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How To Finish Your Block Of The Month Quilt Sew-Along (2023)
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Learn how to finish your Block of the Month quilt with Debbie Shore's simple-to-follow tutorial.
This is the moment when the quilt you have been making over the course of the year comes together and you can stand back and admire all your hard work.
Now that you’ve completed all your blocks, you’ve reached that important stage when you can finally put all the pieces together. Usually, this can be quite time-consuming, especially if you choose to quilt by hand or use an intricate vermicelli (meandering) stitch pattern, for example, but because this is a Quilt As You Go Quilt, you’ve done all the hard work already. And if you haven’t done the quilting yet, don’t worry – just refer to the 'Quilt As You Go' instructions for this quilt to quilt your blocks, cut and quilt the WW triangles and then join the blocks and triangles into rows with sashing and cornerstones/posts.
So now all that’s left to do is to join the rows, trim off the excess fabric from around the edge and then bind the quilt. I think that homemade binding looks best, but you can use readymade binding if you prefer. And don’t forget to post pictures of your quilt when you’re done!
It is recommended that you refer to the 'Quilt As You Go' instructions for help with all of the techniques. Also see ‘Hand sewing for beginners’ for info on slipstitch plus ‘Bias binding’ for how to join binding strips – both these are in the 'Tips & Techniques' section on the right-hand side of the webpage.
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You will need:
Equipment
- Sewing machine with a regular sewing foot or a ¼in (5mm) foot and, ideally, also a walking (even-/dual-feed) foot
- Quilting ruler
- Rotary cutter and cutting mat
- Pins or quilting clips
- Hand-sewing needle to finish the binding
Materials
- Your completed blocks for the 2023 quilt: Welcome to my Block of the Month Quilt, 2023! | Half Yard Sewing Club
- Your quilted and joined rows
- Fabrics and wadding/batting for the sashing and cornerstones/posts left over from the Quilt As You Go process for this quilt
- 260in (6.6m) of 2½in (6.5cm) wide straight binding, which you can make from 17in (43cm) of 44in (111.75cm) wide fabric
- Matching sewing threads
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