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Welcome to
The 2006 Charlotte's Other Quilt Club Featuring Thimbleberries Fabrics.
FEBRUARY Mini-Quilt
Lori Smith’s
PIECED BASKETS mini quilt.
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Start with 8 fat quarters included in this month's shipment, plus 4 darks and 1
background from last month.
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Follow the pattern on page 12 of TWENTY LITTLE FAT QUARTER
QUILTS. Pair 4 of last month's darks and 1 background, making 2
of each combination for the HST baskets.
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Once
again I recommend the QUICK GEESE method for the 2
flying geese which top each basket. You can use
Lori's cutting measurements, only leave the large and
small squares whole.
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Use the dark blue for the borders, sashing and binding.
These must be cut "cross-grain". I made
bias binding from the remainder, but one could use
straight cut. Either way, this takes just about all of a fat
quarter.
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This quilt consists of 7-1/2"
blocks and measures approx. 72" x 89" when
finished. Designed and copyrighted by Lori Smith.
After making the
16" x 20" mini-quilt, there will be enough fabric
to make some 7-1/2" blocks each month. You may choose to
receive more fabric each month**, insuring you can make 7
blocks monthly and complete the fabulous sampler quilt
pictured above in just 12 months.
Picture of
Charlotte's PIECED BASKETS in Thimbleberries fabrics.
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MONTHLY we will make a SMALL QUILT,
16" x 20" using these fat quarters. We will be using patterns designed
and copyrighted by Lori Smith.
See SLIDE SHOW
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Note - I cut the shapes and pieced the
individual units needed for the blocks. Then I laid out the blocks,
carefully arranging the "scrappy" flying geese for randomness. I
chain-pieced the units for each block, keeping them together and then assembled
the block. The side triangle units and end units were pieced and added to
each block.
These strips were then sewn together. Pay attention
to direction of seam allowances, alternating whenever possible. To
press the seams towards the side triangles, a clip must be
made at the intersection of the two basket blocks to prevent
the seam from twisting. Be careful to clip just to, but
not through, the stitching. The blocks will now lay
flat. See close-up photos here.
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February Extra Blocks
Use QUILT BLOCK SAMPLER #0802,
left over fabrics and extra Option 2 fat quarters
Weathervane (Happy Valentine's Day!) - pg 22 [Tip
- use the light blue fabric and the wrong side of this same fabric for
the lighter units in this block. After all, you paid for both
sides, might as well use them!]
Grandmother's Basket - pg 20
Double X - pg 20
Gentleman's Fancy - pg 16
Devil's Claws - pg 12
Flock - pg 11
Flying Geese - pg 7
Eight Point All Over - pg 5
Appliqué shapes are found on
the back side of page 23.
[Check back periodically to see
what other "tips" I add to help with these blocks.]
Click
here for the January 9-Patch page.
Click here for
PDF of this page
which will print better than web page.
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ORGANIZATIONAL TIPS:
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Try keeping track of the
blocks made each month on the quilt diagram found on page
2.
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Insert all pages from both
patterns into clear plastic sleeve protectors and store in a
3-ring binder.
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Print and save parts of
these web pages and the .pdf pages and store in the
notebook. (Not necessary, as I do not plan on removing these
pages from the web site until well after we've finished this
year.)
Other tips? Please share!
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