A guilty conscience no more!

So, after a wonderful vacation to Utah and Vancouver, Canada, I came home to real life.  Back to school for the kids, a Van Gogh birthday party to pull together, a new church calling for me (YW President, could be interesting....) and general craziness.  And then my daughter got her first American Girl doll for her birthday, so naturally, what sewing time I did find, was spent making Emily the doll fun bedding, including a quilt, a couple shirts, a skirt and a fancy dress to round out her wardrobe.  But finally, finally I said to myself enough!  I must repent and sew for my quilt club!  And sew/so I did.

Becca, I got a little carried away cutting triangles, but since you are making a large duvet cover, I figured a few extra wouldn't be a problem. :)  I hope the colors are okay, I tried to match as best I could with what I had.

Teriney,  if I had access to Kona white, I totally would have sewed you a couple more blocks as well.  You know, as penitence, but alas, no fabric store near me has heard of it.  But I loved making your blocks.  Simple, but very effective and dramatic when finished.

And Camie, even though I haven't received your fabric in the mail yet, I have already begun cutting out squares just so I don't get so behind again.  How happy I am that we didn't have a new block in August as well!  That may have sent me over the edge. :)

Missing Corners & Friends

This was fun!  Having just moved 1484 miles away from Teriney, I am missing her (and all my Arkansas buddies) even more than these squares miss their corners. I've joined a quilting group here, but it's gonna take a while to find my groove.

 

That looks like black, but it's navy.  for reals.

emily

A Bouquet for Teriney!

These were so fun to make, I "picked" a bunch!

I can make more for my sweet Sol... Let me know. 

Missing Corners for Teriney

Our Primary colors are 1-2-3, Red, Yellow, and Blue.

Each one has a message for you and me, each has a symbol true.

Here you are, T-Money.  Hope your little man will enjoy his new quilt.

JULY"S SQUARE...with missing corners.

Okay here it is. Super Easy!

The supply list and what the two little squares will look like...

You need to provide fabric A & B.
(see this post for color & style: http://12squared.blogspot.com/2014/07/coming-soon.html)

I will be sending the Kona white out today.



Sew the  1 1/2" x 6 1/2" strips to the sides of the Fabric A & B sides.

Press seams out.

*if the pre-cut strips seem a little short, don't worry about it. Later the corners are cut off.

Sew the 1 1/2" x 8 1/2" strips to the opposite sides of Fabric A & B.

Press seams out.

Next place the 3/1/4" squares, right side down at the corners.

Matching up.

Stitch diagonally across each 3 1/4" square.

corner to corner (needs to be accurate)

It might help to pencil a line from corner to corner to get a straight stitch.

(see left corner)

Next trim each seam down to 1/4".

(see right corner)

Finally press out all seams.

(see bottom corners)

This is what the final square will look like except there will be two.

You do not sew them together.

Also, don't trim the square, I will do that if needed.

Thank you wonderful lady friends!

Now off to mail some fabric!

Coming Soon

Hello Ladies! With a certain friend in from Germany (you know who you are) and a family vacation to AZ, I have not had time to post my tutorial. I will have it up hopefully in the next week. Until then, here is a sneak peak at the colors to start collecting, pick two: red, deeper yellows, navy ish blue & gray. Think masculine, non juvenile fabric. It will be for my son's bed.

We will be doing something like this. I will be sending you Kona white :) 

(picture from pinterest: http://amyscreativeside.com/2014/05/12/new-quilt-patterns/)