Materials Needed:
- 2 main body fabric pieces – 13″x22″
- one piece of quilt batting – 13″x22″
- one flap fabric piece – 9″x22″
- 5 pocket fabric pieces – 5″x22″
- 1/2″ wide double fold bias tape
- 3 snaps
Step 1:
layer the quilt batting between the 2 main body fabric pieces with the right sides facing outward. i highly suggest pinning this sandwich together in several places through out to prevent shifting of the layers while quilting. using your choice of decorative stitch (or plain, if you prefer) quilt vertical lines into this quilt sandwich. i did not plan placement of my stitching lines… but you may want to for a more grid-like finished appearance. remember that there will be additional lines added at 5 1/2″, 11″ and 16 1/2″ for the pocket seams. i chose to just play using the decorative stitches on my machine and a variegated rayon thread. set aside.
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christmas gift for cousin Mike, along with a stainless steel Moka pot just like Paul’s.
this was inspired by the article on them in the winter 2006 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine.
Paul wants several to keep in the truck and use.
i started this quilt in 1998. because of space issues, it became impossible to have my sewing machine out all the time… and everything got either separated or put into storage. now that we’re in this new place, i’ve been working on old projects and finishing them up. this is the next on of the list.
i sewed this sample block in 1998. the rest of the blocks i’m chain piecing. i’ve gotten 8 out of 17 strips done so far.
this is a quilt top made from an image transfer of a collage I did last year. this quilt top has been sitting in my fiber arts work basket for a looooong time. I finally finished up the embroidery on it. now I’m stuck on whether to make it into a pillow like I had planned…. or to turn it into a mini art quilt to hang.
it’s made to finish 16″ square… and I couldn’t get a very good picture of it. the colors are really off. it’s much brighter in real life.
