"Against the Grain" tutorial, part one

p r e f a c e

you all know

if you have read anything I have written about quilting

that I firmly believe we don't ever get to our destination

alone

by ourselves

just because

we are truly the sum of our parts

our friends

the people that walk shoulder to shoulder with us

to get to that destination

you have read the interviews...you have seen the projects...you have read the books

Rose Hughes

Jaybird Quilts

Martingale & Company authors

and so for the International Quilt Festival, Long Beach

(thank you, Quilts, Inc.)

we will post two tutorials by Kenna Ogg, Madison Cottage Design.

available for a limited time only.

thank you, Kenna.

"Against the Grain"

kenna ogg

madison cottage design

t u t o r i a l - part one

a happy 21" pillow

for this pillow we are using a Robert Kaufman Glam Garden roll-up

you will need (22) 2-1/2" strips by width of fabric (wof)

trim selvages from all strips 

select twenty-two (22) strips that you will want to make up the front of your pillow

cut a piece twenty two inches 22" from each of those twenty two (22) strips

keep the remaining fabric handy

(we're going to use it to make the backing for the pillow)

take ten (10) of those strips, and fold them WRONG sides together and press 
(these will be your "folded strips")

take one 2-1/2" strip (these are your "flat strips") , and one folded strip, 
and line up raw edges at the top of the 2-1/2" strip
DON'T SEW YET....

now, take another 2-1/2" flat strip, and line up raw edges again, 

sandwiching your folded strip between the two 2-1/2" flat strips that are now RIGHT sides together.

OKAY, NOW YOU CAN SEW

using your 1/4" seam - sew along the edge with the folded strip

press open

continue sewing your rows in this same manner until you have 10 "folded strips"
and eleven "flat strips"
(ending with a flat strip)
your pillow top will be 22" x 22-1/2"

now we're going to add that texture

you're going to need some tape

and

you're going to have to come back tomorrow

to learn how to make the texture!

HappiestDays

natalie.

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com