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Greetings Quilter,
Whether you are a beginner quilter or a quilter with more
experience, sometimes it's just nice to sew a quilt that is
fairly easy, and goes together quickly.
One year I needed to make a quilt in about 2 weeks for my
cousin who was headed for some major surgery. In order to
finish the quilt, I decided it would need to be a simple 9
patch – with fairly large squares.
It ended up being a scrap quilt, and I used bright, cheerful
colors. With speed piecing techniques and simple machine
quilting, the quilt was finished in less than 2 weeks – and
I had small kids around, too.
Many of my baby quilts were heart quilts – simple hearts
machine appliquéd onto 4 inch squares of fabric that were then
sewn into a quilt. I changed the placement of the hearts,
adding sashing, sometimes placing the squares on point to make
the quilts more interesting.
Often I made really simple 9 patch quilts with alternating
colors – like a checkerboard or offsetting the checkerboard
9 patch with a solid square of fabric.
Using that concept, you can make quite a variety of quilts
simply by changing the placement of the colors and fabrics
in your quilt.
Your quilt block doesn't need to be a 9 patch either. There
are some interesting and fun quilt block designs using just
squares in a 4 patch, 5 patch, or 7 patch block.
To see some of these designs, and get an idea about some basic
shapes of patches that you can use for simple quilt designs, visit:
http://www.how-to-quilt.com/articles/1101-beginner-quilting-block1.php
Happy Quilting!
Penny Halgren
www.How-to-Quilt.com
www.TheQuiltingCoach.com
P.S. Many of these quilts can be made using some speed piecing
techniques, too. You aren't really cutting and sewing all of
those small square patches, which means the quilt top can be
finished in a snap.
http://www.how-to-quilt.com/articles/1101-beginner-quilting-block1.php
P.P.S. For additional resources, check out my blog:
http://quilterpenny.wordpress.com/
You'll find all of the daily emails so you can search for
articles about tons of quilting topics!
www.How-to-Quilt.com
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Whether you are a beginner quilter or a quilter with more
experience, sometimes it's just nice to sew a quilt that is
fairly easy, and goes together quickly.
One year I needed to make a quilt in about 2 weeks for my
cousin who was headed for some major surgery. In order to
finish the quilt, I decided it would need to be a simple 9
patch – with fairly large squares.
It ended up being a scrap quilt, and I used bright, cheerful
colors. With speed piecing techniques and simple machine
quilting, the quilt was finished in less than 2 weeks – and
I had small kids around, too.
Many of my baby quilts were heart quilts – simple hearts
machine appliquéd onto 4 inch squares of fabric that were then
sewn into a quilt. I changed the placement of the hearts,
adding sashing, sometimes placing the squares on point to make
the quilts more interesting.
Often I made really simple 9 patch quilts with alternating
colors – like a checkerboard or offsetting the checkerboard
9 patch with a solid square of fabric.
Using that concept, you can make quite a variety of quilts
simply by changing the placement of the colors and fabrics
in your quilt.
Your quilt block doesn't need to be a 9 patch either. There
are some interesting and fun quilt block designs using just
squares in a 4 patch, 5 patch, or 7 patch block.
To see some of these designs, and get an idea about some basic
shapes of patches that you can use for simple quilt designs, visit:
http://www.how-to-quilt.com/articles/1101-beginner-quilting-block1.php
Happy Quilting!
Penny Halgren
www.How-to-Quilt.com
www.TheQuiltingCoach.com
P.S. Many of these quilts can be made using some speed piecing
techniques, too. You aren't really cutting and sewing all of
those small square patches, which means the quilt top can be
finished in a snap.
http://www.how-to-quilt.com/articles/1101-beginner-quilting-block1.php
P.P.S. For additional resources, check out my blog:
http://quilterpenny.wordpress.com/
You'll find all of the daily emails so you can search for
articles about tons of quilting topics!
www.How-to-Quilt.com
www.TheQuiltingCoach.com
www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com
7925 Pasadena Ave.
La Mesa, CA 91941
If you no longer wish to receive communication from us:
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