Helen’s Sugar Bowl

Helen’s Sugar Bowl is a 2-color, 2-fabric quilt set on point. It measures approximately 72 x 72 inches. This block is known as “Pin Cushion” but EQ7 calls a 2 x 2 version “Sugar Bowl.”

This design uses the either one of the Inklingo Orange Peel Collections. I provided cutting and printing information for the Orange Peel Deluxe Collection as that is the one I have. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Toscana by Northcott.

Helen [McEvoy] Duthie is my maternal grandmother. She was born in 1909 in New Brunswick, Canada. She lived in and around the area known now as Miramichi. She married Lawrence Duthie in 1935. They had 5 children–my mom is the oldest. The house that my grandparents lived in had no central heating or indoor plumbing. I guess grandpa never thought it was important… There were chamber pots under all the beds and I think the water pump was in the kitchen or a back porch/mud room area. [I should ask my mom.] Grandma cooked on a wood burning stove. My grandma was a strong woman. When my grandmother passed away in 1979, my mom inherited a set of grandma’s dishes. My daughter-in-law has them today–including Helen’s sugar bowl.

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Helen’s Sugar Bowl 72 x 72 inches
9020-26 Toscana Hot Sauce					9020-10 Toscana White Picket Fence
Purchase and download:
Orange Peel Deluxe Collection You also use the Orange Peel Basic Collection			The Inklingo Handbook				Cheat Sheet (Download from website or print from collection)
For more information about Inklingo, click here.
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 Red		Combo B		36 sets		36] 8.25 x 8.5″OR18] 8.25 x 16″ if yourprinter can handlethat length of fabric		OP Deluxe: 34 & 35
		Half Peel		52		6] 7.25 x 13″ &1] 7.25 x 6.75″		OP Deluxe: 38 & 39
		Background Half		24		12] 5 x 14″		OP Deluxe: 42 & 43
		Background Quarter		4		1] 5.5 x 9.75″		OP Deluxe: 40 & 41
		8″ wide borders		4		8.5″ wide [minimum width as some like to add extra for an appliqued border] cut from length of fabric to avoid piecing.		Border Applique PDF
		Binding strips		8 strips		//		//
Fabric 2 White		Combo B		36		36] 8.25 x 8.5″OR18] 8.25 x 16″ if yourprinter can handlethat length of fabric		OP Deluxe: 34 & 35
		Background		13		6] 6.75 x 13″ &1] 6.75 x 7″		OP Deluxe: 44 & 45
		Half Peel		52		6] 7.25 x 13″ &1] 7.25 x 6.75″		OP Deluxe: 38 & 39
		5/8″ or 3/4″ bias stem		325″ [generous estimate]		//		//
		1.75″ Circle		4		1] 5 x 5″		Circles: 44 & 45
		1.5″ Circle		16		1] 8.5 x 8.5″		Circles: 40 & 41
		1.25″ Circle		40		2] 7.5 x 9.5″		Circles: 36 & 37
		.75″ Circle		72		2] 8 x 8″		Circles: 28 & 29
		.5″ Circle		64		1] 8 x 8″		Circles: 22 & 23
Want to check my math? The Helen’s Sugar Bowl Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. Helen’s Sugar Bowl Border Applique PDF
Additional Colorways
Helen’s Sugar Bowl Recolor 1 Changing the border color to white
9020-26 Toscana Hot Sauce					9020-10 Toscana White Picket Fence

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How to Rotary Cut Curves Inklingo Video

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Sewing Curves Without Pins

This is how I sew curves. (I dislike pinning!) I use a 3M Command Strip pasted along the side of my presser foot to help as a guide also. You need to be sure to use your 1/4″ presser foot if you are going to use a Command Strip as a guide. When I am done sewing curves, the Command Strip removes easily from my machine bed.

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