Common Bride QA - Week 5

Welcome to our Common Bride Quilt Along!

This week we will be building beautiful basket blocks!

You can never have enough baskets!

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 start?

Refer to your Common Bride pattern for cutting measurements.

Basket Blocks

(Arrows show assembly, not seam pressing)

Select 12 pre-sewn HST units for 4 baskets. Combine 3 dark half-square triangles and 3 HST units in rows as shown. Press seams in opposite directions.

Add 1 scrappy light triangle.

Sew 2 dark triangles and 2 light rectangles as shown.

Press seam away from the rectangle.

 Add 1 scrappy light triangle.

Make 4 baskets.

Add the 4 basket blocks and the background strips to the star as shown.

Press seams away from the baskets and star.

Visit our YouTube Channel for our Common Bride - Week 5 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

Common Bride QA - Week 4

Welcome to our Common Bride Quilt Along!

This week we will be making our Feathered Star Center block!

Are you ready to shine?

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 your own stash and enjoy all your fabrics to make this design your own!

Who's ready to start?

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

Feathered Star Block

Select 32 pre-sewn HST. Combine 3 scrappy HSTs.

Make 4.

Combine 3 scrappy HSTs. Add 1 light triangle.

Make 4.

Sew units to 1 scrappy light QST. Remember to stop sewing before the last seam allowance and leave an opening to set remaining pieces in place later in assembly.

Add 2 scrappy darks triangles.

Diamonds: Cut 8 scrappy diamonds using Feathered Star Template.

Combine a diamond, 1 scrappy light triangle, 1 half-square triangle and 1 scrappy dark square.

Press as shown. Make 4.

Combine a diamond, 1 light triangle and 1 half-square triangle. Press as shown. Make 4.

Combine 1 light and the previous units together.

Make 4.

Watch our YouTube video for more details.

Follow the diagram below to complete your block.

Once side units are sewn together, finish sewing where you had stopped.

Complete your block as shown. Follow arrows for pressing in the star,

background pieces press toward outside.

Finally trim your block to 22¼" x 22¼".

Keep at least ¼" away from the diamond points when trimming.

Visit our YouTube Channel for our Common Bride - Week 4 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

Common Bride QA - Week 3

Welcome to our Common Bride Quilt Along!

This week we will finish our Eight Point Star blocks!

Thank you for following along with me as we go on this quilting adventure!

Common Bride - Original 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 start?

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

Eight Point Stars - Block Finishing

It's time to add a ring of diamonds around the star.

Position your diamond. Sew to the marked pivot point as shown. Stop and backstitch.

Pivot the block, align the next side.

Make sure that you are sewing only these two layers together.

Sew from pivot point to next small dot and backstitch.

From the back, push the seam allowance towards the diamond.

Keep going to add all eight diamonds.

For extra help, watch our video!

Add 4 corner triangles. Press away from the blocks center.

Make 24– Eight Point Stars with light triangles and 1– Eight Point Star with dark triangles for the center of the quilt.

Add 4 Cornerstones and 4 Sashings to one Eight Point Star with dark triangles.

This will be your quilt center block.

Visit our YouTube Channel for our Common Bride - Week 3 Tutorial Video.

Download this week's Blog here.

Great job! Keep up the good work!

Thank you for your patience, kindness, you are all inspirations to me!

Sew and share your progress with us! #CommonBrideQuilt

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Happy Quilting!

Edyta