John 12:46 I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.
Today I started a new quilt top, Trip Around The World. Actually it’s a version of Trip Around The World, called ‘Many Trips’ or ‘Scrappy Trips.’ The pattern I decided to try used a new technique for me, but it’s been around for a while.
The new technique is called the ‘tube.’ Instead of cutting once you have (in my pattern) six rows together, you stitch the long side, right sides together, creating a tube.
Next, fold the tube in half and cut 2” strips. (Or the same size strips as your original strips.)
After cutting the 2” strips, grab your trusty seam ripper and take out a seam. Changing to the next square each time to create the diagonals.
I lined them up so I wouldn’t miss a row.
Keep turning each cut tube and remove the next seam.
And the next.
Until you have six rows. I kept my eyes on the blue row to make sure I had my diagonal.
Stitch the six rows together and press. Pretty slick, don’t you think?
Oops!
Piles ready to line up and mix and match. I used 22” strips so I got ten sub-strips. Each square has six rows, so I had four leftover. For these leftovers, I shuffled them so to be all different in the next squares.
Strips of sixes ready to be stitched. Four guys left over.
About twenty squares ready to be pressed.
I pressed all the seams up.
Stack of about forty squares. I think I’ll need 20-30 more.
In the meantime I think I’ll do a mock-up layout. What do you think?
Do you see it? I’m going to have to be careful to not place a square upside-down. I need all white/greens or yellow/reds in the centers together.
I have to say, I’m loving it!!
I decided to sew four squares together first to make sure I didn’t have one flipped. Then sewed the rows.
Two thousand eight hundred and eighty 2” squares later…
Just waiting for backing and binding. I love it!!
I think I’ll call it, ‘Many Scrappy Trips Around my Sewing Room!!’
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