Sunday, February 28, 2010

Friend Ship Quilt

LifeIsTHEJourney Forum is doing a friend ship quilt. We are making 14 blocks and mailing them to one another. Each person will receive all their blocks during that time frame. This is going to be a great project for all of us, beginners & advanced seamstresses.

HERE IS WEEK 1-

Start with an 8x8 square of parchment paper.This will just be used as a guid of how big your square is.
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Cute your fabric into 1-2 inch strips.
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Sew your strips together. Right sides together.
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Iron it open
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Continue sewing all the strips together. Then you may cut your block into quarters, then sew them together ones again.
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This is the finished block and pkg being mailed.
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