Paper piecing

I'm sewing with the "church ladies" tomorrow.

:)

Here's the sample block.

We'll be making a few quilts for High school graduates.

We do it EVERY year!

The block is simple.

Perfect for the newbie sewer.

8" square of phone book paper.

One square 2 1/2" or so placed in the corner.

I place mine slightly OFF the paper....

Just IN CASE it shifts in and doesn't cover the paper.

 

LOTS of strips of fabric.

LOTS of scraps....

added Half LOG cabin STYLE.

:)

 

I'm looking forward to a GREAT morning!!!

In OTHER  news....

One thing led to ANOTHER

and I found myself making another KNITTED cap this week.

 

I had the yarn.

My son has winter camp this weekend.

It HAD to be done!!!!

I finished it 1 hour before the kids left.

Whew!!!!

 

Things I learned while making my SECOND knitted project.

*using variegated yarn is helpful to the NEW knitter.
you can easily see the rows of stitches and figure out WHERE you ARE!

*Adult sized caps take quite a bit LONGER than baby caps.

*GOOD quality needles are SOoooo much better than the cheap ones.

They say.... QUALITY is the BEST value.

It's certainly true about knitting needles.

;)

 

Have a GREAT weekend!

 

 

 

 

 

Half Log Cabin....FREE STYLE!

I like to make quilt blocks that don't require

a lot of matching or math.

This block suits me.

All it takes is ONE piece of paper (I used a phone book page)

one square (any size) of color.

Strips of color and strips of white varied in width.

I began by cutting my paper foundation to 8 1/2" square.

I set one little square of color in the corner....

making sure it hung off the edge a little bit.

That way.....when you're sewing..... it doesn't accidentally

move in away from the edge!

I added two white strips.

My white strips are NOT ALL THE SAME width.

Neither are the colored strips.

THAT's why this is called a FREE STYLE block. ;)

Press as you add strips.

(Notice the new ironing board cover.)..... ;)

If you're strip is TOO LONG....sew it on...

and then trim.

Don't trim RIGHT next to the edge of the paper.

We'll trim it up when it's ALL DONE!

 Here it is!!!

Notice...

You can end with a white strip on the outside....

or....

You can end with a colored strip...

IT DOESN'T matter!!!!

It IS helpful to make sure your outside strips

are not too SKINNY!

You don't want to LOSE your strip

when piecing the blocks together!

Turn your block over and trim along the edge of your foundation.

You've completed ONE BLOCK!!!

Easy....huh?

Blocks can be arranged like this.

Or like this....

Or...

LIKE THIS!!!

A Free Style quilt!!!!

sewing with friends

I was able to sew with friends on Saturday.

We began a quilt for a GIRL.....

And one for a BOY.

These quilts will be given to graduating senior high school students

who attend our church.

We used up LOTS of scraps sewn onto paper foundations.......

And SMILED the WHOLE time!!!