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There are lots of options for basting a quilt, ( I talk about options for basting a quilt here). It keeps the layers from shifting and moving when you are quilting as well as preventing puckers in the back layer that you can’t see when you’re moving the layers through the machine. Basting a quilt is essential for many reasons. Just be sure you don’t run the iron over the parts where the batting is exposed around the edges as you don’t want it sticking to your iron.īefore we can quilt the layers together, we need to baste the quilt. This is trickier with a larger project, but I like it for smaller projects because it ensures wrinkles are out and everything is nice and smooth in every layer before you baste.Īlso, if you are using a cotton/poly blend batting and ironing on a cotton setting the batting will melt ever so slightly, just enough to ‘stick’ to the quilt backing and front, preventing it from shifting when you go to quilt. Now we are going to baste the quilt sandwich together so that we can “quilt” it-or stitch all three layers together with the batting in the middle.Īfter I’ve put the three layers together, I like to take all three layers to the ironing board and iron them all together. You should be able to see all three layers from the front. This means it will shrink more when it’s washed, giving the quilt vintage, used feed and a softer drape.Ĭenter the pieced quilt top on batting and backing fabric with the right sides facing away from the batting. The one I’m using is Quilter’s Dream 100% cotton (because it’s what I had on hand). There are lots of batting options-you can read more details in this batting post, but to sum up, since I’m going to machine quilt this myself, I like to use a low-loft cotton or cotton/poly blend batting.
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Binding ⅜ yard-cut into 4 strips 2 ½″ x 42″.Make sure quilt top is well pressed and flat. Trim the remaining two strips to 2” x 39 ½” and sew them to remaining sides. Trim two of the 2” x 42” strips to 2” x 36 ½”and pin the strips to opposite sides of the quilt and sew in place using a ¼” seam allowance. Opposing seam allowances should match up and nest together, helping points to match up as well. Sew rows together to get pieced quilt top. Press seams to the left on rows 1 and 3 and press seams to the right on rows 2 and 4. Then sew the blocks into four rows of four blocks. Quilt laid out with squared-up blocks will look like this. Then square-up your blocks so that they are all an accurate 9½” x 9½” square. Let the machine feed them through without pulling so that you don’t stretch the bias (diagonal) edges. Match up the long diagonal edges and sew them together carefully using a ¼” seam allowance. Sew the triangle pieces into twelve half-square triangle blocks. Use your four 9½” x 9½” light squares in the four corner blocks. This is a great way to play with color and get your eight star points well balanced. Start this project by taking the twelve 10” x 10” squares (4 light and 8 dark) and cutting them in half once on the diagonal.
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