Show Some Love blog Hop-my turn!

I hope you like the little quilt/wall hanging I have designed for today's Hop.  It uses my FAVORITE die, the drunkard's path block.  That one is Impossible to cut out with a rotary cutter!  Especially with the little notch Accuquilt has put in the middle of the curve.  That little notch makes it super easy to sew the block without having to pin.  I like to make things FAST and not having to pin things makes this block go together quickly.  For this little quilt, I'm using the 3 1/2 inch die, but you could easily make it with the bigger 7 inch die and just have a bigger quilt, perfect for the new baby in your life.

Choose lots of different colors of reds, pinks and purples.  Each piece needs to be at least 5 inches square to fit on the die.

Gather together all of your materials.  You will need an Accuquilt Go! fabric cutter (or Go! baby) the 3 1/2 inch Drunkard's path die cut and mat, scissors, lots of fabric and I like to outline the die with a silver sharpie.

Lay out your fabric using the lines you drew with the sharpie to cut down on wasting fabric.  You can see here how I know the shape will be cut perfectly because the silver sharpie lines go beyond the edge of the fabric, so the pieces fit inside the fabric.



Perfectly cut pieces...every time!  I love the notches in the middle of each piece.  That means no pins because you know where the half way point is when you are sewing.  Since the curve is a bias, you can pull a little bit more or less if you don't hit exactly at the center to match the beginning and end of the seam.

You need a total of 16 white center pieces and 28 red center pieces.  That means you will be cutting out 28 pieces and have 12 leftover white center pieces because as you can see, when you cut one piece of red, you get a red outside and red inside.  I chose to use all of the same whites for my quilt, but you could easily do this with different white scraps and the same reds, or mix and match red and white scraps.  This is a great scrap buster.  Just make sure each piece you are using is at least 5 inches.  The die cuts two blocks at once, so it will take some extra time to lay scraps instead of bigger pieces, but the time you save instead of having to cut everything by hand and having pefectly cut pieces is sooooo worth it!

I do pin all of my blocks together when I am sewing the rows so I don't get things mixed up.

See how the curve fits together.

You will need to cut 4, 4 inch squares to fill in the middle of the quilt.  You can cut them with another Accuquilt die, or cut them the old fashioned way (gasp, with a rotary cutter).  See where they fit in the middle of the heart?

Um, yeah, you can see how well that worked out!  DO NOT design a quilt when you have a migraine!  You will be doing some unstitching :)  But in the end, things worked out ok :)

I put a 3 inch border around my little quilt, but you could do whatever you want.  Border, add more blocks, just bind it, or go with another row of blocks to add another heart and make the quilt bigger.  If I didn't have to work, I would keep playing all day with these drunkard's path blocks and see what else I could come up with!  Too bad I have bills to pay!

I decided to only quilt on the white part so the red would bump up.  This little quilt makes me smile when I look at it.  So easy and so cute!  Thanks Accuquilt for such a great product!

Here's a few more of my Drunkard's Path quilts.

 Black and white quilt for my son, his design
I used the 7 inch die for this one

pink and green quilt for a fundraiser for a neighbor battling cancer (7 inch die)

 Quilt of Valor (7 inch die)

 Doves for a grand-daughter of a teacher friend who lost her life in a boating accident (3 1/2 inch die)

 baby quilt for my daughter's tennis coach (both 7 and 3 1/2 inch dies used, I love how they work together!)

another fundraiser quilt for my neighbor with cancer (7 inch die)

Wedding quilt made for a work friend (7 inch die)

Now that you have stuck with me this entire blog post, it's time for a giveaway!  Here's the rules.  You must be a follower of this blog and leave a comment telling me what your favorite drunkard's path quilt is from this post.  I will pick a random commenter and announce the winner at the end of the blog hop on February 18 in the afternoon.  The winner will win your very own 3 1/2 inch drunkard's path die.  US residents only please.  Sorry, just can't afford international postage.  Be sure I have a way of contacting you!  One comment per person.  Good Luck!

Be sure to hop on over to the other blogs participating in the hop too!

February 13th
Marjorie (Marjorie Busby, quilter)

Ariane (Ariane's Crafts)

February 14th
Connie (Quilting by the River)
Linda (Living 4 Quilting)

February 15th
Lisa Marie (Scraps of Life)
Marilyn (North Hills Quilter) That's ME!

February 16th
Alicia (Heirloom Quilting)

Marjorie (Marjorie's Busy Corner)

February 17th
Sharon (Crazee Corners)

Jacque (Lilypad Quilting)

February 18th
Stacey (Driving Miss Stacey)

Tracey (The Peony Teacup)

Paulette (Sweet P Quilting and Creations)

Contest closed, congrats to Jen!