Sajou Revisited

I know there were many Sajou quilts made that never made it on the linky party we had. So I am opening it up until Thursday and will draw a number for the French General/ Sajou package shown in the photo.

Link up HERE. 

Sajou Linky Party! Share Your quilt!

 Thank you all for sewing along! It's been a blast for me to see all the variations. I plan on a French General giveaway for everyone who posts their quilt here.
If you don't have a blog or Instagram account feel free to send me a photo to post. I will be gone until Friday afternoon so be patient.

An InLinkz Link-up

Sajou QAL- Part 3 and Finale

 Here is my finished Sajou. I apologize to those who don't want their center on point. I seriously never gave it a thought until someone on Facebook mentioned it. My little quilts don't always hang on walls, so if you don't like your center on point you can easily use it on a side table or in the center of your dining table and you won't even know your center is a little sideways.  There is a couple of different ways you can do this last border.

 I considered paper piecing it, but wasn't quite sure I'd be able to give you the pattern and have it the same size as you need it. If you'd like to do this, measure YOUR quilt so far and use adding machine tape or paper 2 " wide x the width of your quilt, fold in half so you have a center line, then using your ruler draw equal triangles. (they are actually isosceles triangles- 2 sides the same , one longer side)

 Then use this as a paper piece pattern. Do the same for the opposite sides adding a square at each end. Really, it isn't as difficult as this sounds. But I thought my directions would be muddy...... LOL 

Or, you can do it another way...

 Cut 5 dark squares and 6 light squares  4 1/2" then cut twice on the diagonal for a total of 20 dark triangles and 24 light triangles. Piece 4 borders as shown above and below.

 Mark the center of your pieced border and the center of of your quilt so far. Line them up and attach the upper and lower border.

Trim even with your side borders.

Line up the center of your border and the center of your quilt, pin. 

I used my hera marker to mark my center. 

We still need to fix our corners. Lay it down across the border, fold it back and finger press  DON'T CUT it yet! Add 1/4" to the length, then trim. Add a 2" square to each end.

 Then sew your final 2 borders. Ta-da! Admire your little quilt

I machine quilted in the ditch for a few lines and hopefully you can click on this to see how I quilted the rest.

 The center strip is from the Beauville factory in France. 

We talked about label pens on the Facebook group. I used a pigma micron 5 but still think its too thin. 

Here is the inspiration quilt. As far as I can tell it is/was owned by Penny McMorris. 

I wanted to keep this year's quiltalong small, but you can continue to enlarge it if you want!

If my directions are not clear please let me know and I'll try to walk you through it. 

Thank you all who sewed along! I loved seeing all the versions! I also look forward to seeing them complete. We'll have a linky party in a couple of weeks.

Sajou Quiltalong Part 2

Ready for Part 2? 

Your center should measure 8 1/2" square. If it doesn't then you will need to make adjustments.                It's fine- you can do it!
We'll say it is 8 1/2". I love the stripe and am so happy I put it where I did. Obviously I want you to use whatever you want.
Cut 2 strips 1" x 8 1/2"  Sew to the two opposite sides on your center piece. Press.
Cut 2 strips 1" x9 1/2" and sew to the opposite sides, press. Admire your little block.

For the triangles you will need to cut 2 squares 7 1/4" then cut once on the diagonal. You can oversize this as well, especially if your center wasn't 8 1/2". Your center with the red triangles should measure 13 1/4".

For the next border cut four (4) 13 1/4"x 1 1/2" strips. Sew two strips to opposite sides.
for the corner squares cut four (4) 1 1/2" squares. Sew these to the ends of your 13 1/4" strips, press, then sew to your block. Hang up on design wall and admire your work!

Sajou Part 3 and finale next week.

Sajou Part 1

 I almost feel like my little Sajou quilt should be cheddar and blue! Maybe next one! First things first,  Sajou is pronounce se-czhew. (I don't have a clue how to write the pronunciation!) But I used Google translate and you can too.
Radka sent me some great info on this lovely shop. Thanks Radka! From their website:  Established around 1842, Maison Sajou has an interesting history, exchanging ownership through familial generations and experiencing many relocations throughout Paris. It all started in the small workshop of Jacques-Simon Sajou on the Île-de-la-Cité – the heart and geographical center of Paris. From there, it moved around the 3rd arrondissement a handful of times, then saw the end of its lineage in 1954, in the 8th arrondissement.

This sewalong will be a bit simpler than the ones I've done in the past. For me its all about the fabric. I'm using the lovely French General line. Many of her different lines can be used together so mine are not from one specific line of hers.

First, find a lovely or fun fabric for the center. You could even start with a little pieced block. 

It needs to be unfinished 4 1/2".

Then we will be surrounding it with 2 rows of 1 1/2" squares. The little vintage quilt does alternate dark and light. I attempted it a bit but also used mediums in the mix, so mine is subtle. I didn't strip piece because I wanted to use a variety of fabrics.

When you get this sewn it should measure  8 1/2". 

Put your block on the wall and admire it!

Sajou Quiltalong

I put a little teaser on the Humble Quilts facebook group and everyone got so excited, so here we go!

I'm using a variety of French General fabrics and the name of the quilt is from the cutest shop we visited in Paris.

  Actually I think Sajou is the owners name, but for now it is the title of our little quilt. 

I was here with my daughter (taking the photo) and two friends! One is Cecile!

I mentioned awhile before we will be doing a medallion- it's a small one and isn't like most of the little quiltalongs I've done. But that is what is fun with a little quilt- small commitment!! 

Time to dig into your stash.

This is my center and I drew colors for the rest of the quilt from this. 

Any of these would make a fun center. 

These are the bits and pieces I used for mine. The stripe really adds pizzazz so find something similar if you can.

Here are my other pieces of mediums and a wee bit of dark. You don't need much.

Here are the lights I used.

My quilt is only 18" square. You may opt to keep adding borders to make it a wee bit larger though.

And here is my Instagram for this week!

Have an excellent weekend!