Frosty McChill and Valentine Doodles

 Good Thursday, morning!! I can not believe Frosty is completed!! All the blocks have been wrestled into a top. 

 12 Frosty blocks in no particular order. Now to finish mine.

 I trimmed my blocks to 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" making sure that the embroidery work was not in the  1/4" seam allowance. The way that I trim mine is I find the center of the block . So for example if I need to remove 1 " from the width of the block , I would trim 1/2" from right and left edge. 

 Now if you find that all of your blocks are the same size and you do not want to trim them , then you certainly do not have to. If you are adding sashings and borders like I am , you would just have to adjust the size of the strips.  

This is the fabrics and measurements that I used to piece mine. 

After trimming, I cut out the fabrics I would need for my sashing and borders

FOR SASHING

For the corner squares : Cut 20 - 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"  ( white fabric)

For bottom/ top sashings : Cut 15 -  2 1/2" x 7 1/2"   ( red fabric)

For side sashings: Cut 16 -  2 1/2" x 10 1/2" ( red fabric) 

Layout blocks and sashing. 

Piece rows together using a 1/4" seam allowance. Press. 

OUTER BORDERS:

 I cut 5 strips of fabric for my outer border though I could have only used 4. The reason I cut 5 was because I was trying to match the design motif in the border fabric as best as possible.  You may want to wait about cutting the 5th strip until you piece together the left and right border to see if you have enough fabric cut already ( lol I'm thrifty like that) . 

For corner blocks- Cut 4 - 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"  ( white fabric) 

For borders- Cut 4 -  4 1/2" x WOF (width of fabric) (red patterned fabric) 

Subcut 2 strips to  4 1/2" x 29 1/2" ( top and bottom border) 

Now we are going to prepare the right and left borders. 

From the leftover fabric from the subcut  of the top/bottom border , piece to the  2 remaining  4 1/2 x WOF  strips . 

Subcut those 2 strips  to  41/2" x 50 1/2"  for the left and right border  .  

Layout corner blocks , border and pieced quilt  ( like photo below)  Piece together. 

And Frosty is now a completed top. On to the quilting!!! Woo Hoo! 

Today  I will be looking for some backing fabric ,and hopefully soon this guy will be going into  a hoop. 

Meanwhile, I plan on working on some embroidered Valentine's today.

 Two have been stitched. I still have to figure out how to complete them. Some ideas are brewing. 

Click here for the Valentine doodles. 

I want to thank all of you who have followed me along on the Frosty journey , for all of the kind words and encouragement and for all of those who stitched Frosty as well. It has been such a joy. 

Have a fantastic day, my friends and as always...

Happy quilting, 

Melisa

Never let a stumble in the road be the end of a journey, 

Hugs and Stitches!!!

Dedicated to my dear sis, Amy . Love ya.

If you have missed any of the previous blocks , just click on the names and you will be transported back to the posts. 

They include: " Let it Snow"  and " Sled Time , The Tree March  and "Just a Sweeping!!!" , " Chasing Snowflakes" , " Learning to Ski " , Mittens for Sale ,   Blown Away ,   Snowball Hunt , The March  ,   Playtime, and Winter Time.