Hey quilter's...hope all is going well. It's been crazy lately in my "quilting world" the last few weeks. I had a allergic reaction to new meds & now embracing a Hurricane. Oh, my goodness...my prayers are with everyone that is going through this Hurricane season. You just never know & the best advice is to be "over prepared" & have hands on projects to keep you calm. This is the time to practice your "quilt doodling." Trust me...great way to calm the nerves. :-) Well, as promised we're going to have some quilting fun with smaller projects using the same "Scrap...Crackle...Pop!" technique. I'm obsessed with this technique. You get a different square/block every time plus no paper-piecing! Koodos to everyone that paper-pieces but I'm a bit impatient and I love how my technique still gives you that "unique" design without the fuss. In this "2cute 2spook" scrap-a-long series we'll be making a 3.5 x 3.5 mug mat, hot pad for entertaining and a table square. We'll be using the same technique and using up those Halloween scraps & doing "crazy spider-web-quilting." Such a fun project and great gift as well. If you notice from my previous design "table runner" we're just changing the fabric using this same fun technique. Oh yes...my favorite Halloween candy just might be "candy corn" :-) So, grab your "spooky scraps" & coordinating Aurifil thread & let's have a "Spook-tacular Scrap-a-long" 2gether!
Blessed Quilting from My Home to Yours,
Cat
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Here's all you need...
*Spooky scraps
*Coordinating Aurifil thread ( I used 50 weight #2692, 2583, 2235)
*Batting
*Sulky tear-away Stabilizer
*Insul-bright (needle insulated lining hot/cold)
Here's all you do...
*Sew your scraps 2gether in a "candy corn" fashion. I use a 1/8" seam when piecing for less bulk due to the tiny nature of this cute little block :-)
*Using my "Olfa Mat spinning technique" square up to a 2.5 x 2.5 square.
* Now "rotary cut" a solid block 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 and draw a diagonal line across each side of your Fons & Porter 1/4" seam ruler.
*Place your squares "right sides 2gether" and sew on the mark lines.
*Rotary cut down the middle and press open to the solid side.
*This will give you 2 blocks...repeat step to make 4 scrappy blocks.
*Layout squares in the "pinwheel" fashion (see pic)
*Sew using a 1/4" seam allowance top 2 (right sides 2gether) finger press open
*Then bottom 2 (right sides 2gether) finger press open
*Then sew top to bottom, carefully matching center seam. Press and square up if needed.
*You will have the cutiest...spookiest 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 block :-)
*Now rotary cut your border/binding strips as follows...
1 1/2 x 3 1/2 (Top/bottom) side
1 1/2 x 5 1/2 ( Left/Right) side
Oh yes...just noticed I flipped block wrong when taking pic :-( it happens!
Anyway! Sew using a 1/4" seam and right sides 2gether your top/bottom strips to square.
Press & square up if needed.
Now sew using same method your left/.right strips to square.
Well, you did it! Next phase will be "crazy spider-web quilting" and finishing your unique one-of-a-kind spook-tacular mug mat! Check back soon & thanks for following!
Please continue to pray for everyone this hurricane season. Cat
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