Monday, February 17, 2020

Color It Red Kick Off!

Another special blog hop kicks off today - Color It Red, hosted by Just Let Me Quilt.

I'm so happy that this one is red, because that's the color I associate with February - yeah! And I certainly don't shy away from making red quilts, as seen below:

Strawberry Splendor,

Strawberry Splendor quilt by QuiltFabrication

Ladybug Dance,

Watermelon Twist,

Watermelon Delight,

Wrap Up Some Love,

Plus other creations, such as Love Match, Sweetheart, Heart to Heart, Patriotic Wave, Holiday Stars, and Salute, that include a lot of red. Definitely a color I'm comfortable with!

And it appears that all of these quilters are too, because it's a very long list of red lovers.

February 17^th

Creatin' in the Sticks

Homespun Hannah's Blog

Kathy's Kwilts and More

February 18^th

Cynthia's Creating Ark

February 19^th

Everyone Deserves a Quilt

February 20^th

Life in the Scrapatch

Songbird Designs

High Road Quilter

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

February 21^st

Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel

I'm sharing my red project on the last day, February 21, and will have a sneak peek on Wednesday. I'm keeping it super simple, with the possibility of being longer, and in any two colors desired - it doesn't have to be red!

Enjoy the hop, and a special thanks to Carla at Creatin' In the Sticks, and Carol at Just Let Me Quilt for hosting numerous hops thru the years - you've helped me produce some of my best work!

Happy Quilting!

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Friday, February 14, 2020

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today is the day of love and hearts - Happy Valentine's Day!

Back in January, I shared a post full of free heart patterns from multiple designers, and now it's time for a free heart block from me - an outlined heart. This heart block has an unfinished size of 9" x 12 1/2", and uses the stitch 'n flip method, suitable for confident beginners - let's get started!

Materials for 1 block
1 fat quarter each of red, background, and outline fabric

Cutting for 1 block
Cut the following, labeling each piece.

Outline Fabric:

OA 1 (one) 7″ x 7″ square

OB 2 (two) 2″ x 3¹/₂″ rectangles

OC 2 (two) 2″ x 2″ squares

OD 2 (two) 1¹/₂″ x 6¹/₂″ rectangles

Background:

BA 1 (one) 7″ x 7″ square

BB 2 (two) 1¹/₂″ x 1¹/₂″ squares

BC 2 (two) 3″ x 3″ squares

Red:

HA 1 (one) 5″ x 5″ square

HB 2 (two) 2″ x 5″ rectangles

Block Construction

Make the lower hearts

Mark a diagonal on each 7″ x 7″ background square (BA) and each red 5″ x 5″ square (HA).

Place BA and OA right sides together, stitch a scant ¹/₄″ on each side of the diagonal line. Cut on line for two HST’s. Trim to 6¹/₂″ x 6¹/₂″. Press.

Place marked HA's on top of OA's, stitch on the line. Trim excess. Press.

Make upper heart units

Mark diagonal lines on 2 (two) outline 2″ x 2″ squares OC.

Place on ends of 2 (two) red 2″ x 5″ rectangles (HB) stitch on line. Trim excess, press to HB.

Lay outline fabric 2″ x 3¹/₂″ rectangles (OB) on the other end of each unit, drawing a diagonal line on each as shown. Stitch on line. Trim excess, press.

Make upper outline units

Mark diagonal lines on 2 (two) background 1¹/₂″ x 1¹/₂″ squares (BB). Place on ends of 2 (two) outline 1¹/₂″ x 6¹/₂″ rectangles (OD), as shown. Stitch on line. Trim excess, press.

Stitch upper heart units to lower heart units, nesting seams, and matching any others. Press seam open.

Add upper outline units to top, pressing seam open.

Stitch both heart halves together, press seam open.

Mark diagonal lines on each 3″ x 3″ background square BC.

Place on upper corners over OB and OD. Stitch on the line. Trim and press for final block.

Need more hearts? How about a parade of my Valentine quilt patterns, available in my Etsy shop.

The newest addition, Wrap Up Some Love, is full of hearts and adorable kitties. It's my current favorite to snuggle under!

The rest of the list includes table runners:
Love Match, with it's striking red, black, and white theme

Love Match table runner by QuiltFabrication

Love Abounds, full of beautiful interlocking applique hearts in two versions:
as outlines

Love Abounds table runner by QuiltFabrication

or filled in

Love Abounds II table runner by QuiltFabrication

Sweetheart table runner, an easy pieced and scrappy runner

Sweetheart table runner by QuiltFabrication

and the Heart to Heart table runner of stacked hearts, with matching place mats.

Heart to heart table runner by QuiltFabrication

With all these hearts, I'm wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day!

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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Midweek Makers #214

Welcome to the Midweek Makers linky party! I've been busy doing little things, going through scraps first for the orange RSC pinwheel, then the Book of the Month hexies.

I liked the two value idea used in the English Paper Piecing II (affiliate link) Summer Runner flowers, and happily cut away at pink and aqua blue scraps. That's what happens when one is bored with the Superbowl and watches just for the commercials. But I'm all set for future trips.

Being that I'm a softie for anything with cats, how about these kitties from Dreamworthy Quilts last week?

Or this fascinating UFO over at Donnalee Quilts?

And keeping with the February RSC, how about these orange blocks at Quilting on the Farm?

Now it's your turn - come share what you're working on!

Please link directly to your specific post..
Visit the other guests, and leave a comments.
Use the Midweek Makers badge or link to www.QuiltFabrication.com in your post.

Have fun at the party!

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Monday, February 10, 2020

RSC 2020 February - Orange

I've been eagerly awaiting the new RSC color to make sure I made a scrappy pinwheel before the month was done, and I was so hoping the February color for RSC 2020 was going to be red. But no, the choice this month is orange.

Hmm, not a fan? But just look at all those orange possibilities! It's a color I don't have problem with, yet I'd rather see it in the fall, paired with yellows and reds - oh make me swoon with that combo!

Believe it or not, my orange scraps are rather on the stingy side, filling only a quart size zip lock bag. I thought I would have more after making all those pumpkins and leaves over the last couple years. Maybe I was very efficient in my cutting and sewing?

Anyway, I managed to have enough for the 12 1/2" pinwheel block, which I love - it reminds me of orange sherbet -

and a couple 8.5" and 4" blocks. Still not sure what I'll do with these.

Now there's just a few scraps in the bag, which are sorta orange and don't belong anywhere else. But they weren't a good fit for this project, so back in they go, along with the few small pieces left from the blocks.

And I've fulfilled my commitment for the month, on my way to completing a full year of RSC - woohoo! Two down, ten to go. Are you playing along??

Happy Quilting!