Triangles for August

My inspiration for this month's quilt is borrowed from one of Emily Sigler's favorites... It is a "FairyFace" Design. Here it is:

I am wanting a throw for my house. I have chosen a Moda line "Urban Cowgirl". (I like the name! Yee Hah!) Lots of greens, browns, roses, etc. 

I love the fabrics and colors. 

The design will be simple and easy. 

I am sending you ALL of the fabric that you will be using. 

• Eight 5" squares of the "Urban Cowgirl" 

• One 5" strip of "Bella" cream fabric. 

Please do not use anything else! I am asking for more than a 12 1/2 " square because you don't have to use any of your own fabric. 

• Sew 1/4" seams.

• Use a light cream thread.

• Keep the cream in the upper left corner of the squares.

Cut your 5" strip of cream into 5" squares. 

You will have 8 of the cream and 8 of the pattern.

With right sides together, pin 1 cream and 1 patterned piece together.

Draw a line corner to corner.

Stitch 1/4" on each side of the drawn line. 

Please measure for 1/4".

Chain the pieces together to save thread. 

Stitch down then turn and stitch back up. 

Now you have a lovely chain of 8 squares.

Snip them apart.

Cut alone the diagonal line to create the triangles shown below.

Open and press the seam "light to dark/pattern" on each square.

Please trim the corners to square things up.

Sew 2 squares together. Press light to dark.

Then 4 squares together. Keep the center points precise. 

Press the last/center seam open (not to the side) to lessen the bulkiness of the center of the square. 

Do this 4 times and you will have Four "4 squares" to send me.
Please DO NOT square off or trim, I'll do that. 

I will then be able to mix them up for the overall "randomness" of the quilt.

Thank you, ladies. I am excited to start getting squares.

(Your fabric is in the mail!)

Mardie

Arkansas Traveler

Here's my square for Connie. 

tutorial

Love the fabric!

Llewellyn: This one is for you.

My black and white block is complete.  I SO hope you like it.  I modeled it after the "Appliqued Fall Pillow" from Cluck Cluck Sew.

Surely, it goes without saying.  I am so sorry it is tardy.

-Jen

Sherrie's Squares & more

Here are Sherrie's squares that Vee (my mom) and I made.  They were cut out and sewn into triangles for about 8 weeks before I finished them today.  Chad got called in on a sales project that took him to Southern California.  We knew the project would last at least two weeks.  We decided on a whim to join him.  We were there for 2 1/2 weeks then we took another week (or more) to get home.  We visited family and took the kids to Yellowstone and Mount Rushmore.  We were gone 1 day shy of a month.  28 humid free days.

Sherrie's bday was in April.  Vee (pictured below) and I decided to make a table runner for Sherrie's kitchen table.  She was thinking about having us make tea kettle squares for her Trading Pieces quilt.  Mom and I jumped the gun and made this for her.  It was a lot of fun.  For the border, we used a faux piping technique that Emily S. taught me.  I have plans to use this technique more in the future.  It is really neat and adds so much to the final project.

This was mom's square for Llewellyn.  I have yet to finish mine.  I'm sorry.  =(  I have had a plan for more than two months.  It is my next project... as in I will start on it no later than tomorrow.

Sherrie's Grandson, Eric, was born Feb 12th.  I had grand plans to sew a blessing outfit for him.  Instead, I cut it out and finished only the last little bit.  Sherrie and mom completed most of it.  It is made out of batiste, which is a lightweight cotton.  Mardie, I would love for you to post pictures of the blessing outfit that Eden was blessed in.... it is absolutely gorgeous.

Here are a couple of notebook covers I made for Jillian and my niece Ashley.  It fits a composition notebook.

Another one of my bookmarks.  This one was for my kids Nana.  I loved the color combinations on this one.

Finally, I have taken a picture of a coloring caddy that I sewed for a sweet girl in my primary class.  Oliver was invited to her birthday party.  I have sewn at least 6 of these over this last year, and I think this is the first one I've gotten a picture of before I've given it away.

This is the backside.  It holds 10 markers or colored pencils.

When a couple of simple coloring books are inserted, the gift is complete.

 Happy Sewing!   -Jen

A Little Out of Sorts

Hey Everyone,
Thank you all for being so patient with Connie and I.  We are still in a state of sadness and shock over my mother's death.  Connie has material for all of you that we will be delivering this week.  You can take your time on making her square and focus energies on Emily's square.  I am working on an updated mailing list that will go out to you all ASAP. 

July

July is my month.  I'm a little behind, but I think we all are.  I've bought the fabric, but need to cut it and mail it out.  I also need to work on the tutorial.  I will do all of that on Monday when I get back from my anniversary getaway to St Louis.  For a sneak peek, this is my inspiration:

(photo credit)

Start gathering your scraps!

My Pinwheel

Here is my square for Sherrie. Hope you like it. It was fun to make.