Today is my turn on the Sizzix Quilt Blog Hop.
A bunch of us got together and decided to make great quilted projects to show you what the Sizzix Big Shot and Fabi machines can do.
I knew I wanted to make a simple baby blanket and utilize the half square triangles cutting die. I have been sewing for more than 15 years and quilting for about 5 years, but I don’t consider myself a “quilter”. As soon as I took the Fabi machine for it’s first spin, I had a feeling I would be quilting more often.
During the Christmas holidays we visited my family in Alberta, Canada. As we drove along the mountain range, I found the inspiration for my quilt – baby blue skies, royal blue mountains, slate grey fence posts and yellow dotted fields.
Here is what you need to get started:
Materials:
- Fabric – 6 solid colors for the front, 1 pattern for the binding and back
- Sizzix Fabi or Big Shot
- Half Square Triangles Cutting Die
- Batting
- Sewing supplies
- Sewing machine
- Iron and ironing board
I used the Half Square Triangles cutting die. I am addicted to triangles and love the versatility of a HST. It was so easy. All I had to to was cut a few fabric rectangles, insert the layers through my Fabi and I was on my way!
As I played around with the layout the perfect pattern came about to suit my mountain theme.
I hope I’ve inspired you. Make sure to follow along, as you can get project ideas featuring Sizzix fabi dies as well as projects using their newest Bigz Pro Quilting collection with designs from the artist, author and quilter Victoria Findlay Wolfe!
Sizzix will be giving away a grand prize! Head over to the Sizzix blog for details.
Make sure to follow along and enter. Here are all the participants and dates. You can visit blogs and see what wonderful quilts they have all come up with:
Jan 16th – Twisted Sister / Jamie Fingal
Jan 16th – Generation Q / Tracy Mooney
Jan 17th – Modern Handcraft / Nicole Daksiewicz
Jan 18th – Love Bug Studios / Ebony Love
Jan 18th – Holly gets Quilty / Holly Hughes
Jan 19th – Me
Jan 19th – Leslie Tucker Jenison
Jan 20th – Leigh Laurel Studios / Karin Jordan
Jan 20th – Sue Bleiweiss
Jan 21st – Jenny Doan / The Cutting Table
Jan 21st – Bumble Beans Inc / Victoria Findlay Wolfe
I love this baby quilt!! Great colors and I love the geometric feel to it!! I can see this in either a boy’s or girl’s room! I must save my pennies so I can get these dies and one of the machines so I can get back into quilting TFS!
Thanks Barb! i and fun with these colors. The Sizzix dies make it so much easier to cut and then get onto the sewing part.
You sure did inspire me to do a baby quilt. Your colors (and how you picked the mountains as your inspiration) is amazing.
Thanks Susan. I had a hard time deciding what to do… The mountains seemed perfect! 🙂 Have a great day.
Love the baby quilt. Thanks for the tutorial.
Wow! This is really pretty! I like that you got your idea from nature! Great job on this quilt!
I really want to get this die. Thanks for sharing.
LOVE the Pattern & Colors!!!
Very Calming for Babies!!!
TFS !!! 😉
Wonderful baby quilt. I like your color inspiration photo.
Fun & cute quilt. I like the colors. Thank you
I really like your quilt. The hst arrangement is great and the colors are so cheerful.
Love this quilt! We have new Granbaby due in April..Son & his wife are doing the room in Whales, & such….this quilt would be Perfect to add…colors too! Perfect! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Days at the beach, summer vacations,fun. That’s what this feels like. Beautiful.
That is really lovely. I love the simple clean feel of it!
love the fresh colors & perfect triangles
It really does look Alberta inspired!! Gorgeous creation, as usual!