Create a Wintery Snowflake Quilt with HeatnBond Ultra

Hello!  It’s Amanda here from Jedi Craft Girl!!  It’s been super hot here in Southern California!  Temperatures in the 110’s!  I decided to beat the heat by creating this whimsical snowflake quilt.  The fabrics are from Tasha Noel’s newest fabric line, Pixie Noel.  The colors are right up my ally: aqua, red, and navy!!!!

I don’t know about you, but cutting snowflakes and sewing snowflakes is not on my top 10 list of favorite things to do.  Super time consuming!  This quilt has 2 amazing shortcuts that will have you whipping one up in an afternoon.

Create a Wintery Snowflake Quilt with HeatnBond® Ultra

First, all the snowflakes were die cut on my Sizzix machine – 3 at a time!

Second, the snowflakes are appliqued using Heat n Bond® Ultra which means no tedious applique top stitching necessary!  Heat n Bond Ultra is heavier than Heat n Bond Lite which I normally use for applique.  The Ultra requires no sewing.   Just cut, press, and go!  The snowflakes get sewn over during the quilting process – which helps incorporate them into the quilt and makes it even more durable.

Here’s how you can make one:

Project Supplies:

55″ Heat n Bond® Ultra

SpraynBond® Basting Spray

Sizzix snowflake die

1 yard white fabric

1 yard aqua main fabric (or additional if you want to fussy cut)

fat quarters for applique, red, navy, green

Snowflake Quilt Project Instructions:

Cut (32) 6.5″ squares of white fabric, (32) 6.5″ squares of the aqua Pixie Noel theme print and Heat n Bond® Ultra into 5″ strips.  Fuse to the wrong side of the snowflake fat quarters.

Die cut the snowflakes.  I cut 3 at a time.  Peel off the backing.

Center the snowflakes on the white squares and heat set with hot dry iron.

Die cut 6 green snowflakes, 12 navy snowflakes, and 12 red snowflakes.

Lay out the quilt according to the diagram below:

Sew the squares together in rows using 1/4″ seams.  Press each row alternately.  Sew rows together pinning at each intersection.

Now the quilt is ready to baste!  I always use Spray n Bond® Basting Spray to baste my quilts – its fast, secure, and no pinning!  Seriously this quilt can be made in a matter of hours!!

This is how I like my Spray in Bond……in a box of 6 cans!!

Here you can see a little bit of the quilting.

I quilted loops and stars.  I sewed right over the snowflakes.  It helps to make them feel like part of the quilt and not puff out.

Mufasa absolutely loves his July snowflake quilt!!       Happy Summer 🙂