Week 2 - Round Trip Quilt Sew Along
May 29, 2024 - 8:52pm
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Welcome to Week 2 of the Round Trip Quilt Sew Along.
This week is all about starting to piece your blocks.
If you have just joined the SAL, welcome! Be sure to grab the pattern, read up on all the details and choose your fabrics soon so you can catch up and join in the fun!
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Don’t forget to post a pic of your cut fabrics to IG and be sure to the use the #roundtripSAL and #roundtripquilt hashtags to make it easier for others to find your photos.
Some of you have already starting piecing and I love it. It's so nice to sew a quilt that comes so together quickly, that you just want to keep on making.
PIECING
This week, and the next couple of weeks we are piecing our blocks.
I shared all my tips last week, so click on the Week 1 button above if you would like to check it out.
Did you see the video of me cutting on instagram and Facebook? I like to cut a number of fabrics at a time, up to 6 layers if the blade is nice and sharp. The quilt I am making is made up of recently bought fat quarters, 30cm cuts and fabric from my stash. The fabric is sorted into like piles to do the cutting, fat quarters with fat quarters, 30cms cuts with 30cms cuts. With the scraps, because the sizes and not uniform I tend to cut these individually.
Cutting Video on Instagram
My quilt for the sew along has changed back to my original plan. The photo above was a test run and it just didn't work for me. It felt like the quilt was going to be too busy and chaotic and wasn't going to showcase the gorgeous fabrics.
The orginal plan was to use a Speckled fabric from Ruby Star Society as the background so it was back to cutting for me.
The orginal plan was to use a Speckled fabric from Ruby Star Society as the background so it was back to cutting for me.
I have decided to make a big quilt, so I am making 100 - 9'' blocks. The quilt will be 10 x 10, with a finished size of 90'' square. This will be perfect on my bed, and I'm excited. It's been a number of years since I made a quilt just for me.
Each fabric will be used twice and have a colourwash layout. That might still change once all the blocks are complete. This is becoming the ever evolving quilt so you never know.
20 blocks down, 80 to go!
How is your quilt coming along?
Are you sticking to your original plan or have you changed like me?
To be honest, I usually have a vision for my quilt and stick to it, but I'm really enjoying letting the fabric lead me with this one.
Are you sticking to your original plan or have you changed like me?
To be honest, I usually have a vision for my quilt and stick to it, but I'm really enjoying letting the fabric lead me with this one.
Are you having fun? Have you joined the Facebook Group?
There are some great quilts popping up and it's so wonderful to see how excited you all are about this pattern.
Next week we will be making more blocks but I have a feeling some of you might end up making 2 or even 3 Round Trip quilts. So let's dive into our fabrics and sew our stashes!
Emma x
