It’s WEEK 2 of the SnowBell Prize Quilt Along! This week we will be making all of the corner units for all of our blocks. I like to make all of these units at once, since all of the blocks have them.
If you prefer making one block at a time, that’s great too! Decide how many blocks you want to complete this week and go for it!
First you will make half square triangles for each block. Make sure to trim them to the correct size. Then you can sew your units together.
It’s time to grab our fabrics, press them and get to cutting! I’m making my daughter’s Teacher a baby boy quilt. This quilt along is very fast paced because I need to finish my quilt quickly. You can feel free to work at your own pace and take your time.
I prefer to cut all of my fabrics for all of my blocks all at once. Then I can get to sewing. If you prefer to cut one block at a time, go for it! This may be an easier method if you are going super-duper scrappy.
QUILT ALONG SCHEDULE: Now – Grab the pattern and share your fabric with us! Nov. 15th – Week 1 – Cut pieces Nov. 22th – Week 2 – Make corners units Nov. 29th- Week 3 – Make All Block 1’s Dec. 6th- Week 4 – Make All Block 2’s Dec. 13th – Week 5 – Finish our quilts!
Join me in a quick paced quilt along using the SnowBell Prize Quilt pattern! My daughter’s teacher is having a baby soon. So, I wanted to make her a baby quilt. I think her last day will be before Winter Break, so I need to get working on this quilt. So, I thought a quilt along would help motivate me!
HOW TO PARTICIPATE: Join my Facebook group and post your weekly progress photos OR post your photos on Instagram with the hashtag #SnowBellPrizeQAL or Tag me in your photo!
Grab the pattern and choose what size you’d like to make. The pattern includes instructions for: Baby (48 x 48 in), Lap (48 x 64 in), Throw (64 x 80 in), Full (80 x 96 in), Queen (96 x 112 in) and King (112 x 112 in).
Each week I will film a LIVE video in the Facebook Quilt Along group. If you can’t watch it LIVE it will be saved to the group and uploaded to my YouTube channel.
You can check out all my awesome tester’s versions and read more about this quilt HERE!
QUILT ALONG SCHEDULE: Now – Grab the pattern and share your fabric with us! Nov. 15th – Week 1 – Cut pieces Nov. 22th – Week 2 – Make corners units Nov. 29th- Week 3 – Make All Block 1’s Dec. 6th- Week 4 – Make All Block 2’s Dec. 13th – Week 5 – Finish our quilts!
Hello there! This is my Seismic Impact Quilt! My son named this one, he thought the ripple effect looked like a Seismic Impact. I wanted to design a quilt that could be made in two colors or several colors. Also, I love designing quilts that aren’t super girly. My cousin is having a baby boy this fall and I will be gifting her this baby size quilt.
I found these beautiful fabrics in my stash and thought they’d be perfect for this quilt. The pattern is written so you can have 6 main colors with a background. I decided to use each of my colors twice with the gray background color. I like how the fabrics look like solids from a distance, but up-close they have a print.
Fabrics: A & D: Andover Fabrics – Bumble Bee Basics Rain White, B & E: Dear Stella – Dash Flow in Aruba, C & F: Dear Stella – Dash Flow in Cobalt, and G: Kona Cotton – Iron.
I quilted this one using the design as a guide. I lined my walking foot up on the seams so there is a quilting line abut 1/4 inch from the seams. I love how it turned out!
Here’s Snow’s SnowBell Prize quilt! You ask, ‘Why is it called SnowBell Prize’, you may be able to guess it. One of my daughter’s nicknames is SnowBell Prize. I wanted to make her a snowflake quilt that was fun and colorful!
When I had previously used this Andover Fabrics Rainbow Hearts and Stars fabrics for a different quilt, I thought it would make a perfect Snowflake fabric. We pulled colors from this fabric for the backgrounds of the blocks.
The pattern includes instructions for: Baby (48 x 48 in), Lap (48 x 64 in), Throw (64 x 80 in), Full (80 x 96 in), Queen (96 x 112 in) and King (112 x 112 in). **You can make a TWIN size by adding a small border to the Throw size.
There are cutting instructions for: 2 main color option 3 main color option Scrappy using Fat Quarters Super Duper Scrappy
This pattern has 2 different Snowflake quilt blocks that can be made using yardage, fat quarters, or you can go super duper scrappy!
I quilted this by going diagonal through the blocks twice, horizontal twice and vertical twice. I was kind of going for a Snowflake quilting vibe.
I love pairing a Black and White binding with rainbow inspired quilts! I just so happened to find some black and white stripped binding already made in my fabric bins!
I hope you love this quilt design and it inspires you to create your own quilt!!
I had drawn out a new pattern for my daughter Snow, so I was planning on making her a quilt. But, I thought I should make my son a quilt first, since he is older. I made him a Twin size quilt for his bed 7 years ago. So, I thought I’d make him a throw size this time, but he said Twin size is better.
I had been playing around with this plaid design for a while, trying to decide what size block. I settled on the 10 inch finished block, because it resulted in the best finished size quilt. I thought this pattern would be perfect for Cloud and he loved it. He helped me pick out the name Pleasantly Plaid and he went searching online for the perfect fabrics for his quilt.
You can make this pattern using 2 main colors, 6 main colors, Scrappy using Fat Quarters and Super Duper Scrappy. You can also use layer cakes and charm packs!!
The pattern comes with directions for a Baby, Lap, Throw, Twin, Queen and King size quilt!
FABRICS USED: A (1) – Windham Fabrics- Lofi Zig Zag Indigo, A (2) – Dear Stella – Dash Flow – Riviera, A (3) – PBS Fabrics – Over the Rainbow Clouds Light Blue, B (1) – Maywood Studio- Kimberbell Basics Linen Texture Green, B (2) – Dear Stella Moonscape Kiwi, B (3) – Windham Fabrics – Foundation Hexagon in Grass, C – Andover Fabrics – Bumble Bee Basics Rain White and D – Andover Fabrics – Bumble Bee Basics Ripple Black.
I love the fabrics he ended up choosing! They are perfect for him. He loved the geometric, print on prints, but not too busy. And of course, he had to pick a cloud print since his name is Cloud.
I decided to use the Warm and Natural batting, because that is what my local Joann fabrics had. I do prefer the Warm and Plush, but I wanted to get this done quickly. I love using 505 spray baste, because it helps the basting process go much faster! And we chose an Ultra Soft flat sheet from Target for the backing. He’s twin on his bed has this and its super soft and is durable.
For the quilting, I followed the plaid lines, and stitched about a 1/4 inch from the seams. I also stitched about 1/4 inch from the edges of the blocks. Giving the quilt a checkered quilting look.
I bound the quilt in the black to give it a nice dark frame! I love how it turned out and Cloud loves it too, which is most important!
I love how quick and easy this quilt was to make! I made a Lap size top in about 3 days with left over fabrics from my Lovely Star Garden quilt.
I can’t believe it’s already the last week of our quilt along! We have all of these beautiful blocks, now it’s time to turn them into a quilt!
I’m so excited to see everyone’s quilt tops come together! Thank you so much for quilting along with me, I’ve had so much fun seeing everyone progress photos!
This pattern would be considered good for an intermediate quilter. It has a lot of blocks and pieces to make and keep organized.
Make sure to post your finished quilt tops photos in the Facebook Quilt Along group or post one over on Instagram with the hashtag #InfiniteNightHelixQAL
JOIN ME! I will be filming a LIVE video in the Facebook Quilt Along group tomorrow (Wednesday Nov. 9th) at 11 am PDT to see if anyone has questions about finishing their quilts. If you can’t watch it live, it will be saved to the group and be uploaded to my YouTube channel and will be placed in this blog post.
Finishing our Quilts!
Things you will need: Backing Fabric (at least 6 inches wider and longer than your quilt top.) Quilt Batting (at least 6 inches wider and longer than your quilt top*) * If you plan on having a longarmer quilt your quilt, check with them to see how much overhang they need. Basting Spray or Basting Pins Binding Fabric These are helpful but not necessary: Hera Marker to mark out your quilting lines Walking Foot (Helps pull your quilt from both the top and the bottom) OR a Free Motion foot, if you’d like to try Free Motion quilting.
Quilt Sandwich: First you will need to make your Quilt Sandwich. You will need to cut and sew your backing fabric to make it fit under your quilt correctly. Make sure it is at least 3 inches wider than your quilt top on all sides (quilt top size + 6 inches). Trim your selvage edge off after joining your pieces.
I barely had enough backing and batting when I was quilting this one, but since I used a Cotton batting, it didn’t shift at all and it was ok.
Make your quilt sandwich by first laying down your quilt backing, wrong side facing up. Tape down to a hard surface, making fabric taut. Next lay your batting on top. Smooth out with your hands, do not stretch. Then lay your quilt top right side up, smooth out with your hands.
There are so many different types of batting. I really love the Warm Company products! I have been using the Warm and Plush a lot lately because it is a little thicker than the Warm and Natural and the Warm and White cotton battings. The Warm and White is nice when you have a lot of light colors or white in your quilt and you don’t want the batting to alter the colors at all.
Basting Your Quilt:
Spray baste: My favorite way to baste my quilt is by using Spray Baste! It makes basting so much easier. If you have allergies, this is probably not a good option for you. I’ve tried several different types of spray baste. Some are better than others. 505 Temporary adhesive spray has come highly recommended by several quilters to me. I have been using this brand for the last few quilts I have made. It has great stickiness without being overly sticky. I love that it does not get all over the place like some other sprays I have used. Find a place where you can lay out your quilt. Make sure to tape the backing fabric taut to the floor (or large table).
Pin basting: You can use large curved safety pin about 3 to 4 inches apart (about the width of your hand). I like to use the large curved basting pins. This takes a little longer than the spray basting but is a great option.
Quilting your Quilt: I love that Quilting your quilt can give it another design element. You can choose to send your quilt to a longarmer or quilt it yourself.
Make sure to check your batting to see how far apart your quilting lines need to be.
For my original quilted it following the design. I lined my foot up with the edge of my seams and went around all the design.
I like to choose the lightest color in the quilt to use for my thread. This quilt I used white on the front and grey on the back, to match the backing fabric (sheet from Target).
Hand Tie your Quilt: Some prefer to tie there quilt. Suzy Quilts has an cool way of tying quilts. Check out her Tutorial!
Hand Quilt: Here’s a wonderful video tutorial by Suzy Quilts all about How to Hand Quilt.
Machine Quilt using your Walking Foot: Emily Dennis from Quilty Love has a great tutorial on how to Zig zag quilt your quilt with a Walking foot. Click here I love this method of quilting, it give your quilt great texture.
Free Motion Quilting: Free motion quilting can give you great texture and if you aren’t great at quilting straight lines, this would be great for you. Suzy Williams from Suzy Quilts has a great Free Motion Quilting Tutorial. Click here.
Binding Your Quilt:
Binding is the fabric strip that goes on the edge of your quilt. It covers all of the unfinished edges and rounds out your quilt.
ou will want to make sure to square up your quilt before you attach the binding. Cut off the extra batting around the edges and make sure your sides are straight and corners are squared.
Most quilters will cut 2 1/2 inch by width of fabric strips and then sew them together at the ends at a diagonal. Then press the strip in half, so that you are wrapping 2 layers of fabric around all of your edges.
You can machine sew the binding to the front of your quilt and wrap it around to the back and hand stitch it down. Or some prefer sewing the binding to the back of the quilt, wrapping it around to the front and machine stitching it down.
Machine binding tutorial by Emily Dennis of Quilty Love CLICK HERE. This is a great beginner friendly tutorial.
Here is a great binding tutorial by Suzy Williams of Suzy Quilts CLICK HERE.
I’m so excited to see everyone finished quilts! Make sure to post them in the Quilt Along Group on Instagram with the Hashtag #InfiniteNightHelixQAL
This pattern would be considered good for an intermediate quilter. It has a lot of blocks and pieces to make and keep organized.
Week 8 – Make (2) Block M and (2) Block N.
Wow, I can’t believe it’s already our last week of making blocks!! I’m so excited to see your quilts come together next week!
This week’s blocks are going to go together super quick. This will give some time to catch up!
Make sure to follow the color placement in the diagrams closely to ensure that your blocks end up correctly. Also, measure each unit after each step, to make sure your units are ending up the correct size.
I love seeing your progress photos so, post a photo over in the Facebook Quilt Along group or post one over on Instagram with the hashtag #InfiniteNightHelixQAL
JOIN ME! I will be filming a LIVE video in the Facebook Quilt Along group tomorrow (Wednesday Nov. 2nd) at 11 am PDT to go over how to make Blocks M and N. I will also answer any questions you have. If you can’t watch it live, it will be saved to the group and be uploaded to my YouTube channel and will be placed in this blog post.
This schedule goes along with the larger sizes of the quilt pattern. If you would like to make the baby size, you will skip Blocks E thru N and go to Blocks O & P.
This pattern would be considered good for an intermediate quilter. It has a lot of blocks and pieces to make and keep organized.
Week 7 – Make (4) Block K and (4) Block L.
We only have two more weeks of block making!! This quilt along is going by so fast!
This week we will be making (4) Block K and (4) Block L. These go together so quick! So, if you are behind, this week will give you some time to catch up with previous blocks.
Make sure to follow the color placement in the diagrams closely to ensure that your blocks end up correctly. Also, measure each unit after each step, to make sure your units are ending up the correct size.
I love seeing your progress photos so, post a photo over in the Facebook Quilt Along group or post one over on Instagram with the hashtag #InfiniteNightHelixQAL
JOIN ME! I will be filming a LIVE video in the Facebook Quilt Along group today (Tuesday Oct. 25th) at 10 am PDT to go over how to make Blocks K and L. I will also answer any questions you have. If you can’t watch it live, it will be saved to the group and be uploaded to my YouTube channel and will be placed in this blog post.
This schedule goes along with the larger sizes of the quilt pattern. If you would like to make the baby size, you will skip Blocks E thru N and go to Blocks O & P.
This pattern would be considered good for an intermediate quilter. It has a lot of blocks and pieces to make and keep organized.
Week 6 – Make (2) Block I and (4) Block J.
This week we will start making blocks for the two side columns. So, if you are making the baby size, you will want to jump to page 13 and work on Blocks O and P, or you can take a break!
Make sure to follow the color placement in the diagrams closely to ensure that your blocks end up correctly. Also, measure each unit after each step, to make sure your units are ending up the correct size.
I love seeing your progress photos so, post a photo over in the Facebook Quilt Along group or post one over on Instagram with the hashtag #InfiniteNightHelixQAL
JOIN ME! I will be filming a LIVE video in the Facebook Quilt Along group today (Tuesday Oct. 18th) at 11 am PDT to go over how to make Blocks I and J. I will also answer any questions you have. If you can’t watch it live, it will be saved to the group and be uploaded to my YouTube channel and will be placed in this blog post.
This schedule goes along with the larger sizes of the quilt pattern. If you would like to make the baby size, you will skip Blocks E thru N and go to Blocks O & P.
