It's time! It's time! It's time for the finish line! The quilt assembly of the Little Ruby QAL!
If you are new here? Easy to catch up:
If you are returning to put your quilt top together, here is the next video from Fat Quarter Shop.
It's pretty short and sweet. Place your blocks in a layout that works for you.
I played around quite a bit and tried to be intentional and make "rings" of certain colors, but eventually settled on spreading the color all about. Do you just LOVE the texture of the Aria Waterfall background makes!
I was super worried about my choice, but now I am thrilled!!!
Occasionally, I will notice that my background is distracting me from making good color distribution decisions, so I will opt to not put the background pieces up until I'm sure I like the layout.
(psssst....I have short people problems and the quilt was taller than me...so I used the floor too)
Time to piece together each row.
As you can see, I like to use my small design boards. I used Bee in a Bonnet's tutorial a long time ago and its easy to follow. If you don't want to make them? Guess what! Fat Quarter Shop sells several sizes and even has a Master Collection of them.
I digress...the row piecing.
One thing I would like to point out. Sometimes I found that I didn't have a blunt end meeting on my triangles.
A trick I have learned is that even if my "dog ear" is pressed a different direction?
I just pull it up from behind and have it "match" up with the tip of my triangle. And when I know it lines up, I release it back to its position, pinch and hold the placement, and stitch away. Oh......did I mention I rarely pin? If you do, I would pin it when I was happy with the placement!. It alleviates that 1/4 inch stress you can sometimes have with triangle piecing!
After I pieced each row and double checking my photo on my phone for the correct placement, I mark my rows with numbers I made a few years ago. I've also made button clips in the past, but have been using these for awhile instead.
This has been somewhat of a lifesaver, because by the time I press my rows, chain piece, or just whatever, I am 98% sure I will have to have a date with my seam ripper.
I am showing you how I pinned my first row just like Kimberly suggested.
Buuuut, I ended up just stitching without pins after that. I am just not a "pinner" and I am okay with that.
I'm full of all sorts of tips, because I guess I am in a tippy mood today, but wanted to point out that I don't stitch row by row.
I tend to stitch in chunks. I'm not sure why it makes me feel more accomplished but chunks bring me more satisfaction than row after row building.
Here is a one quick last look at my Quilt one before the last seam. You'll be able to see it and the second one....and maybe a few extras soon! Stay tuned!!
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