Hey quilter's...hope your day is off to a great start. Well today I'll be sharing phase 1 of a fun spring scrap-a-long in honor of our dear mom-in-law. She was an exceptional quilter...won many awards...lover of batiks & aurifil thread. We both love "orange peel" designs so this is my "modern twist" on a classic design. She was my "side kick" going to quilt shops and taught me if you're going to spend the time piecing/quilting projects together then use quality products. One reason why I'm obsessed with the quality of aurifil thread and my love for batiks. This fun design is so versatile. You can make the table runner as shown or follow today's post and make a trivet. Mom liked it when I would make a "test block" of my designs and flip it into a trivet for her. The design is a great beginner project especially for kiddos to make a fun accent pillow. I'll be sharing tips along the way to make this a fun project for all. I hope you've purchased the "mini orange peel" template cause as you can see we'll make a lot of those cuties. I'm having so much fun designing with this template so keep following for more home decor projects. Remember before we start...I'm all about "less-stress-quilting" so tweak any of my steps to your skill level. So, grab your scraps.... your aurifil thread & lets "a-play-que" 2gether this spring! Enjoy.
Blessed Quilting from My Home to Yours,
Cat
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Note: Instructions below for Block one or Trivet. Omit trivet instructions if making a runner :-)
Here's all you need...
*Batik scraps or your desired fabrics (sizes posted along the way)
* Aurifil thread ;-)
* Insul bright lining (heat n cold)
* Fusible applique sheet or your desired stabilizer
* Low loft Batting
Here's all you do...
* Fuse applique stabilizer (following manufacturer's directions) to wrong side of your "scrap pieces" of your preferred orange peel accent fabric....
* Trace orange peel template on paper side of fusible web. For design you will need 12 orange peels.
* Carefully cut out each orange peel on tracing line.
Tip....you can trace 2 orange peel templates on a 3.5 x 3.5 scrap piece of fabric. Great way to use those odd size scraps :-)
*Now following design...make 8 HST's (half-square-triangles" out of your desired scrap fabric.
Tip.. I press my scraps before starting due to scraps can be a bit wonky :-)
*Rotary cut a solid scrap piece to 3.5 sq and a printed scrap to 3.5 square.
* Place with right sides together...using a ruler... draw a diagonal line across the square.
* Sew a 1/4 " seam down each side of diagonal line.
* Rotary cut on solid line.
* Press to darker side of scraps.
* You will have 2 HST's that are 3 x 3 (includes a 1/4" seam allowance)
* Repeat steps for 8 HST's for Block 1.
Tip...Fons & Porter for Omnigrid has a wonderful 1/4" ruler :-)
* Rotary cut 8 (3 x 3 inch squares out of your desired scraps following design. (includes 1/4" seam allowance.
* Lay your squares in rows per design.
Note...this is a very important tip...view on previous blog post. Please take the time at this point and "audition" your squares in within your block. This is the time when you can switch squares around if you don't like to fabric hues together. :-)
* Row 1...sew squares in order with right sides 2gether using a 1/4" seam allowance. Press.
Tip....Pin row 1 :-)
* Repeat rows 2.3.4 in same manner...pin/number each row....just in case you have a "cat" that loves to scramble your projects :-(
* Sew Row 1 to Row 2 following design & using a 1/4" seam allowance. Press
* Sew Row 2 to Row 3 using same steps.
* Then Row 3 to 4.
* Press block & square up if needed.
* Block should be approximately 10.5 x 10.5
No worries if different...scraps get a bit wonky... remember less-stress-quilting :-)
Pin to mark top of block.
Quilt Blessings,
Cat
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