Fall Into A QAL – Finished Quilt Top

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6 years ago

I'm so proud to present my finished quilt top! I added basic sashing and a border to my quilt blocks! I used yellow and orange sashing and cornerstones to keep with some beautiful fall colors!

Whenever there is sashing, having cornerstones will make sure the quilt gets aligned properly. My quilt finishes at 49"x63".

Here are my finishing instructions:
Adding Sashing:
Cutting:
Sashes - Cut 31 - 2.5"x12.5" strips
Cornerstones - Cut 20 - 2.5" squares

Sew Cornerstone - Sash - Cornerstone - Sash - Cornerstone - Sash - Cornerstone together to make a horizontal row. Press seams to the cornerstone. Make 5.

Sew Sash - Block - Sash - Block - Sash - Block -Sash together to make a horizontal row. Press seams towards the sashing. Make 4.

Sew the rows together as desired and press seams in either direction.

Adding Borders:
Cutting:
Cut 6 - 3"xWidth of Fabric

Sew the strips together with a diagonal seam to make one long strip.

From that long strip:

Cut 2 - 3"x58.5" for the side borders
Cut 2 - 3"x49.5" for the top and bottom borders

Sew the side borders on the quilt and press seams to the borders.

Sew the top and bottom border on the quilt and press seams to the borders.

Ta Da! Finished quilt top!

Submit your completed quilt top in the linky party below (you do not need a url to post), the Facebook Group Page, and/or on Instagram with #FallIntoAQAL to be entered into the grand prize drawing! One lucky person will win an Island Batik 24 piece Fat Eighth Bundle of the "Pumpkin Patch" fabric collection, one Warm Company Queen Size Batting, an exclusive Shabby Fabric quilt pattern "Blessing of Spring" designed by Jennifer Bosworth (the pattern set includes patterns for all 9 blocks to finish to 56"x62"), an Omnigrid Zipper Pouch containing an Omnigrid 4" square ruler and a pair of 4-inch Needlecraft scissors, and a six month subscription to the e-magazine Make Modern. WOW! The grand prize is worth over $200 in prizes!

The prize entry window starting from 12AM Eastern on October 16, 2018, until 11:59PM Eastern on November 12, 2018.

As a reminder, I have a quick links page to catch up on the blocks in this QAL and my associated blog posts. You can also get to that page by clicking the Fall Into A QAL button on the right sidebar.

Remember that the patterns are only free until the end of the QAL at 11:59PM Eastern on November 12, 2018.

Happy Sewing! I can't wait to see your quilts!

Be sure to check out all the other hosts!

Abbie at Sparkle On
April at JANDA Bend Quilts
Bobbi at Snowy Days Quilting
Jennifer at The Inquiring Quilter
Karen at Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats
Sherry at Powered by Quilting <- That's Me!
Vanda at Quilting With Vanda

BUT WAIT! There's more!!! We're excited to announce that we will be doing another quilt along in 2019! We're still ironing out the details, but we'll let you know more as soon as we do. Announcements about the next quilt along will be made right here on my blog, as well as in the Partners in Design, where Friends and Fabric Meet Facebook group.

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Join me again on Friday for Friday Foto Fun and on Sunday for the #365DaysOfArtPBQChallenge! Link up and share your progress on your own projects!