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Creativebug is excited to release our first-ever Daily Quilting Challenge. Designer and quilter Anna Maria Horner created “Dear Diary” to help you build skills as you move through the month, resulting in the perfect modern sampler quilt. Beginning with traditional blocks and techniques updated with contemporary color choices and block arrangements, this quilt top serves as a record of your patchwork journey. Use half-square triangles in different ways to create new motifs, play with scale as you move through the various blocks, and learn how to appliqué on feature blocks. Best of all, the robust PDF includes cutting and assembly guides as well as a color map so you can substitute in an of your favorite solids and prints to make this quilt your very own.
Before beginning each day, please be sure to work from the most updated version of the class PDF.
Finished quilt is 64" x 80"
Learn how to:
What you'll get:
Before beginning each day, please be sure to work from the most updated version of the class PDF.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Straight pins
- Sewing machine
- Hand-sewing needles
- Scissors
- Rotary cutter and mat
- Ruler and templates
- Paper templates are included in the PDF but you can find acrylic templates for the applique here, and mylar templates here.
- Marking tool
- Fabric glue stick
- Aurifil 50 weight thread in a dark and light
- Iron and ironing surface
- Fusible web for machine applique; Anna Maria uses Steam-a-Seam
- About 10 yards of quilting weight cotton fabric. Anna Maria uses the following colors: rust, black printed, solid black, leopard, maroon, lime green, blue and yellow plaid, medium blue, pink plaid, purple, red, coral/green floral, stripe fabric, light blue, cream, pale pink and yellow, dark grey, yellow, pink, rust, coral, pink and white pattern, light grey, solid blue, blue and aqua pattern, and green. If you'd like to use all the fabric in Anna Maria's original quilt, you can purchase her fabric bundle here
Finished quilt is 64" x 80"
Downloads:
- Use templates
- Work needle turn hand appliqué
- Machine appliqué
- Sew patchwork
- Work with grid rulers
- Sew half-square triangles
- Cross cut
- Sew no-waste flying geese blocks
- Work with color in a quilt design
- Assemble a patchwork design to build a quilt top
What you'll get:
- Instructions on how to make the Dear Diary Quilt
- 31 HD video lessons you can access online anytime, anywhere
- Detailed supplies list and PDF containing quilt patterns and sewing guide
- Step-by-step expert instruction from Anna Maria Horner
- The ability to leave comments, ask questions, and interact with other students
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Dear Diary Daily Quilting Challenge Reviews
196 users recommended this class to a friend
Chelsea StGermain
I liked the final quilt, and I did enjoy learning different types of blocks, however I did not think this was a beginner friendly class. One problem I ran into was that in the videos she would say things like "trim to a 4-inch square" or similar, so I did, and all my blocks were short by 1/2 an inch. I asked my mom about it, who has been quilting for years, and she said really what you need to do is trim the square to 4.5x4.5". And this just wasn't explained in the videos or the accompanying pdf. Also, for one of the blocks on day 4, it was unclear that part of the block was going to be used for assembly later, and as a final block dimension was provided for that day I had made it incorrectly and didn't realize it until the final assembly days. One of the applique shapes was not referenced at all in the pdf (number 7), but I was pretty sure she meant this one instead of piece 1 for one of the applique's. I really loved the idea of this quilt, but I definitely wouldn't have said it was a beginner quilt with how it was presented. A little more instruction in the pdf's and the videos really would have helped.
More than 3 months ago
Laura Bullock
Great class showing different ways to create a variety of blocks. I will definitely review again and actually follow along the next time. I think I got lost on a few of the blocks. The quilt is lovely, different from many others. Great way to use up scraps to make a colorful masterpiece and showcase some quilting skills. Someone will love this gift. But, then again, I may have to keep this one.
More than 3 months ago
Lela McKee Friel
I love every class taught by Anna Maria Horner! She is not only a great teacher, her fabrics that she designs are beautiful and her use of these fabrics in her quilts are always very inspiring. I look forward to more classes taught by Anna Maria Horner in the future.
More than 3 months ago