10 Quilts ~ 10 Days ~ Day 6 ~ My Airmail Envelope Quilt

This quilt was a gift and I posted it 

Quilt Blogger's Festival 2015 ~ Here

The fabric inspired this block design.

It is an easy block to cut and piece.

I designed this block and quilt with fabrics provided to me by

Bear Creek Quilting Company

and they posted the free tutorials on their blog.

All of the parts of this tutorial may be found on the 

Part 1 ... fabric requirements and overview HERE

Part 2 ... piecing the blocks HERE

Part 3 ... piecing the top HERE

Part 4 - Finishing the Quilt HERE

I also made a pillow with two extra blocks.

Airmail Pillow Tutorial ~ Posted on my blog Here

The links for this pattern and alternate colorways and layouts

lives on my right sidebar and in the link below:

Airmail Quilt Info Here

This quilt was gifted to a this adorable baby boy who is now 8 years old.

The last time I spoke with his mom, she said he still loved his quilt.

Someday I hope to make another quilt in this pattern.

If your ever make a sew this block, I would love to see it.

Happy Sewing! 

My Airmail Envelope Quilt Wrap-up!

Part 1 ... fabric requirements and overview HERE

Part 2 ... piecing the blocks HERE

Part 3 ... piecing the top HERE

Part 4 - Finishing the Quilt HERE

Here are some alternate colorways and layouts ... 

"Letters From The Coast"
finished quilt size 56" by 64"

I created this alternate colorway and layout for  the

Free Airmail Envelope Quilt Tutorial

Part 4 ~ Finishing the Quilt ~ is up at BCQC Blog!

There is also a pdf for the complete tutorial available on this post

I bought these cute and contemporary fabrics ...

"Coastal" from Lewis and Irene

HERE @ Bear Creek Quilting Company

  

The swirly "Fishy Shoals" are my favorite from this line and I have used the gray for the envelopes, the multi-color on white for the background and the aqua in the narrow inner border (which is a design addition to the original pattern) and for the binding in the above quilt layout.

I used the beautiful dark "Sealife" on navy for the wide outer border.

I bought these fabrics ... it was love at first sight ... with a different quilt image in my head

but the more I look at this layout, the more I want to sew it.

A cute little baby boy I know has a nautical themed nursery and he needs a quilt ... ;)

Here are the fabric requirements for this quilt:

1/4 yard of the following prints for the inside 3" square in the envelope blocks:


.25 yard - Lighthouses on Aqua


.25 yard - Lighthouses on Sea Blue


.25 yard - Lighthouses on Deep Sea Blue


.25 yard - Sealife on Aqua


.25 yard - Sea Plants on Deep Sea Blue


.25 yard - Sea Plants on Light Aqua


1.25 yard - Fishy Shoals Gray for the outer envelope blocks


2.25 yards Fishy Shoal on White for the barkground fabric,
including the setting triangles on the envelope blocks

2.25 yards - Sealife on Navy for outer border

1 yard - Fishy Shoals Aqua  for the inner border and binding ...
cut into 2.5" strips for inner border and double fold binding. 

For all other cutting and sewing instructions please refer to this


One More Envelope Quilt Layout ~ By Request 

"You've Got Mail"

Six Fabric Kona Solid Envelope Quilt Layout 1
finished size 56" by 64"


Fabric Requirements:



1 yard - Kona Bluejay
(includes 2.5" strips for binding)


1 yard - Kona Aloe
(includes 2.5" strips for inner border)


.75 yard  - Kona Buttercup



.75 yard - Kona Wisteria



1.5 yards - Kona Medium Pink
(includes 5" strips for outer border)


2.25 yards - Kona Iron
(includes all background including setting triangles for envelope blocks)

Mail Drop Quilt Layout

Six Kona Solid Fabrics Envelope Quilt Layout 2

*Note: Since I have not actually sewn these two quilts the fabric requirements are copied from my EQ6 design software,  I have added 1/8 to 1/4 yard to all the computer generated amounts so that you should have extra fabric built in for errors and have a few lovely leftovers for scrap projects. Please always follow your own best judgement when cutting and sewing. 

For all other cutting and sewing instructions please refer to this

Airmail Envelope Quilt Tutorial @ BCQC

If you have any questions about these instructions, please email me.
My email address may be found under "Contact Me" in my header.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.

If you sew an envelope quilt of your own, I would love to see it!

Enjoy!

Airmail Envelope Quilt Part 3 is up ~ and More Envelope Block Fun!

Part 3 ~ Piecing the Top ~ HERE on the BCQC blog

and a generous

Airmail Fat Quarter Bundle Giveaway!

I love making these blocks ...

sew I made a few more!

For my complete 

Envelope Block Tutorial Click Here

When I was designing this block,

I made this test block.  

Then I asked a few of my helpful stitchin' sisters to test 

the cutting and piecing instructions for me. 

This is the block that my friend Cherie made.

She was making blocks 12 inch blocks to bring to a guild event
so she sewed three more blocks and created this wonderful...

12.5" unfinished block

Thanks, Cherie!   I love this block!

So for my post today I decided to make up some more variations for a 12 inch block.

Sew I sewed four 6.5" envelope blocks

and came up with FOUR possibilities for a 12" finished block:

Block 1 : "Cherie's Inbox"

Block 2 : Mail Drop

Block 3 : Mail-a-Go-Round

Block 4 : Outbox


Which shall I choose to make a pillow?

1 ? ... 2 ?? ... 3 ???... 4 ????

Please help me decide .... :) 

Remember to visit and comment on the

Bear Creek Quilting Company Blog!

today to enter their giveaway!

Come back next Sunday for

Part 4 ~ Quilting and Finishing 

Shari @ Bear Creek Quilting Company

when the winner will be announced

and, by request, pdf files for all parts of the tutorial will be available on their blog.


Enjoy ... :)