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Friday, October 4, 2019

2019 Gypsy Wife Quilt Along - Section 10 Introduction and Blocks

We have finally made it to the last section of this wonderful quilt.

There are no new blocks in this section. We have made them all in previous sections. I will just post links below the diagram to the tutorials and then write up an assembly post.

Square in a Square blocks... just be sure to follow the correct size cutting directions. (one) 3.5", (three) 3" and (two) 4"

https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/08/2019-gypsy-wife-quilt-along-section-7_43.html

Pinwheel (one) 3"

https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/07/2019-gypsy-wife-quilt-along-section.html

Square in a Square Pinwheel center (one) 5.5"

https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/08/2019-gypsy-wife-quilt-along-section-7_43.html

Square in a square with courthouse steps (one) 7" (one) 5.5"

https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/05/2019-gypsy-wife-quilt-along-section-5_46.html

Puss in a Corner

https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/02/2019-gypsy-wife-qal-section-1-puss-in.html

2019 Gypsy Wife - Section 10 Assembly

Section 10 Assembly

Remember, I am working on vacation in the cabin where space is limited, so I worked on this section.... well, in sections.!

I cut and laid out the strips for the upper half of this section.

In the middle ... the SquareNSquare Courthouse Steps and the SquareNSquare Pinwheel get stitched together And on the right... the SquareNSquare Courhouse Steps and Puss in the Corner Bordered get stitched together.

Next, I stitched the strips together with the small SquareNSquare blocks

The strips below the larger SquareNSquare blocks are sewn together and attached. Then add the two strips to the right side.

Stitch the short strip to the SquareNSquare block.

Stitch together and add the strips below that block, then close up the long seam.

Stitch together the strips below the SquareNSquare and close up the long seam.

Stitch together and add the strips below the top left SquareNSquare and sew the long seam attaching it to the middle.

Now for the strips on the right side of this section below the Puss block

Sew the strips above the SquareNSquare.

Sew the strips above and below the Pinwheel block

Add the long strips on either side.

You can now sew the the long seam and complete Section 10.

Section 10 can now be added below 8 & 9 and beside 7 to complete our Gypsy Wife Journey.

I have chosen not to add borders to my Gypsy Wife. I will be using it as a wall hanging to decorate my living room... and as it is, it is almost too big for the wall space I have in mind.... I may even have to lop off a few inches from the bottom 😲

For now, I am done until I have time to get it on the quilter.

I have found this wonderful digitally printed floral for the backing called Mystic Meadow found on Fabric.com at the link below.

Mystic Meadow Digital Print Floral Border Spring

My friend at Becky's Barn in Clarkrange, TN was able to obtain a wide version of it so there will be no piecing the back for me. If I ever get tired of the Gypsy, I can always turn it around.

https://www.fabric.com/buy/0456172/mystic-meadow-digital-print-floral-border-spring

My plan is to quilt it edge-2-edge with the Bollywood Pattern from Urban Elements.

I'll post my finish when complete. For now, it's back to customer work.

Friday, September 6, 2019

2019 Gypsy Wife - Section 9 Assembly

Time to assemble Section 9. Here are all the blocks laid out.

Referring to the diagram on page ____ cut your strips and lay them out beside the blocks. I then assemble strip sets

Sew the strips sets to the SquareNsquare blocks as shown

I don't think I've ever discussed this before, but here is the back to show you how I've been pressing the strips in one direction... except around blocks. A little snip of the seam allow me to flip it in the opposite direction.

Sew the strip set to the side of the SquareNsquare blocks. There is a partial seam to allow addition of strips below and the bordered pinwheel block.

Add the strip set below the SquareNsquare block

Sew the Bordered Pinwheel to the stripset

You can now close the partial seam to the bottom of the bordered pinwheel block

Add the Hope for Hartford block below the Bordered Pinwheel

Close the partial seam beside the Hope from Hartford Block.

Sew on the Old Maid Puzzle Block and add the final long strip to complete this section.

2019 gypsy wife quilt along - Section 9 Intro & Hope for Hartford

We are coming near the end of our journey as we begin this Section 9.

For this section we will be making:

(2) different size Square in a Square Blocks

(1) bordered pinwheel block

(1) Old Maid Puzzle Block

(1) Hope for Hartford

We have made most of these blocks before and I've posted links below to previous tutorials to aid you in making them.

We have only one new block in this section... Hope for Hartford.... and that tutorial begins below the links.

https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/02/2019-gypsy-wife-qal-section-1-square-in.html

https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/07/2019-gypsy-wife-quilt-along-section-6_3.html (bordered pinwheel)

https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/03/2019-gypsy-wife-section-2-old-maid.html

HOPE FOR HARTFORD

Cutting directions for this block can be found on page 9 of your pattern.

Start by cutting and laying out your block pieces

Sew the quarter square triangles (qst) together (white/goldstars)

Sew the large triangle to the QST to form 4 pieced squares

Sew the rectangle to the side of the pieced square

Match the edge of the small center square to the edge of the large triangle of the pieced triangle square. Sew only part way down... leaving 1/4 -1/2 inch open.