Mini Amish Bars Quilt Pattern

Finished Size: 9” x 11”

Cutting Instructions:

All measurements include 1/4" seam allowances

Color 1 (orange):

Cut 4 - 1" x 6" rectangles

Color 2 (green):

Cut 3 - 1" x 6" rectangles

Cut 2 - 2 1/2" x 5" rectangles

Cut 2 - 2 1/2" x 11" rectangles

Color 3 (pink):

Cut 2 - 1" x 4" rectangles

Cut 2 - 1" x 7" rectangles

            Cut 1 - 1 3/4” WOF strip for binding
            Cut 1 - 10" x 12" rectangle for backing 

Construction:

Make center bar block:

Sew all of the 1" x 6" rectangles together to form the center bar block, starting and ending with Color 1 (orange).  Press all seams.

Add inner border:

Sew the Color 3 (pink) 1” x 4” rectangles to the top and bottom of the center bar block and then sew the Color 3 (pink) 1” x 7” rectangles to both sides of the block.  Press all seams.

Add outer border:

Sew the Color 2 (green) 2 1/2” x 5” rectangles to the top and bottom of the unit and then sew the Color 2 (green) 2 1/2” x 11” rectangles to both sides of the block.  Press all seams.

Finishing:

Layer quilt top, batting, and backing; baste.  Quilt as desired.  Bind with Color 3 (pink) binding strip. 


This is a traditional Amish quilt pattern adapted to miniature by Susan McConnell. You are welcome to copy and use this pattern for your personal use or for charitable purposes.  Please refrain from republishing this pattern to other websites (including blogs) without permission, but feel free to link to this website!

If you do make a Mini Amish Bars Quilt, please post a link to your blog entry or your photo in the comments. I’d love to see it!

Memorial Day

Say a prayer for peace

For our daughters and our sons

Set our spirits free

Let us lay down our guns...

Silent Sunday

And The Winner Is...

And the winner of the Mini Amish Bars quilt is...

# 6 Diane said...
Congratulations! Time flies! I agree with you, I'm always amazed at the wonderful work in blogs. And see so many quilts that I would love to make- your sharing of your delicious recipes is a treasure too-those Pineapple drop cookies...my mouth waters just thinking about 'em!

Congratulations, Diane! 

I wish that I could send each of you who entered a quilt, but what I can do is give you the instructions so that you can make one for yourself!

Mini Amish Bars Quilt

Finished Size: 9” x 11”

Cutting Instructions:

All measurements include 1/4" seam allowances

Color 1 (orange):

Cut 4 - 1" x 6" rectangles

Color 2 (green):

Cut 3 - 1" x 6" rectangles

Cut 2 - 2 1/2" x 5" rectangles

Cut 2 - 2 1/2" x 11" rectangles

Color 3 (pink):

Cut 2 - 1" x 4" rectangles

Cut 2 - 1" x 7" rectangles

            Cut 1 - 1 3/4” WOF strip for binding
            Cut 1 - 10" x 12" rectangle for backing 

Construction:

Make center bar block:

Sew all of the 1" x 6" rectangles together to form the center bar block, starting and ending with Color 1 (orange).  Press all seams.

Add inner border:

Sew the Color 3 (pink) 1” x 4” rectangles to the top and bottom of the center bar block and then sew the Color 3 (pink) 1” x 7” rectangles to both sides of the block.  Press all seams.

Add outer border:

Sew the Color 2 (green) 2 1/2” x 5” rectangles to the top and bottom of the unit and then sew the Color 2 (green) 2 1/2” x 11” rectangles to both sides of the block.  Press all seams.

Finishing:

Layer quilt top, batting, and backing; baste.  Quilt as desired.  Bind with Color 3 (pink) binding strip. 

This is a traditional Amish quilt pattern adapted to miniature by Susan McConnell. You are welcome to copy and use this pattern for your personal use or for charitable purposes.  Please refrain from republishing this pattern to other websites (including blogs) without permission, but feel free to link to this website!

If you do make a Mini Amish Bars Quilt, please post a link to your blog entry or your photo in the comments. I’d love to see it!

6 In 6 Challenge: Week 3

I have been working on miniature quilts this week, so I haven't used very much stash fabric at all.  I have, however, used every single scrap of  three 1/4 yard cuts of green, pink and orange solids!  By my calculations that brings my total stash fabric used to 6 1/4 yards!  Actually I need to finish the baby quilts and one last mini for them to count towards the goal...I guess quilting will be in order for Week 4!

To find out more about these mini quilts read Wednesday's post.

Inspiration

Bars, circa 1890–1910, maker unknown.

Several years ago I saw this quilt featured in an online article about an Amish Quilt Exhibit that was held in Washington, D.C.  I love the simplicity of Amish quilts and this particular quilt caught my eye, so I saved the photo to my "Quiltspiration" folder thinking that someday I would try to duplicate it in miniature.  Yesterday turned out to be "someday" and Mini Amish Bars was born.  

Mini Amish Bars

Inspiration for quilts can be found just about anywhere, but I find that other quilters (old and new) are the ones who inspire me the most, especially those quilters who blog or maintain websites!  Inspiration abounds from the quilters who freely share their quilts, patterns, tips and ideas across the web. Since I started Hanging On by a Needle and Thread three years ago, I have visited quilt blogs from all over the world.  I am inspired each and every day by your quilts, your words, your ideas, and your lives. I thank you for that and I hope in some small way that I inspire you as well.

In honor of my blogiversary and three years of inspiration from the wonderful world of quilt bloggers I am giving away my Mini Amish Bars quilt.  To enter, simply leave a comment on this post.  The winner will be picked randomly on Saturday, May 28, and notified by email (so be sure to include your email address with your comment if you are a "no reply" blogger).

Finally!

Back in December of 2009 my son and daughter-in-law began remodeling the upstairs of their house.  At that time my daughter-in-law asked me if I would make a bed runner for their new bedroom and I was happy to oblige.  As with any home renovation, one thing lead to another and the work took much longer than expected.  Patience and persistence has paid off though and their bedroom is finally finished and settled with the "new" bed runner and matching pillowcases.  Doesn't it all look nice together?

You can read more about the making of this bed runner by clicking HERE.

Silent Sunday

6 In 6 Challenge: Week 2

This quilt was made using Bonnie Hunter's "A Streak Of Sunshine" pattern and it is just about the only sunshine that I have seen this week!  All of the rain has made it easy to ignore the yard work and stay inside and sew though, so I am making good progress on my 6 In 6 Challenge.  This top took 1 1/4 yards and  I have enough border fabric leftover for the backing and binding, so another 2 3/4 yards added to my challenge total!  It is starting to look like I may go over my goal...especially if it keeps raining!

Expect The Unexpected

Usually I have an idea, theme or at least some kind of a plan when I make a Priority: Alzheimer's Quilt, but this one just sort of happened without a whole lot of thought.  I was sewing a few pink selvages together and noticed a curve in the edge and thought it might be fun to add a couple of free pieced curves.  It was then that I thought that the project might make a nice Priority: Alzheimer's Quilt...all it needed was a little quilting and a binding.  The quilting was easy...I just echoed the curves.  The binding is where the "unexpected" part came in.  I first thought that white would make a nice binding, but then I noticed that a couple of the selvages showed just a bit of lime green and thought, why not?  Lime green wasn't my first choice, but it did make me smile, so I went along with it.  Just like when a loved one suffers from Alzheimer's Disease, you need to learn to "Expect The Unexpected" and go with the flow and you may just come away with a smile now and then!

Silent Sunday

6 In 6 Challenge: Week 1

I didn't have to dig very deep in my stash to find six yards of fabric to use in the 6 In 6 Challenge.  In fact, I found a bag of assorted flannel scraps that easily contains six yards (probably double that) on top of the pile of fabric totes in my closet, so I decided to focus on using up my flannels for this challenge.  This was a super simple strip quilt that only took a few minutes to stitch together.  All together, I will have used 1 1/4 yards for the top, 1 1/4 yards for the backing and a 1/4 for the binding once the quilt is completed.  I'm well on my way to using six yards of stash fabric in six weeks!

More At The Linck Hill Inn

Anya has put together a wonderful slideshow of our quilting day at the Linck Hill Inn, so click over to Hills Creek Quilter if you would like to see more of our excursion.

Three Springs Ministries

Three Springs Ministries is a wonderful Christian retreat center set in the mountains of north-central Pennsylvania that caters to teens and young adults, but also offers the beautiful Link Hill Inn to small groups of adults for personal retreats.  Yesterday a group from the Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild met at the Linck Hill Inn to help make quilts for one of the bunkhouses on the property.  The surroundings of the restored Victorian mansion were perfect for a day of quilting and we produced 15 twin sized quilt tops...enough for all of the bunks!  It was a fun day and I was happy to be able to help with the quilts, but I was even happier to get a sneak peek at the place where the Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild's fall retreat will be held in October.  (Where's the sign up sheet?)

For more information about Three Springs Ministries or the Linck Hill Inn visit www.threespringsministries.org

Another Ugly Duckling Has Hatched

This is number two of the four ugly duckling orphan tops that I found at the second hand shop awhile back.  It still needs a binding and even that won't make it the most beautiful quilt in the stack, but I have no doubt that someone will love it once it is finished! 

Happy Mother's Day

6 In 6 Challenge

How do you justify a fabric shopping trip when you already have enough fabric in your stash to last a lifetime?  Easy...create a challenge with a few friends and use fabric shopping as the reward!  What's the challenge?  Use 6 yards of fabric from your stash over the next 6 weeks.  Easy...right?  At the end of the 6 weeks, after my quilty friends and I have each stitched 6 yards of our stash fabric into the projects of our choosing, we will spend a fun filled day of fabric shopping together.

An Unexpected Thank You

The other day I found a package from Moda in my mailbox.  As I was walking back to the house, package in hand, I was trying to remember what I had ordered and couldn't think of a thing that Moda should be sending me.  Was I ever surprised to find a pack of 2 1/2" squares of Moda's Countdown To Christmas fabrics along with a thank you note for the Just One Star block that I sent to them last month!  Moda deserves kudos for sponsoring the Just One Star Challenge for Quilts of Valor in the first place, but I think they should get double kudos for sending everyone who contributed blocks a thank you and fabric!

God Bless The USA

The fight against Bin Laden is over, but the war against terrorism continues. May God bless America and the men and women who so bravely serve to protect us all!

Silent Sunday