On Dec 4th I’m attending a “Nc Freedom Keepers” craft show at a church in Raleigh. I’ve been busy making stuffed owls (they are pincushions) but I thought about the hang tag at the top, then it can totally be a Christmas ornament! I’ve also made a few stuffed BIG owls There’s still more I’d …
I figured it’s time to show my scrap blocks I’ve shown before here I had looked at my quilt books and printed out what qube dies I needed for each block. I got lots of comments about WHAT dies I used and then to show more pics, so here they are 🙂 Now all of …
Some of you have been asking for another QAL for 2022! I was playing in EQ and came up with this design! Of course it’s Accuquilt friendly, the only companion die you’ll need is the trapezoid die #16 The quilt can be made with any QUBE set! all the same set! (and matching #16) It’s …
I can’t believe we’re done with the blocks (except for the border blocks), I started my quilt in November 2020 and quilted it early 2021, now it’s time to assemble! You can follow along with my method of come up with your own way as it’s not really assembled in rows or columns so there’s …
the LAST block! then next week we’ll start assembling the top!! This is another block that uses the drunkard’s path dies from the old companion set, or you can use templates in the pattern. You’ll need 8 blue #12 shapes, 4 pink #11 shapes and #3 triangles, then 4 white #3 triangles and 8 black …
Second to last block!! This block uses the parallelogram shapes, it’s not tricky but just be careful sewing them together. You’ll need 8 EACH of grey, blue, pink and black #7 parallelogram, if you’re using a print, the grey and blue are right side DOWN and black and pink are right side UP. Then 16 …
It’s time for block FF, still doubled in size and it’s all about KITE blocks! You’ll need 8 grey and pink #15 kite shapes and 16 blue and black (half right side, half left side if you’re using a print, otherwise it doesn’t matter) #14 triangles. sew the blue and pink together and the grey …
The last 2 blocks of this QAL are now double the QUBE size! and this one uses the drunkard’s path dies from the original companion set or you can use the templates included in the pattern. You’ll need 8 black of #2 squares, then 8 black #11 drunkard’s path outer shapes. With pink you’ll need …
We’re still working on 1.5 sized blocks, now it’s time for block DD! an easy Ohio Star block You’ll need 1 pink and 4 black #1 squares, then 4 black, 4 white and 8 grey #4 triangles. sew the QSTs together like this x4 then these into rows and then sew the block together like …
We’re still working on 1.5 sized blocks, now it’s time for block CC! A simple churn dash block! You’ll need 1 white #1 square, then 4 black and 4 blue #3 triangles and #8 rectangles. sew the HSTs and the rectangles together like this then sew into rows with the black on the “inside” like …