3/19/2023 0 Comments Baby blocksAnytime you draw a line on a, on fabric for this it really doesn’t matter what you use because that line is going to be in the seam. And I’ve got my little friction pen here. So what we’re going to do then is we are going to draw a line diagonally corner to corner. Ok so now once you get two nine inch squares like this you are ready to make your half square triangles. I’m going to put my finger there and there we go. Ok, now we’ve got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. And again I’m going to line that up real nice. And you’re going to need to do this to four of these, ok? So then we’re just going to cut these into nine inch squares like this. And now I’ve got to find my rotary cutter. Now I’ve stacked both of my fabrics together. And so I’m going to count, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. And we’re going to cut those into nine inch squares. So I’ve cut these strips, I have these strips left right here. So let’s see I have some fabric here, oh here we go, alright. And so what I’ve got here, let me show you because these are just big half square triangles. So for us on this, it makes a nine inch, we’re using a nine inch square. Now the measurement you need for the legs on this is your block measurement here. So I’m making a giant four patch of all these little squares. And then I sewed them together in sets of two like this. So then what I did was I took and I made four of these. Now I often break things up into little segments because it’s easier for me to do if they’re in smaller segments. So now I have four of these sewn together. And so on just all the way down the strip. Once I get over that seam I’m going to stop and do the one following that. And one seam is going one way and one the other. So I take a few stitches and I start down the side and I make sure that my next seam is nesting. And what I do is I just let the bottom strips go the way they want to because I can’t control them as well as I can control the top ones. And this is a block of four.Īlright we’re sewing a quarter of an inch down the side. So let’s go add this last segment on here to this block. So what I did was as I sewed them together I just made one seam go one way and one seam go the other as I sewed down the side. But to be honest it doesn’t matter because if they’re perfect for going this way and you decide to flip it, they’re not so perfect. Now when I sewed my strips too, I ironed all my seams going the same direction. When you do that you’re going to put four of those together. So we’re going to cut 2 ½ inch pieces like this. So I’m going to lay my little 2 ½ inch ruler on here and it just barely fits. So I’ve got my, my strips laid up nicely on my mat so they’re all going the same way. So I have all these little random strips sewn together.Then what you’re going to do is you’re going to take and cut 2 ½ inch segments off of here. And I actually did several strips so if you make baby quilts as often as I do this is one of those where you’ll either get a big quilt or you’ll get lots of fun little ones. So what I did was I took some random strips and sewed four of them together in a row. Anyway let me show you how to make this because this goes together really easily. How can you not love this? It’s happy day. You’re going to need ¾ of a yard for this little 5 ½ inch border out there. And then you’re going to need, for your star legs you’re going to need a half a yard of fabric for your star legs, so half a yard of red, half a yard of white. And it’s just this, it is a happy, happy little roll of fabric. And this is Happy Day by Lori Whitlock for Riley Blake. I’ve got a whole jelly roll here and I used quite a few of them because I wanted different blocks in there. So to make this quilt you’re going to need four strips, four strips only. But I’m going to show you today how to make this one for this cute little baby quilt right here behind me. So I thought if I showed you how to make one then you could go ahead and make as many as you want. One of those stars would make an awesome baby quilt. Isn’t that so beautiful? It’s so cool, huh? Don’t you just love that? Anyway, I thought one of those stars which is what she started with, thanks Misty. Here, come help me hold this up really quick. Hey, one of you guys come help me hold this up. Not it’s obviously not quilted, but take a look at this. Then Natalie had the idea to add some legs onto that and make a star. So my daughters and I were at a quilting retreat here not too long ago. And sometimes they happen when I’m at a quilting retreat. You know a lot of people ask me where I get ideas. And I am delighted to show you this project today.
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