Fun Time with Dots

Welcome to my blog, I hope you can take a moment to check out my blog. Here you will find that I like to share a lot of what happens on my farm here in NE Oklahoma. You get a little of life with cows and chickens, my struggles with growing an organic vegetable garden, canning, cooking and my love for quilting, knitting and most anything that has needlework involved. Plus some....

I love the fact that I can join in on such a fun hop.

Thanks goes to our cheerleader

Corrie from  Quilt Taffy 

She will have the schedule to the entire blog hop.
And special thanks to Madame Samm from Sew WE Quilt
for setting this up. 

I am sharing my day with these wonderful bloggers

Why Knot Kwilt 

Stitchin by the Lake

Beth @ Plum and June

The Recipe Bunny

Sunshine Girl

Aunt Marti

The Fuzzy Hat Quilter

Cliodana

Now all the formality done, lets get on with what you came for, a fun project with dots

I had seen this pattern last year at a retreat I went to and fell in love. I love paisley's and what a fun way to play with dotted fabric.

First I thought I would make a small quilt or wall hanging but that

 did not go as plan. I tried many variations of colors on different 

backgrounds and nothing looked the way I imagined. 
I had to get in touch with my creative side and 

come up with something that looked good, practical and useful 

(that's something I need) and did not take a lot of time.

Plus I hope it gets your creativity juices flowing and will try this, 

either with the pattern I give you or maybe something you like.

So what I decided to do was to put my block on a canvas frame.

Materials:

1 – 12.5”x12.5” (unfinished)  block

4 - 2.5"x13" strips of quilting fabric

1 – 12"x12” piece of cotton quilt batting

1 – 12"x12" canvas

Staple gun

Lets start with the block I made for you,

You can download a PDF file here

I tried many combos but I liked the one on the bottom right the best. So that is the one I'll be showing.

You need your background to be 12.5 x 12.5
Trace the pattern onto some fusible web like Soft Fuse, Heat and Bond or one of your choice.

I cut out the center of the big paisley because sometimes you can see the fabric through the top piece

When placed on background like you want them, press according to your product instructions.
Now we are ready to prepare the block so it can be attach to frame.
You will need to press a 1/2" fold on each of the 12.5 x 13 strips.
 Now we'll sew the strips to the block. Place one strip along the edge of your block, right sides together. Make sure the strip is centered along the edge...the strip should be 1/4" shorter than the block on both sides. 

Sew a 1/4" seam and make sure to press your seam open:
Repeat with all four strips. I prefer to sew them in opposite pairs so your second strip should go along the edge opposite the first. When you get to your third and fourth strip, you'll notice that your block is now 12" and your strip lines up exactly along the edge.
After you press your third and fourth strips open, you should have a nice corner that has nice finished edges.

Place the batting in the center of block then lay the canvas frame on top of the bat.

Fold the sides of your block up and stapling on each side. It's important to keep your fabric tight without stretching it too much...you want the front to be taught but you don't want to warp the block.

If everything goes right, you will have a tiny gap at the corners:

You will need to stitch the gap closed, can do a slip stitch or a ladder stitch.

Whoa La 

Can put some of those picture hooks in the back or just use the edge of the canvas to hang your block.


Now for my giveaway, when I saw this panel I first noticed the dots and felt it would be a fun one to work with.

Could use the panel as a lap top, maybe place mats or could be pillows. 

All you need to do is leave a comment, If you follow my blog or decide to now, make a separate comment but it is not require. Just a bonus for my followers.

Deadline is Friday the Sept.15th 
Winner picked by random

I want to say thank you for stopping by and I hope you will again. 

Friends are always welcomed.

Till next time,

Kat

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The winner is Quilt and Queen who wrote
"Hi Kathleen,there is something about dots and paisleys, they just go perfect together. Great project, love the canvas board idea. Thanks for sharing!! Happy stitching, Pauline'

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Thank you everyone for visiting.