Wrapping up the Teacups Quilt Along, today I'll show you how I finished mine. When we left off last month, the blocks were assembled with filler bits to take up the blank spaces between blocks of uneven size. Now, what to do for borders? I auditioned several prints, but all of them seemed too busy …
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Teacups Quilt Along – Assembling the Top
Now that we have 16 blocks, today I'll show you how to put them together. I'm not going to give you a pattern for this, as your blocks will look different than mine. You may need to separate them differently than I have if your blocks have the same fabric on two or more blocks. …
Teacups Quilt Along – Block 16 Japanese Tea
As my regular readers know, I am fascinated with Japanese culture and way of thinking about the natural world. So, I had to have a Japanese teacup design as the last block for this project. It made sense too, since all of my fabrics are Japanese or Asian style prints. This teacup has no handles. …
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Teacups Quilt Along – Block 15
Time for Block 15 for the Teacups Quilt Along, and this month we go back once again to a paper pieced block. I've simplified one from EQ8 to eliminate a lot of tiny pieces on the handle. You can do this with traditional piecing too, by cutting apart the pieces and adding seam allowances. So, …
Teacups Quilt Along Block 14 Sun Tea
This month, I was looking for some teacup fabric to use as filler for when we begin putting the blocks together later in the year. I was not successful, but while I was researching with the word teacup, I clicked on a summer tablescape and had a fun idea for this month's block. Sun Tea! …
Teacups Quilt Along – Block 13 Mug
It's the first Friday of August, and time for the next teacup block for our quilt along. It is getting more difficult to find the right thing for the next blocks. EQ8 isn't making it easy either, insisting on only printing one page for two page patterns. So I have had to mess with it …
Teacups Quilt Along – Block 12
Our block for the July installment of the Teacups Quilt Along takes us back to applique one more time. We have cups, and a kettle for the water, teapots to steep and hold the hot tea. What are we missing? Well, tea bags of course!! This month, we will applique two teabags on an 8-1/2-inch …
Teacups Quilt Along – Block 11 – and some news
First Friday of the month means the next block for the Teacups Quilt Along is here! I hope you have enjoyed stretching a bit with some new-to-you techniques you might not have tried before. This month, the block can be made in two ways, so you can choose your comfort level. The inspiration for this …
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Teacup Quilt Along – Block 10
Wow, where did the month go? It is already time for the next block in the Teacups Quilt Along. This one snuck up on me, as I am totally consumed with a Mini Cooper club event this weekend that I'll share soon. Anyway, since we have a teapot and lots of cups, we need to …
Teacup Quilt Along – Block 9
I hope you are having fun with the Teacups Quilt Along! This month we go back to a paper pieced block, a little more complex than the others. Time to stretch a bit. Before we get to today's pattern, I wanted to show you last month's embroidery all done. Did you get yours finished? The …
