of 9 Patch quilts are the Irish Chain and Disappearing 9 Patch quilts

Please enter your name and a link to your blog or a picture in Flickr.  If you don't have a blog or a Flickr account, email me (hputi01@gmail.com) a picture of your quilt and a brief write-up and I will post it on my blog page called Members' Quilts. Link up your quilts or blocks (you may enter more than once) using Mr Linky below and do visit as many of the other links as you can.  You will get some great ideas and may even find new followers and/or blogs to follow.

At the end of April 2013, all linky entries for the month will be tallied and one lucky winner will receive a charm pack of 20 (5") scrappy squares!  The monthly giveaway is open to residents within and outside the United States.

Be sure to check back each week to participate in a different quilt theme.

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