SewWitty » modular arithmetic http://sewwitty.com Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:43:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mod 9 Quilt http://sewwitty.com/2009/07/23/mod-9-quilt-2/ http://sewwitty.com/2009/07/23/mod-9-quilt-2/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:04:24 +0000 SewWitty http://sewwitty.com/?p=605 quilting1

As school holidays are over, I have a bit of time for quilting. This is my Mod 9 Quilt. I’m just doing some free motion quilting – a bit of a swirly all over design.

]]> http://sewwitty.com/2009/07/23/mod-9-quilt-2/feed/ 0 Mod 9 Backing http://sewwitty.com/2009/05/13/mod-9-backing/ http://sewwitty.com/2009/05/13/mod-9-backing/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 11:38:44 +0000 SewWitty http://sewwitty.com/?p=526 I’ve sewn the backing together for this quilt.

There was quite a bit of cutting involved. Each of the large purple stripes consists of two parts and the thinner spotty stripes weren’t quite wide enough, so I needed to added extra purple bits on the end.

All the fabric came from my stash!

I then went to this shop and bought 100% cotton batting.

Now for the quilting …

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Like this …

The background in the above picture is the plain purple I plan to use.

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I’ve sewn the blocks of my ‘Mod 9‘ quilt together (yes, it is hanging on my clothes line). I plan to add a white border. I’m happy with how this has come together – all of my seams are aligned (very unusual).

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To get the effect I want, accuracy is vital. So when I sew the strips together, I ensure the seams for each square are lined up and I press the seam allowance from one strip one way and on the second strip the opposite way.

It’s probably clearer in the second image.

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I’ve sewn the strips together (for this quilt)

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