A Spool "Quilty" Tutorial!!!….

Last fall I made this 15" x 15" sewing spools "quilty" for a friend.

Because this week in the sew along we did the spools…

I thought it would be fun to show it to you!

This is my Fall Leaves Quilty from the book.

Do you all know what a "quilty" is?

I explain it all in my book but I'll tell you again:)

I've always loved to make little quilts

 to hang on the wall or use as a

 little table topper in place of a doily…

so I like to call them "quiltys" instead of "doilies"

I used my fall leaves block to 

make a quilty for the book…

but most of my blocks in there

 will work just as well!

For this one…

I just made 9 of my sewing spool blocks.

Easy peasy!

I cut 6 - 1" x 3 1/2" sashings for in-between the blocks

 when sewing the blocks together 

(two sashings per row)

Then I cut 4 - 1" x 10 1/2" sashings to go between the two rows

and for the top and the bottom.

Then I cut 2 - 1" x 11 1/2" and sewed to the sides.

I pressed my seam allowances toward all of the sashing strips:)

I cut 2 - 2 1/2" x 11 1/2" border strips and added to the sides…

then added 2 - 2 1/2" x 15 1/2" onto the top and bottom.

YaY!

Cute and ready for quilting:)

I chose a fat quarter of my aqua numbers print

 from my Gracie Girl collection for the back.

I layered it with batting in-between..

 cut about 1" larger all the way around…

and machine quilted it:)

(I highly recommend using a walking foot

 when you are straight stitch machine quilting:)

I decided to add rid-rac inside the binding for an extra cute little touch.

You will need about 70" of prepared binding for this quilty…

so cut 2 - 2 1/2" x WOF strips and prepare it.

I have a tutorial from a few years ago on 

how I bind my quilts and also how I add rid-rac.

Click here 

if you want to check it out!

And just as easy as pie…

I made a cute little gift

 using just bits and bobs

 from my 2 1/2" strips

 scrappy stash basket:)

I love making something out of leftovers that could easily have just been thrown away:) 

Because I cut my leftovers into usable sizes…

they are always ready for a sweet little project:)

click here 

for my scrappy stash tutorial and 

to learn how I save my leftovers 

so that they can easily be used)

I hope you enjoyed this little project…

let me know if you'd like to see more ideas on

 different ways to use my Quilty Fun blocks!

Have a quilty kind of day…

and sew it like you mean it!!!

xx

Lori