Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. I think I will embroider face and clothing details by hand using my favorite hand embroidery stitches such as backstitch, chain stitch and french knots. I love them so much and I keep adding details to them. Here are some blocks that are ready to be turned into a little quilt or into individual pillows. That’s it! The next step is to quilt to a backing fabric and my favorite method is a stitch in the ditch. Press the seams open using steam and a very hot setting in your iron. If you have several blocks you can do chain piecing. Lay out your blocks, make sure they are all the same size. PRO HACK: Set your machine with a 1/4 inch foot to make it easier to have a consistent 1/4 inch seam allowance. You may want to add a sashing in between the blocks or above the blocks, this step is entirely optional. You have done all the quilting and the piecing together so now its a matter of sewing the blocks to each other. The great thing about quilting as you go is that when it comes to finishing the quilt you are almost done. Check out this log cabin quilt which is a combination of machine quilt, hand quilt all made up in naturally dyes silk and cotton. I love playing around with my natural dyed fabric scraps. You can apply this same log cabin pattern process to many fabric combinations. This will allow for the thickness of the fabric to move through your machine without any problems. I recommend using a walking foot for your machine. Sew the two pieces of fabric together with a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Cut another piece of fabric the same size (2 inches by 3 inches) and place it on top right sides together. Place the piece of fabric on the batting on a diagonal. This will be the starting point of your log cabin block. It’s super quick □Ĭut a 2 inches by 3 inches piece of fabric. You can but with fabric scissors or with the rotary cutter. the length will vary and you will be trimming these strips as you quilt along. Cut strips of fabric (in a variety of colors and textures) 3 inches wide and 10 inches long aprox.
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