I am writing this post on Saturday, September 22 and will set it to out tomorrow morning. Where will I be on that beautiful autumn Sunday? At my daughters wedding! WHOO HOO! The bachelorette party was last night and I was given the privilege of watching grandbaby while her mother partied with the bride and…
Creating the Three Dimensional Center and Finishing Options You should have four of the Latte blocks. Now it’s time to add the dimensional center. Remember the Three Dimensional Bow Tie? This is the same idea, just on a larger scale. I call it the Faux Cathedral Window. If you watched the 2008 video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvXUvKIzYZY&t=66s,…
Making a Latte Block You will be making four identical blocks. The pieces go together like a puzzle, so take your time and use pins. You might prefer to make them one at a time. To make ONE block, Assemble:(4) Flying Goose Blocks, one of each design(2) Green HST Blocks(4) Red HST Blocks(2) 3″ x 5-1/2″ Background Rectangles(5) 3″ x…
How to Make A Three Dimensional Flying Goose Block Assemble: (8) Red 3″ x 3″ squares(8) Gold 3″ x 3″ squares(16) Green 3″ x 3″ squares(16) Background 3″ x 5-1/2″ rectangles Place a 3″ x 3″ Green square right side up on your sewing table. Fold a Background rectangle wrong sides together and place it on top of…
Let’s Start with an Easy One How to Make a Half Square Triangle Quilt Block using the Traditional Method To create an HST block using the traditional method, place a 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ colored square right sides together with a 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ background square. Draw a diagonal line on the back of the top square. Sew…
I’m preparing for my row in the Seams to Be Sew “My Happy Place” Rowalong! I haven’t had a chance to make new videos yet, but everything else is ready. Judging from the comments made on the rows that have already been presented, people are having a lot of fun – and winning lots of prizes….
Here’s a blog post from my old blog, dated August 26, 2003. I have been asked to tell about the places we go in the bus. We DO have an awful lot of fun, and meet an incredible assortment of very nice people, but it does get tiring traveling all the time. Still, the good…
Quilting has an acronym language all its own. If we have a WHIMM or a NESTY, and don’t have a QB, we go on a FART in order to create SEX and SABLE or maybe to send a Squishy. We gather TUS and cut fabric on the WOF or SOG so we can use BOB,…
