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!!!

winners

Lisa wins the book! 

Liz, Mimi , Jennifer, Julie and Heather win a pattern!

YEAH!!!

Thanks for playing along.

Email me your addresses and I'll pop them in the mail soon!

And here's something I found in blogland last week!!!

A recipe for white bean enchiladas!!!

Enjoy.

all done!

My Disappearing 9 patch is complete.

In this picture it looks just just like it did here!

But NOW.......

It's quilted.

The binding is on!!!

The hand stitching is even done on the back!!

AND....

The backing is laying nice and smooth!

Woo Hoo!!!

You can't tell in the picture above but this backing fabric is very

UNUSUAL.

Maybe here you can see....

It looks kind of WET!

There are little silver threads running through the fabric.

When this fabric found its way to my house...

I wasn't sure what I'd be doing with it!!!

But it worked out great for this quilt!!!

yeah!

The last picture:

My quilting stitches.

Aren't they fun???

No marking.

No hassles.

Just lines with a little wave every so often.

Oh good!!!

A finished a quilt.

That means...

I can begin another!!!

Wednesday.

Almost every Wednesday morning I go to a quilt class.

Today there was so much inspiration...

I need want to show you LOTS of pictures!!!

Don't you love the way the courthouse steps above

moves it's color through the color wheel???

And this log cabin with the black!

Love it!

The teacher has been focusing on the log cabin block...

so you can see that's the basis for many of these quilts today.

Most of these quilts are IN PROGRESS.

See those little appliqued pictures on there???

These houses are going to be on top of that green log cabin.

I love that tree!

And here's a great beginning to a quilt

going to a wounded soldier.

Lots of pretty triangles!!!

Here's one of my favorite magazines!

And here's the beginning of that quilt on the cover!!!

Isn't it great?

You can tell a needle turn expert is working on this one!

Wool. wool. wool.

Wonderful wool.

(notice the magnetic needle holder-dog in the upper right corner.

Have you ever seen one of these??

Me neither....until today) ;)

Scrappy. lovely. quilt.

I especially like the border that matches so nicely with

the center of those wonky log cabins!

A quilted butterfly!!!

Dear Jane in applique!

I didn't know you could do that!!???

O.k.

I DID need to show you all that didn't I????

What an amazing morning!!!

I know you're all working on amazing quilts too...

and I love seeing them on my computer screen.

BUT...

It's soooo nice to see beauty in "Real life".

Don't you think??

Don't forget the giveaway here.

I'll be drawing winners on Friday!!

happy birthday!

My big girl had a birthday yesterday!

After lunch she wanted to go to the thrift store.

I must have raised her right!!!

 ;)

Among other things....

I bought these for my little girl.

Handmade knitted caps and an earwarmer!!!

Then....

I did some doodling.

Crochet doodling!!!

Fun!!!

Giveaway!!!

I know SOME of you like Vintage.

I do too.

It's fun to find fabric that's from another time....

It's also fun to learn more about our

sewing sisters of the past.

That's what this book is all about!

If you'd like to win this copy that was sent to me

for a giveaway...

Leave a comment.

Easy.
OR.....

If you want to order the book right now.....

you CAN!!!!

Amy also sent these patterns.

They're all for YOU!!!!
Pincushion, Turn-a-tie flowers, or Tie Pocket Pouch.

If you'd like a chance to win the book or a pattern...

JUST LEAVE A COMMENT!
That's 6 winners!!! ;)

You're so sweet.

We needed a giveaway over here in my corner of blogland...

Didn't we???

Oh yeah!

When am I drawing names???

Friday, February 4!!!

Lots of time to leave your little comment.

Why don't you mention what you'll be sewing this week??

That'd be fun to hear about!