QUILT PLANNING, Fabric Haul, Circle Block Tutorial

[@shaz1603]

After 22 years together we got married this year in September. I think that I may start on our wedding date and celebrate our first year of marriage with this quilt. I have requested to join the facebook group and after finishing a wallhanging that I am doing as a Xmas present will go to Bramble patch to pick my fabrics. EXCITED!

[@marialinder1295]

Love you girl and everyone of your projects. You certainly got me doing lots of epp

[@juliejeavons6949]

You could always do hearts for significant days, like birthdays and anniversaries. That practice block is very pretty. One thing for you to be aware of is that some U.K. days your max and min may be in the same range and you won’t have a circle on some days.

[@SweetVelvetBuds]

Lovely idea using hearts on special dates. 😁

[@kathrynirwin469]

Today I learned what a Liberty suitcase looks like and now I need it. Love your videos ♥

[@stitchwithrachel]

Me too! 🤣

[@SweetVelvetBuds]

Lovely idea! A friend just let me see her Temperature Blanket last week and it was when I first learned about it. After that I thought that there might be a Temperature Quilt, did a search and landed in your channel. Very happy of having found your project. The square with the circle is a fab idea. Thank you for the entertaining and informative tutorial. Not sure I would embark in a project like this at the moment, but it might be a fantastic item for my New Year Resolution list. 😉

[@lauraduncan4931]

I've never seen needle-turned-applique. Thanks for showing that.

[@stitchwithrachel]

You're welcome, I find it very easy once you've got the hang of it

[@alexandra-zaza-burns]

Home bargains do really pretty lidded boxes that are perfect project boxes for quilts. If you want to preshrink fabrics a good steam press prior to cutting works well but always do it before cutting. The issues with the frixion heat erasable pens seams to happen more in the US. I’ve never had it come back but you can get a fade mark on dark fabric which is okay if you’ve marked a sewing line where there will be stitching. For EPP you can use a ruler to cut around your papers, if you use a 1/4” seam allowance an add a quarter ruler is great for this. You could still use a circle on the front in a QAYG quilt and just use normal backing fabric for the wrap around fabric.

[@stitchwithrachel]

Excellent thank you! I'll go to home bargains and have a look 😄 yeah I agree that it seems to be an issue in America, everyone is scaring me 😂 I like the idea of using the quarter inch ruler to help cut around your templates! Thank you for all your really helpful tips 💖

[@alexandra-zaza-burns]

@@stitchwithrachel these are all things passed onto me from more experienced EPPers that I found really helpful.

[@tammyschniers569]

Getting very excited about the QAL!! I have decided on white background with needle turn hearts for the high temps of the day. I will be embroidering for each day that is a special meaning, such as birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, throughout the year....

[@stitchwithrachel]

Sounds great! That will look amazing 💖💖

[@juliejealous632]

Your quilt is going to look amazing ❤ I will be following your progress even though I won't be joining in with you. I have a couple of qayg quilts that I really want to concentrate on in 2024 and I am hoping that Santa brings me a book I have been wanting for a while which has lots of projects in that I want to make. Hopefully I have managed to keep off the naughty list this year! 🤞🤞😂😂

[@stitchwithrachel]

Thank you! I am really looking forward to starting this quilt now, I was nervous and had second thoughts about my fabric choices last week but I think they're fine. Oh I'm sure santa will bring you everything on your list!

[@stitchy_linn]

The prints and colors of your fabric choices are so very pleasing to the eye, Rachel. I think it will make a beautiful quilt. I am attempting to learn EPP after the first of the NY (‘24) from your videos. I’ve always wanted to learn but to take a formal paid for in person live class has been quite expensive and I just couldn’t justify the expense. Especially if I don’t care for using the technique. Happy I’ve found you thanks to KZbin Suggested Channels for me feature.

[@KariGibsonArt]

I love how your fabrics work together. I am trying to finish an EPP project by the end of the year, so I have a clean slate ready to start my temperature quilt in January! ❤

[@Auntie7024]

This will be a lovely quilt. Thank you for sharing this video. Your fabrics are beautiful.

[@JoyceMiller-w3o]

I've checked average highs & lows for my city on line to help me choose fabrics. I live in rainy Pacific Northwest Washington so I'll need lots of blues & grays!

[@stitchwithrachel]

You'll have such a unique quilt.. I'm excited to see everyone's as the year goes on

[@jacquelineknox1977]

Hi Rachel. Love your Liberty fabrics. Your quilt is going to be so very pretty. I am using fabrics from my stash and hoping I will have enough. I am pretty sure I will. As my quilt will be made with hexi flowers I can't really do a practice block without wastage, as all blocks will represent 7 days. I am just trying to decide on the different sizes as my original thought would make a massive quilt. Now to cut back. Enjoy your week. xx

[@therandomknitter1681]

After watching all your temperature quilt videos I now have my fabric shopping trip planned for coming Saturday 😁. I hope to buy some Dutch heritage fabrics at Petra Prins Patchwork. Thanks for this great idea Rachel! Can’t wait to get on the Facebook :)

[@helentucker6407]

You are good for me as I'm so so disorganised! Just started patchwork, made an ohio star and feel inordinately proud of myself! Beautiful work 👍

[@stitchwithrachel]

You should be really proud of yourself, well done!!

[@helentucker6407]

@@stitchwithrachel I meant your work is beautiful! It read wrong. Does your sister do videos or Instagram? Her quilt sounds interesting too. Thanks 👍

[@stitchwithrachel]

@helentucker6407 she does have Instagram and hopefully the link below works, she recently posted her fabrics. They are William Morris fabrics, I'll try and do an update video on her quilt throughout the year too. instagram.com/what.marjorie.made?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA==

[@everobinson7570]

I’m going to have a go at keeping up with you on this. I’m going to use my Tilda fat quarter pack which I’ve been saving for something special. Don’t forget it’s a leap year next year, so there’s an extra day.

[@stitchwithrachel]

Omg I didnt even know that! Thank you for letting me know!!

[@stuton114]

This sounds amazing Rachel, I'd love to join you 😊. I'm trying to understand the two colours, is the square the lowest temperature and the circle the highest? Also, if I do a quilt as you go, what colour is the backing which will outline the square? So many questions, I'm new to this, I'd appreciate some guidance, thank you for your inspiration.

[@diannemcdonald6593]

Doing the circle block

[@suzisaintjames]

When the heat erasable pen comes back... Just iron over it again and it will disappear. ... Yes, it will eventually reappear but... At least your project isn't ruined. 💖🌞🌵😷

[@jzsketchcraft]

Heat erasable pen only comes back under freezing tempuratures and can just be ironed away again, less of a risk than the water ones which can stain if left on for too long

[@janemarchant2558]

Hi Rachel, are you going to do different size circles? Might give your quilt a different look xxxx

[@stitchwithrachel]

Yeah I meant to say in this video but forgot, I'm going to do the circled slightly different sizes, not hugely different and I'm not going to worry about centering them exactly so it will have a nice organic feel to it xx

[@juliejeavons6949]

@@stitchwithrachelif you’re thinking of different sized circles you could give that meaning by adjusting for how long the high temperatures last; small circles for a short blip and large temperatures for a longer period. Wunderground and timeanddate both give you a graph of daily temperatures so it’s easy to see the whether it’s a proper warm day or just a passing moment.

[@maryt2887]

I do like this block, although my taste runs more to solids. I think the contrast is just enough and the lovely flowers complement each other.

[@stitchwithrachel]

Thank you for your opinion, I do usually go for a mix of patterns/solids but I went wild in the shop and then suddenly realised that the fabrics had to lay on top of each other for the quilt but I like it too 😂

[@janewardle5558]

I don't prewash, I mix fibres I pin and will tack larger pieces, I stay clear of heat "erasable" pens. There's so many different kinds of Marmite in quilting.

[@stitchwithrachel]

There really is! And that is the beauty of quilting, everyone's temperature quilt is going to look completely different and beautiful

[@HeatherCreasey]

Hi Rachel, Im just wondering what time are you logging the temperatures for temp quilt is it best to do PM temperatures. Never done one before not sorted fabrics yet but logging temp Thanx I love watching your videos ❤

[@stitchwithrachel]

Hi Heather, Thank you for watching.. I am using date and time.com to look at temperatures from the previous day (so I'm always a day behind) this website shows the high and low every 6 hours across the day so I just read it from there rather than the forecast x

[@vanniceabigelow6074]

2024 is a leap year so 366 days . February has 29 this time.

[@stitchwithrachel]

Thank you 😂 I never realised

[@delwyngraham4033]

I’ve started mine have all the colours ready in ziplock bags, have made a label which I would love to send you a photo of as I don’t do Facebook do you have Instagram or email I can post on. I’ve decided on 4 inch squares with orange peel appliqué thanks for your inspiration. Next year is a leap year I think so 366 days I will put blank in between months I think it works out 18 x21

[@stitchwithrachel]

Excellent, yeah someone else commented it was a leap year.. I clearly didn't realise and that's thrown me off a little 😂 I love orange peel quilts so I look forward to that. I have Instagram under stitch.with.rachel so feel free to message me xx

[@MT_Country_Gal]

I will be doing purple 💜 and yellow 💛 for my quilt. I'm doing a split circle turned hexi with high and low Temps. I tried to join the FB group but it doesn't seem to be letting me 😢.

[@stitchwithrachel]

Your quilt sounds great, with the Facebook group, did you answer the entry questions? I've has a handful of people who haven't and I've had to decline, this is because the questions are there to keep everyone in the group safe and ensure that only quilters come into the group.

[@MT_Country_Gal]

The join button isn't "active" for me to click so I don't have a chance to answer them. Maybe because I'm in the U.S.?

[@stitchwithrachel]

@MT_Country_Gal no that shouldn't be an issue, what is your name and I'll check? X

[@MT_Country_Gal]

Stacey Corcino. I did some research and thought I belonged to too many groups so I've cleaned that up. Nothing. No worries if it doesn't work out. 😊

[@MT_Country_Gal]

A friend joined the Temperature Quilt FB group and sent me an invite! Hope my answers came through!! 🤞🤞

[@patriciasweeney8401]

What do the degrees in fabric mean?

[@stitchwithrachel]

This will be a temperature quilt so I have assigned each fabric a temperature range x

[@patriciasweeney8401]

Oh 😂 I totally missed that part of the description!

[@misskitty4597]

I don’t find your facebook group ???😊

[@stitchwithrachel]

Hello, the group is linked in the video description, on the first line 💖

[@misskitty4597]

@@stitchwithrachel thank you. I looked several times & couldn’t see it

[@sabineviehweger3340]

But it just links to facebook. Not to a particular page.

[@juliejeavons6949]

@@sabineviehweger3340try on a different device. It definitely takes me to the group.