60th Birthday Quilt

For my Mom's 60th birthday i made a "community of love" quilt with squares submitted from friends and family from all stages of life.

here is a basic step by step process of what i did.


this picture has all of the 12 inch squares stacked by row ready to add the boarder in between. you can see the boarder in the background on the back of the chair.

next the squares are sewn together with a navy blue boarder. I cut 3 inch long strips and sewed in the long strip and cut it to length after it was sewn in place.

Then i sewed a long 3 inch strip across each row to finish the basic front of the quilt, then i sewed a 5 inch wide strip around each edge with mitred corners

now it is time to assemble the quilt and cut the fabric to size. i had to move all my furniture to the side so fit the backing fabric on the floor. [note the fabric should be right side up, i had to flip it after i took the picture]

on top of the backing fabric add the batting

then add the front of the quilt good side down, so the good sides face each other. trim and pin around all the edges

then sew around all the edges

and turn inside out.

tada! the quilt just after it has been flipped out. note at this point you need to sew up the hole you left to be able to turn the quilt out. also you need to "quilt" each intersection so that the batting doesn't slip around inside the fabric. i just sewed along the initial sewing lines so that the look would not change.

the finished product

the finished product at the party.