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#modastitchpink 2020 Block Twenty One - Celebrity
Have you just found us and the Moda Stitch Pink Quilt along? Do you need the rest of the blocks? Here you go☺ :
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#modastitchpink 2020 Block Twenty - Blow Me a Kiss
Please NOTE: in Block 20 pattern, in the description it mentions to measure and square up after every row but those measurements are not included in the instructions. Here they are: 4 1/2". 6 1/2". 8 1/2". 10 1/2". and then 12 1/2” should be the size of the completed block . I found that my block did not need trimming, As I sewed it, I did check though, just in case ☺
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#modastitchpink 2020 Block Nineteen - Tropicana
I chose the optional layout and turned the petals inward to form a circle (see pattern download for both options). I used the flip and fuse applique method that we used on block SEVEN. CLICK HERE to visit the blog post on block 7, if you want to read a bit about this method of the applique.
Also, today’s pattern download from MODA has the steps shown for flip and fuse applique for you.
I used a machine blanket stitch to sew down my applique pieces on this Tropicana block (does anyone else want a glass of orange juice right now?) ☺
I like the look of the blanket stitch, you can use it too if you have one on your machine. You should use whichever stitch ( or hand applique) that you like best, You can even use a straight stitch around the edge , it does not have to be a decorative stitch. Once your block is quilted the applique stitch you use will probably be less prominent
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BLANKET STITCH MACHINE APPLIQUE
If your machine has this stitch, it's a fabulous way to finish your applique edges with a pretty, traditional look. This works very well on raw edges that have been fused, or turned under edges, including the interfacing (flip and fuse) method that we used.
Thread? Needle size? The blanket stitch method is not fussy at all. You can use any weight thread and a standard size machine needle. Contrast or matching thread? It is a matter of personal preference.
I usually like to use a thread color that matches or compliments the fabric color. When I am feeling confident , I might choose a high contrast , because the blanket stitch is so pretty to me. and I want to see it. Here on my pink sampler , i wanted it to blend in, mostly. I used Aurifil 50 wt. Pale Pink here. It looks like a heavier thread. I chose a machine stitch that doubles back and forth on each ‘leg’ of the stitch so it looks like a heavier thread. Trying to mimic hand embroidery here, but this looks mighty neat and tidy compared to how my hand embroidery stitches might have looked here.
If you have been piecing with a quarter inch foot , don’t forget to change to an applique foot before you switch to a blanket stitch, or you will bend or break your needle. Oops
The closer I look at the Grunge colors the pretty they are.
I like to use a light weight stabilizer like FRENCH FUSE on the back of my block before I do applique stitching. It gives the stitches something to “bite” into and they nestle in so nicely. i like it because you can iron it on to the back of your block. You don’t have to pin or baste it in place. AND it is so light weight, when you are done blanket stitching, you can leave it in place, unlike the tear away type of stabilizers.
I used the 6” size to trace with. The Orange Peel Set of Impressions Quilting Templates features the classic orange peel applique shape. Heat resistant templates are designed to fit on 3", 4", 5" and 6" finished size squares. Trace the template shape onto fabric and cut out with scissors. Available HERE in our online shop, while quantities last.
Once your applique block is quilted the applique stitch is less visible.
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#modastitchpink 2020 Block Eighteen - Catch a Falling Star
Photo credit Catherine Jean®
Hello! You have arrived at our daily post for the Moda Stitch Pink Sew along for 2020. Here is the 18th FREE pattern. How are things going for you?
If you’re using the Stitch Pink Grunge fabric selection, You can shop HERE for these fabrics. We have a kit to make this quilt as pictured (while quantities last). These sampler blocks would also make a great scrappy quilt if you’d like to use your stash.
If you have just found the Stitch Pink Quilt Along and need patterns 1 through 17, here they are for you with one click of a button ( okay, maybe 2 clicks if you’re mousing on a PC ☺)
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#modastitchpink 2020 Block Seventeen - Casablanca
Here’s lookin’ at you kid.
Today’s block is named Casablanca. Reminds me of the movie classic, a great story to watch while quilting. Quilting with friends is not so easy to do these days, now I often enjoy music or the TV for company . What do you like to listen to while you are sewing?
If you have just found the Stitch Pink Quilt Along and need patterns 1 through 16, here they are for you:
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A little bit about Quarter Square Triangles
No lines to draw, no specialty rulers needed.
Learn to make a Quarter Square Triangle unit (QST from here on out) using any regular quilting ruler. There is nothing new under the sun (my Grandma used to say) and its true. This is not new , nor did I ‘invent’ this way of a making a quarter square triangle. I am sharing it here because someone asked me to, AND for anyone who hasn’t seen it before or doesn’t have a special ruler just for making QSTs. True story: I do love my specialty rulers, paper triangles and any gadget you could conceive to make a quilt. if you do as well , please enjoy using those whenever it pleases you. Spending my days in a a quilt shop, I probably have used and enjoyed every ruler that was ever shown to me. A long time quilting partner refers t me as a ‘gadget getter’ . But we don’t always need a gadget. Just a girl and her fabric having fun any which way it makes her happy. There are many special rulers available that will aid in the making of quarter square triangles. There are also MANY resources, videos and tutorials for QSTs on the internet. What follows is only one of many ways you might choose. Scroll on to see the steps to do it with any regular quilting ruler and….no lines to draw either. It’s mostly pictures and wont take long to absorb.
Happy Halloween to all, enjoy the fall weather wherever you are.
For the block I am making, I want to end up with a QST that is 4” finished (so 4 1/2” unfinished) First I’ll cut two 5 1/2” squares.
You may need to make other sizes? The starting squares should be cut 1 1/2” larger than you want your FINISHED QST to be.
I need mine to be 4” finished , So I’ll start with two 5 1/2” squares.
TWO 5 1/2” squares
Stack squares and cut on the diagonal twice.
Now each square has been cut into 4 triangles
Arrange your triangles alternating colors as you need.
Stitch, right sides together, using a 1/4” seam allowance.
Press seam allowances towards the darker fabric as you work.
Square up edges (if needed).
Ready to go into your quilt block! ☺ This fabric is MIDNIGHT MAGIC from April Rosenthal.
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#modastitchpink 2020 Block Sixteen - Just Call Me A Diva
Hello! You have arrived at our daily post for the Moda Stitch Pink Sew along for 2020. Here is the 16th FREE pattern for you! If you’re using the Stitch Pink Grunge fabric selection, You can shop HERE for these fabrics. We have a kit to make this quilt as pictured (while quantities last). These sampler blocks would also make a great scrappy quilt if you’d like to use your stash.
If you have just found the Stitch Pink Quilt Along and need patterns 1 through 15, here they are for you with one click of a button ( okay, maybe 2 clicks if you’re mousing on a PC ☺)
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#modastitchpink 2020 Block Fifteen - Tweet Tweet
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#modastitchpink 2020 Block Fourteen - Along Comes Mary
Two Weeks down, how is it going for you. Are you having fun? . Scroll down to get your pattern.
Please share your work and tag it #modastitchpink
We’re using the Stitch Pink Grunge fabrics. If you’d like to, you can shop HERE in our online store for these fabrics. We have a kit to make this quilt as pictured (while quantities last). These sampler blocks would also make a great scrappy quilt if you’d like to use your stash.
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#modastitchpink 2020 Block Thirteen - Rock and Roll & Bonus Stitchery Pattern today
Lucky Day number 13 in our Stitch Pink quilt along includes a bonus Pincushion Stitchery Pattern from Kathy Schmitz ☺
Today’s Block has been named Rock and Roll , I know this block as Ohio Star. The very first block I ever stitched over 30 years ago! A classic star block, easy to make and will forever be a favorite block for me. here is a picture of that quilt, scanned in from an old Polaroid snapshot , so it’s fuzzy. Oh how that 1st quilt ignited a passion in me that has never faded all these years later. I still love quilting!
Today’s Block pattern
TODAY’S BONUS
Stitchery Pattern
A Cut Above Pincushion - pattern designed by Kathy Schmitz
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#modastitchpink 2020 Block Twelve - House on a Hill
House on a Hill is in the neighborhood today and arrives as a FREE block pattern just for you. I love a house block and out of all the blocks in #stitchpink so far, this is one I would like to make multiples of for a whole quilt. I think I would do it in a planned scrappy style, with lots of different colors and fabrics .Every house in my neighborhood would be unique.. Scroll down to get your pattern.
Will your House on a Hill be pink, or something else?
Please share your work and tag it #modastitchpink
We’re using the Stitch Pink Grunge fabrics. If you’d like to, you can shop HERE in our online store for these fabrics. We have a kit to make this quilt as pictured (while quantities last). These sampler blocks would also make a great scrappy quilt if you’d like to use your stash.
Time at home
If you would have asked me pre-pandemic , I would probably have told you that I can never get enough time at home, down time , R and R, private time, . Now , when it’s best that we stay home as much as we can, maybe I wouldn’t answer the same way. Me and the people in my bubble always take special cares when we’re out and about, respecting others health and protecting our own. But we are all missing the way things used to be. For now we’ll crack on and continue to take these cares, in hopes our co-operation will hasten the repair of our world. In spite of all of this, it is still a comfort and a blessing to have place called home to return to after an outing of masking and distancing, it feels all the more a haven and refuge to me. Be safe and stay well.
Come to me now and rest your head for just five minutes, everything is good
Such a cozy room, the windows are illuminated by the
Sunshine through them, fiery gems for you, only for youOur house is a very, very, very fine house with two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy 'cause of you - Graham Nash
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