{"id":7834,"date":"2023-02-25T11:55:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T16:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/putneydesigns.com\/?page_id=7834"},"modified":"2023-03-16T21:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T01:50:47","slug":"moon-dance-quilts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/putneydesigns.com\/moon-dance-quilts\/","title":{"rendered":"Moon Dance Quilts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Check out my upcoming book, The Magic (and Secrets) of Moon Dance Quilts!<\/p>
Extra resources can be found here, plus links to my YouTube videos. Buy my book to receive all the template files and crib sheets! Become a VIP subscriber to receive template files you can use with a CRICUT to cut your own templates using quilters template plastic (not quite as great as Elisa’s Backporch Designs acrylic templates, but you can create additional templates this way!)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Have you been enchanted by a \u201cMoon Dance\u201d or other circle block-based quilt but were too afraid to try one?<\/strong> My book and videos will guide you to success. Starting with Elisa’s Backporch Designs Acrylic Templates for 7-inch and 3.5-inch blocks, and techniques learned from Carol Lang’s Moon Dance Quilt Class, I’ve gone “off-road”, developing fun new templates and projects.<\/p> I also show you how easy it is to create your own templates!<\/p> This is one versatile block that really shows off your fabrics to their best advantage!<\/strong> I show you how to easily create custom quilt size designs, zipper totes, even fun watermelon placemats with an inner rind layer! And that’s just the beginning!<\/p> For more details and templates,<\/strong> check out my upcoming book, The Magic (and Secrets) of Moon Dance Quilts by Marsha Tufft (coming soon!), including full templates for all blocks shown.<\/p> Skills needed:<\/strong><\/p> Join my Launch Team and get a complimentary advance PDF copy of my book!<\/strong>\u00a0I do ask for feedback, especially on how I can simplify my descriptions and diagrams to make sure they are clear.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t One of the most important things for making a Moon Dance quilt is trimming your blocks after piecing to accurately locate the arcs of the circle blocks for perfect seam matches.<\/p> Here’s my crib sheet – you are welcome to download and share this with your friends!<\/p> *** WARNING *** Be careful of nomenclature<\/strong>… The large 7-inch block starts out with 7.5-inch sides and gets trimmed to 7 inches before sewing 4-block moons.<\/p> HOWEVER, the “small” 3.5-inch block<\/strong> starts out with 4-inch sides and gets trimmed to 3.75 inches<\/strong> before sewing 4-block moons. This is because the final full moon block size will be 7 inches, so each quarter moon will end up 3.5 inches square after the inner seam allowances are used up. It will actually end up 6.75 inches square when pieced in to a large quilt (seam allowances used on the outer edges as well). Yeah, it can be confusing! So don’t stress about nomenclature, but CHECK YOUR CRIB SHEETS!!!<\/strong><\/p> SO… measure twice, CHECK YOUR CRIB SHEET TWICE, then<\/em> cut!<\/strong> Be mindful when trimming the 3.5-inch blocks and you won’t cut away your seam allowance!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Check out my technique video for piecing the 7-inch block!<\/span><\/p> Tools needed<\/strong>: Tweezers & quarter-inch seam presser foot<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Check out my technique video for piecing the 3.5 -inch block!<\/span><\/p> Tools needed<\/strong>: Tweezers & quarter-inch seam presser foot<\/span> Check out my technique video for trimming the 3.5 -inch block!<\/span><\/p> Tools needed<\/strong>: 8-inch quilters square (recommended) & rotary cutter<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Check out my technique video for trimming the 3.5 -inch block!<\/span><\/p> Tools needed<\/strong>: 8-inch quilters square (recommended) & rotary cutter<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tdiscover the magic (and secrets) of moon dance quilts!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
get your trim crib sheet here!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Piecing the 7-inch block<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
piecing the 3.5-inch block<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tTrimming THE 7-INCH BLOCK<\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
TRIMMING THE 3.5-INCH BLOCK<\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t