Oh hello. I’m not even going to try and recap the last few years. Instead I want to share something awesome Bj made me years ago: A quilting sheet of greatness! I found these awesome spreadsheets from Generations Quilt Patterns, but they were limited to bed sizes, and not editable. I asked Bj to make me one that I could edit for smaller sized quilts and he came through with the coolest spreadsheet ever!
In this sharable template you are able to change the words (“baby”, “small throw”, etc.) and your desired size. Then it will automatically calculate how many blocks you need to make. I feel like there is no way I’m the first one to want a sheet like this or make one, but I couldn’t find a calculator for block amounts exactly like this so I thought I’d share. Enjoy!
Quilting sheet of greatness
Oh and the quilt above? It is pieced from a bag of triangle scraps I’d saved for years. I haphazardly sewed them to a 5″ square block and then trimmed them down to 3.5″. A very satisfying use of small scraps.
A spinning mat like this Fisker’s one is a must. I also like using little repositional marking strips (Glow Line tape by Omnigird is great) to make sure I don’t have too big of a corner on the block. With my bag of triangle scraps and spreadsheet I decided to make a small throw. I made 340 blocks and it will finish at 51 x 60.
I actually drafted this post four years ago (oops) and have just pin basted this quilt! I can’t wait to quilt it up.
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