This lovely quilt project was kindly contributed by designer Maria
Michaels of Maria Michaels
Designs. To view more of Maria's designs, click
here to visit her gallery.
You will need: Fabric scrap strips remaining from other projects;
normal quilting equipment and materials.
Directions:
1. Gather all of your strips. 2. Enjoy looking through them. While you do, decide whether you
would like a planned pattern or a very scrappy look. 3. For a planned pattern, choose the combinations of fabrics you
would like to use and set them together beside your machine. - For a
scrappy look, simply choose fabric strips randomly as you sew. 4. The block size you choose will depend upon the length of your
strips. For example, the finished size of the ones above are 4 inches
square, so those strips were sewn together till they were 4 1/2
inches wide (to include 1/4 inch seam allowances) or, preferably, a little
larger to allow for squaring and trimming. 5. After sewing up all of your strips, trim them to your chosen
size. 6. Spread out your squares and play with them till you find the
effect you like best. 7. Sew the squares together in pairs, alternating the direction of
the stripes. Sew a third square to each pair, alternating stripe
directions. Continue adding squares until you have the row size you need. 8. Sew the rows together. If the quilt is not the size you want,
wait till you have more scrap strips from future projects and add to it. 9. When the quilt has reached the desired size, make a quilt
sandwich. Place the backing (which can also be made from scrap fabrics)
wrong side up. Place the batting over it. Place the quilt top, right side
up, over the batting. Pin baste, hand baste, or machine baste the three
layers together. 10. Hand or machine quilt your sandwich - stitch in the ditch, sew a
diagonal grid, stipple, meander, doodle, or anything your heart desires.
This is a good place to practice a quilting stitch of your choice. 11. Sew a binding to the quilt. 12. Make a label for your quilt and sew it to the back.
To view more of Maria's designs, click
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