It’s “Northern Lights” this is great two colors or as I did mix up the colors and patterns, but that’s OK, if that’s all that’s wrong in 2020??? We are all GOOD !
Have a GREAT Day and Make a quilt pattern.
In my sewing room today, as I was having lunch, I want to share this little quilt. One of my favorite things is to eat at my computer desk in my office and just be. With Husband home, it doesn’t happen as much as it used to, but the days it does, I make sure I enjoy every moment. My Red Flower Quilt was machine pieced and I hand quilted. If I remember this pattern is from a quilt magazine, I probably made it in the late 80’s. It’s still timeless.
It’s just pretty.
Measures about 16′ x 16″
It’s paper pieced, which I don’t do anymore, so machine pieced
and I hand quilted.
Take time to enjoy EVERY day !
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Ever think that you make everything to complicated ? I know I do. Why do I? This is probably one of funniest quilt I have made and when it’s for Grand #1 it’s SO worth all the time and work. The quilt has a finished size of 54″ x 76″ with all straight line piecing. Finished quilt top.
I have been working on a hankie shirt. I purchased these hankies a few years ago and I’ve been seeing clothing using them (Pinterest) and I decided to give it a try. This is an old…Old Navy all cotton shirt, which I haven’t worn in a bit. It’s also one of the shirts from our overseas trip last year and I took a carry-on for 18 days and I wore it a LOT !
I haven’t been able to sit at my sewing machine for along time. It’s right there…but I sit down and I just can’t do it. And right now that has to be OK ! So, my shirt is hand stitches and hand quilted (top stitched). I laid it out on the dining room table and didn’t put it away. The idea was see it, do it. It worked !
Beginning cotton shirt
I used a total of 4 hankies, washed and ironed. I cut and appliqued each down and then hand quilted around the outside edge.
Added Hankie to front
Removed top stitching and cut down center and added hankie, stitched and top stitched.
This is my finished shirt. Only thing I would change is not adding to the side seams, it was not needed. I added a tuck or dart to fix it, or so you can’t see my bra !
Finished Hankie Shirt by Beth Ann Doing
And before you ask, You can use a sewing machine ! And, yes I really am that brown, Florida baby ! I wear sunscreen and now a swim shirt, (the one I wear) Sun hat too (the one I wear)
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I love quilt patterns, changing and rearranging the pieces into something new makes me happy. Sharing them is one of my favorites too. Today’s finished quilt block is eight inches by eight inches. Please don’t let the size overwhelm you, the quilt squares are cut one at a half and the triangles are two and a half, nothing hard to do.(cut 2 7/8″)
This is a wonderful quilt pattern to move color around the block. Maybe try the triangle as one color and square another?? Have FUN
Cut 4 Red 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” Cut 4 White 2 7/8” x 2 7/8″
Make Triangles
Cut 8 Red 1 1/2” x 1 1/2”
Cut 8 White 1 1/2” x 1 1/2”
Cut 8 White 2 1/2” x 1 1/2”
Sew As Shown
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“The Ladies” they are The Quilt Ladies. They quilt every Tuesday together and after years of doing that, they’ve decided to do a quilt pattern book. So “The Ladies” was born, a quilt block sampler pattern book with 68 – Eight by Eight Inch quilt pattern blocks. All straight pieced, all cutting and piecing instructions included.It was decided that the Eight inch by Eight inch size would be a perfect size for the blocks not too small and not too large.
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