9/11/2023 0 Comments Peek a boo bear quilt pattern![]() This combination makes the brightly coloured owls glow. I used solid colours and incorporated stars and an indigo night sky into the design. I made sure to match my vertical sashing strips with pins so all the pieces would be lined up nice and straight.To make the best use of my owls, I wanted a design that not only featured owls but showed them off. Once all three rows were complete, the horizontal sashing was added. Sashing strip, block, sashing strip, block, etc. The blocks for this quilt are rather large (16.5 inches) so it was easiest to sew each row individually rather than chain piece the entire quilt front. Start with your vertical sashing in between each block. Once the nine Polar Peekaboo blocks are complete and trimmed, yes I sure do trim my blocks, it is time to add the sashing. The directions do say piece each penguin the same and then turn for placement in the quilt, but I wasn’t have that with the directional prints! It was very important that I had all directional fabrics going in the same direction, so piecing each penguin individually was key! Next I did the Polar Bears – first completing the two that were facing the same direction and then the single polar bear that got flippedįor the penguins, each penguin was completed individually as all three were facing different directions. The Narwhal block was completed first – it had the least amount of piecing and all three Narwhals were exactly the same! Easy peasy piecing and oh so cute! I am essentially completing multiple steps of construction at the same time to save time and reduce trips to the iron (Have you tried an Oliso Iron yet? The new Pro is just fabulous)! I continue to piece the block by adding additional snowballs or sewing pieces together as they belong. Watch out for directions! My little bear on the left had cornerstone going in the wrong direction! ![]() I then chain piece the first round of snowballs, half square triangles, etc., trim the seams to quarter inch, press any pieces that need to pressed, and lay the piece back on my board where it belongs. You can see on left picture where I have added the secondary pieces. Next, I add the corners for snowball pieces where they need to go, making sure to check for directional prints. I clear everything off the table and lay out all the base pieces. Actually, these blocks were WAY too big so straight on the mat they went! I lay out THE ENTIRE BLOCK on my makeshift design board aka a 12” square rotating mat or on the cutting mat next to my machine. Here is how I can sew a block with lots of pieces so quickly. Step 3: Piece, Piece and Piece some more! Simple and easy! The pieces in this pattern are not labeled A-Z or 1 -10, so I found this to be the easiest way to keep everything together. To organize the pieces, I stack like fabric pieces from largest on the bottom to smallest on top. Thankfully there is PLENTY of fabric in the kit to do so! Not going to lie, I had to recut a few pieces when it came time to constructing the blocks. Warning – Look Out for Directional Prints – Does it matter to you if your prints are going in the correct direction?įor me, at this point in my quilting career, YES! If direction matters, you may need to do some pre-cutting thinking of looking at the pattern piece placement before cutting. I have found this method to be the least overwhelming and it feels good to finish cutting a print and moving on to the next! Next, I continued to cut based on the size of the fabric – smallest to largest fabric. Knocking out three fabrics in short amount of time felt great! In general, and for the Polar Peekaboo quilt, I start by cutting the smallest pieces of fabric for the Polar Peekaboo Quilt that would be the pink, orange and black. ![]() Where do you start when there are so many fabrics and pieces? Which fabrics are which? OMG how do I organize all my pieces?! The start of step two can be overwhelming.
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