FEBRUARY 4 PATCH SLICES

Another Sewcial Distance Quilt top project is done!

This time 3 of us are sewing apart/together!

I am wintering at Ocean Isle Beach, NC

Kim is located in Pickerington, OH

Shirley is located in Evansville, IN

I love me some Kate and Birdie fabrics.

I had this 'Wonder' line and some background in my stash. 

I am making a baby quilt.

Kim is busting her Bonnie & Camille stash.

She pulled 3 charm packs of  ‘Little Snippets’ line for a lap size quilt. 

And my friend Shirley decided to join the fun. 

She cut 5” squares from her stash to make a Queen Size top. 

First step is to sew all the charms into 4 patch blocks.

A nice stack of 2 patches, then into 4 patches

 was quick and easy chain piecing!

Pressing station for my mobile sewing area.

Next step was to ‘Slice’ the 4 patch blocks 

across the center diagonally.

Then I cut the 3” wide background strips at 16” lengths. 

I suggest cutting each sashing strip individually

vs the pattern saying sew 2 triangles to each WOF strip.

I wanted to press the center crease into the strips for lining up the triangles 

to sew one triangle to each side of the strip.

***Missouri Star pattern has thinner strips for this part of the Lattice pattern.

THIS RIGHT HERE is important to make sure the strips fit the block

and not to short. DO NOT switch back and forth!  Right, Kim?

I pulled 2  triangle units for each block making sure they looked nice together.

But I didn't dally to long on matching them up.

Then the chain piecing and pressing began.

4 Patch Slice Block finished with the background sashing in it. 

My pattern suggested trimming blocks to 10 1/2” squares

I did, but might not have to...

Missouri Star pattern does NOT square up the blocks.

And then the blocks were completed.

I made the binding using up any left over 3" strips

 (trimmed to 2 1/2" Binding strips)

Waste not, Want not!

 

There are many ways to layout the blocks for a final quilt top.

Regardless of the pattern. Missouri Star only show the Lattice layout.

Diamond layout

Chevron Layout

Lattice Layout

 

Here are the finished tops.

I selected a diamond layout and added one border.

It finished at 47” x 57”

Kim used 3 charm packs, added 2 borders 

using the Missouri Star Lattice pattern

Finished at 60” x 70”

Shirley used the Missouri Star Lattice pattern with 2 borders 

and made a queen size top!

All in all it’s a quick and easy pattern.

A great way to use up charms, layer cakes, scraps 

or stash yardage!

You can find The 4-Patch Slice pattern that I used

from Inspiring Creations, right here. 

Missouri Star skinny strips lattice pattern video/tutorial is here .

Have fun. Both are fast and easy!  

2020 Mystery Quilt

Sometimes I get behind in my blog posts.

Regardless, I try to post interesting projects.

  I am glad you are following me

and it is really nice when someone comments.

I don't feel so alone out here!  

Sew in catching up.....

The Columbus Modern Quilters had another fun

Mystery Quilt Challenge for 2020.

I selected ALL the fabrics from my stash.

Several FQs in Orange, Mustard

with a White Grunge accent and a gray background.

I always challenge myself to use my stash

and figure out where to put the same colors

of different prints in the design.

You see, you won't know where the fabrics

will actually be in the "quilt design"

when you are making the blocks.

 

The first couple clues gave us fabric amounts

and cutting instructions. I label everything and 

make a fabric card to help me pull the 

correct fabrics for the blocks, once I began sewing.

There were lots of HTS pieces left over.

Some people would keep these or use them...not me.

 The next clue made Economy Blocks aka Square in a Square.

Then we made 32 House Blocks

That looked like a village!

The next clue had us sew Flying Geese, full geese and half geese.

Somehow I have deleted that photo.

And when all pieces were assembled....

THIS is the entire block.

The last clue was the actual layout design.

Thank goodness...I would not have figured this out.

I have a good size  design board

and sticky notes helped keep my rows in order.

  I sewed them all together and really love this design.

Here I was expecting some kinda design with "HOUSES'

cause all those HOUSE blocks.

Backing was next.  I searched my stash and found this fabric

that I had tried to destash several times!

It's A Stitch in Color by Malka Dubrowsky

for MODA.  A batik looking design 

that lends itself to more folklore patterns.

Not quite enough to cover the entire back, but

I like to mix things up in my backings.

I made the center strip with several solid grays.

I added a small border to the top, in the gray background color,

allowing the top to float.

Stay tuned for the post about the finish1

I have to quilt this one, after my winter at the beach.

If you would like to see the other 2020 mystery quilts

done by member in our guild

just click here!

WADO (thank you in Cherokee) for stopping by!

B & C LOVE EM? or LEAVE EM?

I am talking about...Bonnie & Camile fabrics.

I am not a big fan!

Yet, there in my stash was 'April Showers'

that I simply forgot about.

I had a layer cake, charm packs and solid navy.

The March Sewcial Distance quilt with Kin was born.

We were Sewcial distanced with 700 mikes this time.

Me at Ocean Isle Beach NC

Kim  in Pickerington OH!

We both also had The Thimble Blossoms pattern Cake Walk!

Ok I am not real excited but let’s see where it goes

My fabric pull by the beach.

Kim’s pull for the project.

It really went together fast

21 units - Block A

21 Units - Block B

7 each - Units C and D

And progress looks good.  Started to warm up to this one.

7 rows of Sashing

Sashing by the Sea.

Horizontal rows with a view and my excitement is growing. 

I forgot my numbered row markers 

Sew straight pins worked just fine to keep my rows in order.

There was a LOT of pinning a LOT of seams. 

To keep the intersections lined up.

And finally the top is all sewn together.

I am very excited it turned out sew good.

I actually LIKE it!

BEACHY SHOWERS pics at the Beach, coming soon!

This was the 5th Sewcial Distance quilt top

Kim and I have finished since RONA, The VID, or whatever you

call the virus bitch,  raised her ugly head.

We have another top selected, but hoping with us both getting

our vaccines....we can sew that one together/together!

JUST RIGHT!

I know its March and this post is about Christmas.

RIGHT?

Really though, its a  post about something important. 

 Friendship, UFOs and QUILTS!

This Modern Tree Block quilt has given me grief for a couple years.

NOT because it was hard to make blocks, but because

I couldn't decide the RIGHT way for me, to set the blocks.

For two years these blocks went up and came down

from my design wall several times.

Last November, I decided on this layout.

You ask me, why then? RIGHT?

Because, Shirley, my BFF of 60+ years had been battling breast cancer

and was going to have a Mastectomy on Dec 7th.

She loves Christmas, Christmas Trees and had mentioned

how much she loved seeing these Tree Blocks on my FB page.

Sew I got busy and quilted this one. An easy wavy line was quick.

I had purchased the C & S plus print for the backing

so there was no more stalling. RIGHT?

Added the binding and look at the mitre on this corner!  They all looked like this!

You see Shirley, is a quilter, and a perfectionist.

I knew she would be checking out my handiwork to see if it looked RIGHT!

I added my custom label...

And I was so pleased with how this all turned out. RIGHT?

Before Thanksgiving...I mailed this beauty off to Shirley.

I really loved it, wanted it, but the RIGHT thing to do was send it to her!

And don't ya know....she took the quilt to her Chemo treatment, just 

after that surgery.  And on this day she told me...I am cancer free!

RIGHT!!!!!

Now I know we all get ourselves into a tizzy sometimes

when we have a pile of UFOs staring at us.

IT'S TOTALLY ALL RIGHT!

IT's

Time and the man upstairs, will tell you when

 it is the RIGHT time to finish the RIGHT project.

for the RIGHT reason, 

for the absolutely RIGHT person