First blog post anniversary - 7 Years Later

7 Years of doing this Site and a 
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My first ever blog post was today 9-22-2008, I've come along way, this my first post

WOW, I'm starting the road to get the quilt ladies published. Today the project was this blog. I've been asked by friends to get this started and it (the blog) was very easy to get going.

The books are at the book designer and I hope to get them back in the next month and ready for sell, ASAP after that. The next big project will be the web store page.

The decision to do the book myself has been a hard one, but I have to take the leap and just jump. After selling at craft shows and doing pretty good, I hope everyone loves them as much as I do. I have jpgs, of the covers and I'll try to get them on soon??? I've been told I can do it??

I'm learning so much

I need a bit of help with any idea about getting the word out about what will soon be:

http://www.thequiltladies.com/ not up yet, but I purchased the domain ! ! :)

If you have any ideas, please let me know, thanks, Beth

Side note from today, "I'm just exhausted" 

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Baby Quilt Ready to GO !

BABY Quilt Time

Machine pieced and hand quilted.

 Each block is 14 inches by 14 inches. 
Hand stitched with pearl cotton thread and medium stitches

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I make/design all the quilt blocks on this site

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Pink Fabric Pillows

I love PINK, there is nothing better to me than PINK Fabric.

Pink fabric used.

I'm using a log cabin pattern, these are cut 2" x 2"

Sewn together and pressed to the outside. I cut some strips for the outside edges 2 " wide and add them, 
I didn't measure each one.

I've added a great border and this will be the backing too !



Here's the pattern 

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Quilt Pattern Block for YOU

This is Grand #1's Quilt block pattern and the patterns is here for you

Quilt Block Finished size 10 ½” x 10 ½”

               

Cut 2 White           3 7/8” x 3 7/8”

Cut 2 Red             3 7/8” x 37/8”

Make the triangles

Cut 5 Blue            2” x 2”

Cut 4 White          2” x 2”

Cut 4 White          5” x 2”

Cut 4 Gray            5” x 2”



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and Little Quilt Ladies Quilt Patterns

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Photography by Beth Ann  

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Red and White Quilts from American Folk Art Museum

Over Four Years ago an UNBELIEVABLE quilt show was held and these are JUST Two of The Quilts Shown in the Show.

I follow the American Folk Art Museum HERE is their Site

and The Book of the Event is coming out VERY soon, 

So, for us who didn't get to see it in Person???

I'm all Pre-Ordered

and I've put the link below

 Please click my link here, I receive a few cents from each purchase, thank you !

Link on right side top too
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  I've not held or seen the book in person, 
but if it's half as wonderful as the show ! It will be great.

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Make a Quilt Triangle with The Quilt Ladies

How to Make a Quilt Triangle

Just like the square if you are not ready to purchase a rotary cutter and mat. You will need to make a freezer paper pattern.  How to do Square's HERE

Take the FINISHED size of the square you want and add 7/8 of an inch.
example:
for a finished size 2 inch square you will cut your fabric 2 7/8" x 2 7/8"
for a finished size 3 inch square you will cut your fabric 3 7/8" x 3 7/8"
for a finished size 4 inch square you will cut your fabric 4 7/8" x 4 7/8"

And so on, either make you freezer paper pattern or up with a rotary cutter and ruler.

I've used a 3 inch FINISHED Square cut 3 7/8" x 3 7/8"

A light and a dark.

On the Wrong side of the light fabric draw a line from corner to corner.

This is the cutting line NOT sewing line

On your sewing machine sew a straight seam, 1/4" from the line.

Turn and do the same thing on the other side.

(when I have many to sew, I do chain piecing, one right after another, not stopping the machine until all finished and then turn and do the other side)

If NEW do them one at a time.

Cut on the drawn Cutting line.

You have 2 triangles

Open them up and 2 triangles

Press your seam to the dark fabric and trim the end tail off.

This is your finished triangle


GIVE IT A TRY.... IT'S NOT HARD.

I recently posted a block on Facebook and there was a lot of take about points.

Here's how I do it.

Pieced together a triangle to a block

Added this as a strip to another piece.  Pin as much as you need, check as you pin to make sure

you have the 1/4 seam allowance. 

On this seam I had to move the needle in just 2 threads to make the point perfect.

Press the fabric 

The point. 

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Blue and White Hand Quilted Quilt by Me - The Quilt Ladies

I've learned through the years that the way to a Quilter's heart is through hand quilting. 

This is my, "I can talk the talk AND quilt the quilt," quilt. 

I've seen grown woman, sigh, giggle and try to hold their fingers back from touching this quilt. www.bethanndoing.com

It started out as a baby quilt, but it has been put to work as my opening for most speaking.
I can HAND quilt the quilt ! !

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Beth Ann is a Quilter and an Author who decided to self-publish her books and quilt pattern books

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