QUILTsocial Issue 13

Completing the quilted tic tac toe game set
I’ve had some serious fun sewing Banyan
Batiks Recess fabric into a quilted game.
Let's finish it!
Make blocks into quilted playing pieces
1. Sandwich playing piece (X or O) with
the corresponding background fabric.
2. Lay batting square on pinning surface.
3. Place backing square Right Side UP.
4. Place pieced block Right Side DOWN.
5. Pin around leaving a 2” turning gap
on one side.
6. Sew around, backstitching on both
sides of the turning gap.
7. Clip corners then turn playing piece
right side out.
8. Finger press gap seam and topstitch
around edge.
Repeat on remaining 9 game pieces.
I quilted the corresponding shapes in
the game pieces too – scroll back up
to the first photo to see. The pieces do
need some quilting to keep them flat
and so that they will hold their shape if
you need to wash them.
Now that the quilting is done it’s time to
make a bag to carry all the game pieces
in. Lucky for us we have enough fabric
leftover from the fat quarters to make
one just the right size.
Pieced O blocks ready to be quilted
Make carrying bag
Trim leftover O fabric to 8” x 21½”.
1. Fold over each short end to make
hems – fold ¼” then ¼” again and sew.
2. Fold fabric in half Right Sides
Together with hems lined up.
3. Before going further make a tie with
leftover X fabric for the bag:
Cut X fabric to 1½” x 15”.
X block pieces
Repeat pressing and folding to make
a tie in the same manner as tie made
for the game board. (press ¼” each side
towards the middle, press in half with
each end folded ¼” in before pressing in
half; sew once down the middle)
4. Fold tie in half and pin approximately
1” – 2” down between the folded bag
fabric and pin to secure.
5. Sew down each side of the
bag, stitching over the tie twice,
backstitching at the hem edge.
6. On one bottom corner of the bag,
line up the ruler with a 1½” square
and cut off a square of fabric under
the ruler.
7. Make boxed corners by opening
the fabric corner then making a
straight edge between the corner
of the square and sew across.
8. Repeat on opposite bottom corner
of bag.
9. Turn the bag right side out.
Optional: Zigzag or serge the seams of
the bag (nice touch for gift giving and
probably necessary if you need to wash
it!)
Now that the sewing fun is over, it’s
time to play with the quilted game! The
‘playability’ is huge and making it portable,
with large size pieces just increases the
fun. From young children to older, take
your quilted game board made from
Recess fabric out for some fun!
Bag fabric hemmed and tie made
Cutting square to box bag corner
Boxed corner seam
Carrying bag beside quilted game pieces
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