Let's make a MILE A MINUTE Quilt Block || Scrappy & Easy!
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- Using crumbs and strings, we are going to make a mile a minute house block! It is so much fun, is scrappy, and well, adorable.
Supplies Needed for the Block I made. You can easily change the size.
Crumbs (small scrap pieces of fabric): one for each block
Strings (long strips of fabric in various sizes): TONS of these!
1.5" x 6.5' of background (two for each block)
4.75" square of background (two for each block)
4.75" x 8.75" roof fabric (one for each block)
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This is such a great idea. Loved your video. Would you please share the measurements of your roof made into a flying geese unit.?
Oh goodness--I can't believe I forgot to mention that! They are 4.5" x 6.5" unfinished (before in a quilt) or 4" x 6" finished. So sorry! I am going to pin this post so others know. Thank you for asking this question!
As promised, a cute and fast little block. Thank you.
You’re welcome 😊 So glad you like it!
Cute
Thank you! ❤️
I use up partial bobbins on this kind of work , too. It doesn't even matter if the top and bottom threads match. 😉
YES! Best way to use up that thread! ❤️
Who doesn't love a house block? Having said that, I have yet to complete a quilt with house blocks. Go figure.
This is my first one, too! Well, other than the Halloween one that I made last week. 😀
I actually made a beautiful house quilt using the 'I Spy' technique for a baby quilt. It is very colorful and so happy. I should warn you that they are also addicting.
LOVE this!!!!
YAY! They are SO much fun!
Love it! 🍁🍁🍁🌲🌲
Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
Love it!
Yay! It’s a great technique!
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Sooooo cute!
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love this!
Thank you! ❤️
So cute!
Thank you! Love this one!
Very cute!
Thank you! 😊
This is awesome and so much fun
Thank you! They really are fun to make.
Love this block! Thanks for sharing.
You are so welcome! ❤️
Love your house project
Thank you! ❤️
Those are really cute.
Thank you! ❤️
Such a cute block!
Glad you got to see it in person, too! ❤️❤️❤️ Is it time for another retreat? LOL!
Love the look of the house
Thank you! It is a fun quilt to make!
So cute looks like fun.
They really are! Thank you! ❤️
This was FANTASTIC!!!
Yay! So glad you liked it! ❤️
great idea!
Thank you! ❤️
I LOVE this project. ❤👏
YAY! So happy you love it! They are a lot of fun to make!
Love this..😊
Thank you! ❤️
Adorable ❤
Thank you! This quilt is currently at the longarmer. I can't wait to get it back!
Omgoodness this is now on my wannado list
👏👏👏 yes sooooo darling and the sky is the limited on ideas! ❤️😀
YES! I want to make them for every season and holiday! LOL!
Love this! Ty for sharing! God bless!
You are so welcome! Blessings to you, too! ❤️
Love this! So smart and a fun way to use up scraps!
Thanks so much! They are a bit addictive, too! LOL!
So very cute. Love houses. Thank you
My pleasure! So glad you like this. ❤️
Love this project you don’t have to think and that’s a good thing
Thank you
Exactly! Perfect while watching a movie or chatting with friends.
Can’t wait to see the finished quilt! On you tube! Thank you! Love this quick and easy idea!
EEK! Well, it isn't finished yet. I have the top in my cabinet still, but I do have the Halloween one at the longarmer! I need to get the Christmas one quilted. 😁
The house blocks are SO cute. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! So happy you enjoyed it!
Like this quilt
Thank you! ❤️
I love the way you sew them together...thank you for sharing x
You’re welcome 😊 So happy you like it!
Great idea! Thank you ♥️🧵🪡✂️📍
Glad you liked it! ❤️
That was an awesome podcast. They are so cute. I could make about a thousand houses with all my scraps. THANK YOU!!!
You are so welcome! ❤️❤️❤️
Very cute and a great scrap buster. Thank you for sharing. 🧵🪡
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!
What a fun block. Right up my alley. I call it my fun stuff.
Yay! So glad you love it! ❤️
Really love these blocks...good use of leftovers
Perfect for leftovers! I accidentally hit the "thumbs down" instead of the heart, so if you get that notification, I am so sorry! LOL! Fat fingers on my part! 😀
Lovely idea for using all those scraps 🤩 Thanks for sharing 👏👏🇬🇧
Yay! So happy you love it! They are a lot of fun! ❤️
Thank you!
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
A unique idea! I've heard of "Mile a Minute" crochet, but not quilting. Show us your finished quilt when complete!! Going on the internet now to research the idea. Great video!
Yay! So happy you liked it! They are a lot of fun to make. I will show it when I am finished, for sure! ❤️
Sew adorable! Love the easy way it goes together so quickly! Thanks so much!
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed this! ❤️
What a great way to use up scraps. Sew cute!
Thanks so much! 🥰
I love your instructions, you move right along. Thank you 😊
You are so welcome! Glad glad you like them! ❤️
This block is waaaay cute!! I love house blocks but have yet to make even one! Thanks for sharing!!!
You are so welcome! I hope you give it a try! So much fun! ❤️
I love your cute houses!! Going to make some for myself and maybe tablerunners for gifts!!
Thank you! Oh, table runners are a great idea! LOVE it! Thank you for sharing!
These are so cute! I've made lots of crumb blocks, but never thought to make them into something. Thanks for the video.
You are so welcome! Glad I would inspire you!
This is so adorable! I love crumb blocks and have been making Christmas quilts and always save my scraps! This will be the perfect project for those scraps! Thank you!
Have fun! So happy this inspired you! ❤️
These blocks are so cute. I love my Bloc-Loc rulers for HSTs. I didn't even know they had one for Flying Geese. Thank you from Central PA
You are so welcome! LOVING them! I bought a set of four, but I may need to get more. It makes it so easy and perfect each time.
Great tutorial!!!
LOVE it!!!❤💛💜
Thank you! They are fun and a bit addictive! Lol!
This is the sweetest Christmas quilt idea… Great job!!!❤
Thank you! 😊 So glad you like it!
Loved it! Another block I need to try🌝
Thank you!
My pleasure!
YAY! It is a fun one!
awesome
Thank you!
Love this. 2nd time on your channel. Going to subscribe.❤ Like your videos, they are to the point & well explained. Thx for sharing.
Thank you so much! For some reason, this comment was held for review. So sorry it took me so long to respond! ❤️
They are adorable!
Thank you so much, Violet! They are fun to make!
@@SewtheDistance they look like it! So cute!
Love this project with houses.
Thank you! It has been fun to make!
@@SewtheDistance I’m am busting to start opening my Missouri star box!!!!! Can’t wait till the 1st of December !!!!
I absolutely love the block loc ruler for the flying geese!! Will have to order different sizes in those. I have all the square ones!! Poor Jim (hubby)
LOL! Sorry Jim! 😂
They have a ton of different ones now. A good friend of mine has them ALL. EEK! I only have the squares and flying geese for now. I just love them!
New to your channel, new to sewing and really new to quilting. Love these tutorials. Thanks for making it so easy.
Welcome! I am so glad you like my tutorials! Please feel free to ask any questions! I am happy to help. Also, welcome to the world of quilting!
I love this. I have so many scraps. I really want to do this!
They are so much fun to make! Glad you love it! Give it a try. They are like potato chips-you can’t eat (make) just one! Lol!
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Love this idea. I have a ton of 6” denim squares all cut. Alternating them with crumbs should be fun to do
That will be beautiful! ❤️
I’m organizing my scraps now which will take me days maybe weeks. 😢 I love doing those mile a minute or crumb blocks and I think you motivated me on what to do with some of those scraps. Thanks for the video.
Yay! My pleasure! So happy you like this! They are fun and a bit addicting! 😀
I think that is a nice idea I may have to try it. I have tons of scraps
They are also of fun to make. ❤️
This looks like such a fun project. I like your idea of patriotic fabrics too. I couldn't find how you put together the blocks for the other quilt, the very colorful crazy quilt. It is beautiful.
Thank you so much! I love the idea of a patriotic quilt, too! Here is a playlist for the crazy quilt. I was new to CZcams when I started it, so it is kind of a jumbled mess of videos. I need to get them into one long video. 😬 Anyway, I hope this helps! Here it is: czcams.com/play/PLjHvTLWU9QXSkDVBGGhKmNC3L38Ja6UDt.html
Thank you so helpfull
You're welcome! 🥰
Really great block!! Love this idea, will definitely add to my to-do list!! LOL!!
Perfect! LOL! I know what you mean. So many quilts I want to make! 😀
Hi Kris, This little block is so cute and it’s going to make a really cool quilt! And boy, you cute so good with both of your hands, I wish I could do that. Have a great week, 🥰👍❤️ Chris
Oh thank you! I am a lefty and went to an old-school Catholic elementary school. The nuns wouldn't let me use my left hand. Last laughs on them! I can use both now! LOL!
This is absolutely adorable! I can’t wait to make some - so many different colors can be used too!
So glad you like it! They are a lot of fun to make, too!
@@SewtheDistance is that the 3x6 bloc lock ruler? I want to order the correct size. I love their rulers
@@patriciaguevara8793 I got the set! I just love their rulers. This particular one is the 4” x 8.” So awesome!
I am massively late for your video Kris, but I am so doing this! I love making crumb blocks.
That's okay! Thank you so much! It's a fun one!
I love these blocks. The longest part of making these for me would be cutting all my scraps and sorting. I have heaps of goodness knows what because I don't sort and cut when I have finished making something but rather put them in a bag and that's it. Naughty me. Sewing these would be great to do at a sewing retreat. I have to do no brainer things because there is so much laughing and joking going on and at, it seems, every hour we are having a coffee or tea and eating!!! Will love to see your finished quilt.
YES! I am packing for the retreat today! I have a ton of project I want to work on and I always think I am going to get more finished than I actually do. I am organizing my project from most brain needed to least brain needed since I know as each day passes, I will have less and less brain power. 😂
Muito lindo seu projeto. Amei. Obrigada por compartilhar conosco. Gratidão
Obrigado! 🥰
I do this with my scraps, I didn't know it had a name! Also, I love to topstitch about 1/8" next to the seam to gold them down.
That's a great idea! Thank you! I will have to try that. Sometimes they do want to pop up while sewing.
I love those Christmas Houses! Absolutely perfect for a project I am working on. Thank you so much. By the way my friend over at The Sewing Channel sent me your direction. I am so thankful to Tracy and you!
Keep those fun Christmas Blocks coming!
I do enjoy your video’s and now I am a regular. You are stuck with me. 🤣
I am happy to be stuck with you! LOL! Welcome to my channel! Tracy is the best isn't she? Thank you for coming my way! Glad you love these little houses. ❤️❤️❤️
hugs from pam keep it coming friend easter one cute and all hoilday
Hi Pam! I hope you are doing well! Thank you!
@@SewtheDistance thank see me going make one of this look like fun hugs from your friend
Love them too! Especially the Halloween ones! Wish I had seen them a while ago. I’m just packing away my Halloween fabric. Oh well, as you said, there’s Christmas, and Valentines, Easter, 4th of July, etc. I may end up with a scrappy house quilts for each month of the year. (I tend to overdo things☺️) Thanks for another great idea! I love your videos!
Thank you so much! I can see myself making a bunch, too! LOL! I meant to get this video out weeks ago, but I kept changing the original Halloween quilt. 😬 There's always next year, right? 🎃👻
Thanks for sharing this! I used to play around with the MILE A MINUTE blocks years ago, and it's a great scrap buster. As far as i know, the technique was developed by Carol Coski. She wrote an article for the Winter, 2000, issue of American Quilter magazine, which is where I first learned of it. Somewhere, I have a "pattern" of sorts, also written by Carol.
Oh my goodness! THANK YOU! I have looked everywhere, Dusty! I wanted to make sure to give credit to the creator of this technique. I am glad it is the timeframe I thought it was--I kept thinking, "Am I remembering that right?" LOL! Thank you so much for this.
I love the Halloween quilt! I love it! It reminds me of the wonky Christmas tree maybe I will through a couple in. #Holiday patchwork forest.
I don't think I have watched that one! I am going to check it out! This would be adorable as a tree, although you would really have to watch those edges. Hmmmmm. I will have to try that. Thank you!
Have always wanted to make a house qiultnow going to use my box of Christmas fabric piece and make a big qiult that you love your house
Yay! So glad you like this and are going to make it! ❤️
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Thanks kris
You're welcome! Thank you for watching!
I just found your channel and had to hit pause to subscribe right away! Love this idea. I have a TON of scraps and strips of Christmas fabric and now I know exactly what I am going to do with them. Did you post a CZcams video of the final quilt top? I'd love to see how it came out but I couldn't find it??? Great job - love your ideas.
YAY! Welcome to my channel! I do have the quilt top completed, but I don't have an update on it yet because it is currently at the longarmer. I will post it on Facebook and Instagram when I get it back, so you can follow me there, if you would like. My user name on both platforms is Sewthedistance .
Which machine are you using? It looks amazing . This is going to be a wonderful project. I will start ASAP! Thank you for a clear, detailed tutorial. Yeah for the teacher👏🏾🖐🏾💕🙏🏾🥰
I have a Janome 6700P. Love that machine! Thank you so much! ❤️
Love it. Doesn't it hurt your cutting mat using your wool mat. I have heard others say it puts moisture down.
It probably would if I did it all the time. I only do it in my videos so I don't have to change cameras or camera angles. I probably should be showing better sewing habits, however. LOL! Sorry about that!
I love this! 💖 would it also look good if I didn't tilt it?
Sure! It is a very forgiving technique. ❤️
Love your sewing table - who manufacturers it? Please let me know if you can. Thanks. BTW your tutorial was fantastic!!
Thank you so much! I got that table when I bought my Janome. It was in a bundle deal. I have had many people ask about it, but unfortunately, it doesn't have a label/manufacturer printed on it anywhere. It is a great table, and I wish I could get one for my Juki, too. Sorry I can't help!
Aloha! I just came across this tutorial…scrappy projects are right up my alley! I’m very interested in the Halloween quilt. What are the dimensions for the house that you added into your quilt? What are the dimensions for the individual scrappy block? MIA (mahalo in advance)
Aloha! I am trying to remember as I gifted the Halloween quilt to someone. I believe it was the same as outlined in this video, however. The taller blocks would have been double that. That said, this technique works for whatever size you need. Just keep adding fabrics! hope this helps. I wish I could help more!
So happy you love this! It is a favorite technique for me, too!
Eleanor Burns is famous for this technique to make Log Cabin quilts. She has at least a few books
I don't think I have seen her do this, but I could have missed it. I have seen her wonky log cabin quilts. So much fun!
@@SewtheDistance she has a book called 'Make a Quilt in a Day Log Cabin Pattern". The 1st Edition was released in 1978
@@marlenesalamandyk878 This isn’t a log cabin block.
Yes, love house blocks. A question though. If you add 1.5 sides to the crumb block that measures 6.5, your roof should be larger that 6.5. Or, did I miss something.
Oh my. Did I make a mistake in the measurements I gave? 😬 The flying geese block measures 4.5" x 8.5" finished (before in the block). I will have to go back and see what I said! Sorry about that!
Thank You. I was wondering what a crumb and string are
So happy to help! Thank you for watching! ❤️
I had that same table you cut on in my sewing room (we put casters on mine) but my room was just too small. My late husband had put it in there for me and so I couldn't remember how he got it in there - lol! I had to take the legs off to get it out. It was a chore!! I like your houses. Thanks for sharing some of the dimensions. I guess after you make the original center, you keep adding strips until it gets bigger than the 6.5". Will you lose your roof eaves/points when you sew the blocks together? The halloween version is cute and I think a patriotic one will be cute too!
Hi! Love that table, too. We got it for $5 from Facebook Marketplace, and it has been in many different areas of my house over the years. Worth every penny! LOL! As for the roof portion, You don't loose the points with the sizes I gave, but I think it has to do with how you make the flying geese units. I patriotic one would be super cute! Thank.you for watching and commenting! ❤️
Hi Kris was wondering if you have finished your Mile a Minute house quilt yet and if you put boarders between you houses
I have been working on finishing the blocks up, so I think I am going to sash it with Christmas fabric. A friend of mine made one and that's that she did. It looks really nice! I need to get it up on my design wall. I made the roofs red and green and I think I am going to alternate the red and green blocks. Loving how it turned out!
Where can I get the pattern for a mile a minute.the houses are so cute .you can do so make different holiday quilts out of that one pattern
I don't currently have a written pattern. Just this video. Hopefully I can get a pattern written at some point. Thank you so much for watching and your interest! You can do so many things with this technique!
The little houses sort of look like houses from the Dr. Seuss books
YES! Oh my goodness--now I have to make one with bright Seuss-Like colors! Imagine this in child's room? Thank you for the inspiration!
Love it!
Thank you! ❤️