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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

UFOQAL2017 - Choose Your UFO Your Choice Quilt Along

Well, here we are, the final installment of #UFOQAL2017!

You've pieced it.

You've basted it.

You've quilted it.

You've bound it.

Now, label it!

For me, a quilt label is the cherry on top. It says "now I'm done!" and closes the book on a project I've worked hard on. I also love that when there is a label on my quilt, it's story will go wherever it goes.

Below are some of my own Fandom quilt labels to help you get started:

2011 Project of Doom by Jennifer Ofenstein

My first Project of Doom label was made in Photoshop and printed on muslin fabric.

Here's an easy to follow tutorial from Karen's Quilts for making your own quilt labels on muslin.

I Want To Believe Quilt Label for Jewells

2016 I Want to Believe quilt label I made for my pattern tester (and bff!) Julia Murtha. I used the Signature Block from the event and embroidered on that using my embroidery machine. The pieces were embroidered before I pieced the block. This could also be done with hand embroidery or fabric marker (see tutorial below).

Easy Traced Quilt Label tutorial using fabric Markers by Craftsy

Super simple quilt label made using the Pigwidgeon block and a fabric pen for a charity quilt made by my former Harry Potter quilt group, hp_paper piecing. This isn't my finest work, but it's a good example of how to make a quilt block without any fancy equipment.

This is an entirely machine embroidered quilt block. Made using a design from EQ Stitch (an EQ7 upgrade) with text added in Embrilliance Essentials.

Hand embroidered quilt label made using Jessica Blacknall's 50 Years design with the designer names added by me.

Make-A-Wish #quilt label in progress! #fandominstitches #projectofdoom #harrypotter #eq

This is another fabric label, but this one is printed on June Tailor Colorfast Fabri Sheets, also for a Project of Doom quilt. For this label, I used the event banner and added the names of all the contributors in my drawing software. Easy peasy!

Still not sure how to label your quilt?

We've got a simple but fun FREE Fandom in Stitches quilt label

for you to use with any Fandom project. We recommend June Tailor Colorfast Fabri Sheets OR EQ Printables for best results. (This is not a paid endorsement.)

Are you a FANDOM FINISHER?
We have a fun t-shirt to celebrate you!

Fandom FINISHER T-Shirt

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Share photos of your #UFOQAL2017 with our flickr group for a chance to win one of our fabulous monthly prizes! You receive one entry for each project. Only photos posted to flickr are eligible to win.

And...we're done!

August 2017

#LLKSTEPHEN

See you next week for Long Live Stephen King with your host Alida!

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

UFOQAL2017 - Choose Your UFO Your Choice Quilt Along

Pull out those UFOs and join us for the Choose Your UFO Quilt Along! (#UFOQAL2017).

As we near the end of our event, we want to encourage you to keep on working on those UFO projects. It's never too late to start!

There was a recent discussion in the Facebook group about binding. I've been lucky enough over the years to learn many tips and tricks from some awesome local quilters. There are lots of way to create binding for your quilt and we encourage you to use the technique that works best for you.

Here are a few of our favorites:

Machine Binding Tutorial from me (Jennifer Ofenstein)!

Machine binding to the front with a hand stitched back.

Machine binding with piping.

How to Bias Bind a Quilt (for quilts with curves)

Do you have a favorite binding technique? We'd love to know!

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Let's get finished!

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

UFOQAL2017 - Choose Your UFO Your Choice Quilt Along

Pull out those UFOs and join us for the Choose Your UFO Quilt Along! (#UFOQAL2017).

Today, we're sharing ways to baste your quilts!

If you're planning to quilt your own projects and you'll most likely find yourself needing to baste! There are a lot of methods out there to make it easier.

Here are a few of our favorites.

A basting technique that uses foam insulation or pool noodles.

This method is similar, but uses boards instead. Read more about this method on Right Sides together.

Basting with Straight Pins. Yeah, really!

Basting on the floor with safety pins.

How do you baste your quilts? We'd love to know!

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Let's get finished!

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

UFOQAL2017 - Choose Your UFO Your Choice Quilt Along

Pull out those UFOs and join us for the Choose Your UFO Quilt Along! (#UFOQAL2017).

Oh my goodness, it's July! We're back to encourage you to keep working on those UFO projects and get them done!

Today we're talking about Design Walls!

A Design Wall is a vertical space to hang your quilt project so you can step away from it for a better idea of how the colors are working, whether you need to rearrange your blocks, make a change, etc.

Here are some fun ways to create a Design Wall that will work for your budget & your own space:

This is my design wall. It's also my "set" for #talktometuesday. I was looking for an older video on my #YouTube channel (ofenjen), and was stuck by how I could see my various projects taking shape (or in this case, deconstructing!), over the last 8 years

Do you have space, but don't have the budget for a fancy Design Wall? You can use yardage of flannel, batting or, as I do here, a couple of flannel backed table cloths I picked up on clearance sale at Target. The fabric will stick right to the flannel or batting, with little or no need to pin at all.

You can see my Design Wall (above, with a variety of projects shown) as my backdrop almost every week on Talk to Me Tuesday!

This clever design wall belongs to FiS Designer Vanda Chittenden.

Here's what she has to say about it:

The base of the design wall is pressed wood or particle board. Any type of wood or board would work. I covered the board with an old blanket, pulling the blanket tight, the edges are pulled to the back and stapled in place. The blanket creates a squishy filling that the pins will go into. Then covered the blanket with an old sheet. You can use any colour here, but I would suggest plain and light. Smoothing the sheet flat and pulling the edges to the back I stapled that in place as well. The top edge of the board had clips. This makes it easier to clip a second sheet in place to pin a second project without removing the first one. Eazy peazy. The board can easily be moved to a different location.

To answer your question @patty_sorrell Here Is my cheap and easy design wall. Start with a double curtain rod holder. Then a cotton batting with one rod on bottom and one on top. Hang from top rod let bottom rod rest on floor. When your done roll batting up around bottom rod and hook second rod up at top as well. Scroll through pictures to see what I am trying to say. I love it as it allows me to easily put away and can even roll the blocks up with it if i need to make my room presentable mid project.

A post shared by Sally (@quiltsalad) on Jul 2, 2017 at 4:32pm PDT

How about this amazingly clever design wall that can be rolled out of the way when needed?

By @quiltsalad on Instagram

Want something ready made but relatively inexpensive? How about the Fons & Porter 60-Inch-by-72-Inch Design Wall? I've used one of these on a retreat and it works great. It's made more or less like a flannel backed shower curtain. It has grommets that can be used to hang it on the wall (Command Hooks work great!), on a curtain rod, or on your shower!

Have a different Design Wall idea?

We'd love to hear about it.

Better yet, we'd love to see it!

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Let's get finished!

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

UFOQAL2017 - Choose Your UFO Your Choice Quilt Along

Pull out those UFOs and join us for the Choose Your UFO Quilt Along! (#UFOQAL2017).

You've got your quilt top pieced and you realize you need a quilt back...

How much fabric do you need?

Are you going to have to piece a back?

Here are some helpful links to get you started!

One of my go to quilting tools is the Robert Kaufman Quilting Calculator (get it free from your app store). I regularly use it to determine how much yardage I need for binding and backings.

Here are some screen caps I took from the app with The Goblin King/Labyrinth Quilt sizes plugged in plus the width of the fabric I wanted to use.

I quilt on a Grace quilting frame, so I need a little overage in order to have enough fabric.

No SmartPhone or tablet? Quilter's Paradise has a Backing & Batting calculator!
Want to try something different? How about a Diagonal Quilt Back?
Want a little more? Check out How To Piece a Quilt Back from the Craftsy Blog for basic instructions on piecing a quilt back.
Don't want to piece a back? There are some really great fabrics available in wider widths especially for quilt backs. Ask for them at your local quilt shop or find them at your favorite online retailer. Sizes can vary between 54" - 118"!
Want a reversible quilt? Check out this free class from Craftsy on making Creative Quilt Backs.
Want something more personal? Visit a local quilt shop. The employees there are experts in fabrics and they have some really cool tricks for helping you get just what you need. Be sure to take your quilt top along. They can also recommend a local long arm quilter if that's something you're interested in, which brings us to...
Are you working with a long arm quilter to complete your quilt? Make sure you consult with them about quilt back size. They'll need a large piece of fabric than your finished quilt top to load it onto their machine.

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Let's get finished!