Colorful Dinosaurs
Finished quilt is 35 by 55 inches
Colorful dinosaurs quilt is a quilt that combines a traditional block, Attic Window, with an applique picture of a dinosaur. The quilt has twelve attic windows with the same dinosaur pattern in each one. Since I used the same dinosaur throughout the quilt, I used many fabrics for the dinosaurs. MATERIALS FOR THE "COLORFUL DINOSAURS" QUILT 1 3/4 yards of white fabric You need a variety of fabrics for the dinosaurs. You can use fabric you have left from other projects or buy fat quarters or 1/4 yard of each fabric. 1/2 yard of light brown fabric for the windows 1/2 yard of medium brown fabric for the windows 1 1/2 yard of dark brown fabric for the sashing. 1 3/4 yards of dark green material for outer border and binding 2 yards of batting 2 yards of fabric for the back of the quilt piece of felt for the eyes black & white embroidery floss DIRECTIONS FOR THE APPLIQUED DINOSAURS 1. Cut your white fabric into rectangles, 9 1/2 by 12 1/2 inches. 2. Fold the square in fourths to help find the center of the rectangle 3. Make a copy of the dinosaur pattern and cut pieces out on the line. 4. Trace the pieces on the fabrics you want to use. 5. Cut out the pieces using a scant quarter inch. 6. Lay out the pieces on the white rectangle, pin in place. 7. Sew the pieces down using needle turn applique. Your thread should match your fabric. I sew them in this order, but you can sew them in any order you want. a) Unpin the nose(#1) and head(#2). Sew the two pieces together. b) Unpin all the pieces except #3. Using needle-turn applique, sew it on the white rectangle. c) Re-pin all the pieces. Starting at the right side of the body(#4), sew the body and head onto the white fabric. d) Sew the tail (#5) on last. 8. Cut small eyes out of black felt. Using fabric glue, glue in place 9. With white embroidery floss sew, French knots in the middle of the eyes. 10. Sew two French knots on the nose. (see dinosaur picture for placement.) 11. Press rectangle to get out any wrinkles 12. Trim the rectangle to 7 1/2(width) by 10 1/2 length. DIRECTIONS FOR THE ATTIC WINDOW BLOCK 1. Make 12 half square triangle. b) Take one light and one medium brown square. c) Draw 2 diagonal lines, corner to corner,on the light brown square. You will be making an "X". d) Place squares right sides together. e) Sew a 1/4" from both sides of the diagonal lines. f) Cut the square in half, then fourths, and finally cut each small square on the diagonal line. g) You will have 8 units. Press toward darker fabric. h) Trim the squares down to 1 1/2 inches. i) With this method you will have 4 extra half-square triangles 2. Cut 12 strips of the medium brown fabric 1 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches. 4. Using a 1/4 inch seam allowance, with right sides together, sew the medium brown fabric along the left side of each dinosaur rectangle. Press toward strip. 5. Sew the half square triangle to the other strip, right sides together. Make sure the same fabric touches. Press toward strip.. 6. Sew the light brown strip(with half-square triangle attached) to the bottom of the dinosaur rectangle. Press toward the strip 1. Cut 8 strips 1 by 10 1/2 inches 2. Cut 5 strips 1 by 26 inches 3. Cut 2 strips 1 by 48 inches *Both strips for #2 & #3 are cut longer than you will need. I do this to make sure I don't come up short. They can be trimmed after you sew them on. 4. Lay out your blocks on the floor or a design board. You should have three rows across by 4 rows down. Stack each row together from left to right. I like to pin a number on each row to keep them straight. 5. Sew a 1 inch by 10 1/2 inches to the right side of the first 2 blocks in each row. Press toward the darker fabric. 6. Sew the blocks in each row together. Press 7. Sew a strip 1 inch by 26 inches to the top and bottom of row one. Sew the remaining strips to the bottom of the other two rows. Trim any excess fabric and press. 8. Sew you rows together. Sew row one to row two, and row 3 to row 4. Press. Then sew those two units together. Press 9. Sew the two long strips down each side. Press and trim excess ATTACH OUTER BORDERS TO THE "COLORFUL DINOSAURS" QUILT 1. Cut two strips 4 1/2 inches by 58 inches 2. Cut two strips 4 1/2 inches by 28 inches 3. Pin the smaller strips to the top and bottom of the quilt. Sew with a 1/4 inch seam allowance right sides together. Press and trim to edge of quilt. 4. Pin the two longer strips to the sides of the quilt. Sew - press- trim. LAYER THE "COLORFUL DINOSAURS" QUILT 1. Lay the back fabric on a large hard surface (I use the floor) right side down. Smooth out all the wrinkles 2. Lay the batting on top of the back fabric. Smooth out wrinkles 3. Lay the quilt top on the batting. Straighten out the fabric. 4. Baste the three layers together. This can be done by basting the three layers together with contrasting thread or by quilters safety pins. 5. Your quilt is ready to be quilted. BIND THE "COLORFUL DINOSAURS" QUILT 1.Trim your batting and backing fabric evenly with your quilt top. 2.Measure the top and bottom of your quilt and add 1 inch. 3.Cut two strips 2 inches by the width of your quilt. Repeat for your side bindings. Fold the 4 strips in half and press. 4.Pin your binding to the top and bottom of your quilt top with the right sides together and the raw edge at the top of your quilt. Machine stitch with a 1/4 inch seam allowance,press toward quilt. Repeat for remaining 2 sides. 5.Fold your binding to the back of the quilt and stitch in place using a slanted hem stitch. Press binding flat.
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