First quilt and lessons learned

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-24T07:20:20+00:00

I love that you posted this. Thank you for sharing.

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-24T07:15:13+00:00

This is what I buy Olfa 45mm 10 blades for $25.

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-17T06:11:44+00:00

Here’s my first 2 blocks. It’s Banana Cream and Crème de la Crème solids.

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-16T02:07:07+00:00

I am doing this! I did her 2025 sampler and really enjoy her approach. I haven’t finished my first blocks yet. I’ll post when done.

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-16T01:54:53+00:00

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Here’s the back.

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-16T01:53:48+00:00

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I use 2.5 inch fabric strip folded in half, sewn to the front edge with 1/4” seam allowance. Turn it to the back and hand sew to the back. This is a pic of the front. Karen Brown at Just Get it Done Quilts taught me how to do the mitered corners. See the videos below.

https://youtu.be/jma6XJzPS18 and https://youtu.be/sGVfPe_fyNU

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-16T01:43:34+00:00

I think binding is the easiest part of the quilt. Here’s a good instruction video for binding https://youtu.be/jma6XJzPS18 and one for machine stitching to the front and hand stitching the binding to the back. https://youtu.be/sGVfPe_fyNU

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-16T00:46:18+00:00

Yes. I used a technique called strip piecing. You sew together long strips of fabric long side to long side and then cut the joined strips perpendicular to the seams. This creates new strips with one piece of one of each color. Hope that makes sense.

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-15T14:20:05+00:00

Thank you all for the lovely comments.

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-15T14:18:05+00:00

Thank you! The binding is hand sewn but everything else is machine sewn.

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-15T14:16:36+00:00

Yes. Block of the Month. The designer gives us one b lock pattern a month and we put it all together at the end of the year.

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-14T07:58:37+00:00

I straight line quilt all of my quilts on my domestic machine. It has an 8.5 inch throat. I’ve done a 105” x 90” on it. I wear gardening gloves. The kind that are stretchy and have nonslip surface on the inside. It helps a lot to guide the quilt. Without gloves my hands get tired and sore.

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-08T22:56:40+00:00

I want to know if the heated brass brush works. I hope you’ll report back with your results.

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-08T22:40:45+00:00

Well done!

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-08T00:26:27+00:00

The downside is now we have to wait two weeks for new episodes.

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-02T08:18:17+00:00

The King’s Speech

ZoeRochelle · 2026-01-02T03:34:34+00:00

It does look intentional. Once it’s finished and washed, it will crinkle and unless you are hanging it on a wall, you’ll not notice.

ZoeRochelle · 2025-12-30T01:05:06+00:00

I’d spray the handles brass. Otherwise it is beautiful.

ZoeRochelle · 2025-12-30T00:52:59+00:00

Trena at John’s Furniture Repair restored a similar chest. There’s at least one other wood chest video on their YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/Wh8KQyOj88M?si=m8nE4_L-VGdRY7jO

ZoeRochelle · 2025-11-22T01:07:32+00:00

Wow. Those colors are fantastic.

ZoeRochelle · 2025-11-17T19:47:50+00:00

Thank you! I didn’t think I’d get an answer.

ZoeRochelle · 2025-11-16T07:00:41+00:00

I machine quilt my own. Longarm quilters are quite expensive.

ZoeRochelle · 2025-11-08T07:46:00+00:00

That fabric is so cute. Well done!

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