There are several illustrated steps on how to make a Delectable Mountains quilt. Here are the first five.
FIRST STEP: Cut an equal amount of
8 3/4" light squares and 8 3/4" dark squares. For a 42" x 60" quilt you will need 32 light and 32 darks. The quilt I made this week is totally scrappy. I hauled out all my boxes of scraps, not yardage, and spread them on the sewing room floor to facilitate finding enough acceptable fabrics for this quilt.
STEP TWO: With a fine point permanent marker, a Frixion pen, or a pencil, draw a line diagonally on the wrong side of each light square.
STEP THREE: Choose which lights and darks will be paired. Layer them in a stack and take them to the sewing machine. Carefully line the light on top of the dark, right sides together. Stitch a scant quarter inch to the left of the drawn diagonal line.
STEP FOUR: Continue stitching a quarter inch to the left of the diagonals, chaining the squares together.
When you reach the end of your stack (I did ten at a time), lift the presser foot and turn the squares, and stitch back in the same manner on the other side of the diagonal line.
Cut the chained squares apart.
STEP FIVE: On your cutting table, cut the squares apart along the diagonal line. Each pair of light/dark squares has now become two blocks.
It would be possible to chain stitch all of the squares in one session, but I prefer to do about ten at a time, and then do the rest of the steps. That keeps me up and moving around more often.
Tomorrow I will post the next five illustrated steps. (Maybe this is enough to keep you busy until then?)
NOTE: The rest of the tutorial was finally posted on August 18. Sorry about that delay!
8 3/4" light squares and 8 3/4" dark squares. For a 42" x 60" quilt you will need 32 light and 32 darks. The quilt I made this week is totally scrappy. I hauled out all my boxes of scraps, not yardage, and spread them on the sewing room floor to facilitate finding enough acceptable fabrics for this quilt.
STEP TWO: With a fine point permanent marker, a Frixion pen, or a pencil, draw a line diagonally on the wrong side of each light square.
STEP THREE: Choose which lights and darks will be paired. Layer them in a stack and take them to the sewing machine. Carefully line the light on top of the dark, right sides together. Stitch a scant quarter inch to the left of the drawn diagonal line.
STEP FOUR: Continue stitching a quarter inch to the left of the diagonals, chaining the squares together.
When you reach the end of your stack (I did ten at a time), lift the presser foot and turn the squares, and stitch back in the same manner on the other side of the diagonal line.
Cut the chained squares apart.
STEP FIVE: On your cutting table, cut the squares apart along the diagonal line. Each pair of light/dark squares has now become two blocks.
It would be possible to chain stitch all of the squares in one session, but I prefer to do about ten at a time, and then do the rest of the steps. That keeps me up and moving around more often.
Tomorrow I will post the next five illustrated steps. (Maybe this is enough to keep you busy until then?)
NOTE: The rest of the tutorial was finally posted on August 18. Sorry about that delay!
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