McCall's Quick Quilts - Aug/Sept 2015

Friends,

I'm excited to announce my next magazine publication for McCall's Quick Quilts. The quilt is in the August/September 2015 issue and is called Lots of Boxes and was inspired by a wall of windows of a high rise building.

I'm always trying to find inspiration on how to showcase large scale prints. Although we are quilters and we enjoy cutting fabric to simply build them up again into a beautiful quilt, sometimes, we don't. There's large scale print that deserves to be left alone. My part time job is located in downtown Denver and I frequent the light rail to and from work. I use many of the buildings as inspiration for my work, whether it is the outside exterior, the main floor lobby, the cubicle layout of my floors, whatever it may be, I let my mind wonder to find beauty in shapes that can be translated to a quilt. This quilt is an example of that. I hope you'll enjoy it.

 

You can find McCall's introducing the issue on their facebook page here.

My quilt pattern is featured on McCall's website here. Check it out.

 

For those who have a subscription, the issue began shipping on June 16, 2015. For those who don't have a subscription, the issue hits newsstands by June 30, 2015. You can also pick up a digital issue at the QuiltandSewShop.com at the following link: http://www.quiltandsewshop.com/category/quick-quilts 

 

I used Cotton & Steel fabric, Aurifil thread, and Warm & White batting. Thank you to my three sponsors for allowing me to make this quilt on budget.

Also, a lovely thank you to two ladies that I frequently work with at McCall's, Susan and Deb. I enjoy the process and am looking forward to the next year of quilts!

Enjoy and Happy 4th of July,
Sandra

Summer Sampler Quilt Along - Block 4 Giveaway

Friends,

The Old Maid's Ramble Block's giveaway is a box of thread by Aurifil for week 4 of the Summer Day & Night Quilt Sampler.

  

Check out this link for the free instructions to construct the Old Maid's Ramble Block.

 

 

The Prize

A huge thank you to Alex at Aurifil for allowing me to giveaway this wonderful box of thread. The box consists of 12 LARGE spools. It is cotton 12 wt. Valued at approximately $110.

 

 How to Enter 

To be in the draw, please leave a comment on this blog post or the Old Maid's Ramble's post, or like me on my facebook page. Then, email me through my Contact Me on the right sideboard of my blog. The drawing is open all week, starting now and concluding July 5, 2015, at noon. The winner will be announced July 5th, when the 5th block is released.

 

 

Winner

The winner of Week 3's Corn and Beans Block is Linda. Congratulations! Thanks to all who entered.

 

 

Enjoy,

Sandra

Sandra Clemons

Summer Sampler Quilt Along - Block 4

  

Hello Friends,

 

Welcome to the fourth week of the Summer Sampler Quilt Along. This week the block is called Old Maid's Ramble. It finishes at 16" x 16".

Refer to the Summer Day & Night Quilt Sampler in the menu above for a summary of our progress.

Featuring RJR's Cotton Supreme Solids 

Here we go. The block.

 

Cut Block 4
Light Gray:
§  Cut 4 squares 5 1/4” x 5 1/4”, the cut diagonally twice to make 16 quarter square triangles (2 are extras). (A)
§  Cut 1 square 6 1/2” x 6 1/2”, then cut diagonally once to make 2 half square triangles. (B)

Dark Gray:

§  Cut 4 squares 5 1/4” x 5 1/4”, the cut diagonally twice to make 16 quarter square triangles (2 are extras). (C)
§  Cut 1 square 6 1/2” x 6 1/2”, then cut diagonally once to make 2 half square triangles. (D)

Navy – Cut 3 squares 5 1/4” x 5 1/4”, the cut diagonally twice to make 12 quarter square triangles (2 are extras). (E)

Pink – Cut 3 squares 5 1/4” x 5 1/4”, the cut diagonally twice to make 12 quarter square triangles (2 are extras). (F)

Assemble Block 4

1.      Stitch together a blush (F) and gray (A) triangles.  Make 10.

 



2.      Stitch together a navy (E) and gray (A) triangles. Make 10.

3.      Referring to the diagram, use 5 half-square units from Step 1, 2 small gray triangles (F), and 1 large gray triangle (B) to stitch together. Stitch the units in the direction as shown.

4.      Referring to the diagram, use 5 half-square units from Step 2, 2 small gray triangles (F), and 1 large gray triangle (B) to stitch together. Stitch the units in the direction as shown.

5.      Complete the block by stitching together the units from Step 3 and 4.

6.      Congrats! You're 4th block is complete. 5 more to go.

Here's mine in RJR's Cotton Supreme Solids and some assembly tips.

 

 

The next 4 images are based on Step 3 above.

 

  

I hope you enjoyed the block. I'd love to see what you've come up with. Share with me through Instagram/Facebook/Pinterest.

 

Click here for your chance to win a thread box by Aurifil and the winner of Block 3.

Enjoy,

Sandra 

Sandra Clemons

Summer Sampler Quilt Along - Block 3 Giveaway

Friends,

The Corn and Beans Block's giveaway is the Orbit Fat Quarter Bundle by RJR's Cotton Supreme Solids for week 3 of the Summer Day & Night Quilt Sampler.

 

 

Check out this link for the free instructions to construct the Corn and Beans Block.

The Prize

A huge thank you to RJR for allowing me to giveaway a fat quarter bundle of their Cotton Supreme Solids. The bundle consists of 9 fat quarters.

 

How to Enter 

To be in the draw, please leave a comment on this blog post or the Corn and Beans Block post, or like me on my facebook page. Then, email me through my Contact Me on the right sideboard of my blog. The drawing is open all week, starting now and concluding June 28th at noon. The winner will be announced June 29th, when the 4th block is released.


Winner
The winner of Week 2 is Gloria. Congratulations! Thanks to all who entered.

Sandra

Sandra Clemons

Summer Sampler Quilt Along - Block 3

 

Hello Friends,

 

Welcome to the third week of the Summer Sampler Quilt Along. This week the block is called Corn and Beans. It finishes at 16" x 16".

Refer to the Summer Day & Night Quilt Sampler in the menu above for a summary of our progress.

Featuring RJR's Cotton Supreme Solids 

Here we go. The block.

 

 

Cut Block 3

Light Gray:

§  Cut 3 squares 6 1/4” x 6 1/4”, then cut diagonally once to make 6 half square triangles. (A)

§  Cut 10 squares 3 1/2” x 3 1/2”, then cut diagonally once to make 20 half square triangles. (B)

Green:

§  Cut 1 square 6 1/4” x 6 1/4”, then cut diagonally once to make 2 half square triangles. (C)

§  Cut 4 squares 3 1/2” x 3 1/2”, then cut diagonally once to make 8 half square triangles. (D)

Navy:

§  Cut 2 squares 3 1/2” x 3 1/2”, then cut diagonally once to make 4 half square triangles. (E)

§  Cut 1 square 6 5/8” x 6 5/8”, then cut diagonally twice to make 4 quarter square triangles. (F)

 

Assemble Block 3

1.      Start by stitching together the Hour-glass unit. Use 2 green triangles (C) and 2 gray triangles (A).



 

2.      Stitch together 2 gray triangles (B) to each side of the navy triangle (E). Make 4.



 

3.      Join the 4 units made in Step 2 to each side of the Hour-glass unit.

 

 

 

4.      Join 4 navy triangles (F) to each side of the unit made in Step 3.

 

 

5.      Stitch together 2 green triangles (D) in between 3 gray triangles (B). Make 4.

6.      Stitch together 1 gray triangle (A) to the unit made in Step 5. Make 4.

 

7.      Join the 4 units made in Step 6 to the unit made in Step 4 to complete the block.

 

Here's mine in RJR's Cotton Supreme Solids and some assembly tips.

 

 

Referring to Step 1, I chose to pinwheel my Hour-Glass unit. This eliminates seam bulk at the center of the unit. Refer to this tutorial for how to pinwheel seams.

The next series of pictures show you how I pieced the units of Step 2 together. Note the placement of the units and how it creates dog ears.

Here's my Step 3 unit.

And Step 4...

Step 5... (The same placement as in Step 3.)

Step 6...

I hope you enjoyed the Corn and Bean block. I'd love to see what you've come up with. Share with me through Instagram/Facebook/Pinterest.

 

Click here for your chance to win a free Fat Quarter Bundle by RJR Cotton Supreme Solids and the winner of Block 2.

Enjoy,

Sandra 

Sandra Clemons