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Odif 505 glue stick makes Christmas in July quilt easy

by Paul Leger

Everywhere I hear “It’s Christmas in July”, so what better time to make a Christmas-themed table topper?

A nine-patch Christmas-themed quilt measuring 24½” x 24½”.

A Christmas table topper or wall quilt measuring 24½” x 24½”

For this week’s posts, I’ll try out a few new tools and notions including some old favorites.

ODIF 505 Temporary Adhesive Glue Stick

ODIF 606 No-sew Fusible Adhesive Web – Pouch Format 60g

ODIF 707 Repositionable Fabric Adhesive – Pouch Format 60g

ODIF Iron Cleaner – Pouch Format 60g

ODIF 909 Permanent Fabric Adhesive – Pouch Format 60g

ODIF Odicoat Waterproof Gel Coating – Pouch Format 60g

OLISO PROTM TG1600 Pro Plus Smart Iron – Turquoise

GÜTERMANN Cotton 50wt Thread 250m – Light Nickel

FAIRFIELD Quilter’s 80/20TM Quilt Batting – 229 x 274cm (90″ x 108″)

INFINITI Tailor Scissors – 814″ (21cm)

An Odif 505 Temporary Adhesive Glue Stick, 60 gram ouches of Odif 606 No-sew Fusible Adhesive Web, 707 Repositionable Fabric Adhesive, Iron Cleaner, 909 Permanent Fabric Adhesive, Odicoat Waterproof Gel Coating, An oliso Pro TG1600 Smart Iron – Turquoise, Gütermann Cotton 50wt Thread 250m – grey and a pair of INFINITI Tailor Scissors.

This week’s tools and notions

materials

fabric

·         ½ yd [0.46m] of dark fabric; depending on the width of the fabric, only ¼ yd [0.23m] may be required

·         ¼ yd [0.23m] of light fabric

·         7” x 12” [18 x 30cm] of accent fabric

The fabric selection for the quilt; A white and dark blue snowflake fabric with a green and light blue tree fabric.

Fabric selection for the quilt

Today’s preparation will be quick and simple.

1.    From the darker fabric cut five 8½” x 8½” squares.

2.    From the lighter fabric cut four 8½” x 8½” squares.

Four white snowflake fabrics on five dark blue snowflake fabrics.

Nine squares for the nine-patch quilt top

Note: All seams for this project are ¼”.

3.    Sew three dark fabrics to three light fabrics.

Two squares, one dark blue and one white snowflake fabric are sewn to each other.

Sew light to dark fabric.

4.    Use two of the pairs from Step 3 to sew a dark fabric to the lighter fabric. Make two rows.

A row of the quilt top made from a dark blue, white and another dark blue snowflake fabric.

One of two rows for the nine-patch quilt top

5.    Using the remaining pair from step one, sew a light fabric to the darker fabric.

The center row of the quilt top made from a white, dark blue and another white snowflake fabrics.

The center row of the quilt top

6.    Sew the rows from steps 4 and 5 together to make a large nine-patch.

A nine-patch top made up of five dark blue and four with snowflake fabrics.

The completed nine-patch top

7.    Download the PDF for the free Christmas in July quilt pattern.

8.    Roughly cut around the tree shape and apply some ODIF 505 Temporary Adhesive Glue Stick.

Note: As seen in the next photo, the glue is blue when applying the adhesive. The color will disappear and it will not discolor the fabric nor leave a residue.

Odif 505 is applied to a paper template.

Apply Odif 505 to the paper template.

9.    Before the glue dries place the tree template on the wrong side of the background fabric.

A paper Christmas tree template is placed on the wrong side of the fabric.

Lay the Christmas tree template on the wrong side of the fabric.

10.    Use a pair of scissors suited for both paper and fabric such as the INFINITI Tailor Scissors – 814″ (21cm) to cut around the tree shape.

A fabric Christmas tree shape is cut from a paper template using a pair of Infiniti scissors.

Christmas tree shapes cut from a paper template

11.    Repeat steps 9 and 10, until 4 trees are cut.

Four Christmas tree shapes cut out of green fabric.

Christmas trees for the quilt

As mentioned at the start, this post was quick and easy! A few seams, a bit of cutting and done for the day. Join me tomorrow as I attach the trees to the quilt top using ODIF 606 No-sew Fusible Adhesive Web.

A 60-gram pouch of Odif 606 No-sew Fusible Adhesive on a piece of white fabric with a snow flak print.

Odif 606 No-sew Fusible Adhesive

This is part 1 of 5 in this series

Go to part 2: When quilting, Odif 606 is a great alternative to traditional interfacings

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