Life in the Scrapatch: #xblocks

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Thursday, May 10, 2018

Good Day, Sunshine!

I took my

Good Night Moon X-Block Quilt

outside to enjoy the sunny weather

and take some more photos.

Here is the front of my quilt.

Here is the pieced back of the quilt,

which did not show yesterday.

For the backing, I used up most of my Goodnight, Moon fabrics,

and one of the greens I chose for the front.

The center strips is made of extra strips and sashing cut to size for

making the foundation for cutting the X-Blocks.

I thought is was fun to show what it looked like

before it turned in the wiggle worm.

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

X Block Blog Hop

Welcome to today's

X Block Blog Hop

hosted by

Amy @ Sew Incredibly Crazy

Opening up this

BasiX Template Ruler for 2.5" Strips

was sew much fun.

It comes well packaged with two free designs and a place to store your ruler.

The quilt I made is the

Wiggle Worm

My quilty kitties really enjoyed
this specialty ruler and pattern.

The patterns for these specialty X Block and BasiX rulers
not only provide the basic how-to, but they simplify what looks complex
and elevate the quilts to another level.

I am an experienced quilter and designer, but I really needed the pattern instructions
to help me get the hang of these rulers.

Now that I have the basiXs,
my quilty muse is spinning with the the creative possibilites.

My mind went straight to "bookworm" when I saw the name "wiggle worm"
so this sent me stash spelunking to find this
"Goodnight Moon" fabric I have had for some time waiting for the right project.
All the fabrics in this quilt were from my stash.

I used scrappy gray and white 2.5" strips for the background
that were already cut.
Then I cut 2.5" strips from some of my tonals and small prints.
I love scrappy quilts and this pattern is perfect for using up scrap strips.

The pattern called for sewing strips, adding sashing
and the cutting the X-blocks.

I followed the pattern instructions for piecing and cutting the blocks.

The pattern was easy to follow
and this quilt went together very quickly.

Here is my Wiggle Worm top
already to quilt ... NOT!
oops! ... where is my seam ripper?

Can you see it?

Hint ... The middle row has a waggle where it should have a wiggle.

After some late night time with my favorite seam ripper,

here is my Wiggle Worm top,

sandwiched and ready to quilt.

I quilted with my heavy duty walking foot.

The binding is my new favorite method,
Two-Color Flanged Machine Binding.
Tutorial Here
I discovered on this quilt that my zipper foot is perfect for
stitching in the narrow flange next to the puffy binding.