One year ago

Just over one year ago I made a quilt top.

I was stuck on the Disappearing 4 patch pattern.

Totally stuck!

I made 2 quilt tops using flannel and blogged about them here.

Hey!!!

I even got them quilted up....ready to go....

and there they sat.

:/

Until today.

Today I said goodbye to this quilt.

I was Soooo happy to have it on hand.

I needed a baby quilt for someone special.

Woo Hoo!

All I had to do was get the quilt tag on.

(Why do I always drag my feet about that????)

Having this one READY to give was a GREAT feeling!!!

It makes me want to have a BIG stack of quilts

just WAITING for the next baby or special event!!!.

Don't we ALL want BIG stacks of quilts???

Some would say I DO have a big stack...

but........It's NOT quite big ENOUGH!!!

LOL!!!!

Company!

Quite FREQUENTLY....

I make a quilt....

JUST because!

Well....

that little pile of quilt tops

came in HANDY today!!!

;)

These two are engaged

and I WANT to give them a quilt!

I realized I have quite a few quilt tops to choose from...

so....

 I might not have to start from SCRATCH!

I invited them over to do some looking!

This is the one they like!

I'll make it bigger before the BIG DAY!

And......

Here are three that ALMOST got chosen.

I'll have to fold these up for the next "occassion"!

This gives me encouragement to....

KEEP MAKING quilt tops JUST BECAUSE!

They will find GOOD homes before you know it!

D4P in blue

I love being greeted by this cheery table runner

every time I walk in the door.

It makes me smile.

I smile MORE when the table is clean, of course!! ;)

I thought I'd make one in BLUE for a friend's birthday.

But......

I couldn't remember exactly HOW I did it!

:/

Thank goodness for my TUTORIAL list!!!

------>

I think it's kind of FUNNY that I need to be told

HOW to make something I JUST made a couple of months ago!!!

LOL!!!!

This one is listed under Disappearing 4 patch.

green

This is now one of my "GO TO" patterns

 when I need to give a simple gift.

My friend likes green.

Green it is!!!!

It's so simple....

And so lovely.

I have a little tutorial here.

This time I had the perfect backing.

Heavy weight remnant

left over from someone's redecorating.

Look at that!

It's even been scotchguarded!!

Perfect for a busy table, huh?

Putting right sides together I stitched around...

Leaving an opening to turn it right side out!!!

NO batting.

Just that heavy weight fabric for the backing.

In the past I've also used flannel.

I did some topstitching/quilting lines

Using a larger stitch length!!!

Ta Da!!!

Have a happy Tuesday!

Hope you get to sew even just a little bit!

It'll do you good.

It might do someone else some good too!!

;)

Added to Amy's sew and tell.

I'm stuck.

I'm stuck on the disappearing 4 patch.

Totally stuck!

Maybe if I make a few more blocks I'll run out of steam...

But I don't know.

This block sure gotta hold of me!!!

Didn't it???

I used some flannels this time.

Pretty, huh?

I used 6" oops! 8 1/2" squares to make my D4Patches.

It only took FOUR blocks to make the quilt!!!

Then I used a 3" border...and a 5" border on the outside!

42"x42"

Today I hope to make some more wonky D4Patches

hoping my wonky quilt will grow to be

TWIN size!!!

Another D4P

Who knew....

Who knew that yesterday when I posted about my

disappearing four patch someone else was getting ready

to post about hers????

Sara took the humble D4P to greater heights!!!

I saw her post this morning and KNEW I had to try it out!

Here's my rendition of a wonky D4patch:

I made two matching 4 patches (using 6" squares again),

laid them on top of each other

making sure opposite squares were on top of each other.

Then I did some cutting.

4 lines going this way and that!!

I laid out two blocks.

This is just like a puzzle!!!!

I did some sewing.

OOPS!!!  :/

I also did some ripping.

Before I knew it I had 16 blocks!!!!

Thank you Sara for your inspiration!

Thank you Blogland for sewing friends!

Thank you stripes for being so energetic today!!!

February

Just a little something to perk up my table this month.

A disappearing FOUR patch.

I DID want something red and white this month.

I didn't want hearts....who knows why....

sooo....

This little table runner suits me just fine.

Simple.

Sweet.

Happy.

I started with four 6" sqaures.

After sewing them together I made four cuts.

Two inches away from the middle seam.

Here it is.

This is the only tricky part.

The ONLY pieces that move are the the four middle blocks

around the outside.

I tried to draw a red line around them!!!

You're probably going to have a hard time seeing the lines.

(It helps to click on the picture.)

Ooooh! I wanted to figure out how to put arrows on there....

But....none of my big kids are home to help me!! ;/

Here's one Disappearing four patch.

I used three for my little table runner.

It measures about 10"x30"

You know what???

This was so easy I might make some little

valentine's table runner gifts!!!