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Are you excited to make Infrastructure? Heather Black and I will both hosting the quilt along and sharing tips and tricks for making the quilt on our blogs each week. See below for the supply list along with links to all of the quilt along posts as they go live.
Infrastructure designed by Heather Black of Quiltachusetts, pattern written by Christa Watson
Infrastructure Supply List
Infrastructure Quilt Pattern:
Recommended Ruler Set:
Fabric Requirements:
- Click here to purchase the Infrastructure kit with Geo Pop fabric
- Click here to purchase 4 yards of coordinating backing fabric
Other Recommended Supplies:
- Natural fiber batting such as Hobbs Cotton or Wool
- Olfa Rotary Cutter with brand new blade
- Cutting mat and a variety of acrylic rulers
- 505 basting spray if you choose to spray baste your quilt
- Sewing machine in good working order
- Brand new needle
- Hand sewing needle and thimble for binding by hand
- Thread for piecing and quilting – I recommend my Aurifil 50 weight thread kits
- ***If using a die cutter instead of the ruler or included template, I recommend the Accuquilt Triangle in a Square 4″ Finished Square Die # 55409***
Click here to get my Piece and Quilt thread collections from Aurifil.
Alternate Color Way in Solids
Heather will be making her version using Superior Solids by Benartex.
Click here to follow Heather on her blog at Quiltachusetts
Infrastructure Quilt Along Schedule
Both Heather and I will share our process as we make the quilts. She’ll be custom quilting hers on a longarm machine and will bind by machine. I’ll be quilting mine using a decorative stitch with my walking foot and will bind by hand. Links to both of our blogs will go live below after each step has been posted.
- Week 1: Design Notes, Prepping Your Fabrics
- Week 2: Cutting & Sewing Row 1
- Week 3: Cutting & Sewing Row 2
- Week 4: Cutting & Sewing Rows 3 & 5
- Week 5: Cutting & Sewing Row 4
- Week 6: Cutting & Sewing Row 6
- Week 7: Cutting and Sewing Row 7
- Week 8: Cutting and Sewing Row 8
- Week 9: Cutting and Sewing Row 9
- Week 10: Quilt Top Assembly & Basting (or Longarm Prep)
- Week 11: Machine Quilting
- Week 12: Binding by Hand or Machine
Share Your Progress on Social Media
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- Follow us on instagram @christaquilts and @quiltachusetts and use the hashtag #infrastructurequilt to show your progress
- Join my ChristaQuilts Facebook group to share pics & ask questions
We can’t wait to get started! So gather your fabrics and get ready to make a complete quilt from start to finish!!
Click here to get the Infrastructure Quilt Kit while supplies last.
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