The End Game pattern has directions for both a large 62"x72" throw and a 20"x22" mini quilt. I was to test the mini version with one caveat: fussy cut the fabrics.
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I had a bundle of Seventy-Six fabrics by Alison Glass for Andover Fabrics left in my stash after making my Rockslide quilt, and I knew these would be the perfect it for this pattern!
Fussy cutting takes extra time. Extra time when cutting and extra time when sewing. So it's perfect for a mini quilt and for fabrics that are a bit more special to you.
I could have only fussy cut the focal prints, but I decided to try to fussy cut the background fabric too! More is more, right?!?
After cutting, you're left with "fabric skeletons." These still have quite a bit of usable space left, so they're staying in my stash!
I was so thrilled with how my first fussy cut pieces matched up!
And the second was just as good!
Here are the step-by-step pictures of how I sewed each of the fussy cut triangles together.
Once each of the rows was done, the real trick of sewing the rows together began! Which meant I spent a fair share of time with Jack the Ripper in order to get the pieces as perfect as possible. Some processes in quilting aren't the quickest, but the results are always worth the extra effort!
A fussy cut quilt top requires a pattern matched back!
I pin basted the quilt on my cutting table with Warm & Natural batting.
Then used my walking foot to quilt straight lines on either side of every seam in the quilt. (After all the quilting was done, I stitched a straight line all the way around the quilt to hold the seams in place in preparation of trimming the quilt.) All the piecing and quilting was done with 50wt Aurifil #2605 Grey - one of my most used colors!
As usual, I machine bound the quilt.
I love this quilt both for how it looks from afar and also up close!
You have to look closely to see the fussy cutting in the background fabric.
Not all the triangle points line up perfectly, but I decided to focus more on the pattern matching of the fussy cuts for this quilt instead of perfect points.
The back shows off the quilting. I love how this print makes the back it's own piece of art too!
This was my 64th quilt finish for the year when I finished it before Christmas! (I just couldn't share it until now!)
If you'd like to make your own End Game quilt, be sure to get the pattern from Jemima on her website here. She even has acrylic templates to make the cutting easier!
I'd also recommend looking through the hashtag #endgamequilt on Instagram to see some of the other versions made so far!
This was such a fun quilt for trying something new! Have you ever used fussy cutting in a quilt? Have you ever fussy cut so the patterns matched back up?
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Fussy cutting takes extra time. Extra time when cutting and extra time when sewing. So it's perfect for a mini quilt and for fabrics that are a bit more special to you.
I could have only fussy cut the focal prints, but I decided to try to fussy cut the background fabric too! More is more, right?!?
After cutting, you're left with "fabric skeletons." These still have quite a bit of usable space left, so they're staying in my stash!
I was so thrilled with how my first fussy cut pieces matched up!
And the second was just as good!
Here are the step-by-step pictures of how I sewed each of the fussy cut triangles together.
My husband just couldn't wrap his head around why I'd cut up perfectly good fabric just to sew it back together to look like it was never cut apart to begin with. I'll just say it felt so good to succeed at it!
A fussy cut quilt top requires a pattern matched back!
I pin basted the quilt on my cutting table with Warm & Natural batting.
As usual, I machine bound the quilt.
I love this quilt both for how it looks from afar and also up close!
You have to look closely to see the fussy cutting in the background fabric.
Not all the triangle points line up perfectly, but I decided to focus more on the pattern matching of the fussy cuts for this quilt instead of perfect points.
This was my 64th quilt finish for the year when I finished it before Christmas! (I just couldn't share it until now!)
If you'd like to make your own End Game quilt, be sure to get the pattern from Jemima on her website here. She even has acrylic templates to make the cutting easier!
I'd also recommend looking through the hashtag #endgamequilt on Instagram to see some of the other versions made so far!
This was such a fun quilt for trying something new! Have you ever used fussy cutting in a quilt? Have you ever fussy cut so the patterns matched back up?
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Wow this is a beautiful quilt and so impressive too! No, I haven't matched things up so they will line up, except maybe for a backing.
ReplyDeleteWow...that's some amazing perfect matching. Well done.
ReplyDeleteI have done some fussy cutting, but not much and nothing like you did on this beauty!! Simply amazing!!! If you had not done the close-ups of the quilt, I would have been trying to figure out how to piece those larger triangles and background pieces as big chunks!! You should be really proud of the piecing on this one...awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteAnother great quilt, Laura. Thanks for showing how you pieced those fussy cuts. Amazing! Love those AG fabrics!
ReplyDeleteThat's some amazing fussy cutting! I've very rarely done any fussy cutting because I hate the thought of those fabric skeletons left behind. I do admire it when other people do it, though :)
ReplyDeleteThat's some amazing fussy cutting.I've never done any fussy cutting
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