Modern Fleece Quilt
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DIRECTIONS:
Modern Fleece Throw
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Modern Fleece Pillows
SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
DIRECTIONS:
SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Fleece - 10 yards (Patterned and Solid Fleeces totaling 5 yards for the quilt top, and 5 yards of either Patterned or Solid Fleece the for quilt back)
- 90" x 90" Cotton Batting
- Polyester Thread
- Ball Point Sewing Machine Needle
- Walking Foot
- Safety Pins
- Disappearing Ink Pen
- Weights (could just be books!)
DIRECTIONS:
- For the quilt top, cut the solid and printed pieces of fleece into 20" wide strips. Lay the batting on the floor and tape it into place. Arrange the quilt top strips over the batting. Begin sewing the pieces together by connecting their vertical edges first; then sew the strips together on their horizontal edges.
- Fleece is so thick, especially as you begin to layer it, so change out the regular presser foot on your sewing machine to a walking foot. A walking foot will pull the top of the fabric in concert with the bottom of the fabric and is fairly important in a bulky project like this one. If you’ve never used a walking foot before, the bulk and shape of it can seem confusing, but it will attach to the foot holder screw like your regular presser foot, and the arm that hangs off the side simply steadies itself on the needle clamp.
- In addition, change your needle to a ball point needle, and use 100% polyester thread on this project; these changes will make the whole thing go much easier. When sewing, lower the foot pressure way down - no higher than 3, and lengthen stitch length a bit. Sew a few lines on a scrap piece of fleece until it looks right.
- After sewing pieces together, trim the seam allowance down to 1/4".
- Place this construction over top your cotton batting - laying smoothly, taped on the floor - smooth it out, weight it, and begin safety pinning across the quilt top. Sew down through the centers, then around the perimeter. Trim off any excess batting with scissors.
- Construct the fleece backing. Cut 5 yards of fleece down to two 2 ½" yard pieces, pin right sides together on one long side and sew.
- Place the backing right side down over your quilt top (facing right side up - you are placing these two pieces right sides together) - the quilt top is laying smoothly, taped on the floor - and smooth the backing out, weight it, and begin pinning across the backing. Once pinned, trim the excess backing. Then, sew around the perimeter, leaving a large enough gap at the bottom of the quilt to flip it right side out.
- Trim the fabric bulk from the corner seams and flip the quilt right side out. Smooth the quilt out and sew the gap at the bottom closed. Pin across the top
- Test your Disappearing Ink Pen on a scrap piece of fleece just to make sure that it will disappear, and then begin marking the quilt lines.
- Measure the finished width of your quilt and determine a width of quilted line that will be evenly spaced across the surface of the quilt - between 8 -11 inches. With your Disappearing Ink Pen, mark vertical lines of your determined width across the surface of the quilt. Sew over those marks.
- Erase disappearing ink lines, as needed, following the manufacturer's instructions.
Modern Fleece Throw
SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Fleece - 45"x 50"
- Fleece strips - Two 4 1/2"x 47", Two 4 1/2"x 52" (does not need to be cut on the bias)
- Sharp scissors
- Quilting ruler
- Straight pins
- Walking foot
- Ballpoint sewing machine needle
- Sewing machine with matching polyester thread
DIRECTIONS:
- Cut the Fleece down to 45"x 50", if you have not already done so; cut four fleece binding strips to 4 1/2" wide, two 47" long and two 52" long.
- Use your quilting ruler to measure in 1 1/2" from one of the edges. Line up the edge of one of the corresponding fleece strips (52" for the 50" side, for example) along the edge of the quilting ruler, and secure in place with the straight pins. Secure the entire fleece strip this way.
- Fleece is so thick, especially as you begin to layer it, so change out the regular presser foot on your sewing machine to a walking foot. A walking foot will pull the top of the fabric in concert with the bottom of the fabric and is fairly important in a bulky project like this one. If you’ve never used a walking foot before, the shape of it can seem confusing, but it will attach to the foot holder screw like your regular presser foot, and the arm that hangs off the side simply steadies itself on the needle clamp.
- In addition, change your needle to a ballpoint needle, and use 100% polyester thread on this project. These changes will make the whole thing go much easier. When sewing, lower the foot pressure way down - no higher than 3, and lengthen stitch length a bit. Sew a few lines on a scrap piece of fleece until it looks right.
- Sew 3/8" down the length of the fleece strip.
- Then, flip the strip over the edge of the blanket and secure on the other edge with straight pins. The finished binding will be 2 inches on front and back. At this point, make sure that the binding is 2 inches on the top (where the binding is folded over its seam) and wider than 2 inches on the bottom (you will be trimming this).
- Sew in the seam ditch from the top. Then on the bottom, trim the excess fleece off close to the seam, but not through the stitching.
- Fleece will not fray, so you do not need to worry about folding over all the edges of the binding; we are simply giving it a clean, finished look. In fact, to miter the blanket's edges we will overlap the next corresponding fleece trip (47" for the 45" side, for example), sew diagonally at the corner, and trim off the excess just as we did on the back.
- Start this second edge just as you did the first, setting down your quilting ruler 1 1/2" from the edge, lining up the corresponding fleece strip with the edge of the quilting ruler, and securing in place with straight pins. Sew along the edge of the fleece strip with a 3/8" seam, but this time, stop short of sewing over the previous fleece strip. If you accidentally sew over it, just pull out those stitches, brush up the fleece nap, and continue.
- Flip the strip over the edge of the blanket as before and secure on the other edge with straight pins.
- Sew in the seam ditch from the top. This time, when you get to the overlapping corner, keep your needle down, lift your presser foot, and pivot the fleece around so that you are sewing on a diagonal from inner corner to outer corner. This will be your mitered edge. Aim a little more in towards the first edge, just to make sure you catch the first edge entirely and avoid a slight gap at the point. Trim the excess fleece off the corner, close to the seam but not through the stitching. Then on the bottom, trim the excess fleece off close to the seam, but not through the stitching.
- Continue this process on the remaining corners.
Modern Fleece Pillows
SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Fleece - 1 yard of one color, 1/2 yard of a contrasting color
- Sharp scissors
- Walking foot
- Ballpoint sewing needle
- Sewing machine with polyester thread
- Straight pins
DIRECTIONS:
- On your fleece, mark a square which is two inches larger than your intended finished square. For example, for a finished pillow size of 16"x 16", you would mark your square at 18"x 18".
- Once you have the square marked, mark the shape of the pillow's inset curve. Set your ruler at 18" (for example) from the bottom right corner of the square and, keeping the ruler secure in that one corner, make a mark every inch or so from one corner to the other. This will create the curve in a connect-the-dots fashion. Cut out your square and its inset curve.
- Place the concave scrap piece you just cut on top of a contrasting piece of fleece, trace, and cut.
- Lay the concave and convex curves next to each other and line up their edges. Then flip the concave curve over the convex curve at its center and pin. They will be right sides together at this point. Continue pinning the curved edge outward from the center.
- Fleece is so thick, especially as you begin to layer it, so change out the regular presser foot on your sewing machine to a walking foot. A walking foot will pull the top of the fabric in concert with the bottom of the fabric and is fairly important in a bulky project like this one. If you’ve never used a walking foot before, the bulk and shape of it can seem confusing, but it will attach to the foot holder screw like your regular presser foot, and the arm that hangs off the side simply steadies itself on the needle clamp.
- In addition, change your needle to a ballpoint needle, and use 100% polyester thread on this project. These changes will make the whole thing go much easier. When sewing, lower the foot pressure way down - no higher than 3, and lengthen stitch length a bit. Sew a few lines on a scrap piece of fleece until it looks right.
- Sew along the curved edge of the fleece. Then, trim the fabric bulk from the curved seams by using your sharp scissors to cut little triangles every 1/2" or so along the curve, making sure not to cut through the stitching. Set aside.
- Construct the envelope back of the pillow.
- Cut out two pieces of fleece that are the same width as the first pillow, but half plus 3"-4" of the length. For example, if you cut your first square to be 18"x 18", then the corresponding pieces for the envelope back will be 18"x 12".
- On one of your pieces, fold one of the 12" sides over an inch, pin, and sew in place. Repeat for the second piece.
- Line up one of the back pieces over top the front piece, right sides together, and pin in place. Line up the second back piece over the remaining edges of the front piece, right sides together with the front piece, and overlapping the other back piece. The hemmed short edges should be in the interior of the square — these will be the edges of your pillow's envelope opening. Make sure everything is pinned in place and sew all the way around the perimeter of the square. Trim the excess fabric bulk off the corner seams, and pull right side out through the envelope opening.
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23 yds of fleece for 1 quilt? please proof read before you post instructions
Date published: 2021-05-01