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Flying Arrows Quilt Tutorial

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Happy Tuesday Everyone! Today I have a quick quilt tutorial and when I say “quick” I mean it! This whole quilt top, including design time, took me 3 hours to complete.

I started with a half yard bundle in the Berry colorway of Kona Modern Quilts by Robert Kaufman and 2 yards of Kona White (I love Kona White!).

3 Hours Later…

56″ x 56″ (without borders)

I wanted to find a way to display the gorgeous prints which are extra large. I took my inspiration from some old Native American rugs that my mom has displayed in our home. I hope you can see my inspiration. I have borders and will be adding them…but I haven’t been able to sew the last few days.

On to the tutorial!

From each 1/2 yard you will cut one square measuring 15″ – giving you 6 squares total
From the White you will cut six squares measuring 15″
Choose four prints as your feature prints and cut four squares measuring 14.5″
A 6.5″x24″ ruler would be most helpful along with basic quilting supplies.

Start with your Half Square Triangles (because that’s all these really are – Half Square Triangles on Steroids).

Pair up your 6 white 15″ squares with your 6 print 15″ squares. Then draw your diagonal. I used my 6.5″ x 24″ ruler for this (see the picture)

Draw the line and then place your 1/4″ foot on the line and sew down each side of it. When finished cut the block along the line you drew!

Trim each HST down to 14.5″ square. You should now have 12 very large half square triangles.

Following the quilt top – lay out your rows and sew them together using a 1/4″ seam. Then you are done!

I will be adding a border in the Kona Berry – probably 2.5″ to 3″. I haven’t decided yet (I’ve got a yard to play with). I bought backing fabric yesterday – a bundle of Kona solids in the Berry CoIlorway. I am thinking of doing a color blocked back with some of the prints mixed in (it will be my first pieced back).

I think this will be Anne’s and my new picnic blanket and I am really excited about it. I hope you enjoyed this quickie quilt!

If you haven’t already make sure you go enter to win a half yard bundle of Kona Modern Quilts from Fat Quarter Shop! They are giving away a bundle to two of my lucky winners (say that 10 times fast!).

© Copyright M. Dunworth 2012. You are welcome to use this tutorial for your personal use. Please do not use this tutorial, my words or my pictures without my permission. You are welcome to link to this tutorial, but please do not take my work.

 

Fat Quarter Shop Highlight and Giveaway!

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I would like to offer a very warm welcome to Fat Quarter Shop.  They are one of the premier online fabric shops and have one of the largest selections of fabric out there.  What I love best is the customer service I get when I buy from Fat Quarter Shop.  Last week I placed an order and seconds after hitting the last button to order my fabric I realized that I forgot 2 items! Ugh! I immediately picked up the phone and called them and they were able to amend my order over the phone and add the two small items to my package. The best part is that I didn’t have to pay for additional shipping!  Gotta love that customer service!

Here are a few of my favorite things that I am looking forward to in the Coming Soon Section:

You already know how much I love Berenstain bears!

As soon as this line is available I will be buying it and making a baby quilt for a friend who’s having a boy!

I just love this color combo!

Last Friday I put up a little sneaky peak of a quilt I will be doing a tutorial for tomorrow. I used the amazing and beautiful Kona Modern Quilts by Robert Kaufman.

 

Kona Modern Quilts Berry Scatter Boxes

Fat Quarter Shop has very generously offered TWO half yard bundles of Kona Modern Quilts to two of my readers! To enter please follow the instructions on the Rafflecopter below and makes sure you come back tomorrow for the tutorial!

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Good Luck!

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Have you commented on my blog in the last 2 days? Have you noticed that I haven’t replied. I’m so sorry, I don’t mean to be rude, and I swear I will, but I have had a great deal of pain in my hands the last 3 days and it has been rather hard for me to even contemplate sitting at the computer, much less typing.  I go to the rhuematologist on Monday and I will hopefully get my medications changed, as the ones I am on are clearly NOT working!

In the meantime, how about a sneak peak at a tutorial I have coming up for you next week courtesy of Fat Quarter Shop…

Happy Friday!

Shh! Don’t Tell My Husband….

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But I got more fabric last week!!!  A bunch of it came in the mail and then…well I just couldn’t help it I went shopping in person too!

I ordered some Joy by Kate Spain from Julie at Intrepid Thread. I bought only 2 yards of Christmas fabric, but I’m not keeping it, at the end I will only have a 5″ square of each. Yup, that’s right, I have joined a Christmas in July Charm Swap, hosted by Manda Made Quilts on flickr. Here is a link to the post, there are still a few spots left if you want to join.

I ordered on Wednesday and it was here bright and early on Friday. As always, it came with a lovely hand written note and wrapped beautifully with ribbon and tissue paper, but this time…Julie slipped in a little something special into the package – and after you see what you will know just how well Julie knows my tastes!

Some gorgeous La Dee Da!!! I already have a project in mind for these lovelies and I am so excited about them! Thank you Julie!

I also got a wonderful squishy from Fat Quarter Shop.

Some Kona Modern Quilts for Robert Kaufman! It is a half yard bundle in the Berry Colorway. On Monday night I whipped up a quilt using this line and I will be showing you a tutorial for it before the end of the month. The quilt took me 3 hours start to finish (including designing it in EQ7).  If you follow me on Twitter, I did post a picture up there on Monday night, if you want a sneak peak it is in my images.

You would think with all the wonderful squishies that I wouldn’t feel the need to go out and buy even MORE fabric, HAHAHA! You don’t know me very well if you actually thought that! My local quilt shop, Ruby Street Quiltworks, is doing $2.00 fat quarters every Friday during the summer, with Lemonade and Cookies! Here is my latest haul:

I don’t know any of the lines but I just couldn’t leave any of them behind either! I have no projects in mind…kind of figures!  Something will get made eventually, in the meantime they will be in my stash and I can ogle over them whenever I want.

If you haven’t already, make sure you check out the QAL that Jenna from SewHappyGeek and I are co-hosting, Sew Intertwined. It is going to be so much fun!

 

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