Then cut 3" squares from your fabrics, and play around with them till the arrangement pleases you.
The next step is to quilt the sandwich. I used wavy lines from top to bottom, but any free motion pattern will be fine. A variegated thread that tones in with your background is nice, or else a shiny rayon - or whatever you have on hand.
Pin the squares on the quilted background, and then sew them down with a straight stitch round the edges.
The back looks like this - I lifted some of the overlapping squares to be able to sew right the way round.
Once the squares are securely in place, go round the edges with a zigzag stitch - either open or a satin stitch, like here. Leave long thread ends so it's easy to bury them.
If you're doing this part by hand, use any decorative stitch - blanket stitch, feather stitch, or herringbone cover well.
Here's the back at this point. Use an A4-sized piece of paper as a template for cutting the Little Gem to size. (I usually stitch round the outside of the paper first, and remove the paper and stitch again just inside those lines, then trim along the first (outside) set of stitched lines. But you can simply cut round the paper, and then add the binding.)
2 comments:
Inspiring tuorial Margaret, especially for a beginner like me. I have put a link to Little Gems in my sidebar today.
this is a nice little quilt - so simple, and yet very effective.
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