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Vintage Crosses Quilt Sew Along getting started

March 30, 2020 2 Comments

I hope you are all looking forward to getting started soon on the Vintage Crosses Quilt Sew Along. It's going to be so much fun !......

Vintage Crosses Quilt | Sharon Keightley Quilts

After sorting through the list of items that need to be covered in the Sew Along, this is how I have decided to organize the weeks.

Week One: Requirements needed, fabric choices, favourite tools/ notions.

Week Two: Sewing the Cross Blocks. Tips on cutting your pieces and getting the perfect 1/4 inch seam allowance. Pressing tips. General piecing information.

Week Three: Applique, tips on turning edges, points, and stitching by hand or machine.

Week Four: Sewing applique blocks together with cross blocks to create the twelve blocks in the quilt.

Week Five: Applique center, tips on how to go about piecing the center of the quilt and creating the applique shapes, stitching the applique by hand or machine.

Week Six: Sewing the quilt blocks together to create the quilt top.

Week seven: Tips on quilting the quilt.

Vintage Crosses Quilt | Sharon Keightley Quilts

I am so looking forward to sharing the Vintage Crosses Quilt with you and chatting about the process of making it.

You can find the Vintage Crosses Pattern here.

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Keep well and Happy Stitching

Sharon

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Garland

October 17, 2020

Hello! I could have sworn I’ve been to this blog before but after reading
through some of the post I realized it’s new to
me. Nonetheless, I’m definitely delighted I found it and
I’ll be book-marking and checking back frequently! Camiseta Barcelona

P Mead

April 09, 2020

Thank you so much for going on line to help me get started on ‘Crosses’
I bought my kit from you some time ago (actually years ago) and didn’t have the confidence to get started!
Looking forward to the blog! Cheers

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