Quilt fuse grid

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday.

Last Thursday on Cool Tool Thursday I introduced you to Quilt Fuse Grid – A Nonwoven Layout Grid. Today I will show you how easy it is to use.

To Begin

1. Cut the size of grid needed. My piece is 18 squares long and 5 squares wide. I am using the 2 inch grid which will make 1 ½″ squares.

Grid cut into pieces

Pieces cut for the short sides

2. Cut the number of 2 inch squares needed from the fabric being used to create the border or piece.

blue and yellow 2 inch squares

2 inch squares cut

Preparing The Grid And Fabric

1. Turn the piece of grid over so the fusible side is on top.

2. Layout the 2 inch fabric squares on the grid. Here are the blue squares laid out in the position they need to be in. Make sure to place the fabric right side up.

blue squares on the grid with right sides up

Blue squares placed on grid

3. Add in the rest of the squares. The yellow squares have been added in to create a checkerboard effect.

Yellow squares added to the grid

Grid filled in with the yellow squares

4. Take piece to the ironing board and fuse fabric squares to the grid. Cover with a piece of parchment paper or use a Teflon appliqué sheet to protect the iron. I held the iron in place for about 10 seconds.

Sewing The Pieces Together

1. Fold the first horizontal row over on the grid line with the right sides of the fabric facing each other.

First row of squares folded over onto second row

Fold first row over onto second with right sides together

2. Sew a ¼″ seam allowance from the fold line.

¼″ seam sewn along fold line

Sew a ¼″ seam along fold line

3. Continue doing the same for the rest of the horizontal grid lines.

vertical seam sewn on grid

All horizontal seams sewn

4. Trim off the fold on each seam allowance. An ⅛″ or less. Press the seams all in one direction.

fold trimmed off from each seam

Trim off the fold on each seam

5. Sew the vertical rows the same way as the horizontal rows. I started in the middle of the piece and worked my way out to each end.

horizontal grid line folded

Grid folded in the middle

¼″ seam allowance on horizontal row

¼″ seam allowance

horizontal rows on grid sewn together

All the vertical rows sewn

6. Trim off the fold on each of these seam lines. Press seams all in one direction.

fold trimmed off on horizontal seam

Trim off all the folds on the vertical seams

7. The grid is complete.

grid is compeleted

Completed grid

Such an easy way to make a grid and the best part is there is no matching of seams or pinning.

The worse part is cutting all of the squares needed but tune in Thursday to see a tool that will make that so much easier and faster as well.

Happy Quilting!

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