Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The Cart Before the Horse OR The Boo Before the QAL

So I am planning to do this Super Mario Bros QAL through Angela's Cut to Pieces.
 
Combine this with the RWB Blog Hop (see my post here...psst...there's a giveaway)
MASTER SCHEDULE FOUND HERE
Where I meet this crazy cool quilter, Karen of The Recipe Bunny,  who's made her own Mario quilt and patterns...a bit of bartering later...and voila...I am making Karen's "Boo" pattern which I believe is my son's fave character.

 This is all 324 - 1 1/2" squares laid out over my new 30 x30 ironing board (see post below).  It is on top of Pellon P44F stabilizer and a muslin grid.  This technique is from Elizabeth Hartman's great Stamp Collection block tut here.
 This is a pic of the back after sewing the vertical seams, cutting those seams, and pressing them open.
 This is a pic after sewing the horizontal seams and having cut 3/4 of them open and running out of steam last night, lol!
This is Boo in "time-out",  I think I have had enough iron time for today but he probably could use a bit more pressing into submission before I trim him square and call him done ;)

Now, I am still interested to see how the methods differ in the QAL from what I did with this one...it is a bit pot-holder-esque with the stabilizer and Angela is using a wash-away.  Karen is too cool for us both and just sewed all those itty bitty squares together without stabilizer...may we all bow before her!  ;)

Thanks so much Karen for letting me use your awesome pattern!!  Be sure to visit her blog as she is rapidly putting the finishing touches on her quilt and the sneaky peeks look amazing :)

4 comments:

mennikelly said...

It looks amazing!

Karen said...

Wow, you really did a good job with that block! You can't tell from the picture that it's like a potholder - does it just feel like it? I'm sure cutting apart all of the seams is a little pesky, but all of your points look great. Did the block turn out fairly square? Keep up the good work! Only 11 more to go! :)

Bethany (Make Me A Quilt) said...

Oh my goodness - your block is PERFECT. I'm so jealous! I'll admit, I didn't take the time to press my seams open, which might be why I had so much trouble sewing through all the layers of fabric. Your boo looks so amazing!

PS I am also jealous of that big ironing board you got there!

krislovesfabric said...

Thanks :) You should definitely make one of the boards, it was around 20 dollars or so of materials and makes the piecing and pressing much easier!