Scrap House Quilt

It's been over a week since I posted anything on here.  What with excursions, hospital appointments (not mine!) and having extensive maintenance on the laptop this is my first opportunity to catch up.

I want to get the little houses quilt made in time for the exhibition and also as an example for anyone else who wants to make it.

So I am going to post photos of my progress.  Mine will be different in some ways to the Katherine Geurrier one but similar in other ways.

As quilting a large area is not easy on a domestic sewing machine I have decided to make mine up in three parts with the joins across the width.  It could easily be made up in smaller sections if necessary.

It's a good idea to sketch out the size and shape on paper first before sewing blocks together so that you know what surrounding blocks you need around the little houses.  Also if doing it in sections to help get the sections to the right size.

Lay out all the houses on a flat surface like a bed and decide on their position in the quilt and where the joins will be.  The sections can then be worked on separately and can relate to the sketch you have done.  As you sew the pieces together aim for the size you want for each section and for the overall quilt.  You will probably have to put quite a few pieced blocks above and below the houses to get it to the size you want.

I have made nine houses with surrounding gardens or landscape so will put three houses in each section.

My additional pieces between the houses will be curved strips and saw tooth strips, half square triangles and pinwheel blocks, diamond strips and possibly some small inserts of fabric that I just happen to like for its colour or design.

 
 
At this point then I have lots of pieces cut out ready to be made up.  Diamond strips are shown here and if you need a reminder of how to do this it is on an earlier blog or the DVD still available to borrow.

The other main piecing I am doing is to make lots of half-square triangle blocks which can then be made into pinwheel blocks or quarter square triangles or saw tooth strips.  Again all these methods are either on the blog or have been circulated before and are to be found on the DVD available to borrow on request.

 To be continued ........