Week 7 of our quilt along starts today! It’s hard to believe that we’re almost done! This week, we’ll make our last 6 blocks so that we can sew them all together to finish our quilt tops next week. The blocks aren’t overly tiny, and there aren’t any seams within the blocks that have to match up. You only have to match up the corners of the blocks. This should make for a quick and easy quilt top assembly once all of your blocks are complete. I hope everyone has enjoyed making these easy blocks while also practicing what may be a new skill for some of us, partial seams.
I mentioned in last week’s post that I wrote this pattern during the Quilter’s Candy Pattern Writing Course back in 2022. I wanted to have a FREE pattern to give as a thank you to my subscribers. BUT, I chose to write a partial seams pattern because of T-shirt quilts, specifically puzzle style t-shirt quilts like the ones I usually make. I get a lot of people asking me how I make them. There’s definitely a lot that goes into making any style T-shirt quilt. BUT you can’t make the puzzle style like I make without some partial seams. So, I thought it would be nice to have an easy, FREE pattern to practice partial seams in a way that they aren’t overwhelming.
Choosing your quilt backing
Since we are SEW close to having this one finished, it’s about time to start thinking about a quilt backing, if you haven’t already. I have the backing requirements for this one listed based on 42″ width of fabric and one seam. It doesn’t really matter if you use a horizontal seam or a vertical seam since this is a square quilt. So, I’d just use whichever works best with the print on your fabric. OR, if there isn’t a direction print on you fabric, even better, just pick whichever seam direction you like best! So, I have the backing requirements for using ony one backing fabric, but I’ve never actually done that for this quilt. The quilt I’m making with you during this quilt along will be my third Partial Dreams quilt, and I’ve used 2 prints in the backing every time. For this quilt all you have to do is divide your yardage by 2 to see how much you need to get for each piece. So, instead of the 4-1/2 yards listed in the pattern, get 2-1/4 yards of each print.
You can see all my fabrics for this quilt in the picture below. I chose a purple and a yellow for the backing because they are the colors of the local high school where my daughter just graduated. (It’s weird talking about my daugther as a high school graduate since it was practically only yesterday that she was a little toddler running aroung the house. Time goes WAY too fast!)
You can also make your backing even scrappier. I’ve made some quilts with a backing so scrappy it’s practically a reversible quilt. Sewing pieces together until you fill the amount of space for your backing is always fun! I did that in this quilt and this quilt and some others that I don’t have on the blog.
Get a custom label for your quilt!
I had some labels made for this pattern! If you want a custom Partial Dreams label with your name on it, you can get one! I order all of my labels from Melanie at Southern Charm Quilts/Meander and Make. They are great labels. You can get order your Partial Dreams Quilt label here. Just be sure to select “Partial Dreams Label” to get the one that looks like the label pictured below. 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.
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 Fabris & Cut Pieces
Week 2 – Make 6 blocks
Week 3 – Make 6 blocks, Accuracy vs Precision
Week 4 – Make 6 blocks, Pictures from Quilt Along Participants
Week 5 – Make 6 blocks, FREE Event Schedule for this year
Week 6 – Make 6 blocks, labeling your quilts
Week 7 – You are currently at the week 7 post
Week 8 – Assemble your quilt top
Prize for this Week
The prize for this week is going to be a fat quarter bundle from @southercharmquilts. This bundle has 16 pieces just like the Fat Quarter version of this quilt calls for, and it’s the same fabrics I used for the foreground in my Partial Dreams #2! It’s currently on pre-order. So, the lucky winner will get the bundle when they fabrics ship out in August. You can see my quilt from these fabrics in the picture below. To be eligible for prizes:
– You must be following me and our sponsors on Instagram and post progress pictures for the week on Instagram by Tuesday at 5:00 PM Central Time. You must tag me @snugglebugstitching in your posts and use the #partialdreamsqal and #partialdreamsquilt.
Here are the accounts you need to be following:
@snugglebugstitching
@southercharmquilts
@benartex_fabrics
-I will announce the winner on Instagram and tag the lucky quilt alonger so that they know they’ve won. The winner will have one week to contact me to claim the prize. Any unclaimed prizes will be forfeited.
That’s all I’ve got for today
As always, thank you for taking the time to read my blog!
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Happy quilting!
I’ve been out of my sewing room for a few days as my 81 year old neighbour has been in and out of the hospital and hubby and I are helping her which whatever she needs. It’s be a trying week for all three of us but I’m happy to say she’s doing much better so look out sewing room here I come. I’m enjoying this qal and it’s as easy as can be and no unnecessary stress. Thank you Sarah for doing this.
I’m so glad your neighbor is feeling better! And I’m glad you are enjoying this quilt along. Quilting is supposed to be fun so I definitely try to make it as stress free as possible!