Progress

Here is the new, updated quilt. I kind of cheated and put two large panels in because I wanted it to be kind of a comforter style quilt. I will finish the front by adding two smaller pannels of that elk/moose material on the bottom and trimming the sides of the existing panels. The finished front will be just a tad longer than standard twin size but that's ok.

More on quilting

I finally managed to get some work done on the quilt today and though I would like to work more on it I have sooo many other things to do. I am posting some pictures to help show you what I was talking about in my earlier post.

This is what the quilt looks like now

This is what I did to get there:

I had already cut two 4x20 rectangles and cut two more then I cut a 4x8 rectangle. On each of them I cut a little bit longer allowing for seams.

Like this:

I did about eight and a half on this one.

Then I sewed the first 4x20 rectangle on bringing it right to the seam where the 4x8 rectangle will go.

Notice where the edge of the material is, that is my reference point although it isn't too easy to see in the picture.

Next I sew a 4x8 rectangle onto the quilt and sew it to the 4x20 rectangle. To do this I fold the quilt so that the two rectangles are face to face and use the seam from the squares below it as a reference point so that it looks like one long continuous seam. I will admit I messed up a little on the first one I did and instead of the seam going straight up it veered to the right a little. I had to rip that seam out and do it over, fortunately it was a small one.

This is an example of putting the rectangles face to face and sewing but it is also an example of backstitching and double stitching. The picture isn't that wonderful but you can see two sewn lines and near the top sort of a third line that isn't that long.

As I said earlier you will want to iron each piece as you put it on

This is before ironing

This is the back of the quilt where I usually start when ironing. Notice that I have all the horizontal and vertical seams running the same way. For me this makes it easier.

Then I iron the front of the quilt. This sets the seams so to speak.

Then I continue putting more rectangles on until the picture looks like the one at the top. Right now the center is done but it is only 47 and one half inches. I need it to be at least 68 inches for a standard twin.

That's it for today I will post more throughout the week.