Saturday, May 28, 2016

Contrary wife 1 quilt block


                                          Here is the block pattern, now lets sew one up

 
choose your fabric
these are fat quarters

 
cut out fabric that you choose
5 squares of one color
4 squares of two different colors then
cut diagonally
lay out the block pattern
now lets sew this one up
 

 
first I sewed the diagonally square
 
 
first two squares done of row 1
now to sew the other square on

 
Row 1 done
yoohoo
now row 2

 
Row 2 has two diagonally squares
these two are done
 
 
first two rows are done
now lets sew them together

 
done
now the third row

 
almost done
 

                                                                   Done...
                                             pretty nice looking huh?
                                                now on to the next one
 
 
 
 
 

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

attic window quilt pattern

 
the pattern


                                                             pick your fabric
                                                     you will need one more color

 
cut out your fabric
lay out your fabric according to block design
now lets start sewing
 
 
I decided to start with the first row
first the square with the diagonally or rather half square
you can choose to sew of these up at once
but I choose to do as I go along

 
first two blocks/squares are sewn

 
first row done
now lets start on the second row
 

                                                 first two squares sewn on second row

 
second row sewn together
now lets sew it on to the first row

 
first two rows are done
now lets work on that last row
 
 
third row done
I snug in on ya didn't I
anyways now to sew the block together

 
done....it still needs to be trimmed on the sides,
 but I think it looks pretty good
what do you all think?
 
sorry about not having one last week, but have been very busy the past few weeks
 
 
 

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Calico puzzle Quilt pattern

 
here is the piece quilt pattern
now choose your fabric....
I already choose mine, what I had on hand
 
 
cut out your pieces
the plain jane squares are 3 inches square
the half triangles were at the beginning squares that were 3 1/2 inch square
and then I cut them diagonally
 

 
I sew the half triangles first
 

 
now lets start sewing up the block
first row
 
 
I finished the first row and then done the second row
 

                           
                                        Sewed the second row on
                                            now lets work on the third row

 
starting of the third row
I then sewed the third row on

 
and this block is done ...now move on to the next block