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Show Me a Quilt – Star Quilt

From The Quilt Ladies Book

All The Quilt Ladies Book are NOW all in ONE Book – HERE

I was looking through picture files and this is one of the first book quilts.
It’s from book one, of The Quilt Ladies Collection I’ve come along way. The quilt featured in the book is a king size and I made this to travel with years ago. This is pictured hanging on the fence in Sioux City, IA, at was when the boys were home. WOW, A bit ago. TheQuiltLadiesQuiltPatternShop

The Quilt Ladies Book Collection

red, white and blue quilt top by The Quilt Ladies

Read my book “The Quilt Ladies” 12 Quilt Stories
and 15 Complete Quilt Patterns
Make Retirement fun with my “How to Survive Retirement” a Check List
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Wordless Wednesday A Basket Quilt

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Make it Monday a free Quilt Pattern

From The Quilt Ladies Site

A Little Quilt Block for you to make. I know, I know every see’s a little quilt block and can’t think for making it. It’s easy, do the same as a larger quilt block, go slow and you can do it.

It’s a Churn-Dash outside and a four-patch center.
Finished Block Size 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

Cutting for one block

Cut 2 Dark Green – 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″

Cut 2 Background – 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″

Make Triangles

Cut 2 Burgundy – 1″ x 1 “

Cut 2 Background – 1″ x 1″

Make 4-Patch

Cut 4 Dark Green – 1 1/2″ x 1″

Cut 2 Background – 1 1/2 x 3/4″

Sew into rows and rows into block, trim seam allowance to 1/16″

Mine is machine pieced and hand quilted

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Dress Me in Style – Slack and Sweater

Dress Me Simple

Have you heard about how to dress in a daily uniform? It’s a way to make clothing simple. I did it for years working at a bank, black suits, color in tops and shoes. But always black slack, skirt with black jacket (dating myself with a work jacket and panty hose) I hated them.

I love a top, bottom and add a sweater or jacket as needed. Here is Florida, it’s shorts most the time, but evenings are still a slack for me. Sweaters are my go to thing, I wear them daily, as a rode or even as a pool cover up. Doing the uniform, I have the basic’s already in my closet, it’s fun adding color.

See my other outfits that are dress me in Style

Red dress Pajamas Exercise clothes

Read my book “The Quilt Ladies” 12 Quilt Stories
and 15 Complete Quilt Patterns
Make Retirement fun with my “How to Survive Retirement” a Check List
The Quilt Ladies Quilt Pattern Etsy Shop HERE for YOU
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Talk about it Thursday !

Not all Quilts are for Sale

I get an email or comment about my quilts pretty much weekly, thank you, but my quilts are not for sale.

Most of my older quilts are from Estate Sales and Auctions from our time in the Midwest. I use all my quilts, old and new and most still go in the washing and dryer, as we live in an association and I can’t have a drying line….It would come down after using…wouldn’t use on Tuesday (mowing day)….can’t change it….OLD people.

This is one of my quilts which I purchased around 1985ish? in Burlington, IA. I was new to quilting and I headed to an auction with two little boys, can you see that being a mistake! On the whole they did pretty good, but the waiting. This is one of three quilts I purchased that day. You couldn’t see the quilt, it’s was folded, folded and folded, then hand stitched around the outside edge, but I could see the quilting. $24 for three quilts. I took me days to get the stitching out. Someone didn’t want them to see the light of day. The quilts are not perfect, BUT very close. I use and love them. And they are NOT FOR SALE. But, I do have quilt patterns, not this one, it’s nine-patch with solid white off blocks The Quilt Ladies Quilt Pattern Shop

Make it Monday a Valentine’s Table Topper

Valentine’s Quilter Table Topper

Make it Monday Quilt Pattern Block — With The Quilt Ladies

A Quilter’s Valentine

This little quilt has a finished size of 20″ x 22″ and is great as a scrap pieced quilt. I machined pieced and machine quilted.

You will need 9, 4-Patch blocks

Cut 36 squares – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

Sew together to form 4-patch blocks

Lay them out and like color placement.

Cut 6 Dark – 4 1/2″ x 1 1/2″

Sew into 3 Rows

Cut 4 – 2 1/2″x 1 1/2″

Cut 6 – 2 1/2″x 4 1/2

Sew into 2 Rows

Sew all Rows together to form center of quilt

Cut 2 Dark – 2 1/2″ x 16 1/2″

Cut 2 Red – 2 1/2 x 16 1/2″

Sew to the sides

Cut 2 Red – 2 1/2″ x 22 1/2

Sew to the top and bottom

Cut binding 88″ x 2 1/4″

I’m going to TRY and do machine quilting on this, it’s gong to be my TRY !

I’ll share !

HAPPY VALENTINE’S

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Dress Me Pretty – Red Dress

Step Style up with RED !

What I do at 4:30 AM…..I shop !
Sounds sad, but sometimes I just can’t sleep. Maybe it’s the laptop sitting…waiting for me…calling me by name!?!?

If it was a normal time, I would be ordering something over the top to wear out, BUT not so, it’s a little red dress that I can always wear, dress up, dress down, wear with a sweater and legging. That BLACK dress…has me written all over it ! LOVE!!

I will share when it arrives !

Red dress with full skirt

MY Book ! How to Survive Retirement

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Wordless Wednesday Baskets of Flower Applique

Flowers in Fabric and Paint

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Make it Monday a Quilt Pattern Block

Traditional Quilt Pattern Block

HERE’s a Quilt block pattern!
This is a Churn-Dash quilt pattern block. It’s a classic quilt block and very simple to make. Finished size of this quilt block is 6″ x 6″. I machine pieced and hand quilted. TheQuiltLadiesQuiltPatternShopCut 2 Color – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Cut 2 Background – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Make Triangles

Cut 4 Color Strip – 1 1/2” x 3 1/2”

Cut 4 Background Strip -1 1/2” x 3 1/2”
Cut 1 Color – 2 1/2”x 2 1/2” Center
Sew into rows and rows together

THE QUILT LADIES SALE

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Show me a Quilt – See it Saturday

Quilted Table Topper

When I was teaching, this is my beginner’s quilt 5 week class, the class would have used 2 1/2″ squares, I cut mine down for a table topper size, 1 1/2 inch squares. Machine pieced and hand quilted. HERE is my binding tutorial for you

On a regular size quilt, I would cut my binding strips 2 1/2″ wide, but on this little one, I cut them 1 1/4″ wide.

I like, little quilts to have little binding.

All the sewing is the same, 1/4″ seam allowance.

Tutorial on how to add quilt binding to a quilt.

But, I like to trim the backing and batting about in half.

This is before the binding is turned and sewn down. You can turn it under and see what you like before trimming around the entire quilt. I like to hand sew the binding down, I can get the corners, better and yes, you will have to mess with them a bit to get them perfect, they are VERY tiny.

The Before

The After

Have to LOVE hand quilting !

I get an email or comment about my quilts pretty much weekly, thank you, but my quilts are not for sale.

A Quilter’s Valentine

What I do at 4:30 AM…..I shop ! Sounds sad, but sometimes I just can’t sleep. Maybe it’s the laptop sitting…waiting for me…calling me by name!?!?

If it was a normal time, I would be ordering something over the top to wear out, BUT not so, it’s a little red dress that I can always wear, dress up, dress down, wear with a sweater and legging. That BLACK dress…has me written all over it ! LOVE!!

Cut 4 Color Strip – 1 1/2” x 3 1/2”

When I was teaching, this is my beginner’s quilt 5 week class, the class would have used 2 1/2″ squares, I cut mine down for a table topper size, 1 1/2 inch squares. Machine pieced and hand quilted. HERE is my binding tutorial for you

What I do at 4:30 AM…..I shop !
Sounds sad, but sometimes I just can’t sleep. Maybe it’s the laptop sitting…waiting for me…calling me by name!?!?