Week 4 - Round Trip Quilt Sew Along
May 29, 2024 - 9:24pm
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Welcome to Week 4 of the Round Trip Quilt Sew Along.
This week we are making the last of our blocks, planning our layout and getting ready to sew our quilt tops together, 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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So many of you have jumped ahead and completed your quilt tops which is awesome. I wanted to take the time this week to share my block piecing tips with you all before next week. I have a little trick to help get those pesky points matching as best as possible.
Start by grabbing two of your blocks.
When piecing try to keep the block with the seam intersection visable uppermost.
See photo below.
Check the seams align by folding back and having a look.
Once aligned, fold back and pin in place.
Sew together making sure you go through the middle of the intersection.
Ta da, lovely matching points.
Now grab your next block.
As you can see when you place this block in position to sew (see photo below), the seam intersection is not showing.
So flip, and sew from the other side. An easy trick that definitely helps with matching your points.
This trick dosen't work when it's time to sew the rows together but hopefully by then you will have a good feel for it.
After much indecision I finally settled on my sew along quilt layout. I had planned a random layout but felt the fabrics suited a colour wash better.
It is also Buffy approved.
Check the random layout below.
Which do you prefer?
Have you been having fun? Have you made one or two quilts? It's an extremely addictive pattern so I wouldn't be suprised if you even make three!
Next week we will be putting our quilt tops together and I will also be sharing my machine quilting tips with you all.
