Friday Night Sew-In Results for RocknQuilts/Eleanor Burns QAYG Tech. post 4

Friday Night Sew-In Results
April 15, 2011
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This afternoon and evening, I worked more on my DD's graduation quilt using Eleanor Burns' techniques for Quilt As You Go.

This is my fourth post.

Here are other posts on this technique:

Part 3: http://rocknquilts.blogspot.com/2011/04/eleanor-burns-machine-quilted-finish_07.html

   Part 2:  http://rocknquilts.blogspot.com/2011/04/eleanor-burns-machine-quilted-finish_06.html

Part 1:  http://rocknquilts.blogspot.com/2011/04/eleanor-burns-machine-quilted-finish.html

I left off last time by putting rows one and two together with sashing...now on to adding row three...

This is the wrong way around...the long piece of sashing running horizontally must be the other way!

After turning it around, I pinned the ends of both of the vertical sashings so I would know where to pin the two pieces together so that they would match up...

turn the third piece over, match vertical sashings with pre-pinned markings and pin all along the horizontal sashing, matching the vertical sashings first, then carefully pinning the length of the entire piece.

Here I am at my Baby Lock Quest Plus...

the extra batting is laying to the left

you should always avoid sewing through two layers of batting

my quilting teacher Verna advises, because it might break a needle

(please let me know if you've used a heavier needle with successful double-batting 

or what you've experienced when using double battings)

Checking to see if it matched up:

After sewing the fourth and final row of batting to the quilt, turn over and begin trimming - 

carefully avoiding the quilt top underneath.  A good 8" pair of scissors that are nice and sharp are in order.

It's 'fun' to see what I have thus far...

those separate pieces of binding are going to be attached now...

using a product from www.heatpressbattingtogether.com

(the alternative method is to sew them together - please see post 3 for details)

Post 3:  http://rocknquilts.blogspot.com/2011/04/eleanor-burns-machine-quilted-finish_07.html

Use a synthetic setting on your iron, cotton setting is too hot:

After trimming the back so that your batting lays side by side nice and flat, cut a piece of "heatpressbattingtogether", laying the rough side down and smooth your iron across it gently:

Here's how it looks after it's all in place across the batting:

Now it's time for the first of two borders....sew all the strips right sides together to form one very long length from which to cut your four pieces of border, two sides (measured from the center) and a top and bottom strip (measured from the center of the four rows across).

Checking the center length of the quilt top, I measure 61" - this will be the length for my side borders.

Here's my fabric choice for the larger 6" outside border:

That's as far as I got...

because we had to dig out - yes, on April 15th - from a snow storm!

Rather amazing, isn't it for this time of year?

I'm so glad we're not flooding here.

I feel badly for those in the Fargo, Jamestown, Devil's Lake, I-29 areas...they're really getting hit by flooding and after the heavy, wet snow that fell, it's going to get even worse.  Prayers are being sent up for them!

I hope you had a successful Friday Night Sew-In!

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