Heart You Mini Quilt Tutorial
Lets just start by saying I love Liberty London fabrics! I have been collecting them for a while and just adore working with them. So when you are lucky enough to put together a Tutorial for the Liberty London Blog - life pretty much is ever so sweet.
You can check out my Tutorial and Interview here!
Deciding which idea to go with from those I had put together was hard. I wanted a project that would look striking, wouldn't require yardage for those who are starting to collect or for those who already have lots of Liberty fabric - a great project that could showcase some of their favourites.
I don't believe there is such a thing as Liberty scraps - rather Liberty treasures and this project is just perfect for those smaller pieces, smaller prints and even some fussy cutting if you like.
Finished Size – 20in x 20in (51cm x 51cm)
¼ inch seam allowance included
Read all instructions before starting
Fabric measurements based on fabric 42in/110cm wide (WOF)
6.5in x 6.5in of 18 different Liberty
Prints
16in
(40cm) white fabric
6in binding fabric
26in x 26in
(60cm x 60cm) Batting
26in x 26in Backing fabric
Cotton sewing thread
Pencil
Hand quilting embroidery cotton (I have
used Aurifil 12t)
Rotary Cutter, ruler and mat
General sewing supplies
Sewing machine with ¼ inch and walking foot
For sewing the Mini Quilt I used Aurifil 50wt #2024 - This is a great white thread. This was also used for the quilting lines on the top of the quilt. For the Backstitch I used Aurifil 12wt #2530. I love this shade of hot pink.
For sewing the Mini Quilt I used Aurifil 50wt #2024 - This is a great white thread. This was also used for the quilting lines on the top of the quilt. For the Backstitch I used Aurifil 12wt #2530. I love this shade of hot pink.
Cutting Instructions
From
the White
Cut 8 –1.5in strips x WOF. Cross cut into 224 – 1.5in x 1.5in squares
Cut 1 – 2.25in strip x WOF. Cross cut into 16 – 2.25in x 2.25in squares
From
each of the 18 Liberty fabrics
Cut 8 – 1.5in squares. You need 144 squares in total
Cut 1 – 2.25in square. You only need 16 in total.
Binding
Cut 2 – 2.25in strips x WOF
Step 1 - Cut out as per cutting
instructions.
Step 2 -To make the Half Square
Triangles (HST) – take the 2.25in white squares and with a pencil mark a
diagonal line from one corner to the other.
Place one Liberty 2.25in square with right sides facing a white 2.25in
square. Pin together. Sew ¼ in, along either side of this marked
line on your white square.
If you mark and pin them all up you can chain piece these to speed up this step. You will have 2 Liberty Squares left over, as you only need 16.
Cut along the diagonal line and press the seam toward to coloured fabric.
Trim these HST to be 1.5in
squares. Repeat until you have made 32
HST’s in total.
Step 3 - Lay out your white squares and Liberty prints in the Heart pattern (following the diagram) so that you make 20 columns by 20 rows. Play with the placement of the Liberty fabrics to create a pleasing look to your mini quilt top so that you do not have too many of the same fabrics or colours together. The HST blocks will form the shape/sides of your Heart.
Step 4 - Sew up the squares and HST by
sewing each of the 20 squares together the make a row.
Step 5 - Press the seams in the same
direction. Continue sewing each of the
rows together pressing alternate rows in the same direction.
As you have pressed the rows in
opposite directions the seams will “nest” when you sew the rows together. This will make it easy to pin the squares in
place.
Step 6 - Once you have sewn all of the
rows, sew them together to complete your mini quilt top.
Step 8 - Sandwich
your Mini Quilt
Lay your backing fabric right side down,
then centre the wadding and lay the quilt top right side up over the top. Smooth out the quilt top and pin the three
layers together.
Step 9 - Quilting
I machined quilted the quilt in the ditch
around the heart. I used a white cotton
thread to sew the lines and then I echoed the shape of the heart out from the
centre to make a heart shape with my quilting lines.
Step 10 - Binding
Take the binding strips and join them with
right sides facing.
Mark the diagonal and sew along this line. Trim and press the seam open.
Then press the entire strip in half
length ways with wrong sides facing.
Start about half of the way along one side
of the mini quilt sew the binding strip to the right side of the mini quilt,
mitring the corners as you go.
Stop about 6 inches from where you
started. Join the ends and cut off
excess. Continue sewing the binding to
the min quilt top. Trim the backing and
wadding.
Fold over the binding and slip stitch into
place along the back seam line.
I would love to see your Heart You Mini Quilts. You can send pictures to me at
tiedwitharibbon@gmail.com
Or you can link them over on Instagram with the #heartyouminiquilt
Or you can even send me a message on Facebook or post them on my wall.
Happy Sewing and I can't wait to see all your stunning Heart You Mini Quilts
Jemima x x
I love this very sweet mini heart tutorial. I will get started on making one as soon as I gather my supplies. Thank you for this chance to win these wonderful products.
ReplyDeleteDo you usually attach your binding before trimming the batting and backing? I've never seen tit done this way before.
ReplyDeleteHi Karen, yes I have always done it that way and was taught that way to do it. You can do it either way - the result is the same.
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