A Quilt from The Purl Bee

Here is my version of The Wedding Quilt, by Purl Bee:

I was asked to make a quilt - one that would have colors of a rainbow and colors of a sunset. So here's my version of a sunset on a quilt! 

Pros of This Pattern:

This is a queen size (I added two rows to each side) and it came together rather fast! The quilt is put together by sewing strips end on end and then sewing those together.

There are a lot of different ways to choose fabric - the original on The Purl Bee website has white as a background color whereas I have no background color. Plus you can change the pattern of how fabrics are laid out - for instance, I have dark in the middle going out towards light colors. Someone else might do dark on the left going over to lighter colors on the right of the quilt.

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Cons of This Pattern:

Deciding where to put what color, how much of each fabric I needed, and laying out the quilt took me almost a whole morning! And I'm pretty decisive!

When cutting the fabric, I would have cut the top and bottom rows (going across the quilt) to size rather than leaving them 12" and not cutting them until AFTER you've sewn each strip (going down the quilt).

When on The Purl Bee's pattern it said to take off so many inches per each strip on the top and bottom rows, I had to scratch out those numbers and focus on how much fabric I needed to leave there instead! One suggestion I received to do was leave those strips 12" and just mark where you would be cutting so you can make sure it is even before you do any permanent cutting!

"Cam" Tie for Little Boys - Tutorial

My friend and I call these "Cam" ties because they look like the shirts Cameron wears on the TV show Modern Family. We think they're pretty fun. You can also cut this pattern down to make a tie for an infant if you trust yourself enough to try. I don't think it'd be that hard.

I had the opportunity to make this tie from The Purl Bee. It came out cute but I would definitely machine sew it rather than by hand. It took myself and a friend a good three hours from start to finish using that tutorial! We didn't do any interfacing and the ties work just fine so you can decide if you want to or not. I'd use it if you decide to make a tie out of silk though!

Using the pattern from The Purl Bee's website, here is how I would put the tie together:

1. First off, follow the directions on The Purl Bee's website, but when you sew, do these steps below.

2. Put the right sides together and sew:

3. Machine sew across to join the two tie parts. Right sides together again:

4. When ironing your tie before the final step, split the seam in half and iron it down:

 5. Fold tie in half and sew down on the opposite side of the point only. Make sure you backstitch. I also set my fabric to follow the 10 line on my sewing machine (under the foot). That is about a half inch seam. That will make up for not hand stitching it. 

Ta Da!