Yvonne’s Christmas Star is a 2-color, multi-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. It measures 75 x 75 inches. Log Cabin blocks can be laid out in many different settings. This star setting seemed just right for a Christmas quilt. If you are quirky like me, you cut out all your Inklingo shapes with scissors and enjoy the long, slow process. If you like to be efficient and use your rotary cutter, you can layer-to-cut your printed pieces of fabric and be done in no time. Linda explains layering to cut on the Inklingo blog and more about it in her article on the Quilting Hub.
This design uses the Inklingo .75″ Log Cabin Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 very simply with color swatches available in the program. You could use Christmas fabrics or do a scrappy version as well.
Yvonne Colepaugh is my 1st cousin 2x times removed. She and my grandmother, Helen are first cousins. Yvonne’s mother died during childbirth and the five children were taken in by relatives. My great-grandmother, Catherine (Colepaugh) McEvoy took in Yvonne and her brother, Maurice and raised them as her own. (What’s two more when you already have a dozen of your own?)
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9020-10 Toscana White Picket Fence, white with small red print or other suitable white or light fabric(s). |
Suitable scraps – Reds, Christmas fabrics, etc. |
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Copy the information below to a printed Cheat Sheet. To figure fabric yardage, see the section “Planning a Quilt” in the Inklingo collection. | |||||
Fabric | Yardage | Shape | # of Shapes | Cut & Print | Page # in shape collection |
Fabric 1 White(s) |
Combo | 100 partial sets | 100] 5.5 x 10” | .75” Log Cabin: 36 & 37 | |
Square .75” | 100 | 4] 6.75 x 13” | .75” Log Cabin: 14 & 15 | ||
Fabric 2 Reds or Scrappy |
Combo | 100 full sets | 100] 6.75 x 10” | .75” Log Cabin: 36 & 37 | |
Binding Strips | 8 strips | // | |||
Want to check my math? The Yvonne’s Christmas Star Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. Be sure to check my Log Cabin Quilts Pinterest Board for more quilty Log Cabin inspiration! |
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Xandra’s Pickle Dish is a 2-color, 3-fabric quilt set on point. It measures approximately 70 x 70 inches. I used an on-point setting for this quilt so I could finish it off with straight edges to make binding the quilt easier. The curves are very gentle and can be easily machine pieced. The Inklingo Double Wedding Ring Design Book includes assembly notes, information on pressing and a pressing guide for the arcs. The DWR Design Book is free when you purchase the DWR or Pickle Dish collections but through 31 December 2014, Linda is offering it for free without a purchase.
This design uses the Inklingo Pickle Dish Collection which can be purchased separately and has all the shapes to make this quilt or as an Add-On to the Double Wedding Ring Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Toscana and Stonehenge by Northcott. Linda has a video with 50 Double Wedding Ring designs (see end of post) that will inspire some to try a more complicated design. There is also information on Linda’s blog about fussy cutting Double Wedding Ring shapes!
No, there is no Xandra in my family tree. There isn’t anyone male or female whose name begins with the letter X as a matter of fact.
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![]() Inklingo Pickle Dish Collection Note that you need either this collection OR the two on the right to make this quilt, not all three. |
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![]() Inklingo DWR Pickle Dish Add On |
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![]() Inklingo Double Wedding Ring Design Book |
![]() The Inklingo Handbook |
(Download from website or print from collection) |
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Copy the information below to a printed Cheat Sheet. To figure fabric yardage, see the section “Planning a Quilt” in the Inklingo collection. |
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Fabric | Yardage | Shape | # of Shapes | Cut & Print | Page # in shape collection |
Fabric 1 Beige |
Center | 61 | 61] 8 x 8.25″ | DWR: 6 & 7 [prints combo of 1 center and 2 melons for total of 61 centers and 122 melons] | |
Center Half Diagonal | 24 | 24] 5.75 x 10.5″ | DWR: 34 & 35 [prints combo of center half and 2 melons for total of 24 center halves and 48 melons] | ||
Melons | 144 | // | DO NOT need to print any more. | ||
Corners | 144 | 6] 7.75 x 11.75″ | DWR: 30 & 31 | ||
Fabric 2 Medium Green |
Triangle A | 1440 | 36] 7.5 x 11.25″ LANDSCAPE |
Pickle Dish: 6 & 7 | |
Corners | 144 | 6] 7.75 x 11.75″ | DWR: 30 & 31 | ||
Binding Strips | 8 strips | // | |||
Fabric 3 Light Green |
Triangle B | 1152 | 32 7.5 x 11.75″ LANDSCAPE |
Pickle Dish: 8 & 9 | |
Triangle C [ends of arc] | 576 | 16] 8 x 11.25″ | Pickle Dish: 10 & 11 | ||
Want to check my math? The Xandra’s Pickle Dish Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. The Inklingo Double Wedding Ring Design Book includes assembly notes, information on pressing and a pressing guide for the arcs. See more Double Wedding Ring and Pickle Dish quilts on my DWR Pinterest board! |
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50+ Double Wedding Ring Quilt Designs in EQ
How to Rotary Cut Curves
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Waynonda’s Winding Ways is a 4-color, 6-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. The quilt measures 72 x 72 inches. My first design for a Winding Ways quilt was an on-point setting and colored with sea greenish fabrics. When I opened the Winding Ways Design Book, I saw the sample quilt Linda had included in the worksheets with curved edges. I just had to try it out in a new design! This might be one of my top ten favorites in the A-Z series of designs.
This design uses the Inklingo 9” Winding Ways Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Toscana by Northcott.
Waynonda is a living person so I am not sharing any personal information about her. She has one of the more unusual names in my family tree. Don’t you think a Winding Ways quilt was the perfect match for her name?
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Copy the information below to a printed Cheat Sheet. I don’t have a copy of this collection so I couldn’t finish filling in the chart below but you can use the information from the collection to figure the sizes to cut and print. To figure fabric yardage, see the section “Planning a Quilt” in the Inklingo collection. |
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Fabric | Yardage | Shape | # of Shapes | Cut & Print | Page # in shape collection | ||
Fabric 1 Blue |
Shape A | 256 | 9” Winding Ways: | ||||
Fabric 2 Black |
Shape B | 63 | 9” Winding Ways: | ||||
Fabric 3 Dark Gray |
Shape B | 63 | 9” Winding Ways: | ||||
Fabric 4 Medium Gray |
Shape B | 63 | 9” Winding Ways: | ||||
Fabric 5 Light Gray |
Shape B | 63 | 9” Winding Ways: | ||||
Fabric 6 White |
Shape C | 224 | 9” Winding Ways: | ||||
Bias Binding | 3/8 yard | 2.5″ wide bias binding | // | ||||
1/2 yard | 2.25″ wide bias binding | // | |||||
Want to check my math? The Waynonda’s Winding Ways Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. The Winding Ways Design Book has a one page sewing guide that you can print and place next to your machine when piecing. |
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Changing the position of the blue and white fabrics. |
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How to Rotary Cut Curves
The first 3 1/2 minutes of the following video explains how to fold and cut your fabric to make bias binding. This is basically how I do it.
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