Once Upon A Story Row Along Show And Tell Day

It's been such a fun time seeing all those "Once Upon A Story" blocks, hasn't it!

Thanks to Marian at Seams To Be Sew, this has been a great row along.

The blocks can be used alone or with several of them to create a quilt.

My block is 30" x 30" and with an added border, it is perfect as a baby quilt.

It's probably no surprise that I chose "Five Little Monkeys" as my block!

This baby quilt measures 42" x 42" with the added borders.

The fabrics I used were by Northcott who generously gave me one yard of fabric, which I used
for the background. It's Stonehenge Gradations #39382-12. Of course, I had to have more,

so I bought a bundle of this pretty fabric from the Fat Quarter Shop. The colors are amazing!

You can download the free block pattern HERE

To create the quilt with a finished 30" x 30" Center Block:

Cut 2 – 6” x 6” squares, Center Block corners

Cut 2 - 2 ½” x 30 ½” strips, left and right Border A 

Cut 2 - 2 ½” x 34 ½” strips, top and bottom Border A

Cut 2 - 4 ½” x 34 ½” strips, left and right Border B 

Cut 2 - 4 ½” x 42 ½” strips, top and bottom Border B

Cut 1 - backing to fit 42" x 42" quilt front (allow extra for quilting)

Cut 1 - batting to fit 42" x 42" quilt front (allow extra for quilting)

Cut 5 - 2 ½" x 43" strips, binding

Step 1: Center Block Corners

Draw a diagonal line on wrong side of 6” x 6” squares.  

Place one square in top corners of center block, wrong sides together. Sew on drawn line. 

Trim 1/4” from seam and press open.

Step 2: Border A

 With right sides together, sew 2 ½” x 30 ½” strips to left and right of Center Block. 

Press seams towards borders. With right sides together, sew 2 ½” x 34 ½” strips to top

and bottom of Center Block. Press seams down.

Step 3: Border B

With right sides together, sew 4 ½” x 34 ½” strips to left and right of Border A. 

Press seams towards borders. With right sides together, sew 4 ½” x 42 ½” strips to top

and bottom of Border A. Press seams down.

Step 4: Finish Quilt

Finish using your favorite method of quilting and binding.

I use Spray n Bond to finish smaller quilts using this method:

Quilt assembly batting and basting spray: 

Protect the area where you will be working by placing an old sheet or paper under and 

around the area you’ll be spraying. Place the batting on work area, smoothing to remove 

wrinkles. Place the quilt backing, wrong side down, on top of batting. Smooth to remove 

wrinkles. Having the batting a bit larger than the backing is suggested. 

Roll back about six inches of the quilt back to expose some of the batting. Using the basting

 spray, spray batting from one edge to the other. Carefully lay the wrong side of quilt backing 

over the sprayed surface of batting. Smooth fabric to ensure it adheres to the sprayed fabric 

and remove any wrinkles. Roll back the rest of the quilt back to continue spraying and 

smoothing about six inches at a time until you reach the bottom of the quilt back. 

Check for creases or folds you might have missed.

Turn backing and batting over to have batting facing up. Lay quilt front, wrong side down, 

on batting. Make sure quilt front is lined up correctly; smooth out wrinkles. Use the same 

spray and smooth method as the backing. Trim edges and square-up quilt. 

Quilt as desired and add binding.

I used my favorite iron-on adhesive for the applique...love it!

Heat n Bond's EZ Print Lite Sheets can be run through an inkjet printer...no tracing!

Heat n Bond Lite comes in larger sheets, too.

Look at the other bloggers who made finished projects with those cute blocks:

Just Let Me Quilt
Words & Stitches
Duck Creek Mountain Quilting
Ursula Prandtstetter at Tuning My Heart Quilts
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Linda B Creative
Charlie???s Daughter at Bobbin In Quilts
Seams To Be Sew - Layout Tutorial

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