Information Sheet Design Code: Tudor Rose Quilt

If you haven’t bought the Tudor rose quilt sets yet, here are the links for easy reference

Remember even if you only have the 4x4 hoop size you can do the quilt, you would just need to do multiple hooping,

tutorial for multiple hooping is on the facebook group in the FILES section.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/StitchDelight.FREEBIES/files/

For a detailed look of what size designs is included with each set, please click on the links below.

Sashing Set 1 - http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0731

Sashing Set 2 - http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0732

Sashing set 3 - http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0733

Sashing Feather Quilt - http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0735

Feather Quilt Corners - http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0737

Feather Quilt patterns - http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0734

Quilt blocks – from 12 to 1

http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0729

http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0728

http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0727

http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0724

http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0723

http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0722

http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0721

http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0718

http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0715

http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0713

http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0712

http://www.stitchdelight.net/proddetail.asp?prod=SDS0711

Thank you for purchasing the Tudor Rose Quilt blocks. This document explains how I assembled and finished off my

quilt, but bear in mind there are many many ways to finish the quilt in various ways, I am not a seemstress, totally

self taught, so my way might not even be sewing correct so bear with me :0

I stitched the large blocks 360x360 – the amount of blocks needed depends on the size you want your quilt and the

size blocks you will stitch, how wide you will be making your sashing, and IF you are going to add sashing at all ?

You might want to simply stitch the blocks together and add a trim over the seams, or you might want a wide

sashing that you made yourself, not necessarily the in the hoop sashing on the webpage.

I used cotton fabric and a quilt batting (about 2cm thick) you can use thinner batting - I recommend using the

softest batting you can find, as there will be lots of stitches covering it, you want the quilt soft and manageble. I

used cut away, its easier to work with and holds through many washes

I did not add lining for each block, I opted to have one large lining underneath my quilt. I used a prequilted fabric as

my lining, you can use just normal cotton fabric, totally depends on you, how thick you want your quilt etc. Just bear

in mind, the thicker the harder it becomes to handle under the sewing machine as it becomes really heavy, especially

if you are doing a King Size quilt.

Have plenty of cotton on hand, some colours you will use more – I would say at least 4 reels of each colour, although

some you will use only one – like the yellow (centres of the flowers) So look at the design file and make sure you

have enough of the feather quilt stitch colour, the pink for the flowers and the green.

I used prewound bobbins and Marathon Rayon thread

I stitched the quilt together using cotton thread.

Follow the instructions for stitching each block, and refer to the multiple hooping tutorial if you are doing the smaller

hoop sizes.

Stitch out as many blocks as you would need to make up your quilt. For the king size I made 30 blocks, 36 corner

stones, 71 sashing strips – My quilt hangs over the King Size Bed. I then made a 10meter long bias strip for the

binding around the quilt, and I bought lace to finish it off 8 meters to go along the sides and bottom but not the top.

My quilt lies under the pillows, you need to add if you want to quilt to go over the pillows.

A rotary tool and cutting mat comes in really handy in cutting everything you need.

I cant stress it enough, you need to be precise in cutting, make sure that your blocks end up all the same size, your

corner stones and your sashing should be the same size exactly – a rotary tool ensures that you cut exactly, I

promise you spending some time on this is worth it, the frustration is big, if you end up with parts that’s not the

same size and you are trying to assemble your quilt and the cornerstones and sashing strips does not line up with the

blocks

You sashing strips should be the same length as your blocks – so if you are stitching the 200x200 blocks, your sashing

should be 200 long by (for example) 50mm – you cornerstone therefor would be 50x50mm etc.

I used my serger/overlocker to finish off my blocks, as its much easier to work with especially if you have batting

between your layers.

Placing your sashing strip and corner stone right sides together stitch them together – do the same for the other side

It’s a good idea to make yourself some kind of layout as I have here

Red = Sashing Strips

Green = Corner Stones

Light Blue = Quilt blocks

Stitch up your strips, corner stone, sashing strip, corner stone, sashing strip (for as many as you have in your layout)

And as many of these you need for your quilt – in this case you need 6 of these strips

Then stitch sashing strip + block + sashing stip + block (for as many as you have in your layout) – you need 5 strips of

this

Now start stitching your strips together

Make sure you line up the corner stone perfectly with the sashing strip when joining the corner stone strips with the

block strips.

Stitch your whole quilt together as you have on your layout.

The Lining – I used this prequilted fabric for my lining, Just ask at your fabric store if they stock it, if not, no worries,

you can add just normal fabric, and optional another layer of batting if you want your quilt thicker, so you will have a

sandwich of quilt, batting and fabric

Place your quilt on top of the lining as shown in the next photo, add to the sides extra, now start from the centre

and pin your quilt outward to the lining, after you pinned you can cut away the extra fabric. I again used my serger

to stitch the lining to the quilt all around – I did not stitch the lining to the quilt between the blocks with the stitch in

the ditch method as the quilt is much to large to handle under my normal sewing machine, you can hand tack the

quilt to the back if you wish, but I found it not necessary, the quilt is heavy enough to lay neatly flat on the backing.

Should you wish to stitch in the ditch your quilt – here is a video tutorial you can follow - I will use this for small

quilts and wall hangings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb2pFrAyPBA

I then added a narrow binding to my quilt and then stitched a ready made frill in place (optional) to finish off my

quilt as I did not like the binding alone – because my quilt is so large its difficult to show you step by step how I

attached my binding but here is the tutorial I followed in making my binding and attaching to my quilt. Instead of

hand stitching my binding like she shows here at the end, I machine stitched mine with a decorative stitch as I added

the lace at the same time to the bottom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vCWpxBRs20

Enjoy making your quilt and if a large one like mine, have an extra pair of hands next to you to assist in holding the

quilt while stitching.

This pho shows the wrong side of my quilt

Just needs a good stem to make all seems nice and flat and the lace to lay pretty, but its all done

I hope you enjoyed these Tudor Rose Quiltblocks, remember you can make totebags, lap quilts, wall hangings,

pillows and so much more with these designs

Warm Hugs

Daleen

http://www.stitchdelight.net