It’s the final week! Can you believe it? By the end of this week we will all have a beautiful Uppercross or Uppercross Cottage Quilt. I’ve been following all of you on Instagram and each one of you is going to have an absolutely stunning quilt. I can’t wait to see the final reveals!!
And who’s excited to finish Persuasion this week!! Oh it’s the very best part. I cannot WAIT!
Uppercross sew along schedule
- Week 1 – September 6th -12th: Fabric Pull (Optional – Read chapters 1-3 of Persuasion by Jane Austen.)
- Week 2 – September 13th – 19th: Cut Fabric (Optional – Read chapters 4-6 of Persuasion by Jane Austen.)
- Week 3 – September 20th – 26th: Strip Piecing (Optional – Read chapters 7-9 of Persuasion by Jane Austen.)
- Week 4 – September 27th – October 3rd: 4-Patch Block Assembly (Optional – Read chapters 10-12 of Persuasion by Jane Austen.)
- Week 5 – October 4th – October 10th: Assemble Cross Blocks (Optional – Read chapters 13-15 of Persuasion by Jane Austen.)
- Week 6 – October 11th – October 17th: Assemble Plus Blocks (Optional – Read chapters 16-18 of Persuasion by Jane Austen.)
- Week 7 – October 18th – October 24th: Catch Up Week (Optional – Read chapters 19-21 of Persuasion by Jane Austen.)
- Week 8 – October 25th – October 31st: Sew Blocks and Rows Together and Assemble Your Finished Quilt! (Optional – Read chapters 22-24 of Persuasion by Jane Austen.)
week 8: Chain piecing and assembly
When I’m assembling a quilt top, I like to chain piece, so the process goes faster. Because let’s be honest, when you’re that close to the finish line, it’s hard to wait! You want to see that gorgeous quilt top ASAP, right??
Stack your blocks by style and get ready to organize them in rows.
You’re going to make stacks of each column. Refer back to your pattern and start with the first column on the left. Make a pile of the first column of blocks with the top left corner block on the top of your pile, and the bottom left corner block on the bottom of your pile. Then repeat for the second column and so on.
Take your top block from pile 1 and sew it to the top block from pile 2. This is your top row. Make sure the sub blocks are oriented in the correct direction. Then take the next block from each pile and sew them together. This is your 2nd row. Keep going until you have sewn all of the blocks in both piles together.
Don’t do anything to your strips yet, just take the third pile of blocks (column 3) and set that next to your sewing machine. Now take those strips and make sure you are sewing with column 2. Sew on the next pile of blocks to the column 2 side of your strips. Your block orientation won’t matter except on the edges so watch that carefully!!
Continue this process until you have sewn all your blocks in rows.
Now you can snip your rows apart and press them. I pressed mine toward the plus blocks or the background squares/rectangles.
Take row 1 and row 2. Line them up, right sides together, nest and pin your seams, then sew! Repeat until all your rows are sewn together.
The last step will be your borders. Don’t forget to add them!! I’ve still got to sew mine on, as you can see. I can’t wait to see all your finished quilts!! Let the quilt parade begin!!
week eight giveaway
I’m just so thrilled about this week’s sponsors!! TWO of you will win quilting services!!! Woot Woot!! One will be from Emily of Brown Eyed Quilter and the other from Sandy of Thai Charm LLC. These ladies are so talented and offer phenomenal quilting services and lots of design options. Check out their websites to start picking out your favorite design.
They will each do a baby or throw size or the value of that if you have a larger quilt. Good Luck!!
HOW TO WIN:
- Post a picture to Instagram showing your fully assembled quilt!! Use #UppercrossQuiltSA somewhere in the caption.
- Your Instagram account must be public to participate.
- Each photo you post is an entry and you can post as many times as you want during the week. Each week we start fresh and the posts from the previous week no longer count.
- Your pictures must be posted between Monday, 10/25 at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time and Sunday, 10/31 (yes, that’s Halloween!!) at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time.
- The winners will be announced next Monday, 11/1, at approximately 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time.
Good Luck and have fun!!
xoxo, Sara Marie
sew along sponsors
- Week 1: Jordan and Joy Co
- Week 2: OttLite LED Sanitizing Lamp
- Week 3: Maker Valley
- Week 4: Sylvia Raschella Design
- Week 5: Liza Taylor Fabric shop
- Week 6: Rosie Girl Quilting
- Week 8: Free Edge to Edge Long Arm Quilting by Emily of Brown Eyed Quilter
- Week 8: Free Edge to Edge Long Arm Quilting from Sandy of Thai Charm LLC
