BLOCK NO. 7 SAW TOOTH STAR

Fabric 1 (dark red):  Cut two 5" squares
                                 Cut twelve 2-1/2" squares
Fabric 2 (pink):  Cut two 5" squares
Fabric 3 (black):  Cut eight 2-1/2" squares
Fabric 4 (orange):  Cut five 4-1/2" squares

Place a 5" dark red and a 5" pink square right sides together.  Mark diagonally from corner to corner and sew 1/4" from drawn line.  Do the same with the other set of pink and dark red squares.  You will have four of these:

Using the connector square method, make four of these using the black on one side and the dark red on the other side of the orange 4-1/2" squares.  You will have four like this:

Take the remaining orange 4-1/2" square and sew a red 2-1/2" square in each corner using the connector square method.  You will have one like this:

Lay out your pieces as shown and sew together as a nine patch.

Sherry Rogers-Harrison Class at MQS

The girls (Linda and Dana) and I took Paint-leque from Sherry Rogers-Harrison at MQS.  What fun we had.  I don't know why I didn't take pictures of our art work (she gave us a quilted small piece to practice on) other than brain drain.  But we all enjoyed it.  Here are pictures of Sherry's quilts and our inspiration:

This is one of her award winning quilts.  Nope, that is not applique!!  She quilted it on white PDF fabric and then painted it.  Exquisite!!!
On for more eye candy:

Yep.  All done the same way -- quilted and then painted.  She gave each studio a quilted piece to paint.  This is the quilted piece that she had painted for samples:

Of course, we bought all the paints and can't wait to start painting this little quilt!  I would really like to take all of ther classes but time didn't permit.  I am not sure that this would be faster than needle turned applique, but I sure like the technique. 
And this is a pattern that Dana bought.  Can't wait to see it finished:

The trip was GREAT!  And it got my mojo going again.  Can't wait to paint and quilt!

More eye candy from MQS

Even though I absolutely love the quilts, I love the quilting more and that is what I take pictures of, but I hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Eye Candy from MQS in Kansas City

I didn't take enough pictures -- and no pictures of the winners.  The quilts were beautiful.  Sharon Schambler's was great, but I didn't take a picture.  Can't tell you why.  Linda Taylor had another beauty that I didn't take.  Here are the ones I took and I have no idea who did them!

And closer for the quilting of this one;

On to another.  This is Sherry Rogers-Harrison's Autumn Butternut (just a portion of it):

It was so beautiful (won a 2nd) -- and it is not applique!  It is painted!  Took her class and will do another blog on it.
And a few more that I have no idea who did them::

I'll add a few more in another post.  Hope you enjoyed the eye candy!

Two Baby Quilts

I quilted two baby quilts for two friends recently.  This is Nancy's and I did this one free hand:

And added the large daisy with the longarm:

Really a cute quilt. 

And this is Debbie's.  I used my Circlelord board for the zigzag and a stencil for the little rabbit holding a carrot and radish:

Close-up of rabbit:

And this is a picture of a red fox in our front yard.  You can barely see him but he is just below the writing:

Well, I don't see any writing, but he is just left of the tree. 

Have a great day!  Next week I am off to MQS with two friends.  We will be taking a class with Sherry Rogers Harrison which should be a lot of fun. 



LeMoyne Star Finished!

After a month on the LA, it is finally finished -- well, except for the binding.  It is a large quilt but yard work took a lot of my time.  I'm just happy it is finished.

I always second guess what I did -- on this one, why didn't I do curved crosshatching around the stars.  Not all of the squares came out even so I had to make the decision whether to do another sewn line or leave a wide space.  I chose do add the line because the wide space really drew attention.  I NEVER have to worry about making a mistake because only God is perfect!!  I would be happy if I could just have ONE mistake per quilt!  I have enough fabric to make pillow shams to match the quilt.  That is my next sewing project.  But tomorrow is a day of rest -- I'm going to the AQS in Paducah tomorrow and back again Friday. 

Star Path - Block No. 6

This is the block we will be making for May:

Five Fabrics:
Fabric 1 (grey):  Cut eight 2-1/2" squares
                                         Cut four 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" rectangles
Fabric 2 (dark pink):  Cut six 2-1/2" squares
Fabric 3 (light pink):  Cut six 2-1/2" squares
Fabric 4 (dark red):  Cut eight 2-1/2" squares
                                          Cut four 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" rectangles
Fabric 5 (black): Cut eight 2-1/2" squares

Make two four patches using the grey  and light pink print.

Make two four patches using the grey  and dark pink fabric:

Make one 4 patch using dark pink and light pink fabrics:

Make four flying geese using the grey 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" rectangles and eight 2-1/2" red squares using the connector square method.

Make four flying geese using the red 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" rectangles and eight 2-1/2" black squares using the connector square method:

Lay your block out:

And sew together.