Fabric and a Tutorial

Over the next month or so Heather and I are going to be telling you about our new sponsors as well as sharing some fabulous tutorials.  Today we're talking about Treasure Bay Fabrics!

Let me give a little spotlight and then we'll hop right into a tutorial for a HST quilt.  Melissa of Treasure Bay Fabrics has a great little etsy shop and she carries some seriously darling prints (japanese imports, Michael Miller, Alexander Henry, Freespirit, more and more and more...)  I've loved working with her, and that is an absolute must for me!  What makes her shop different?  She loves suggestions on what to carry, she takes custom listing requests and ships internationally daily.  Also Melissa has a great blog where she often has giveaways (including a recent giveaway of Riley Blake fat quarters!) and she also hosts giveaways through facebook.  Make sure to stop by and say hi :)

HST Quilt Tutorial Part 1
Click here for HST Quilt Tutorial Part 2
Click here for HST Quilt Tutorial Finish
edited to add: finished quilt size 50" x 60"

Joel Dewberry's Modern Meadow

Would you cry if you got this in the mail?

I almost did. 

PS Yes this fabric has already been cut, I couldn't wait to dig in, not even for a quick photo.

And of course, this fabric is all from Treasure Bay Fabrics.

I am so happy I went with this colorway, originally I was going to go with blues, greens, browns.

Which is fabulous.

Which is so typically me.

So happy I went with the dark blue and not brown.

Materials Needed:

* 1 1/2 yards white fabric

* 1 1/2 yards of various prints (at least 4 different prints, I have 5)

* 2 yards backing fabric

* 57" x 67" batting

* 3/4 yard fabric for binding

* sewing machine, scissors, thread, etc.

First: Cut sixty 6" squares from the white fabric and the various prints, 120 total squares.

Second: Using a white square and a printed square, make half-square triangles.  Repeat 119 times. :)

Would anyone be interested in seeing how I make my HST? Or are we all set in our own ways?  Do we all know how to make one in the first place??

Third: Make sure to square up each and every HST.

ie cut each and every one of them to be perfect 5 1/2" square

That's it for part 1!  Next Thursday we will put together all of our blocks and in no time we'll have a quilt top finished.

Please let me know if any part of this tutorial is confusing or incorrect.

Please let us know if you are making this quilt, first I'd feel really cool, second I'd call my mom and third maybe we could feature you!

I'm really excited for the layout of this quilt and can't wait to share it all with you.  I hope you'll quilt-a-long with me or at least give it a try someday.

See you tomorrow with our Friday QuiltStory.