Hands 2 Help Churn Dash Quilt tutorial ( by Quiltygirl)

 Good Morning!!!

Today it is my turn to offer a tutorial for the Hands 2 Help Challenge!

My most favorite block and my Go to is this simple Churn Dash block made with all 5 inch squares:

So lets get started - and know - there is a pdf file for you to download at the end ;-)

Fabric Requirements for Block

·         5 – Print 5 inch Squares

·         4 – Background 5 inch Squares

 

Save 1 Print 5 inch square for the Center of the Churn Dash.

 

 

Take Two of the background fabrics and draw a diagonal line along the Back of the fabric, I also drew ¼ inch to the side of the center line so you can see where your stitch lines should be. ( I did this only for the example)

Pair them with a print piece.

Stitch on both sides of the center line

Lay your ruler along the Center line and slice

You will get 4  - 4 ½ inch Half Square Triangles

Take the last two print and the last two background squares

Pair them right Sides Together.

Stitch on the right and left side ¼ inch in. ( again I drew just so you could see)

Once both side are sewn – measure in 2 ½ inches and slice .

You will get 4 – 4 ½ x 5 in rails

Iron all of your pieces and then lay them out like so:

Stitch the pieces together into three rows.

Press.

Stitch the three rows together

Press

And you will have a 13 inch block!

For A Cute Quick Baby Quilt

37.5 x 37.5

You will make 4 blocks as shown, then make 1 just the opposite

For the 4 setting Triangles cut 1 Square background at 18 7/8 inches

Slice it on both diagonals to yield 4 setting triangles

 

Then for the corner pieces:

Cut 2 – 9 ¾ squares of background and slice on one diagonal.

Stitch them in rows and add a border. I added 1 ½ inch strips in this one – but if you want to make it a tad bigger, you can add a bigger border.

For a little bigger toddler/Cot quilt 37.5 x 55 inches

add 3 blocks - the setting triangle sizes remain the same ;-)

Not a fan of setting blocks on point?

Make 12 blocks and set them together. Add a 1 ½ inch border

It will measure 39.5 x 52 inches

Now to some fun examples of Churn Dash Quilts I have made in the past!

I used these to help frame a panel - it was then donated as a Quilt of Valor.

And the this one - I used ALL scrappy pieces. I just made half squares and rails until my heart was content, then I made them into blocks, not paying attention if the reds and blues were built into one block.

The scrappiness of it made my heart happy

Alas - Here is the PDF for you:

Churn Dash Block Tutorial  ( click that link to the left)

I love to write patterns - so check out all the others I have written in my Quiltygirl Store as well as the tab in the header above.

I hope you use one of these ideas for a Hands 2 Help quilt this year!

Thanks to Academic Quilter for Hosting this year!!

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Also Linking to 

Monday Making

and 

Design Wall Monday

a Little Monster Quilt... and Hands 2 Help

 Joyful Jinxed me.... she said I may have more quilt tops in hiding.....

Now any of my UFO's shall not be UFOS... they shall be Joyfuls.... I will show her!!!!

( Love you Joyful!!!)

I found this little top in my stash of tops too - and decided to quilt it up with some of the extra backing on another quilt....

I will be honest - I remember starting this - I don't know what the intent was.... but thats all good!

Because!!

Have you heard about Hands 2 Help?

This year the Academic Quilter is Hosting it!!!

You can read all about it Here: 

 https://academicquilter.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-hands-2-help-kickoff.html

She has listed quite a few places that need Quilt Donations - as well as looking around in your own home town. I think this little one would be good for the Little Lambs Foundation for kids.

Hands 2 Help Final Check in

Over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict - Sarah has hosted Hands2Help 2019

You will have to check out all the Lovlies!!!

Hands2Help Finale

I decided that I would quilt up these cute little Tops and get them to Jacks Basket - and they will go there.... however - I have had a tiny delay....

I did something to the ligaments in my thumb/hand area - My husband listened - I grumbled.... so it has hampered my ability to finish certain things - things that you use your whole hand to do.... *sigh*

But I have the quilts quilted, trimmed, ( cuz I made my kids do them!)

and ready to be bound....

I even have the binding prepped.... but my hand wears out.... and if you see any typing mistakes... ya


I am not a left handed typer - and have been  pretty grateful for spell check this last week.....

These will get there tho... I promise ;-)


Linkingto:
Monday Making
Main Crush Monday
Design Wall Monday
Moving it Forward

Quilting more then 1 quilt at a time

Many of you asked me how I quilted more than one quilt at a time for the Hands2Help....

I wish I took more photos - but basically I used a Wide Back  - Batting Scraps - and I floated the tops -

So here are the first two tops

I basted the heck out of them so nothing shifted

This is where all 4 meet

and

Here is what it looks like now 

I will trim them up

and ta-da

have 4 quilts!!

Hope that helps you all see what I did?

Hands 2 Help Check in

Ah!! Did you know today is the first check in for Sarah's Hands 2 Help??

I am sure I wrote it down.... but where I wrote it down - I can't say!!!

So here is my check in!!

I have now quilted up 4 little baby quilts for Jacks Basket.

Just need to cut them up and Bind them!!
( and if you remember - Binding is always a downfall - so wish me luck!!)

Go see all the other projects - such a giving group of people!!

Hands 2 Help





Linking to:
Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts
Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt
Moving it Forward at Ems Scrapbag

What a weekend!!!

Firstly!!

I made cookies!

We were all supposed to be cleaning and doing the weekend chores, 

but the chocolate chips kept yelling at me... i had to do something about it!!

and so 

Gluten Free

Chocolate Chip cookies

and Proof that they existed

Then!!

I am a huge supporter of Quilts of Valor

but you do know there are a few other places out there needing quilts right?

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict  host Hands 2 Help

and this  year she has 5 groups needing quilts

The one that touched me the most is Jacks Basket

I have no idea why, it just did - so I ran to my quilting room and

dug out these tops

I think they will fit the bill

they are about 40 x 50 each

Now on to quilting

and then I got the borders on this top from our Guild Mystery Day

It needs a back and then its ready to quilt

and this Plaid Churn Dash quilt is back up on the design wall

I actually got all the rows Stitched into rows

Now its on to rowing?

Topping?

and my Disappearing 9 patch blocks are growing

I use them as Leader/Enders

( Mt grandma had a different term - but its all good!)

You know with this many blocks

I had a good weekend quilting right?

I had better get myself to the quilting machine to start finishing these tops!

and any ideas on how to quilt the Plaid Churn Dash?

it's boggling the brain at the moment!