This is a sampler quilt that explores texture in fabric.
The quilt has 25 blocks. Each block is made out of a centre 5 inch square featuring some fabric texture. Then a 3 1/2 wide border encloses each centre square.
The colour scheme is red and white/cream alternating reds and white/cream for the centre square and border.
Some of the textures show better on plain colours than on heavily patterned fabric.
Block type: log cabin.
Block size: 11 inches.
Quilt size: The finished quilt is 52 1/2 x 52 1/2.
The quilt is made with fabric scraps and therefore the tutorial does not include exact fabric needs.
Quilt back: plain calico or muslin. Sew a square that is 55 in x 55 in square.
I used the background fabric excess to make the binding. I will post a tutorial on it later.
Quilting: quilt any way you like around the textured square. I used stipple quilting for my quilt.
Quilt layout
The diagram below shows how I arranged the blocks trying to distribute techniques evenly.
To assemble follow the diagram and stitch blocks on rows and then rows together.
Iron to the darker side.
Show us photos of your blocks and completed quilt at the Textured quilt blocks Flickr pool.
Blocks
Below you will find a photo and a link to a set of instructions on how to make each block. Most blocks are a lot easier to do than it would appear at a glance.
Some require hand sewing. While you don’t need great sewing skills to do any of the blocks you should be confident using a needle.
Block 1: Pin tucks
Block 2: Diamond pin tucks
Block 3: Double controlled pleats
Block 4: Doubled controlled pleats with ripple effect
Block 5: Centered tucks with bow ties
Block 6: Gathered strip
Block 7: Cross pin tucks
Block 8: Undulating tucks
Block 9: Cross shirring
Block 10: Prairie points pinwheel
Block 11: Star gathering
Block 12: Puff gathering
Block 13: Lattice smocking
Block 14: Cluster tucks
Block 15: Diamond smocking
Block 16: Smocked tucks
Block 17: Pleated peek a boo
Block 18: Gathered double edged ruffles
Block 19: Smocked diamonds and puff gathering
Block 20: Origami flower
Block 21: Lozenge smocking
Block 22: Origami pinwheel
Block 23: Lotus flower smocking
Block 24: Fabric origami
Block 25: Echidna block
What a wonderful quilt! I’m saving this for future sewing adventures!
Thank you!
It is so nice to see the entire quilt. Thank you for sharing! Love it!
This is outstanding. I hope to make these blocks at a later date. Thank you so much and Happy Holidays
Awesome job. I hope to make a sampler like this in the future. Great resource!
Oh I’m so thrilled to see this done! Probably not as much as you are.
This is simply beautiful, stunning, gorgeous and worth a million. No sticky fingers near this one, for sure!
Your talent is an A++
Cheers from Oshawa Ontario, Canada
Thank you! I’m excited about making these blocks!
Thank you for your kind words. I had a lot of fun making the quilt. I hope you do too. I’ll be incorporating some textures to my future sewing that’s for sure.
Thank you for taking us along on your journey as you created this. I have been admiring each post and learning experience. I want to definately do this in the near future and thanks for all the wonderful tips and techniques and great tutorials to teach us!!
Gracias por llevarnos de paseo por su increíble trabajo.
Sus bloques están en mi futuro sin dudas,Gracias.Cariños.
Thanks for share it.This is awesome !
Just beautiful. You have made an heirloom for sure.
Please may I pin this?
It is amazing and beautiful!
Sure you can pin it.
I’m a fairly new quilter, and this is on my 2013 List I just now decided to begin! Yes, I pinned and bookmarked this page! thank you for your generosity in making these tutorials! I hope to one dat return the favors by all you great mentors and artisans!
My pleasure Genee. I’ll be happy to see your pictures when you’re done. You can upload them to flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/2086081@N20/pool/
Thank you for this free project. What a wonderful quilt this is. Very elegant and charming. Can’t wait to make it.
Thank you so much for this project! I am about halfway done with my blocks…the handwork on the smocking blocks really slowed me up. But they are SO beautiful they are worth it. I’ll probably split my blocks into two lap quilts that will be donated to visually impaired elderly folks. I am also using bright solids with high contrast to help them see the blocks. Will send pics when they are completed! By the way, I have already used a couple of the pintuck blocks for accents in other projects. Thanks again for showing us how to blend other sewing skills into our quilting skills!
It’s fantastic to see how something I did to improve my own sewing skills is being of use to others. I’m really happy I shared.
This project is so inspiring! Amazing work.
thanks you very very very muuucccchhhhhhhhh………………………..
Frances, don’t forget to share some pictures!
Wow! What a work of art! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring
Hi Thersa
i did follow your every mail and looked at the blocks you did make – I do not make blankets only small things in patchwork – But I admirer your efford on doing this BIG work on this quilt
You can very well be a proud girl for making this wonderfull quilt
Keep up the god work
Hugs from Lone
Great tutorials! Since one of my monthly block exchanges is coming to an end, I will be starting this project in January. I am so excited to learn all of these textures. Thank you for such detailed instructions. I love you you showed the arranged finished quilt as well. Awesome! I’ll post pics on Flckr as “Shahann”. Can;t wait.
That’s great Kathy. I’m looking forward to seeing some pictures!
Looks like alot of fun and new things to learn. I heard about it from Kathy above, I read her blog…now I am reading yours…Thanks for the neat patterns…
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Bellissimo questo blog! Sono appena arrivata su WP…se ti va di passare a trovarmi sarai la benvenuta!
This is such a beautiful quilt and one that’s so different than any other I’ve seen. Just a beautiful job. I hope to do some of these blocks but it won’t be for awhile. In time, I’d love to finish them all.