Hey quilter's...hope your weekend is going great. We're finally having sunny days and no rain. Due to the coolish weather the humidity is much better and those of you with arthritis like me know how happy that makes me! Gosh,,,it stinks getting old, but we have to keep going and somehow keep doing what we love. Baby steps but that's why I designed..."threadnfabrictherapy!" Every day is a journey when you're in pain for whatever reason but sometimes it helps to have a "therapeutic out." For me...it's always been designing and with my limitations now it's been a relief to design quilts and share what I love...hoping to help others along the way. Well....the trivet will be completed in this phase but remember with my designs you can always change up the fabric in the design for any Holiday. I love how Aurifil thread complimented the fabric design with the candy corn squares & my crazy spider-web quilting. I'm not a "spooky" Halloween person...never did like haunted houses as a child and definitely not as an adult. My grandson laughs and tells me that it's not real Gege...I just laugh, what I don't want to tell him is that your Gege will have nightmares for weeks. Ha! Anyway, keep following 'cause I have a really fun fall design coming soon that is so easy and super scrap friendly. Now let's get started on finishing this trivet for your holiday entertaining.
Blessed Quilting from My Home to Yours,
Cat
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Here's all you do...
* Press your accent fabric ( I used black Fairy Frost by Michael Miller)
* Rotary Cut your border fabric strips and sew as follows...
(1) Rotary cut 2 strips 1 x 6.5 and sew w/ right sides 2gether to top/bottom of block using a 1/4 " seam allowance. Finger press as you go.
(2) Rotary cut 2 strips 1 x 7.5 and sew w/ right sides 2gether to left/right side with a 1/4" seam allowance. Finger press as you go and square up if needed. Iron before adding scrapping borders in next step
Tip: at this stage your block should roughly be 7.5 x 7.5. This is where you could skip the scrappy border and just do another sold strip if desired but would love for you to try it...super fun!
Advanced scrappy border...
* Randomly piece your scraps in the candy corn fashion using a 1/8 in seam allowance (less bulk) & finger press as you go.
Tip...I roughly do my strips a bit longer then needed then square up as I sew...do what's easier for you.
* Now press your strip and rotary cut to a 1 1/4" inch width This includes a 1/4" seam allowance.
* Due to the "stretch" sewing scraps together this is what I recommend...I rotary cut my strips a bit longer than the size of block as I go....this is why I'm not stating exact strips measurements. Fabric will stretch along the way using scraps so just square up as you sew for less-stress quilting ;-)
*Sew top border to square with right sides together and press/square up.
* Repeat step for bottom and then left and right sides.
Again...if you omit this step just add a 3/4" border with coordinating scrap fabric.
Border/Binding strips...
Rotary cut your strips as follows...
2 strips 2 x 9 and sew to top/bottom of block with rides sides together using a 1/4" seam allowance.
2 strips 2 x 11.5 to left/ride side in same fashion....press and square up if needed
Tip...do not worry about your border being wider then backing due to this is where you will later do my border/binding technique (fold back)
* Rotary cut batting and tear-away stabilizer to roughly 9.5 x 9.5
* With block (right side facing down) Layer block...batting then stabilizer.
* Pin in place and quilt as desired. I did my crazy-spider-web quilting which is so easy...no precise web quilting...I just drew a diagonal line from center of triangle to outside and pivoted a half circle as I sewed. Mimicking a spider web. You can do a precise web design if desired, but this was a fun way to achieve the same concept. You can use a wipe away pencil to mark your design first to follow along while sewing. It's your design just have fun!
Repeat for all purple half-square triangles.
Carefully tear-away stabilizer when finished.
* Rotary cut your backing and insul-bright to 9.5 x 9.5 and layer as follows.
* Back fabric w/ right side down
* Insul-bright
* Block facing w/ right side up
Fold borders over in this method....first top/bottom then left/right using steps below.
* Fold border over to back side leaving a 1/4 seam allowance on front.
* Fold over again and tuck in to make a finished seam on back side of block. Pin or clip to secure.
* Top stitch on front of block to secure the binding on back side. (less-stress-quilting)
Tip...I do this for all my projects unless I plan on it being "judged" then I would do a traditional method.
Once you have achieved this step then you can "crazy-quilt" around the candy corns & border or quilt as desired.
You now have a unique trivet for your Holiday entertaining. Using the insul-bright insulated lining you'll be able to set a hot or cold item on your trivet. If you get a spill and need to wash, I would just "spot clean" and "air dry". Hope you enjoyed this fun project and check back soon for my fun fall designs.
Have a great Halloween!
Cat
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