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Colorbrick: a beginner's Quilt-Along

Are you ready to make your first quilt?  Nervous?  Don't know where to start?  Join me for a quilt-along perfect for beginner quilters.

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I'll be posting step-by-step directions for how to make my Colorbrick quilt, a great quilt for beginners.  The quilt-along includes basic quilting skills like using a rotary cutter, chain-piecing, basting, binding and quilting.  It's so easy to make.  Large pieces come together quickly, but the effect is more interesting than a simple block quilt.

You CAN do this!  Come on - there's no time like the present to get started!


You'll Need:

  • 10 Fat Quarters (prints for the bricks)

  • a Solid Neutral for sashing and backing

Here's our Quilt-Along post line up:

  1. Choosing Fabrics & Materials List

  2. Prewash & Press Fabrics

  3. Rotary Cutting 101

  4. Cutting! Fat Quarters become Bricks

  5. Cutting! the Long & Short of Sashing

  6. Chain Piecing

  7. Musical Bricks

  8. Hello Quilt Top!

  9. How to Spray Baste your Quilt

  10. Quilting Along the Lines

  11. Making Quilt Binding

  12. Easiest Machine Binding

You can easily have your Colorbrick quilt done in a few weeks time, even if you hit a few bumps along the way!

P.S.  Are you wondering if you're ready to make this quilt?  I'll be assuming you know how to sew a straight line with your sewing machine.  That's pretty much it.  So, minimal sewing experience is recommended.  We will be using a rotary cutter too.  If you don't already own a set up, see my suggestions under "Rotary Cutter Extras" on the Get Started Supply List.