Spring Break

So, spring break as come and gone, and while this time is usually a time to unwind and relax, I find myself playing catch up. And not just here in school work, but house work as well. But, I digress.

In the spirit of catch up, I’ve updated the tutorial page. I completed the Half Square Triangle tutorial and the first part of the Mitered Borders tutorial. I’ve also put up the introduction Evelyn’s Quilt. I linked the Half Square Triangle and Pinwheel tutorials to Evelyn’s Quilt, since those are essential to this quilt. I also finished part one of Piecing the Quilt Top for Evelyn’s Quilt.

Finally, I’m adding all the pictures that I didn’t use in the tutorial pages into the Final Quilt and Pictures page. These are mostly pictures of how I put together Evelyn’s quilt, but I’ll throw in some wild cards as well.

This whole experience of blogging Evelyn’s quilt has been so liberating that I’ve decided to complete four quilts a year. That’s a quilt every three months. I’m not sure who I’m making these quilts for, maybe just for me. But I like having the hobby and something to break my day up with, especially since next year is my last year of school (crosses fingers). 

Getting Down and Dirty...and covered in thread!

As you know, I’m making a quilt for my baby daughter (she’s four months old). If you saw my last main post, you know that I purchased and received the fabric a week or two ago. Now it’s time to get down and dirty, or covered in thread bits.

My Quilting Notebook

Before you can make a quilt, you must design a quilt. I completed the design for this quilt while my daughter was still kicking my ribs (inside the womb, not outside, like she does now). I’m not particularly good with numbers, and to make an quilt you must be. So while I was making up the design, my lovely husband (William) configured the dimensions for me. He loves numbers. Together, we came up with the Pinwheel Quilt.

I call this the Pinwheel Quilt lovingly, because I got the idea from MSQC (Missouri Star Quilt Company, you remember, ‘member). Their company blog has the best video tutorial on how to make Pinwheels. 

Pinwheel Quilt Version 1

Once you have the design you want, next is to figure out what color scheme you want. I put this step next because without a color scheme, you don’t know what kind of fabric to purchase. Our original color scheme was blue and purple, though as the months went by I landed on a different color scheme. This is what it looked like.

Version 1.1

When I was finally able to buy the fabric (the money finally available) I was lured in with a Daily Deal by MSQC and purchased a Charm Pack of solid colors for a buck. That’s how my Blue and Purple color scheme transformed into the pastel multicolor scheme you see in the supplies picture. So, now I have everything needed to complete Evelyn’s Quilt, on to the assembling.