#IGQuiltFest2021 ~ Day 31 ~ Favorite Post

 

My favorite post of all time is my

Easy Tumbling Blocks ~ No "Y" Seams ~ Part 1

It has 54.1K pageviews!

This post series is from 2012.

I wrote this tutorial to help and online quilting friend

who wanted to know how to sew this traditional pattern without "y" seams

to make a quilt for one of her grand children.

I used basic rulers and my cutting mat

 to show her that no special tools are necessary.

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This method allows the blocks to be sewn together in strips

by cutting one of the diamonds into triangles. 

Part 1 ~ Cutting Instructions

Part 2 ~ Sewing the Strips

Part 3 ~ Adding the Borders

The finished quilt was featured that year in my

Quilty Christmas Open House, 2012

In 2014, I thought about making a 

Country Girl ~ Easy Tumbling Blocks

baby quilt in this pattern for my grand-darling

in some pretty Country Girl fabrics.

I ended up making here a Minnie Mouse Rag Quilt as 

Mickey and Minnie are (still) her favorites.

This year she needs a new bed quilt and I am thinking again about making

a twin size Tumbling Blocks Quilt.

Hmmm ... time will tell. 

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This is my final post for the 

#IGQuiltFest2021

It has been a fun month sharing with the other quilters participating on Instagram.

Sew Much Inspiration!

Making Quilts With Angles

I like to find new ways to make angle blocks.

Like I did when I posted my 

My Easy Tumbling Blocks Tutorial Here

I made this block a few years ago.

This project recently resurfaced during my making room for my long arm 

reorganization and I want to work again on it soon.

It is not a project from the following book.

This book, though, can help with cutting the needed angles.

Cutting and sewing blocks with am angle can be intimidating.

I found a good new book that helps ... 

Quilts With an Angle by Sheila Christensen

The book, as it states on this webpage ... 

 "Quilts with an Angle

New Foolproof Grid Method & Easy Strip Cutting; 

15 Projects with Triangles, Hexagons, Diamonds & More"

... is everything it says it is and more. 

In April, I followed along the blog hop for this wonderful new book.

Then 

Yvonne @ Quilting Jet Girl

notified me that I was one of the winners of an ebook copy.

I am thrilled!

This book is full of good instructions for better cutting and sewing those

tricky angle quilts.

There is about four quilts in the book I want to make right now.

Look Inside the book here on Amazon

If you like what you see, you may want to find a copy.

Happy Quilting!