Wednesday, 28 November 2012

BLACK AND WHITE QUILT

ok not sure what im doing but im having a go.    promised a few girls in QCA i would give them some measurements for my black n white quilt.heres the pic. im not doing a full tutorial as i have  never done anything like this before. If im teaching you face to face id have no problem but trying to write it down so it is understood correctly is quite another thing. this quilt is made up of 36 blocks  now iwill give u the pic of the fabrics i chose for this sample

 u will need 18 blocks of each combination       im sure you all know how to put the block tog
 
       black with white block    [block 1                                   

 1 by  3 ins centre square [black with white ]                       
2 by 3 ins square [white with black]                                                                 
2by 3 ins by 8 ins strips [white  wth black]
2 by 3 ins by 8 ins strips [ black with white]
2 by 3 ins by 13 ins strips[ black with white]



white with black  [ block 2 ]

1 by 3 ins centre square  [white with black]
2 by 3 in ssquares [ black with white]
2 by 3 ins by 8 ins strips [black with white]
2 by 3 ins by 8 ins strips [white with black]
2 by 3ins by 13 ins strips [white with black ]

now i would like to put pics of 2 finished blocks and camera is giving me the    -- its sorry about  also tha actual pic of the quilt is not the finished article as i seem to have lost that one into cyberspace  it will give you a good idea of how to put blocks together i only put a binding i didnt think it needed borders
  
   back to  next stage of this quilt   what i did was to cut each block on the diagonal then use one of each of blocks 1 and 2 and sewed one of each together matching all joins    i did try to do them as hst with no sucess just  too many joins

 this is a trial run as a first time blogger  so please be patient with me if u need any questions  answered regarding this  please feel free to ask me on the qcQCA f/b page CHEERS TO  ALL WHO MAY SEE THIS

12 comments:

  1. Welcome to blogging! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

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    1. thanku so much im very new not really sure what i am doing hope u could make sense of it all

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  2. love that quilt Shirl, i just happened to have acquired a whole buch of black and white fabrics... Are the finished blocks 12 inches? I guess it doesn't much matter so long as they are all the same. Was there any rhyme or reason to fabric placement, other than the light /dark? IE did you use each fabric once in each position?

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  3. hello sheila thanks for yr question this quilt was an experiment made it up as i went i used about 9 or 10 different fabric if u look at the pic u will see that ive used the centre ones to form the shape to start, then just placed them where they looked best the blocks are about blocks are 13 ins and will be 12.5 aftercutting and sew the hst, so a finished 12 ins block so quilt should be 60 ins sq if no borders if you want it bigger you could make all yrr pieces 4 ins widths or bigger that would kee pthe layout the same hope you enjoy making this i no longer have the original quilt so im working on a new one so i can give the [hopefully] right directions

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    1. thanks Shirley, i might just have a go in the New Year

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  4. This looks like it would be a great quilt to make, it draws the eye in somehow. It is quite hard (and takes a bit of time too) to write a good tutorial, once you put some more photos in I think it will be a bit clearer, some people are visual learners and some are happy to read instructions.

    Welcome to blogging, I'm sure you will enjoy it, I find that it does get better with practise :)

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    1. hello pip thanks for yr comment yes im a visual i do understand others need the written word i will do my best to make it clear as possible ive had so much trouble with the new camera program its holding things up cant get help until monday then ill post the pics of finished blocks etc

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  5. LOVE black and white - cant wait to see how you go with it :) Thank you for entering the giveaway on my blog and good luck :)
    Karen @ Sugarbird

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    1. hi karen thanku for yr interest this is only 2nd time ive entered anything //// a bit of fun maybe i will be lucky cheers shirl

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  6. Love it, would you mind if I semi steal your tutorial to use for a quilt tutorial for Aussie Hero Quilts please? I can send you a copy of the tutorial before releasing it if you want me to????

    Hugs
    Naomi

    P.S. If you can find out how to get into your dashboard, it would be handy if you could remove the word verification off your comments as some people won't leave comments if they have to do the whole word verification thing, as they're really hard to read sometimes.

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  7. Love the quilt Shirley - it's gorgeous!

    Welcome to blogland! Hope you have fun with it! :)

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  8. Love the new background to the blog hun....well done to your niece for updating it for you.

    Hugs
    Naomi

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