TUTORIAL - BED QUILTS - MAKE DO'S MINI STRIP QUILTS #1

Hello everyone.
Hope you all have been well.

I have been battling a very bad sinus

infection. I feel just awful and will

be going back to bed again soon.

But, I wanted to post something that

I had been working on previously.

Making a quilt is not hard. Make them

however you want. Use a pattern or not.

The choice is yours. Try a mini quilt

first then go from there. Nothing wrong

with baby steps. Then if you like quilting,

GO CRAZY!!

I used to love making quilts, still

do, but have somewhat finished

making them. At least 50 quilt

tops sit in my attic waiting for me to

hand quilt them one day. I have swapped

here and there a few quilt tops and have given some

away for free. I have 2 that are pinned that

need quilting but I have procrastinated with

this, as hand quilting is a big job.
But I do love it.

I used to with scissors hand cut each piece

and machine sew it together with the

strength of the sewing machine. And then

they came out with the rotary cutter,

and my love went from scissors to a rotary

cutter and a mat! Oh, I was able to produce

so many quilt tops that it wasn't funny. I made

all of my brothers and sisters 3 or 4 quilts each

throughout many years.

I made so many quilt tops that it only took me

a day after I had cut the pieces to assemble the

quilt top.

I have found that these MINI QUILTS are super

quick and easy - ESPECIALLY THIS ONE.

I LOVE SCRAPPY QUILTS.

SOMETIMES I CALL THEM - "MAKE DO"

Quilts because

I do not care how they are put together. I do not care

if these quilts line up or not as long as they are

pretty. But truly after a quilt is quilted there is no

such thing as ugly! I have seen an ugly quilt

blossom into a beautiful quilt!!

First - what you need is a rotary cutter and a mat.

Many of you know what these supplies are. A

sewing machine, thread, scraps.

This is the first time that I have ever tried quilting

with a sewing machine. I am not sure how well I

like it. 

I do like to zip-zip along on my sewing machine.

However it turned out okay.

I probably would

not give it to anyone because I am not sure if they

like my taste.

MAKE-DO IS USING FABRICS THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE.

Do not go out and buy any fabric. Look around. Maybe

you have already some baby clothes

or something else to cut up.

The backing for this quilt was a piece of a

pair of BABY shorts. As you can tell, I ran out of

fabric so I just hemmed it up anyway. Besides not

every quilt should be perfect! The colors turned out

wonderful and I am pleased.

See how it is quilted. 

The baby shorts backing is a cute rose print.
I could not resist cutting them up!
Sorry - BABY!!

I am sure you know how this works. Grab yourself

up some tiny scraps (BABY CLOTHES).
With a rotary cutter

or scissors, cut strips about 6 inches long and 2.5 inches

wide.

REMEMBER - FABRIC MULTIPLIES!!
I can never seem to get rid of it - unless I give it away!
These are the colors I will be using.

Cut them in half lengthwise and this gives you 2 piles.

I will only be using one of these piles, so put the other

pile away and save for segment #2.

Sorry, for the bad photo.
I tried many times to get a

clear shot and this is the best one of them.
Lay the strips out like you would want them. OR DON'T.
Make it random.
All my strips are the same size length and width.

Place the strips side by side lengthways.
Sew together. Cut apart.

Open up each strip.

NOW - sew all the strips together.

Again you are saving on thread.

When finished sewing them all together, then place

the strips on the bed like you want.

Make sure the sewn strips are the length

you want for the bed.
Make sure the width is what you want also.
If needed add more strips or
add wide borders if you want.

For Quilting - 

Look at the 2cd and 3rd photos of the front

and back of the quilt and sew

with a sewing machine across each strip.

To finish the quilt - 
Bring the backing fabric to the front.
Be sure to turn in a little
so you do not see any raw edges.
Sew down with a sewing machine.

Hope you like the first segment of Mini Strips #1.

I am going to see how many quilt tops I can make

out of the little fabrics I have.

It is possible that I

will tire of those scraps before they are all used.

However quilters do not like to throw away any scraps!

It is better to swap scraps with someone, so you can get different

fabrics, so all of your quilts will differ.

Thank you for visiting me!

Hopblogger

FABRIC BUNDLE GIVEAWAY 6

Hello Everyone!

Thank you so much for the

lovely comments. I hope you

do not think that I am neglecting

you. My allergy's cannot be helped.

 

To find Giveaways #7-15 look under

'mini blog archive',

03/17-3/24. Displayed will be

all of them.

 

I did another shake, shake, shake!!

 

CONGRATULATIONS GOES TO

DRORA!!!

 

Just send me your full name and address and I will

mail it to ya!!

 

Mini hugs and kisses,

Conny



SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE

Hello Everyone!

So sorry for the delay. Sore throat,

headaches are common this time of

the year for me. I hope that my

followers do not hold any allergy's.

 

Thank you for visiting me and following

me!!

THE NEXT FABRIC BUNDLE GIVEAWAY

IS COMING SOON!!!

 

I did the shake, shake, shake thing

again and up came a beautiful

winner.

 AND OUT CAME A WINNER!!!

 CONGRATULATIONS TO
SUSAN KORMAN!!

Please Send me

your full name and address.

Thank you all for participating.

Thank you for stopping by. Hope to be up

and running in another week or two!

Mini hugs and kisses to you all!

Conny

 



ANOTHER GIVEAWAY!!!

Hello Everyone! Thank you

so much for the lovely comments.

 

I am still so busy so I wanted to thank

you all so much for visiting me and

patiently waiting for me. So I thought

that I would give you another giveaway.

 

PLEASE READ:

 

This Giveaway will end on the 19th

of August - one week before Giveaway #5

Fabric Bundle. Sign up for #5 if you have

not already done so.

 

Also the rules are the same as always.

You must be a follower and leave a comment

on the giveaway.

 

You can post on your website about this Giveaway

or not - the choice is yours! My mini blog will

not let me put up anyone's giveaways so I understand.

 

I went thru a miniature box and found that

my cute bed had broken its canopy. So I am

giving it away. Please note that the bed has never been

used so it is NEW. The original white cover is still great!

I did not want to paint the bed or strip it of its white

cover - just thought that I would let you decorate it

anyway that you wanted. So I decided to send along

to the winner a pretty pink linen

cover and a green crochet cover.  I do not have

time to sew it so I thought that you could.

 

The pink linen

is shirred and on the edges you see yellow. This is

FRAY-CHECK. I cut this pink linen bigger so

if you do not want the yellow to show then just

cut it off. But it will ravel so hem it quick or add

lace to finish it off. This is all the pink that I have

so I cannot give any extra material to make pillow

shams or dust ruffles to go with the bed. I have used

the excess of this fabric. But it is

such a pretty pink that anything will go with it.

 

The green crochet is very pretty. It is a soft green.

I have included enough fabric of the green to

make pillow shams and extra fabric for curtains

or whatever you want to make with it.

 

 

I hope you like it!

Many hugs and kisses to you all,

Conny

 



BUNDLE #5 GIVEAWAY!!

YEA - ITS ON BABY!!!

 

GIVEAWAY #5 is here at last. There

are still 10 more coming so sign up!

The rules are simple - just become a

follower and leave a comment.

 

 

I am truly sorry for not visiting anyone.

So much has been happening around here

that is keeping me busy. My dad had to have

an esophageal scope surgery done. It took

a lot out of him. He was very weak and

it took him a couple of weeks to regain

some of his strength back. Am glad

that he is feeling better. It sure is a lot

of work tending to the elderly but when

it is someone you love the chore becomes

less of a chore. You do what you need

to do.

Anyway after my father and sis went home

my allergy's set back in. We have had so

much rain accompanied with many terrible

thunderstorms that it beats down all of the pollen.

I should have known

that my good days would not last long!

 

So here I am back at last. But for how long I

do not know. Forgive me for not visiting but

I will get by there to visit you. Just be patient

with me.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO ELIANA!!!!

 

I hope you like the fabrics. Please send me your

full name and address. Look forward to

hearing from you.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Many hugs and kisses sent your way

Conny