Home Bound Sew Along - Cornerstones, Sashing,

Hi everyone! It's an easy week.  Let's assemble the quilt center and inner borders

Cutting Instructions
You can use whatever colors you want. For the sake of keeping it simple and very clear, cutting instructions will correspond to the colors shown in the quilt above. Cutting is for sashing and cornerstones only.

Background

(12) 1 3/4" x 9 1/2" rectangles

Turquoise
(4) 1 3/4" squares
For Inner Borders, see Assembly section

Assembly
Sew the quilt top as shown. 

 Measure your quilt for your inner borders. Inner borders are cut  1 1/2” by the your measurement.  Using your measurements for your quilt will help it stay square.  Measure through the middle of the quilt top and cut accordingly.

Home Bound Sew Along - Block 3

Hi everyone, let's do Block 3!

 9 1/2"

You need to make 1 of these. 

Cutting Instructions
You can use whatever colors you want. For the sake of keeping it simple and very clear, cutting instructions will correspond to the colors shown in the block above. Cutting is for 1 block.

Background
(4) 2 1/2" cut once on the diagonal
(4) 1 3/8" x 2 1/8" rectangles
(4) 1 3/8" squares

Bright Pink
(1) 4 5/8" square cut corner to corner twice. You will use 1 of these triangles.
(1) 2 1/2" square cut once on the diagonal

Dark Pink
(1) 4 5/8" square cut corner to corner twice. You will use 1 of these triangles.
(1) 2 1/2" square cut once on the diagonal

Yellow
(1) 4 5/8" square cut corner to corner twice. You will use 1 of these triangles.
(1) 2 1/2" square cut once on the diagonal

Orange
(1) 4 5/8" square cut corner to corner twice. You will use 1 of these triangles.
(1) 2 1/2" square cut once on the diagonal

Gold
(4) 1 3/8" squares

Green
(8) 1 1/8" x 4 1/2" rectangles
(6) 1 3/8" squares cut once on the diagonal

Turquoise
(4) 1 1/8" x 4 1/2" rectangles
(4) 1 1/8" x 3 7/8" rectangles
(6) 1 3/8" squares cut once on the diagonal

Assembly

Sew the background  1 3/8” squares to the gold 1 3/8” squares.  Make 4.

Sew on the background 1 3/8” x 2 1/8” rectangles to the left side of units you just made.  Make 4.

Sew the background triangles cut from the 2 1/2” squares to each of the different color triangles cut from the 2 1/2” squares.  Make 1 of each color.

The sew on the square/rectangle units to each one.  Orange will be shown for the example.  You will need to sew all the colors the same way.

Sew the large color triangle to the small background triangle and the small color triangle.

Sew the tulip sections together.

Make green/turquoise half square triangle units.  Make 12.

Sew the triangle units to the end of green rectangles

Sew on the turquoise rectangles as shown

Sew the green triangle units as shown.  Then sew the block together.

Home Bound Sew Along - Block 2

Hi everyone, time for Block 2!

9 1/2"

You need to make 4 of these.

Cutting Instructions

You can use whatever colors you want. For the sake of keeping it simple and very clear, cutting instructions will correspond to the colors shown in the block above. Cutting is for 4 blocks. 

Background

(4) 4 3/8" x 9 1/2" rectangles

(4) 4 3/4" squares, cut once on the diagonal

(8) 1 3/4" x 3 1/8" rectangles

(4) 2 1/8" squares, cut once on the diagonal

Orange

(16) 2 1/8" squares, cut once on the diagonal

(16) 1 3/4" squares

Yellow

(24) 1 3/4" squares

Assembly

Sew the basket areas in rows.  Use the small triangles for the end of the rows. 

Sew the large background squares to the sides

Sew the bottom of the basket using the remaining orange and background pieces

Applique the handle. Sew the handle applique to the 4 3/8” x 9 1/2” rectangles.  If you do needle turn you must add your seam allowance.  Otherwise, use your favorite applique method 

IMPORTANT: Since this is on the blog, you have to improvise the size of the handle.  To do this, cut a piece of paper the size of the background rectangle, then trace the handle and see if it looks the right size.  This cannot be helped as all computers' aspect ratios are different.  

Assemble the block in rows. 

Home Bound Sew Along - Finished Block 1

Hi everyone!

Our blocks are done, how about yours?

Diane's version:

She went through her stash and found some precuts she wanted to use.  She is using Maypole by Moda, which is about 12 years old.  It's never to late to bust into fabrics you love!

Lauren's version:

Lauren found she had two cuts of the same fabric (the Tula Pink print in the center) and decided to build around it to use up that cut.  Sometimes you like a print so much you get it twice! 

How did yours turn out?  Post to our Facebook page, or in the comments below!

Home Bound Sew Along - Block 1

Hi everyone!  Let's do block 1.

9 1/2"

You need to make 4 of these.  

Cutting Instructions
You can use whatever colors you want.  For the sake of keeping it simple and very clear, cutting instructions will correspond to the colors shown in the block above. Cutting is for 4 blocks.

Background
(8) 3 7/8" squares - cut once on the diagonal
(32) 2 3/8" squares - cut once on the diagonal

Blue
(8) 3 7/8" squares - cut once on the diagonal

Green
(8) 2 3/8" squares - cut once on the diagonal

Yellow
(4) 2 5/8" squares

Pink
(32) 1 1/2" squares

Orange
(32) 1 1/2" squares

Assembly
Sew the (8) 3 7/8" background triangles to the (8) 3 7/8" "blue" triangles. Make 16 HST units

Sew the "green" triangles to the "yellow" squares to make a square in a square.  Make 4 square in a square units

Sew the "orange" squares to the "pink" squares to make four patches.  Make 16 four patch units

Assemble the block in rows:

Home Bound Sew Along! Project and Fabric Requirements

You saw it on Facebook first!  Here's a little sew along to keep us busy and quilting during the quarantine.

38" x 38"

Here's what you'll need: 

Background: 1 1/4 yards

Inner Border: 1/2 yard

Borders: 1/2 yard 

For your blocks, you'll need 1/4 yards and 1/8 yards - feel free to make it scrappy! 

Blocks will be out on Mondays.

We want to see your versions of this quilt! Post your progress on our Facebook page.

IMPORTANT: COVID-19 & Temporary Shop Closure

In the future, before noting that "life has been crazy," I will be using the past few weeks as the basis of comparison to determine whether is just busy or actually crazy. 

That being said, these are indeed some crazy times we are in. Whoever told 2020 to "just bring it" needs to apologize.

On Monday the Executive Order came out from Gov. Kate Brown, and without getting into the various sections and paragraphs to the letter, the end result is that we have temporarily closed the shop to walk-in business effective Monday, March 23, 2020 at 1pm.  We do not have a realistic or reasonable way to guarantee or enforce the 6ft. social distancing requirement when multiple people are in the store.  Our #1 priority is the safety and health of our staff and our quilters.  Closing for a bit is simply the right thing to do.

You may noticed I emphasized "temporary" and "walk-in business."  Why, and what does that mean for all our quilters? 

1. We view this closure as 100% temporary. While we don't know, and have no control over, how long the Executive Order will be in effect and closing our shop, we WILL reopen.  And, just because our doors are closed to walk-in business, doesn't mean we aren't still hard at work! As a matter of fact, today we received a LARGE shipment from Benartex - large enough we will be rearranging some of the store to fit it all in!  We have other shipments coming in the next few weeks.  When we reopen there will be a lot of great new fabric and samples ready for you!
   
2. We are absolutely still accepting and shipping internet orders.  Go to our website HERE to place an order. 
   
3.  Need something you can't find online?  Send us an email (thecottonpatch@msn.com) or send us a Facebook message (www.facebook.com/keizercottonpatch) with what you're looking for and a phone number we can call to reach you - we will do a phone order and ship you what you need!
   
4. We will open for single shoppers on a by-appointment-only basis.  This is the only way we can enforce the required social distance.  Contact us by email (thecottonpatch@msn.com) to arrange a date and time, and one of us will meet you at the store.  We will only allow one single person at a time during the scheduled shopping time. 

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All that said, please indulge me a moment to speak to something near and dear to our hearts.  While Oregon may not be as hard-hit by the pandemic by other states, the measures in place while necessary at this time are extremely impactful to all local businesses, not just ours.

If you have talked about supporting your local businesses, or have thought about doing more business with them - whether we're talking restaurants, grocery stores, corner stores, hobby shops, book stores, pet supply store, or quilt shops - THE TIME IS NOW. 

During these large scale closures, big box and chain stores, rest assured, will be fine.  Your local businesses, however, will be in greater jeopardy. These are the livelihoods of your friends and peers, and cornerstones of communities.  It's hard to imagine a fixture like Powell's Bookstore in Portland going out, or not being able to go to Konditerei here in Salem anymore - I'm not saying those businesses are in danger - they're merely examples of some great local hallmarks, but this is the economic reality local businesses face that the chain stores simply do not.  

Instead of running through the drive thru, consider getting takeout from one of the many wonderful local restaurants 

Instead of hitting up Walmart for pet food and groceries, consider calling one of the local groceries or pet supply stores for curbside pickup

Instead of Hobby Lobby or Joann's, think about your local craft and quilt shops. 

The only way to get through this is to get through it together.