This is a super-simple, no-pattern-necessary tutorial on creating and piecing ABCs out of quilt fabric, the Sew N’Slashâ„¢ way.

Fabric:

• TWO (2) fat quarters
• 1/2 yard backing fabric

These are the two fat quarters I chose.

All of my letters will have at least one piece of fabric in them that is 1 1/2″ (finished) wide.  I begin by envisioning my finished letters.  I will use the green fabric as two of the letters and the red fabric for the other two letters in the word LOVE.

Cutting out the two parts to the letter L.  This is a creative project.  There is no wrong way to make letters – it’s up to your creative mind!  I don’t even have a size for my letters determined – they will be the size they end up being and then I will piece them together.

Now it’s time to cut out the background fabric for my L.

Sew and press them together.

Let the sewing begin!

The letter itself is done, now it’s time to Sew N’Slashâ„¢ the rest of the border fabric for the L.  To get started, I eyeball the length and/or width to add to the letter blocks.  Once the fabric is sewn on, I slash it to whatever size I want.

The L is completed!

Using the same no-pattern Sew N’Slashâ„¢ method, I begin putting the V together

Here, I visualize putting my V together just as you would using the paper-piece method of quilting – except without the paper.  It’s all in my head!  LOL

This is the V before I slash it.

The first slash is cutting everything away that is to the right of my seam line.

Then it’s time to slash the two ends so they are straight.

I *never* throw away the scraps that are created when I Sew N’Slashâ„¢ unless the pieces are too small to use elsewhere.  You never know when you are going to need a portion of the scraps to fill in a spot.  I will complete a Sew N’Slashâ„¢ project and then throw away any unusable scraps or sort the usable ones into bins.

My V is ready!

Continue with the same process except now I change my fabrics around – the red will become the letters and the green will become the background.

My O is ready!  Where it looks like I’ve spent a lot of time measuring and cutting and sewing, I’ve completed this letter in less than 10 minutes, using my Sew N’Slashâ„¢ method.  I just square everything up at the end so all of my letter blocks can be sewn together.

This is the completed “LOVE Letters”, sewn together and squared up.

And this is the completed table runner!  Go forth and Sew N’Slashâ„¢!