Using Quilters Grid by Vlieseline
Have you wondered how Vlieseline’s Quilters Grid works? This is one of my favourite products to use for creating my mini quilt tops. I love the thought of making mini’s with 1 inch finished squares, but…. if I was to sew those squares together using my normal piecing method then the accuracy would be off a little due to sewing all those tiny squares together. Using the Quilters Grid ensures that I get accurate points on my squares.
So let me tell you a bit more about it. Quilter’s Grid is light weight, non woven, fusible and made from synthetic fibres. On one side it has the brown grid lines and in-between those grid lines measures one inch squares. On the other side is the fusible side, the texture is different, you can feel the difference, it is slightly raised. This is the side you place your fabric onto.
Once you have your fabric prepped and cut your Quilter’s Grid, you are then ready to start placing your fabric on top of the Quilter’s Grid. Follow the pattern row by row, and you soon start to build up your design. Make sure your fabric doesn’t overlap. This will help when sewing your seams together.
Once you are happy your fabric is in the right place. You can then start to fuse the fabric into place. Using the damp Iron cloth, place lightly on top of the fabric and with a dry iron, apply light pressure and hold in place for around 10 to 12 seconds. This will then ensure that the fabric is adhered to the quilters grid.
You are now ready for sewing. We are going to fold over and sew a ¼ inch seam allowance down each vertical seam. The Quilter’s Grid folds over easily. Sew down and follow the grid line top to bottom. Do the same on the next row, until all of your vertical seams are sewn, as you can see in the pic below.
For the next step the seams need to nest nicely. So we snip in-between the horizontal seams up to the stitch line.
We are now going to sew the horizontal rows, you have snipped in-between to the stitch line, you can now nest the seams. See picture below.
You then sew down each row, nesting the seams as you go, using a 1/4” seam allowance.
Complete this for each horizontal row.
This then gives you perfect corners every time.
Give your quilt top a good press. Baste as normal, quilt and bind.
Happy quilting, and don’t forget to send me your pictures of your makes and I can add them to the Lookbook
