Common Bride QA - Pieced Border - Week 8

Welcome back to our Common Bride Quilt Along!

Our quilt is in full bloom

Pick up all your scraps and create with me a beautiful final border around the quilt.

Common Bride - Original Quilt Design by Edyta Sitar

I am quilting using the Common Bride Fabric Kit and adding some scraps from my stash.

You can use this same kit or this is a perfect time to select some beauties from you own stash and enjoy all your fabrics to make this design your own!

Who's ready to garden?

Please don't forget to refer back to your Common Bride pattern for cutting measurements.

Pieced Border

Combine 3 light and 3 dark strips. Press away from the light strips. Then cut units.

Combine 2 units. Make 148 blocks.

Set them to the side.

From leftover strips and strip sets, cut your light and dark squares to create the units above.

Pay attention to your light and dark squares to make sure all your pieces are laying correctly.

Note from Edyta: This is a perfect time to reuse any leftover strip sets and scraps.

Don't be afraid to take some squares off to accommodate the correct number of squares

to get the unit you desire.

Combine with dark quarter square triangles and 1 corner half square triangle.

Sew into rows.

Sew rows together. Make 4 corner blocks.

Combine 6 light and 6 dark squares and 3 light quarter square triangles.

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Make 4 Side Triangles.

Combine 1 block, 1 light, and 1 dark quarter square triangles.

Press away from the quarter square triangles. Make 136 units.

 Combine 2 of these units to make Side Units. Make 68.

Combine 17 Sides and 1 Side Triangle as shown.

Make 4 pieced borders.

Quilt Assembly

Add light border and cornerstones.

Push seam allowances toward outside of the quilt.

Add outer border keeping the dark triangles to the outside of the quilt. Start by adding the border to the sides of the quilt and then finish by adding corners.

Push seam allowances toward outside of the quilt.

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I am sew proud of you! Look at what you've accomplished in 8 weeks!

Sew and share your progress with us! #CommonBrideQuilt

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Happy Quilting!

Edyta

Common Bride QA - Flower Block - Week 7

Welcome to our Common Bride Quilt Along!

This week lets add some beautiful blossoms to our quilt.

I love this simple block, and with a touch appliqué it will be a perfect border around the center of our quilt.

Common Bride - Original Quilt Design by Edyta Sitar

I am quilting using the Common Bride Fabric Kit and adding some scraps from my stash.

You can use this same kit or this is a perfect time to select some beauties from you own stash and enjoy all your fabrics to make this design your own!

Who's ready to garden?

Please don't forget to refer back to your Common Bride pattern for cutting measurements.

Flower Block & Appliqué

Select 2" unfinished half-square triangles.

Combine 9 half-square triangles into 3 rows.

(arrows are showing the direction of sewing)

Press the seam allowance of each row in opposite directions.

Combine the rows. Make 1, for 1 flower.

Select 2" unfinished half-square triangles for leaves. Combine 1 light triangle, 2 half-square triangles and 1 leaf triangle as shown.

Make 2 total; 1 left and 1 right as shown above for 1 Flower.

Sew 2 light triangles to each side of 1 stem.

Press towards the stem.

Trim. Make 1 for 1 flower.

Assemble the previous units and 2 light triangles.

Sew together.

Make a total of 20 Flower blocks.

Add 2 light QST to create a background for appliquéed branches and leaves.

Make 20.

Follow your favorite appliqué technique and layout to add appliqué pieces to the unit.

Sew flowers to 4 sets of 3, and 4 sets of 2 as shown above. Sew to quilt starting

with the sets of 3 and finished with sets of 2 on each corner.

Push seam allowances toward outside of the quilt.

Visit our YouTube Channel for our Common Bride - Week 7 video.

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You are doing such great work!

Sew and share your progress with us! #CommonBrideQuilt

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Happy Quilting!

Edyta

Common Bride QA - Week 6

Welcome to our Common Bride Quilt Along!

And now we get to fill our baskets with beautiful flowers!

I love appliquéing and this appliqué is going to be sew cute!

Common Bride - Original Quilt Design by Edyta Sitar

I am quilting using the Common Bride Fabric Kit and adding some scraps from my stash.

You can use this same kit or this is a perfect time to select some beauties from you own stash and enjoy all your fabrics to make this design your own!

Who's ready to garden?

Please don't forget to refer back to your Common Bride pattern for cutting measurements.

Center Appliqué

This week, I am so excited for you to add beautiful flowers to your quilt.

Using your favorite appliqué technique, add appliqué pieces to center of quilt.

Follow layout for correct placement and order of assembly.

Add the Background Border and Cornerstones to the Appliquéd Center as shown.

Press away from the Cornerstones and Center.

If your Eight Point Star blocks are finished, this would be a good time to add them to the quilt.

Begin by sewing Eight Point Stars into 2 rows of 5, and 2 rows of 7.

Sew them to the center as shown below.

Push seam allowances toward the center of the quilt.

Visit our YouTube Channel for our Common Bride - Week 6 video.

Download this week's Blog here.

You are doing such great work!

Sew and share your progress with us! #CommonBrideQuilt

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Happy Quilting!

Edyta