Hi everybody, it’s Jenny from the MSQC. And I’ve got a great project for you today.
Let’s take a look at this quilt behind me. Isn’t this something? Now this is our ribbon
quilt. And it’s the Easy Ribbon quilt. And I can hardly wait to show you how to do this.
So to make this quilt what you’re going to need are three packs of five inch squares.
And we have used these Wilmington Essentials. And the line is called Pinking of You. Isn’t
that a great name? We also have used 2 ½ inch strips and this is also Wilmington Essentials.
And what I love about these is we tend to use a solid for our background. And these
are all strips that are tone on tone whites. And they’re all different prints on them
and it’s just, I mean it’s really fun to see that, it just gives it a little more
pizzazz to your block and so I love that these 2 ½ inch strips come in tone on tone colors.
You’re also going to need a little bit of border out here. And this outer border is
going to be one yard and it’s a four inch border. And your inner border and all your
little squares, all your sashing, everything is all included in this pack of strips. So
you’ll have everything you need. We’re offering this as a kit as well for a limited
time. So make sure you check that out in the description below. Let me show you how to
make this because this is really, really fun.
So this is the block we’re talking about right here. This is our ribbon block and it’s
super easy. Let me show you how to do it. So out of your pack we picked six squares
that were all the same. They’re identical squares. Now you can scrap yours up if you
want. We happen, in our three packs we happened to have two of each so we were able to put
six together. And then what we’re going to do is we’re going to snowball two of
the corners. So the math on this is halves. I’m using a 5 ½ inch square. My corner
square is going to be 2 ½ right here. And you’re going to want to draw a line side
to side or iron it. I’m actually going to finger press it here and also this, whenever
you have a tone on tone fabric sometimes it’s hard to see what is the right side. Actually
in the end it’s not going to matter which side is the right side. But an easy way to
do that is if you put it on a dark fabric like this right away you can see which side
is bright and dull. And that really helps. I often lay it on my leg to make sure I have
it going the right way. So what we’re going to do, we have a little line that goes side
to side. And I’m going to do that to four of these because I have the rest done for
you already. And we’re going to put these on so again I’m finger pressing a line.
And I should do that the other way. So whenever you finger press or you iron your line, make
sure that you are sewing in the ditch. It’s way easier to sew in the ditch where it goes
down than it is on top of the mountain. And to do that what you want to do is you want
to make sure that your right side is on the bottom and you’re folding it together or
matching your corners and putting it together like this. And then you’ll always sew on
that inverted part if you put your right sides to the bottom. And I’m just making sure
that one’s right. It’s hard to see the other side on that one. Now these don’t
have to match. You can mix them up because it’s just going to give it more texture.
But what we’re going to do now is we’re going to go to the sewing machine and we’re
going to sew directly on these folded creases. If it’s hard for you to see that you can
draw the line. It works either way. But we’re going to go along here and just sew right
on that crease. So line up your presser foot and sew from corner to corner. And then I’m
just going to cut my thread and turn this around and sew the other side. And we’re
going to do that to this block as well. And you’re going to go ahead and do this to
six blocks. There we go and one more side. Alright now what we want to do is we want
to trim off these edges right here. And I’m going to use my little ruler and just lay
it on my stitch line. Trim that off, come around here and trim this off. The same with
this square. And again you’re going to do this to six squares. And then we’re going
to press these open. I’m going to lay these back here. We’re just going to press these
open. And I’m just rolling them back. And then we get to put our block together and
this is just so easy. You’re just going to love this.
So what we’re going to do is we’re going to put two of these together. We’re going
to match white to white, color to color on all four. And we’re going to make essentially
our O block because this block is the same block that we use in X’s and O’s. And
then this block out here is going to come out like this. And that forms the ribbon block.
Can you believe it? Can you believe how easy that is? It’s so cool. So let’s sew this
together. I’m going to put all of these together just like this. Lay them right sides
on top of each other. And then I’m going to sew them right to the sewing machine, keep
all those attached as I go along. So I’m chain piecing these together and that will
make it easy to put the whole thing together in the end. So here’s our top row and then
here’s our second row. Make sure they stay nice and lined up. And then here’s our third
row. You’ll notice I haven’t worried too much about how those little corners match
up. They should come together pretty easily. So now we’re going to look at it and make
sure that they’re all in the right places. And they are so we’re going to fold this
one back on here and sew this row together. And what you want to look for on this one
is you want that center seam to nest. So you’ll notice I haven’t ironed anything yet. So
we want, it’s easy to make one seam go one way and one seam go the other. And that’s
nesting a seam. So we’ll come there and just make sure you line up the rest of your
block out here. And then we have this top row to sew on over here as well. And I’m
just going to fold that down. And again I’m going to make this nest, or this middle seam
nest. You can feel it with your fingers when it’s laying nice and flat. Alrighty. Now
we just have to iron. We didn’t even have to cut that block apart. That’s how easy
this is. Alright so over here I’m going to look on the back and make sure, so this
center seam right here, because I nested and I didn’t iron before, sometimes one could
be going one way and one could be going the other. That’s not a problem. If that were
the case I would just clip one and let it lay down. But it is going right so we’re
just going to go ahead and iron this, make it lay nice and flat. Give it a shot of steam.
And here’s our block. Isn’t that great? So easy and quick.
Now let’s look at how these are set together in our quilt. So right here you can see in
between each ribbon we’ve put a sash. So this sashing is actually the length of the
block. So whatever length your block ends up, this is the size of the sashing. And then
we’ve put a sashing row in between them with a cornerstone. For me a cornerstone always
helps line up those squares without any problem. So let’s look at how this is going to go
together. So I”m going to put my block over here in the corner. And I have some more made
over here. So I’m going to bring this here. And here, oh here’s my little strips that
go in between. So to sew this sashing on you’re just going to lay it right on here, sew down
the side, iron it open and then you’ll add this block to the other side. So let’s just
add a few of those right here so you get a look at how this is going to go together.
And then we’re going to add our sashing in between the rows. So on this one you’ll
notice there are five across but only four down. Because our block is longer than it
is wide we put, we put more across than we do down. And that happens sometimes when we’re
making quilts. So then this sashing row that goes in between, see how I’ve sewn the sashing
which is the width of the bottom of your block with a cornerstone. Sashing, cornerstone,
sashing, cornerstone, all along just like that. And then you’ll add your next row
down here which will also already be sashed. So you’re going to sash your rows together
first and then you’ll set in your row sashing strip. So let’s take a look at this.
Once we get our rows done, our five in a row and four rows down we’re going to add a
little 2 ½ inch border on the outside. And these strips also include that first little
border so you don’t have to add any extra fabric for that. And then we’ll have our
little outer border. The backing on our quilt is just a piece that comes with the, with
the kit and I don’t know if you can see this. You guys might want to zoom in on this.
But we’ve actually quilted this with a tiny little ribbon, the ribbon block quilting pattern
which is really sweet. It’s got little ribbons and hearts on it. And it just makes it really,
really sweet. So anyway, this is an easy way to make a ribbon quilt. Of course you can
make it any color. There are loads of colors for ribbon quilts out there. Ours happens
to be in pink. And we hope you enjoyed this tutorial on the Easy Ribbon Quilt from the
MSQC.