Cora's Quilt I

[reishka]

So, my fiance's brother's wife (a.k.a. my future sister-in-law) just had a baby about two weeks ago. For her first Christmas, I'm making her a quilt! (Yes, I know - Christmas has already passed! As a family, we're exchanging gifts on New Year's Day instead, so I have 3 days left to put this thing together!)

It's a simple nine-patch quilt made of bold, bright mottled cotton squares, and a fun animal-print on the reverse.

Here's the progress from the past two days:



Fabric cut into strips





Stitched into triple strips


The two types of triple strips, in blue and yellow


Strips cut into 2.5" sections, and pieced into a square



Tonight: finishing the cutting of the triple strips, and piecing as many of them together into squares as I can. Looks like it's about time to totter off to the coffee pot... :)

Comments

[reishka]

The grid board and my huge ruler is how I get everything so straight! It's a self-healing mat. In some of the photos you can see mu huge ruler... I essentially square off one edge of the fabric, and use that to square up the other three sides of it when it's still a large piece.

Then, I use the large ruler to measure and cut the pieces that I need with a rotary cutter. I'll do a post for you to show you my process (I'm a visual person, so I figure it might help, 'cause if I had to follow my own directions I'd probably get lost, lol)

[thedorkygirl]

The rotary cutter sounds like it's key! I just got excited thinking about the possibilities :)

[reishka]

It is indeed. It lets you cut and measure at the same time, and it makes sure your lines are perfectly straight, instead of marking up the fabric and cutting it up with shears.