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Monday, August 11, 2014

Crown Royal-down the home stretch...

I have been working on this for the past 2 days.  I will not put any other quilt on the frame until I have finished piecing this quilt.  It will be next.
This quilt was commissioned by some very good friends of ours.

I have been working on it-off and on- for almost 2 years.  Mind you, we sold the farm in Idaho, moved to Ohio during this time....and I had a surgery....yada, yada..... 

These friends are headed out to visit us next month and spend a few days. Now, my goal is to have it on the bed when they get here!

Here are the finished blocks I am making from the bags.

I was able to create a way to use up all most all of the fabric in the bag and the gold braid to boot!
Here's how it works:
I cut off the drawstring casing and fish out the braid--taking care not to cut the braid because I will need every millimeter of it for the block.
I cut off the knot and fish out the braid
There is a 36" length of braid in each bag.
Here's what I end up with...when I get a dozen bags dissected, I iron everything and start assembling the blocks.
If I have cut the bag extremely carefully, I can get two 9.5 x 2.25 inch strips from the side length.
I need to cut the bottom curve off the front piece right where the width is 4 inches.
Sew the front to the back... 
Centering the words, trim this to 9.5 x 4 inches. 
Not much left of the bag and I am saving the chunk left from the back, I might use it later.
Here we are: the braid is stitched 3/4 inch in from the edge of the block making a nice frame.
I am getting close to my final number of 60 blocks this afternoon! 




























12 comments:

  1. How did you attach the braiding? Did you machine sew over it, or hand sew it, or ???

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  2. I used a zig zag stitch with my Bernina and used yellow thread.

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  3. Do you have a photo of your finished quilt?

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  4. Yes, there is a search button above the Label index so you can see all the CR related posts. Here is the finished product.
    http://bunkhousequilts.blogspot.com/2014/09/crown-royal-finish.html

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  5. I am getting started on one of these for a friend. Did you pre-wash the bags? I read somewhere that another person had issues with the purple bleeding a lot. That concerns me. I have not cut anything but I appreciate you sharing your steps above. Helps a lot.

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    1. I did not prewash the bags. Yes, they might run if it is ever washed.

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  6. Any special setting for your iron? I tried ironing one once and the yellow thread on the bag started melting.

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    1. No, I just used my normal cotton setting on my steam iron. I had no melting problems.

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  7. I read on another post the gold seam thread melts not the purple
    or the Logo.

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    1. I don't know about that, I never ironed any of the gold seam thread. It would be true if it was nylon thread.

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