Austen Family Album: January 2015

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Becky's Blue & Brown

Austen Family Album in Blue & Brown

by Becky Brown

85-1/2" x 85-1/2"

Our master model block stitcher has finished one of her Austen sampler tops. Becky writes:

The top is done - "I want it simple....put the blocks together with 1-1/2" sashings, so that it wouldn't get too big. 3" border around quilt."

And simple and elegant it is.

She used a variation of the Meryton set.

See more here and scroll down:

http://austenfamilyalbumquilt.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-official-set-simple-set-yardage.html

She kept the palette quite controlled and cool.

Lots of line---controlled line.

Fussy cutting the stripes added to the cool geometry.

Quite a visual success, don't you agree?

Here's the setting plan for a double bed-sized quilt.

36 blocks finishing to 12" square.

1-1/2" finished sashing and cornerstones

3" finished border

Revised Meryton set instructions for a smaller quilt:

Block 19 by Becky

You need:

36 Pieced blocks finishing to 12" x 12"
25 Cornerstone squares to set between the blocks, finishing to 1-1/2" x 1-1/2"
60 Sashing Strips to frame the blocks, finishing to 1-1/2" x 12" rectangles.
A single border finishing to 3" wide.

Cutting:
Sashing:

Cut 25 cornerstone squares 2" x 2".
Cut 60 Sashing Strips as rectangles 2" x 12-1/2".

Borders:
Mitered border corners: Cut 4 strips 3-1/2" x 86".
OR
Right angle border corners:

Side Borders: Cut 2 strips 3-1/2" by 80"
Top & Bottom Borders: Cut 2 strips 3-1/2" x 86"

The seam lines in her corners

Yardage:
I'd use the same yardage that EQ7 suggested for the larger sashing.

3/8 yard for the cornerstones
1-3/4 yards for the sashing strips

You can buy a little less yardage for the border: EQ7 says 2-1/8 yards if you piece the border.

If you use a chintz or stripe you will want to cut the borders as single strips and not piece them, so buy 2-1/2 yards. You may also want to use the same print as in the sashing strips.

Becky says: "Now it's ready for quilting, along with several others. ;-)"

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Rietje is Finished

Rietje has posted a photo of what looks to be a quilted and bound Austen Family Album. Finished!

She has set the 36 blocks side by side and framed it with a chain of squares pieced border.

I recolored her photo a bit but I still don't think the color is as pretty as it is in real life. The pictures she's taken of her blocks over the year reflect the color better, warm reds, pinks, browns and ivories.