Week 7 of our quilt along starts today! It’s hard to believe this is the last week of our quilt along. If this makes you sad too, I have something to cheer you up. I have a FREE quilt along that will start in a few weeks. It will run from May 8 – July 3. When I say FREE quilt along, I mean it. This one is as FREE as I can make it: FREE quilt along using a FREE pattern. When you sign up, you’ll get an email with the pattern and the schedule. You can sign up for that one HERE.
Ok, now back on task with our Dublin Fancy Quilt along. All that’s left to do is sew our blocks together. After making 75 pinwheels and then cube blocks with 36 tiny cubes each, this is the easy part. You are SEW close to getting this top together.
Pressing to get your seams lined up
I feel like I talk about pressing a lot in these quilt along posts. That’s the thing everyone always asks about, and it’s one of those things some quilters like to argue about. With all the tiny pieces in the cube blocks it’s not really possible to always press to the dark side and get your seams to nest. So, you may end up with a seam that isn’t pressed in the direction you need it to go to nest the seams. I’ve seen people on forums and such say that they would unpick their stithes and redo one of the seams to get it going in the right direction if they accidentally ended up with a twisted seam. Everyone should do what works best for them. BUT, I will go ahead and say that this is not something I would actually do. IF I was worried about that little bit of bulk from a twisted seam (I’m not worried about it in the least), I’d probably just press the finished block and use a clapper to flatten it out as much as possible. ***TIP: A maple cutting board makes a great sub for a Tailor’s Clapper, and it has a bigger surface area so you can work with more pieces at a time.
So, the pressing instructions for quilt top assembly in the pattern are based on nested seams. BUT, if open seams is your jam, just do that. Once your quilt is finished, you can’t see the back of the quilt top anyway. It’s unlikely that the people who are looking at your beautiful finished quilt will be able to tell how you pressed your seams or even care about that anyway. Long story short, do what works best for you! I talked a little bit about pressing during the quilt top assembly section of my Checker Cakes quilt along. You can read that HERE.
Finishing your Quilt
Basting, quilting, and binding aren’t technically part of the quilt along, but I thought I just drop off some links to some previous posts for those.
Basting with glue sticks & Quilting organic wavy lines with your walking foot
My Hybrid Binding Method
Get a custom label for your quilt!
Our quilt top is so close to being finished! Do you have any ideas for how you want to quilt it? Do you have your backing and binding fabrics picked out? If you’re going to add a corner label to your quilt, you need to put it on after quilting and squaring but before binding. If you want a custom Dublin Fancy label with your name on it, you can get one! I order all of my labels from Melanie at Souther Charm Quilts/Meander and Make. They are great labels. You can order your Dublin Fancy Quilt label here. Just be sure to select “Dublin Fancy Label” to get the one that looks like the label pictured below. Last week I said I would show you picutes of the other labels soon, so we’ll do that in this post! Scroll down to see them. They are super cute too! Full disclosure: that was an affiliate link meaning I earn commission, but it doesn’t affect the price you pay. Use the coupon code SNUGGLEBUGSTITCHING for 10% off.
I also have a custom label available for the FREE quilt along that begins on May 8! It’s avaialbe at the same link.
Each Week on the Blog
I’ll link to all of the other weeks near the end of each post. I will add each post here as I have them. You can also find this on the Quilt Alongs Page.
Week 1 – Gather Fabrics and Cut Chain Block Pieces
Week 2 – Make 5 Chain Blocks
Week 3 – Make 5 Chain Blocks – Plus a new tip for half square triangles!
Week 4 – Make 5 Chain Blocks
Week 5 – Make Strip Units; Make 7 Cube Blocks
Week 6 – Make 8 Cube Blocks
Week 7 – You are currently at the Week 7 Post
That’s all I’ve got for today
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