Sew Let’s QAL Block 4!
Block 4 of Sew Let's QAL is released today! Read all the details of the QAL here. Don't forget to bookmark my quick links page for easy access to all of the designers' and hosts' blog posts! Block 4 is all about spools of thread and it was designed by Bobbi at Snowy Days Quilting. She designed 2 different versions of the block and I picked the spinning spools version. Remember that all patterns for the QAL will be free until September 24, 2019 (the end of the QAL).
Here are my top tips for constructing this block:
- I used 4 different colors for my threads and made spools of thread for each size with each color.
- This block has lots of small pieces so be sure to label everything while you cut!
- I cut all of my pieces during Sewtopia and I didn't have a design board with me, so I used a piece of scrap batting to improvise. Check out my design board tutorial to make your own.
- Because of the small pieces, your seam allowance is going to be very important to make sure the block doesn't skew.
- I started sewing the block together, but since I was using a Sewtopia machine I quickly decided to hold off and finish the block at home. I could not keep a 1/4" seam on a new to me machine!
- When you trim the larger spool to size, make sure that you keep a 1/4" seam on either side of the base of the spool. Click the photo to enlarge.
- Finish off your block with the pattern instructions and you are done! YAY!
Remember, we are doing prizes by segment for this QAL rather than by each individual block. The current segment ends after Block 5 and the entry window will be open from 12am Eastern on May 7 to 11:59pm Eastern on May 20. There are 3 ways to enter, all of which require a photo of all finished blocks in the segment:
- If you are on Facebook: Join the Partners in Design, Where Friends and Fabric Meet Facebook Group, and post a photo of all the blocks in the segment to be entered to win.
- If you are on Instagram: Use the hashtag #SewLetsQAL on the photos of all the finished blocks in the segment to be entered to win.
- Each host will have a Linky Party on their last block of the segment for you to link up the photo of all finished blocks for that segment in order to be entered to win.
The prizes for this segment include:
- A newly released item from Omnigrid® (a Prym Company) -Large Folding Cutting Kit that includes an 18 x 24" mat, a 3" x 18" ruler and a 45 mm rotary cutter
- Timeless Treasures Tonga Treat Strip Jr. "Orchid" -20 pc 2 1/2" strip pack
- 2 Shabby Fabrics Vintage Blessings printed table runner patterns and a packet of Sunflower laser-cut appliqués (small.)
- And, a free PDF pattern from each of these “Partners in Design”
Thank you so much to all of our sponsors!
Don't forget to check out the other awesome hosts of the QAL for more tips and tricks and to see the other variations of this block!
April @ JANDA Bend Quilts
Becca @ Pretty Piney Quilts
Bobbi @ Snowy Days Quilting
Sherry @ Powered by Quilting <- That's me!
Abbie @ Sparkle On!
Karen @ Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats
Sandy @ SandyStar Designs
Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing
Sandra @ Sandra Healy Designs
Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter
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Very pretty version, Sherri, I love the fabrics you have chosen for your spinning spools.
Absolutely beautiful! These blocks are all fabulous (and in my favorite colors).
They are terrific spools and I like that you repeated your colors in each of the spools. That thread collection is right up my alley!
I like how you mixed up the spool sizes with the same fabrics. It really spins!