Hi, I’m Jenny from the MSQC.
Take a look at this gorgeous quilt behind me.
This is so pretty.
It’s just so soft and romantic.
It’s just really pretty.
The fabric is called Petal.
It’s by Tanya Wayland for Free Spirit by Westminster Fabrics.
And it’s just a gorgeous line.
Love this line.
The whole quilt is made using this one block right here.
So it’s a charm square that’s just bordered on two sides.
Really a quick and easy project.
To make this quilt you’re going to need four charm packs or a layer cake cut into
fourths.
You’re also going to need a little over a jelly roll.
I’m not 100% sure on the yardage.
But it’s about three yards.
Hi, I’m Jenny from the MSQC. Take a look at this gorgeous quilt behind me. This is
so pretty. It’s just so soft and romantic. It’s just really pretty. The fabric is called
Petal. It’s by Tanya Wayland for Free Spirit by Westminster Fabrics. And it’s just a
gorgeous line. Love this line. The whole quilt is made using this one block right here. So
it’s a charm square that’s just bordered on two sides. Really a quick and easy project.
To make this quilt you’re going to need four charm packs or a layer cake cut into
fourths. You’re also going to need a little over a jelly roll. I’m not 100% sure on
the yardage. But it’s about three yards. And you’ll cut that into 2 ½ inch strips
or you can use a jelly roll. And I think it will take a little more than one.
So what we’ve got going on here is we’re going to take our charm packs and we’re
going to chain piece them. So what I like to do is I just lay my strip out. And you
know I set that over on the sewing machine and I just put my charm on. And I’m going
to sew down. And I don’t cut it or remove it at all. I just lay another one on like
this. And I just keep sewing until the whole strip is full. Because you’re going to do
this to all your charms in the whole charm pack. So once you get that done, see I have
these right here sewn on. You can see that. You trim them. And I’m going to do that
right now. Just trim off these edges. And you can do this with a scissor if you’re
really careful. It’s a little more accurate to use a ruler. And then I’m going to put
these over here on the ironing board because we’re going to press those open. So let
me get these, I’m going to do a couple of these for you so that I can show you how,
how I do this. There’s one more. Let’s do this last one.
Ok so now what we’re going to do, we’ve sewn it on the one end, we’re going to press
those open. And I’m, I’m just going to press these to the light side. You can do
either way. I generally like to go to the dark but I like the, the ease of lifting up
the smaller piece. So now what we’re going to do is we’re going to take our strip and
we’re going to go over to the sewing machine. And actually I’ll just show you really quick
here what I’m going to do. So I’m going to lay the whole piece on the strip like this
and sew down it. And just add my next piece and add my next piece. And that will make
the completed block.
So let me show you how I’m doing this. And then I’m going to stop right at the end
and add another block. And you really can put those as close together as you want to.
I tend to leave a little bit of space, that’s just personal preference. And one more. Alright
we’ve got those done. And now we’re just going to cut them apart. And so again I’m
just going to use my ruler, cut these little pieces. And it’s kind of a good idea when
you lay these out to, to, to lay them all out before you start because it’s, it’s
easy to get that angle off, if you’re angley challenged like I am. So again I’m just
going to go ahead and iron these. And I’m going to set my seam and roll them back. It’s
just so easy to roll them back like that so they end up, they end up on the light side.
But I think that’s ok in this instance. Of course I’m not, I don’t die over the
whole pressing thing. I mean we do the best we can, right?
Ok so on the first row we’ve got our, our, I call this the corner right here. This little
edge right here I call the corner. And we’ve got our corner up to the top. And then the
next one, our corner goes down to the bottom. Then when you lay the next piece out your
two charms are going to touch. And again your corner is just going to go up to the top and
down to the bottom like this. Can you see how that’s working? And then we’re going
to do one more here. Actually let’s go ahead and start the next row. So next row is going
to happen where you’re just going to start one block over. So this one goes down and
then this one turns this way. And then this one goes this way. And you can see how that’s
going to happen. So it starts the stagger where they come down like this. It just makes
it really quick and easy.
I’ve got another one to show you just to show you how quickly a quilt can change by
changing the fabric. I made this one here out of Me and My Sister fabric called Good
Morning. Look how darling that is and how bright and how different it looks just by
changing the fabric. I call this Tumbling Charms. And I hope you enjoyed this tutorial
from the MSQC.