The Supimas are thicker and heavier (they’re a 6-ounce flannel, compared with the 5-ounce Ultrasofts), and they shed much less in the dryer. The Supima sheets’ quality is higher than that of the Ultrasoft Comfort sheets. The Premium Supima sheets’ flannel fabric is made in Portugal using Supima cotton, the highest-quality American-grown cotton. The Company Store’s Velvet Cotton Flannel bedding came the closest in softness and warmth, but those sheets felt very thick, like a blanket, and weren’t as cozy. But if you’re a flannel aficionado and you want to splurge on a plush, high-end set, the Premium Supima sheets are better than anything I’ve tried, including pricier sets from luxury brands. Which is your favourite quilt layout – let me know in the comments.The Premium Supima set cost significantly more than our top pick, the L.L.Bean Ultrasoft Comfort flannels. Do know a someone (a Pisces?) who’d like a fish quilt of their own?
I hope this gives you some ideas to help reduce your scrap pile. So lots of scrap quilt fun to be had with this block, to be sure. Then there’s this one, which I’m calling The Party Starters: Perhaps you could add a pair of kissing fish in the middle: Or how about a single, rebel fish? (We all know a red fish, right?) A colour gradation would also be very pretty. I’ve put them all facing the one direction below, but you could alternate directions in the rows, too, for a bit of variation. The easiest layout would be a lovely ordered layout of fish. So, what do we do with these fishies? How can we turn a school of these blocks into a fabulous scrap quilt? Scrap quilt ideas If you just remember to cut one flying geese rectangle in each direction of the fabric you’ll be fine. You can see above that it’s easy to rotate your tummy square to match the tail, but it will take a bit of forethought to match the head. When you sew your Hourglass blocks you’ll get one block in each fabric orientation: They just sit better for me that way.Ī note on directional fabrics. Now you have your fish components it’s time to sew them all together. They’re pricey (as they’re made in the US) but I couldn’t go back to life without them. I use these Bloc_loc rulers* to trim my flying geese.
Trim the flying geese units to 2″ x 3-1/2”, making sure to keep the points centred. Repeat the process with the second background square on the opposite corner of the scrap rectangle. Press the corner of the background square away from the unit. Align one square on one corner of the 2-1/4″ x 3-3/4″ scrap rectangle as shown, then sew on the diagonal line. Take two 2-1/4″ background squares and draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of each one.
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Cut on the drawn line to yield 2 Hourglass units and trim them to 3-1/2” square (I like this ruler* for QST trimming because the extra lines make centring the block easier).įor tips on how to accurately trim Quarter Square Triangle blocks, make sure you check out this post here. Sew a scant 1⁄4” from either side of the marked line.
Place the two HSTs right sides together, making sure different fabrics are facing each other. Press seams toward the darker fabric.ĭraw a diagonal line on the wrong side of one of the HST units, perpendicular to the HST centre seam. Cut on the drawn line to yield 2 HST units.
Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the background square and pair right sides together with the scrap square. Take a 4-1/2” background and a 4-1/2″ scrap square. If you’re using directional print fabric, read all the instructions first before you cut so you can see how to align the print all the way across your fish block.įor each pair of fish blocks you’ll need the following fabric pieces:įour 2-1/4″ squares Sew the Hourglass Block Tail We’ll make the fish 2 at a time (as the method for making Hourglass blocks creates 2 at a time). The block is 3-1/2″ x 8″ unfinished (with seam allowance) and will be 3″ x 7-1/2″ when sewn into a quilt. This fish quilt block has three parts: a flying geese head, a square body and a Quarter Square Triangle tail. It’s a simple but really fun block for a baby quilt, and I’ll give you some layout ideas at the end of the post. Last week I wrote a post about Quarter Square Triangles and this scrappy fish quilt block uses a QST variant called the Hourglass block. I’m always on the lookout for scrap quilt ideas – how about you? To me, a good scrap quilt pattern has simple repetitive blocks that let me have fun mixing and matching all of my most loved scrap fabrics.
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