Day 3 QAL Fun!

Welcome to Day 3! Did you get all your 6" squares constructed? If you just joined us, don't worry, there's time to catch up. Check out the previous postings for additional information. This is a quick easy quilt and a great stash buster. Today we will put the quilt together. I've been listening to my audio book and stitching away. Sure makes time fly by. I don't know about you but it's starting to feel like the twilight zone here. I'm not sure if I can tell you what day it is....

Finished Size 84" x 100" 

Day 1 - Cutting

Day 2 - Sewing

Day 3 - Assembly of the Quilt

Let's Get Started!


~NOTE~ There is no written pattern for this... just the blog postings with directions.

You will begin using your stack of 2 1/2" x 6 1/2"  background rectangles and 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" squares from your fabric stash, aka all the scrappy stuff.

Iron your Rail Fence Blocks. If needed, trim up to measure 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" squares.

Following the quilt layout diagram above, start constructing your quilt top. I like to chain sew everything together. Use your favorite method to put the quilt top together. Some of you might like to put it together in smaller sections or row by row. 

I've got a lot of pressing to do. Then add a border out of the background fabric. I'm putting a 2 1/2" border all around mine and then making a scrappy binding to go around the edge.

~Post your pictures to Facebook or Instagram and tag Quiltdoodledesigns for a chance to win this fat quarter bundle of seven sweet holiday prints~

 So put on your favorite music, an audiobook, and start sewing away. By the end of the day you will have a beautiful quilt top.

See you tomorrow, Ill show you my finished quilt top. Remember to post your progress to Facebook or Instagram and tag Quiltdoodledesigns for a chance to WIN a cute fat quarter bundle. I'll pick a winner April 2nd.

Happy quilting!

Cindy and Belvedere

Day 2 QAL

Welcome to Day 2! Did you get all your pieces cut? If you just joined us, don't worry, there's time to catch up. Check out the previous postings for additional information. This is a quick easy quilt and a great stash buster. When I'm stressed or need to zone out a bit from news overload, I like to sew. I love projects like this because I can mindlessly chain sew without putting too much thought into it. . 

Here's what you need:

5 1/2 yards worth of scraps

3 1/2 yards for your background fabric

Finished Size 84" x 100" 

Day 1 - Cutting

Day 2 - Sewing

Day 3 - Assembly of the Quilt

Let's Get Started!

Let's get started! Today we will piece together the smaller Rail Fence Block. Easy peasy…… 

~NOTE~ There is no written pattern for this... just the blog postings with directions.

You will begin using your stack of 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangles from your fabric stash, aka all the scrappy stuff.

Begin with two strips right sides together and sew along the long edge, 1/4" seam. I like to chain sew.... make 120 of the two rectangle strips. Remember to keep it scrappy and mix your fabrics up.

Add a rectangle strip along the long end of the two rectangle sections, right sides together. Again, I like to chain stich and listen to an audiobook as I sew along.

Iron your Rail Fence Blocks. If needed, trim up to measure 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" squares.

 So put on your favorite music, an audiobook, and start sewing away. By the end of the day you will have a beautiful stack of Rail Fence Blocks.

See you tomorrow, we will work on piecing the quilt together.

Happy quilting!

Cindy and Belvedere

Day 1 QAL Fun!

I know we all have that bin of fabric, you know, all the bits and pieces for projects past. Much of it is our favorite colors and prints. Well gather that all up. I have a three day project for you. Yep, three days.... you can do this!  I am making mine scrappy using my batik bin of fabric and some white fabric for my background. Mine is going to be 84" x 100", sorta huge but I want it to cover a bed. You can scale yours down if you would like. This quilt is jelly roll friendly too.

Here's what you need:

5 1/2 yards worth of scraps

3 1/2 yards for your background fabric

Finished Size 84" x 100" 

Day 1 - Cutting

Day 2 - Sewing

Day 3 - Assembly of the Quilt

Let's Get Started!

Let's get started! I pulled out my bin of batiks which has grown out of hand. So to tame my batik stash, I started by pulling out the fabrics I wanted to use for this quilt. Most of the pieces I pulled were from quilts and projects past. 

~NOTE~ There is no written pattern for this... just the blog postings with directions.

~ My Batik Stash ~

From your fabric stash/scraps etc....

Cut: 99 - 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" squares

360 - 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangles

From your background fabric cut:

218 - 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangles

That's it, just cutting fabric today. It's a great stress reliever, hacking up fabric. So put on your favorite music, an audiobook, and start cutting away. I cut extra fabric squares for my backing. I'm going to do a couple of pieced strips across the backing to add something special to the back.

See you tomorrow, we will work on piecing the quilt blocks.

Happy quilting!

Cindy and Belvedere

A Stash Buster QAL

I'm not even sure how many days we've been practicing self distancing. Seems like f-o-r-e-v-e-r but I know we can do it! My best friend and I had lunch the other day. You are wondering how right? Well we both went thru the drive thru at Chick Fil A and got our lunches, parked in a parking lot like the police do on donut break and visited with our car windows open leaving a nice distance between us. It was a great visit and sure to be one we won't forget! We talked about quilting and what we were working on etc. It lightened my day and was a great break.

As you know I have been making face masks and now that I'm out of elastic, I'm onto the next project. I know we all have that bin of fabric, you know, all the bits and pieces for projects past. Much of it is our favorite colors and prints. Well gather that all up. I have a three day project for you. Yep, three days.... you can do this!  I am making mine scrappy using my batik bin of fabric and some white fabric for my background. Mine is going to be 84" x 100", sorta huge but I want it to cover a bed. You can scale yours down if you would like. This quilt is jelly roll friendly too.

Here's what you need:

5 1/2 yards worth of scraps

3 1/2 yards for your background fabric

Finished Size 84" x 100" 

Day 1 - Cutting

Day 2 - Sewing

Day 3 - Assembly of the Quilt

Let's start tomorrow!

Happy quilting!

Cindy and Belvedere