Thursday, June 9, 2011

Packing up our home for Retirement Phase of our Lives

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The Basement is all packed up and upstairs.
To My 3 "A's"  We still have them ! 


Packing up our home for Retirement Phase of our Lives

These are Husband's animals, I dislike them, I cover them.....

Packing up our home for Retirement Phase of our Lives

BEFORE

Packing up our home for Retirement Phase of our Lives
AFTER, carpet will come up if we see water coming in ???
Packing up our home for Retirement Phase of our Lives

Idea boxes, all moved and all safe.

Packing up our home for Retirement Phase of our Lives

Photo albums from grade school on of mine, what to do?

Say a pray....
The physical part of all this is one thing, the mental is terrible too !


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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Hand Quilting - Quilt Tips from The Quilt Ladies

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I love hand piecing, usually a small project, but there is something about it that makes me happy. When you hand piece  do as you would do on the sewing machine, using a continuous stitch, make a knot at one end of the thread, stitch your sew allowance to the end, do a back stitch and start stitching again on the next patch.

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Quilting Tips from The Quilt Ladies

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When designing and drafting your own patterns, remember to add ¼” inch on each side of the block before cutting:

2 inch finished square will be cut 2 ½” x 2 ½”
3 inch finished square will be cut 3 ½” x 3 ½” 

and so on !


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Friday, June 3, 2011

Spring Table with Red Table Topper

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Spring Table
 Spring Table with Red Table Topper
A simple square is always a good thing in quilting. I cut 2" x 2" square.
 Spring Table with Red Table Topper
A good wall hanging and table center piece.


 Spring Table with Red Table Topper



 Spring Table with Red Table Topper
Be Kind to All,
Beth
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Squares

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Received a phone call from a very dear friend who’s taken the plunge and is learning how to quilt.  HERE – is how she started. The next question is, “How do I do a quilt top? ”

I know when you see a finished quilt it can seem very overwhelming. I’m going to walk you thought making a quilt top over the next few weeks.

Remember, “It’s Only a Square”    Finished Quilt Size:  46”x 46”  1 yard of each color will be more than needed to do this project.

Cut  160 – 2 1/2” x 2 1/2” in assortment of colors (I used a dark, medium and light) approx. 1 yard of each color !

It's ONLY a Square, How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Squares

Lay out each block before sewing it together, there is no right way or no wrong way. I’ve included some examples of color placement, these are examples, have fun move colors around and you will need 16 blocks.  Use a ¼” seam allowance and press your seams to one side. 

How to make a Square Quilt with ONLY SquaresHow to make a Square Quilt with ONLY Squares
Lay out 3 in each row
And do 3 rows.

You will need a total of 16 pieced block, so have fun, move color around, here is just a few examples:


Take a few weeks and I'll walk you through putting the block together with sashing and borders, let's say 2 weeks ! Keep checking back !


So, get the fabric out, get cutting, piecing and let's make a quilt top  !




Be Kind to all,  
Beth



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Friday, May 27, 2011

Cutting off Points - Quilt Tips from The Quilt Ladies

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When sewing a quilt block row together there is nothing worse than opening it up and seeing that you chopped off the points of your triangles, make sure to pin your rows and sew on the side that you can see the most points, if you need to fudge your 1/4” seam allowance, now is the time to do it, and when I say fudge I mean by 1/32 or 1/16, just a bit !

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Quilt Show Saturday From the Box

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Welcome to Quilt Show Saturday



I was looking for a very old quilt that was in the things from Husband's grandmother.



And I didn't find what I was looking for, I'm sure I will, but did find this.



I did this long ago, I had won the little quilt fabric squares at a quilt guild meeting.



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Beth

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