Pat's Creative Loft

Instruction for making Puff Quilt: 80 Squares- 6"x 6" color choices 80 Muslin Squares - 5.5" x 5.5" Match corners and pin muslin sq 5.5" to front 6" sq with wrong sides together (see method link) Sew 3 sides with 1/4-" 1/2" seam (one side is left opened) Stuff opening with fiberfill Sew opening to close Suggestion tip: A zigzag or edge stitch sewn to each edge helps with fraying and strengthening edges prior to seaming puffs together. Once enough puffs sewn, begin to arrange pattern of choice. Begin sewing puff  (mini pillows) to one another ( in 2's) and to form a row. Row to row, till doubling rows are formed.... etc till all rows of puffs are sewn together by rows. Side sashes (4) were cut in 3" width and extend length allowing extra for sewing and some lead way for enough to go around  the puffs sewn together. Ruffle trim work applied Label Minky/soft comfy backing Cut to size backing with layers of qu

With turning to my committee of critic observers  (aka.. my daughters),  a decision to continue with the ruffle continued from their valued nods.  Off I went to the machine to work the ruffles in as a new week got underway. I reviewed a few ruffle techniques on a variety of quilt styles,  and reached a method I wished to use. Ruffle and binding   how to gather ruffles with dental floss   Plans soon began to drift in mind with ideas for the backing.  Next step for this quilt labeling; applying to the minky fabric before sewing layers together would prove wise. A little re-ordering of steps from normal  and in knowing that step to be easiest performed before  the layers are sewn and sandwiched together.   Considering textures and style.  A few aspects I've come to realize among sewing time to time. Is a little resorting and organizing of steps making it easier to sew  and reach a satisfying finish. The embroidered label was applied to th

The weather has improved and certainly enable us to enjoy the outdoors better.  I've continued to work on the Puff Quilt in between moments outdoors.  All the puffs are sewn together. Yay!   I've placed a  2.5 " border around the edge of the puffs  and begun to work on a ruffle.  I picked up 3 pieces of fabric among my latest trip to the local fabric store.   The border is a dotted light mint green. I picked up a piece of dotted minky fabric  in the same shade of green. So soft is this fabric! Wonder how well it sews!  Guess I will know soon! 4 strips where cut from the dotted green fabric with my recent purchase. I also choose to add small squares at each corner and joining to the green strips.  I cut 4 yellow gingham 3" squares for those. The other piece of fabric is for my ruffles. It has a white background and contains colorful dots.  Luckily this find contained dots with all the colors used with the puffs and to blend . 

The days have been really hot & so humid this summer.  Not really anything unusual among our area ,  however those humid hot days have come our way  much earlier during our summer season than most . As the afternoon became less enduring outside ,  I've retreated inside to my sewing loft in order to escape  those humid and rather cumbersome afternoons.   I've begun a new baby quilt which started to take shape the past few days and hope to begin to share some of my progress.   I refer to this new baby quilt as my  " Puff Quilt" .  BISCUIT, PUFF, BUBBLE .....QUILT... The name "puff" rose during the early '60's.  Traditionally this quilt first referred as a "Biscuit Quilt".   The name given by the shape appearances which reminded the women who constructed them of their fluffy homemade biscuits! Yum! Tho' I did not gain any real knowledge from sources  to reason for the 60's-70's era nicknam