Imagine cuddling up on a cold night wrapped in a blanket made of a fiber so soft and smooth it rivals cashmere or mink. Welcome to the world of Minky. Using a modern version of the micro-fiber technology that has given us sweat wicking sports clothes and ultra suede, Minky is a hugely popular fabric often used for cuddle quilts and baby bedding. Sometimes described as a microfiber Chenille, Minky is surprisingly durable and easy to care for.
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Originally posted 2009-01-20 06:07:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
You can make the quilt in any monochromatic color you like. To do so, first pick out your background color. In my case this was white, pale gray, and pale blue. Pull out all your threads in this color. Then pull out all your threads in the main color of the quilt. In my case this was blue to blue-violet. There will be a few blue-green patches, but not many.
For each block of the quilt you will use two shades of blue and one accent color. As you can see by the sample, you can have the darker shade either as the center or as the points. The only trick is to keep the look varied by not having the same thread in two blocks next to each other.
I try to keep the same thread from appearing in the same row, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, but then I have lots of thread for these.
The layout will have 5 rows of five blocks. It is stitched on a 14″ square piece of 18 mesh mono canvas. I chose a dark blue for the canvas, as I wanted to have an underlying blue theme. You can pick any color.
Scotch Stitches over more than five threads have a tendency to catch and snag. One way to fix this is to split up the stitches. You lose the smooth box look, but for something which is based on a quilt, you get little divisions, which look like the ties in an old-fashioned quilt.
As the design builds, this creates a nice rhythm.
Begin by finding the center of the canvas. This should be the center of one block.
Always complete a block before moving onto the next block.
As I add blocks I find them easiest to stitch by making a corner block which is next to an already stitched block. Then I stitch the triangle points, then the center blocks, then I finish up the background.
When you are fitting in triangles or making the second triangle on a side, begin with the outside stitches and work towards the corner, this makes the triangles easier to stitch.
Come back next month for the first borders and to see the center section completed.
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