Painted Chest

This is a chest that my Dad's Mother used, my mom's had it for years and give it to me.

 It was completely black and I've added the white

I sanded the top a bit and used white oil paint, I like the finish of oil paint. 

Painted the top, handles and the legs.

Learned that painting in Florida with all the humidity drying time is quite a bit longer making this a no hurry project. 

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From Vintage Tablecloth to Wall Art

 I found this on ebay and I love it.

With a bit of work it turned out PERFECT ! 

As I unfolded it....it was better than the pictures on ebay

Lots of fold lines.

With a water spray bottle and lots of ironing the folds came out

Made a trip to Lowes and with 1" x 2" boards made a square 50" x 48"

Braces down the middle both length and width.

Lots of staples and pulling

My wonderful Wall center piece.

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Simple Quick Quilted Table Runner - Part 2

Table Runner 

Table Runner Part 1
You will have 6, 4-patch quilt blocks, lay them out and 

like how they are placed in your table runner

You will have a process to move fabric, 

I like to fold the top block down making a good to good fabric sandwich

Then stack them from left to right, adding the next block to the bottom of the pile. You will get away you do it, there are no rules just what works best for you.

At the sewing machine, I match up my seam lines, as shown last time.

Pin and sew with your 1/4" seam allowance.

These are your units sewn together.

I fold the left to the center unit, pin once at the top,

and fold the right to the center and pin once at the top.

I match seam lines and pin at the sewing machine

Sew rows together

Press your blocks

Cut 2 border sides - 4 1/2" x 16 1/2"

Sew to the sides, press seam to the outside

Cut 2 border sides - 4 1/2" x 32 1/2"

Sew to the sides, press seam to the outside

You will have a little table runner, 

16" x 32" a simple quick table runner.

Cut the binding 2 1/2" x 98"

Need Binding help here is my tutorial on how to add binding to your quilt

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Simple Quick Table Runner Quilt Pattern

With the new machine ready to go and the manual at arms length. I pulled out some pre-cut squares from a giveaway I received years ago. 

I'm going to walk you through the quilt process here a bit. If you are a seasoned quilter,  this is a very straight forward pattern you will need

Cut 24 Assorted Colors - 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Cut 2 Border Sides - 4 1/2" x 16 1/2
Cut 2 Border Top and Bottom - 4 1/2" x 32 1/2"

Binding Cut 2 1/2" x 98"

Sew together the 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" squares as shown above, you will have 12 units

I pieced the colors in a general pattern How to Piece Squares 

 Press seams to one side

I like to lay my units out, mix and match the color placement.

This is done so that the corner go together perfect and your square is square

Good fabric to good fabric, seam to seam

Fold each seam in the opposite direction

Sew these 12 into 6, 4-patch blocks, match the seam lines as shown.

I still pin my work, always have and probably always will.

After units are sewn together, press the seam allowance

Back of the 4-patch square, you will have 6 of these blocks.

Finished these up and we'll start again in a few days.

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Little Nine Patch Quilt

 Spent sometime sewing with some scraps I had.

Basic 9 patches, set on ends. I did it in strip piecing, cutting strips  3/4" wide.

The finished quilt is 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"
.

I have been doing a lot of little things, I have a huge project to start, I think I'm procrastinating a bit??

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I have to say this is one of my favorite blocks, mine is machine pieced, hand quilted and framed for a holiday gift.

For a refresher on how to's for Square or Triangles

Cut 1 Center Pattern Color - 1 1/2" x 1 1/2"

Cut 4 Background Squares 1 1/2" x 1 1/2"

Cut 2 Background Points 1 7/8" x 1 7/8"
Cut 2 Points Pattern Color - 1 7/8" x 1 7/8"
Make Triangles

Piece together the triangles - lay out design

Sew together to form rows.



Sew the row together

To finish the block

Cut 2 Background 3 1/2" x 2" Sew to the top and bottom of the block.

Cut 2 Background 6 1/2" x 2" Sew to the sides of the block

Press well, you can add batting to the back and quilt now, or just frame.

I machine pieced and hand quilted

The reason for the different colors - An Old Ladies moment...

I forgot to take the pictures of the blue one as I was sewing.

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