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Wed, Jun 8, 11 at 15:06
| I made this baby-sized whirligig quilt with the Charmed whirligig tutorial. I used seven 1/8th yard pieces of "Rhythm & Blues" fabric I'd bought and was in need of a project! The blocks went together fast and I ended up squaring up the block some.
Excuse the lumpy towels under the quilt. The quilt has been washed, the floor have not!
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Here is a link that might be useful: Charming Whirligig Tutorial
Follow-Up Postings:
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- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Wed, Jun 8, 11 at 17:57
| Cute, cute, cute! What a cheery quilt for a little one - you did a nice job! Sue |
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- Posted by magothyrivergirl (My Page) on Wed, Jun 8, 11 at 20:33
| Your quilt is adorable! Thanks for the tutorial. Nice to know you can use 1/8 yard pieces to make this. |
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| Love the colors. I really like this quilt. |
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- Posted by pirate_girl (My Page) on Fri, Jun 10, 11 at 16:06
| Gosh, what a great job, this quilt is SO MUCH FUN! I'm sure helped by the fact that I love turquoise. Just terrific, makes me want to try to make this one too!! |
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- Posted by new2quilting (My Page) on Fri, Jun 10, 11 at 23:42
| Thanks everyone! I just loved that fabric line the first time I saw it and knew I had to do something with it. This is the perfect one. And the blocks went together really fast. I've seen so many pretty turquoise & red fabrics that I'd like to try that at sometime as well. |
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| How did you quilt it? I have mine sitting here and the more I stare at it, the harder it is to decide what to do with it. Love the colours too! |
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| Great quilt. I love the colors. You did a good job. I'm also interested in how you quilted it. Did you quilt around each whirligig? Is there a tutorial for this pattern somewhere on the web? ~Geraldine |
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- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Sat, Jun 11, 11 at 21:13
| I really like this pattern and like the colors you used, too. I realize if using a charm pack you need to trim 1/2" off, but when I made mine I didn't have charms so when cutting strips of fabric, I cut 5" strips and then subcut 4 1/2" saving 1/2" of fabric per strip. SharonG/FL-IN (just back from Ohio) |
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- Posted by new2quilting (My Page) on Mon, Jun 13, 11 at 19:32
| I quilted down one side of the whirligig "row" (zigging down and over, if that makes sense) and then up the other, so it was a continuous line and I didn't have to move the quilt around (or freemotion). I did a zigzag in the border. I saw one that had been quilted with diagonal lines all in one direction to look like "movement" and thought that was neat. I did the same, Sharon, and cut 5" x 4.5" with the colors, just as the tutorial says for the white. Geraldine, I linked the pattern up there. |
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- Posted by lafonda_ranch (My Page) on Tue, Jun 14, 11 at 8:00
| I love it!! It has a way of "moving" when I scroll the picture up and down on my screen, too. Robbi |
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- Posted by foxxigrani (My Page) on Tue, Jun 14, 11 at 9:46
| Beautiful quilt great job. Love it. |
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