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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Finishes - Yay!

Finishes always feel good, don't they? Sometimes I feel like I am adrift in a sea of projects and UFOs. So when a finish comes along I feel especially good.

I finished the binding on the Lil' Baskets quilt last night. YAY!!! This quilt is not huge (70" x 70"), but it seemed to take forever. :-)

Now it is ready to go on the back of the couch where the cats will sleep on it and we will get to use it occasionally.

I even like the reproduction back I selected. With all the colors in the baskets, it was hard to choose an appropriate back. I decided on a reproduction that complimented the borders.

This quilt is a nice compliment to the courthouse steps quilt I made a few years ago. Ignore the leaves.. with so many trees it is hard to get a photo without them!

Both will keep us and the kitties warm on cold evenings this winter.

I also started this little penny rug on Halloween... and finished it on Sunday. I have had this pattern for a few years. Glad I finally made it. It was quick and fun!

Have a great week!

Happy Stitching!

Deb

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

100 Basket Blocks on the wall...... Take One Down, Sew it Around....

You know the song, right? Well I have changed it a bit, but you get the idea. I finished the last of the 100 basket blocks needed for the Lil' Baskets Quilt on Sunday. It was great to finally get them all done - I can't decide which is my favorite - I like all the colors!

There is something about muliples of small blocks that appeals to us. Like Dear Jane, etc., right? Here are most of them spread out on the guest room bed before I started sewing them together. So pretty!

The quilt from the book (Scrappy Firework Quilts by Edyta Sitar) uses a smaller print in the plain blocks.

I chose a larger scale print by Jo Morton from her Bridgeport collection.

You can see how they look on my design wall with the brown blocks and the rust colors set-in triangles.

Thankfully we didn't get any of the snow that fell on part of the northeast! It is a beautiful, sunny day here and hopefully these images will be a distant memory!

What a winter!!!!!

I better get sewing!

Happy Stitching!

Deb

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Baskets.... Baskets.... Baskets

Anyone who has read or followed my blog knows that I LOVE hand applique. But every once in a while I take a break to spend some time in front of my sewing machine doing some piecing. You know.. a change of pace, something different!

I started these little basket blocks (they are only 4" finished) before Christmas last year. The quilt is from the book Scrappy Firework Quilts by Edyta Sitar. I work on them when I feel I need some 'machine time'. Actually, I have seen this particular block also referred to as Cake Stand. What I am going to show you does make them a 'piece of cake' to complete. LOL

There are a lot of techniques and tools out there to make HST (half square triangles). But I find this way the easiest, quickest, and most accurate - especially when you need a 1" finished HST! And you need 400 of them!

Have you ever seen or used these Spinning Star Design template sheets?

They are really easy... Let's take a look.

So for the 1" finished blocks, you start with two 4" fabric squares (RST) and one template sheet. A pin in the middle to hold them together and you are good to go! Using a smaller stitch length, you just sew through the paper on the template, following the direction of the arrowed lines.