Inspiring me Quilt: Blocks 16-24

Hi everyone!! After two months and a half since I sew some blocks, today I show you some more  for my Inspiring me Quilt, my own design using Sizzix dies and planning to get 100 blocks.
Well, here  they are nine new blocks, some with embroidery with DMC floss.
I´m sure you can find some inspiration and even take a chance to try some of these ones.

You can find some of these dies in more of my Inspiring me quilt blocks but I always try to find a new way  displaying the fabrics.
All of them are 8.5" finished.
No more words and here they are.

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Triangles, 2 1/2" H x 4 1/2" W Unfinished

Details of the embroidery  

Sizzix Bigz Die - Leaves

Sizzix Bigz Die - Trapezoid, 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" Unfinished

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Squares, 2" Finished (2 1/2" Unfinished)

Sizzix Bigz Die - Half-Square Triangles, 4 1/2" Assembled Square

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Kaleidoscope, 6 1/2" Assembled

Sizzix Bigz Die - Square, 4" Finished (4 1/2" Unfinished)

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izzix Bigz Die - Rectangle, 2" x 4" Finished (2 1/2" x 4 1/2" Unfinished)

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Squares, 2" Finished (2 1/2" Unfinished)

Sizzix Bigz Die - Trapezoid, 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" Unfinished

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izzix Bigz Die - Rectangle, 2" x 4" Finished (2 1/2" x 4 1/2" Unfinished)

Sizzix Bigz Die - Trapezoid, 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" Unfinished

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Squares, 2" Finished (2 1/2" Unfinished)

Here they are all my twenty four designed blocks using just Sizzix dies.

If you want to see the rest with details just  click  here.

Hope my project inspire you!!
Have a wonderful weekend and see you in two weeks.
Love
Mercedes


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 ¡Hola a todo el mundo! Después de dos meses y medio desde que os enseñé  los últimos bloques para mi "Inspiring me  Quilt", hoy vengo con nueve bloques más que he diseñado usando los troqueles de Sizzix. Si recuerdas bien, mi idea es llegar a los 100.

Así que ahí te los dejo , algunos de ellos  bordados con  hilo DMC.

Estoy segura que encontrarás inspiración e incluso te atreverás con alguno de ellos.

Algunos de los troqueles ya han sido usados antes para otros bloques pero intento siempre jugar con las telas y hacer nuevas combinaciones.

Todos miden 21.5 cm

Echa un vistazo a las fotos y pincha sobre los enlaces  que hay sobre cada uno de ellos si quieres saber más información sobre el troquel.

En la última foto puedes  más o menos ver todos los que llevo.

Si quieres ver los anteriores sólo tienes que pinchar aquí.

Espero que te hayan gustado y que tengas un estupendo fin de semana.

Nos vemos en quince días.

Cariños

Mercedes

Inspiring me Quilt : Blocks 10-15

Hi everyone! I come back with more blocks for my Inspiring me Quilt. If you remember I talked to you in this post as my own challenge using just Sizzix Dies!!

My idea is getting 100 blocks!

I have designed six more , some of them with a little of embroidery with DMC floss.

Hope you  like them and enjoy , I´m sure maybe you can sew some project with a block you can find here. 

Ok, here I go with the blocks.

First of all a new one for me and one of the traditional blocks in quilting,

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul 4,1/4in Assembled

It´s fantastic how quick you  have have these pieces cut and just start to sew!!

You can see a video tutorial at the web.

I came back to hexagons again and I have designed a new block.

Hexagons, 1 1/4" sides ( for fabric )

Hexagons, 1" sides ( for pattern)

For the squares I have used

657626

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Square, 4 1/2" Finished (5" Unfinished)

Hexagon, 2in sides

I cut the fabric with the 2" die and my cardstocks with 

hexagon, 1 1/4"sides 

I have try this big hexagon now and I have to say I love this size too.So I ´m sure I will do more things with it!!

This is my first time trying this apple core block. I have to confess I was wishing to have this die at home , especially because this is one of the traditional block that is complicate  to be cut BUT easily with the Big Shot Plus , so you can have a lot of apple cores cut in just some minutes.

Thanks so much to Sizzix who let me to enjoy new and waited blocks!!

Apple Core, 5 3/4in H Finished

You can find a video tutorial at Sizzix web.

I have cut the block assembled  to my size block in a square 8.5"

Here it is my last one , the Drunkard´s path. 

If you love this block as me, you can check my projects  Valentine Square Cushion ,Vane quilt  or even my lovely Drunkard´s Path cushion with pom poms

657168

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Drunkard's Path Arch & Fan Background

657169

Sizzix Bigz L Die - Drunkard's Path Quarter Circle

This is some details of my embroidery.

And here they are all my 15 blocks 

Hope my project inspire you!!
Have a wonderful weekend and see you in two weeks.
Love
Mercedes
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¡Hola a todo el mundo! Hoy vuelvo de nuevo con algunos bloques más de mi quilt Inspiring me. Si recuerdas, te hablé  en éste artículo  sobre él y cómo está siendo mi propio reto para usar sólo los troqueles de Sizzix.

¡ Mi propósito es conseguir hacer 100 y espero conseguirlo!

He diseñado seis más , algunos de ellos con bordado usando hilo de DMC.

Espero que te guste y que lo disfrutes, estoy segura que a lo mejor te anima a idear algún proyecto con alguno de ellos.

Echa un vistazo a las fotos.

El primero ha sido una  novedad, Robbing Peter to Pay Paul es uno tradicional que quería probar y que he tenido la oportunidad gracias a Sizzix. Es comodísimo cortar de una vez todas las piezas del bloque.

Tengo que mejorar el montaje porque ha sido mi primer bloque pero no dudo que haré más cosas con él.

Pincha en los enlaces de las fotos para ver los troqueles.

Vuelvo a los hexágonos y pruebo por primera vez el troquel grande de 2 pulgadas de lado. Me gusta esta medida. Es cómoda y para hacer los patrones he usado el troquel que ya tenía de  1 ¼ de  pulgada en los lados.

Otro bloque  que he hecho por primera vez ha sido el de Corazón de Manzana , Apple Core,  otro bloque tradicional en un buen tamaño. Le tenía ganas  la verdad. Lo bueno es que puedes cortar un montón de una vez con la Big Shot Plus y no tienes que estar usando patrones o reglas con lo que te ahorras un montón de tiempo. Por cierto en el enlace junto a la foto podrás ver un video tutorial.

Por cierto , éste lo he cortado  en un cuadrado de 8.5” para adaptarlo a las medidas de  mis bloques.

Por último otro bloque que repito, Drunkard´s Path  y que me encanta por la cantidad  de combinaciones que puedes hacer con él.  Si te gusta tanto como a mí puedes ver otros proyectos que he cosido como   Valentine Square Cushion ,Vane quilt   o también  el cojín Drunkard´s Path cushion with pom poms.

En la última foto puedes ver todos los que  ya tengo hechos así como el detalle de los bordados. 

Espero que mi proyecto te inspire  y que tengas un maravilloso fin de semana.

¡Te veo en un par de semanas !

Summer Sunshine - Rising Sun

With summer in full swing, it seems a little unfair to bemoan the rising sun, however, 4.30 am in my bedroom window, beautiful as it is, I'd rather the dawn chorus would wait just a little longer.

So this month, in my homage to the rising sun, I give you the Rising Sun Block.

I found this beauty in the Quilters Album of Patchwork Patterns By Jinny Beyer

and really, if you are into traditional patchwork blocks, then this is for you!

I am loving finding all the blocks that I can use my Sizzix Big Shot Plus and Bigz dies for.  So I was pretty thrilled to be able to do all the cutting for this block completely by Sizzix.

I wasn't feeling so great, my daughter, having finish college and waiting for the summer to pass blissfully in idleness before Uni in September declared boredom.  So I enlisted her to choose any fabrics from my stash, yes, really, ANY fabrics, showed her the picture of what we were going to make, and set her to work cutting away.  She was quite surprised at just how easy it was to wind the dies through the Sizzix Big Shot Plus, how well each Bigz die cut the fabrics the same shape every time and how fast we had everything cut ready for piecing. 

The advantage of having help, that can sew, but chooses not to, is you realize just how important that 1/4" seam is.  Despite the accurate cutting, if the piecing isn't accurate, then the results are not going to be as pleasing.  Good job I know how to sew the seam accurately!  

A happy compromise of me sewing, and the teenager pressing was agreed.  In no time at all, we were deciding on borders to make the block slightly bigger for a cushion. Quilted the block, and soon had a cushion.  

We used the following equipment: 

Sizzix Big Shot Plus 

657611 Half Square Triangle 2 1/2" finished  (watch the video, it has great tips for cutting!)

657615 Trapezoid 2 1/2" x 41/2"

657605 Rectangle  2" x 4" finished

659838 Square  4" finished

659852 Triangles 2 1/2"h x 4 12"w unfinished

The block comes out at 16" finished, we added 1/2" finished accent to border the block, and 2 1/2" outer border.  Once quilted the cushion top was trimmed down to 20".  

Things to remember with shapes like the trapezoid is to layer fabrics with either right or wrong sides together, so you get a left and a right shape.  If all your fabrics are layered on the die all facing the same direction, you will only get one shape, not its reverse as well.  

I hope you'll have a go at this block, it was really quick to make, and for me is filled with happy memories of a pleasant afternoon of stitching harmony with my daughter. 

Jacob and his Ladder

This month I am looking at the Jacobs Ladder block.  This variation is traced back to Grandmother Clark 1932, a series of booklets published by W L M Clark Inc of St Louis.  Such a simple and effective block, using just 2 dies along with the BigShot Plus.  I thought I would tell you a little about my process too!

It all starts with an idea, an image that caught my attention, in a book, magazine, pinterest ... the options are endless, I have even been known to draw upon architecture and nature for inspiration.

Depending on where I am, I might grab the nearest bit of paper and jot down my thoughts ... that happens a lot!  I will often then convert those thoughts onto the computer in EQ7 to see how it looks, play with layouts and colours until I am sure about where the idea is going, or surprised where it takes me.

this was my basic layout, the plan was to use some new fabrics, just arrived in the studio

(but you know how hard it can be to cut into new fabrics, right!)

So these pretties were my alternative!

Except,when I was piecing them, they didn't quite have that oomph, ok, that clear contrast that I was looking for,  though I did carry on.

So I chose some more fabrics from my scrap box.  Really that's all this runner takes, and of course

660020 BigShot Plus machine

657607  square 2" finished die

658319  half square triangle  4 1/2" assembled die 

Each block is a combination of  4 patches and half square triangles, I like to chain piece all the pieces together in one go.  

I position everything at the sewing machine so it is all at hand

and in no time at all the four patches units are made

Repeat the process for the half square triangles

then with my scrap of paper at the ready, lay out the block

once I've laid that first block out, I will layer up all the pieces so that I can take the piles to the machine and start chain piecing the pairs together

Those blocks are pieced in no time at all

join the blocks together

add a couple of borders and hey presto! 

A table runner is born!

Back to those second choice fabrics ...

you can see the contrast just isn't there,  but I still love it!

This such a versatile block, that once you start playing around with colour and value, direction and placement of fabrics, all sorts of designs are created! 

I hope you'll give this one a go, and let me know how you get on. 

(I'm off to quilt those runners!)