Take Time Thursday – Past Week in Photo’s

My Past Weeks Photo’s by Beth Ann. I have been wanting to do this for a bit and with things a bit calmer, I am going to try. What it really does is get me OUT and taking pictures.
We live in a fantasy area here in Sarasota, Florida, so many things to see and do. We always make it to the Ringling before most holiday’s. I call it a “vacation day”. I took 417 pictures on this day. I found I was a bit involved with the lighting??? I try very hard to just take pictures, not over think anything like portions of thirds, colors, just shoot what my eyes see at the time. photo by Beth Ann Strub

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I have always loved old thing and this is one of my favorite houses to visit. I  hope that some day they will open it up to special tours and let me take my camera behind the red ropes….BUT until that time, I just keep taking pictures. 

Chandelier Black and White photo by Beth Ann Strub

photo by Beth Ann Strub

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Merry Christmas from Beth Ann and The Quilt Ladies

As the next few days come upon us, please take a moment of time to reflect on your life, your year and the joy that is in your heart right now. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have this happiness in us every day.  From my little company, my family and from my heart

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

Growing Together photo
My Photo Growing Together by Beth Ann Strub

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The Quilt Ladies Holiday Quilt Pattern just for YOU ! Merry Christmas

Here you are…. A finished quilt ! And in only 5 parts….HA…If you missed anything here are the links back.

Part ONE 

Part TWO 

Part THREE 

Part Four

Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

Cut 2 Side Borders 5 1/2″ x 42 1/2″ Sew to the sides of the quilt

Cut 2 Top/bottom Borders – 5 1/2″ x 52 1/2″ Sew to the top and bottom.

Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

Cut Binding – 2 1/2″ x 205″ 

Here is how I do my binding at The Quilt Ladies

Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

Have a GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON

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Putting our Holiday Quilt Together From The Quilt Ladies

If you have missed any of My Holiday Quilt Pattern they are all here for you. Today is adding the outside borders.

Part ONE

Part TWO

Part THREE

Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

Cut 12 Green – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″  Cut 12 Background – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Sew center unit as shown.

 

Cut 8 Yellow – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Cut 8 background – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Sew corner units as shown.

 

 

Cut 8 Background – 4 1/2″ x 14 1/2″ Sew unit together as shown.

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The Ladies Quilt Pattern Book

“The Ladies” Quilt Pattern

The Ladies Quilt Book

68 quilt pattern blocks, with complete cutting and piecing instructions. Make the quilt blocks as shown, a quilt which is 76″ x 84″ or just as a single quilt project reference of quilt blocks.

 The Ladies Quilt Pattern“The Ladies” are The Quilt Ladies. This project started as a gift idea and turned into a quilt pattern. The Ladies started by deciding the block size of eight inches by eight inches and the piecing of only straight seams. Drawing out each quilt block on graph paper and all hand written directions, they discovered they had lots of star patterns and they liked the quilt blocks that look complicated but weren’t. So, they purchased fabric and made each quilt block.

Here it is today, “The Ladies” Quilt Pattern Book

The Ladies Quilt Pattern Book  One of the quilt blocks from The Ladies Quilt Pattern Book

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My Holiday Gift for you – Putting the Quilt Together

This is probably my favorite part of the quilting process. Putting it all together !  When I first took a quilting class, the teacher talked about the three steps of making a quilt, 1) the idea/purchase, 2)the making of the quilt, 3) finished, the quilting/binding.
I think of this often, as I really LOVE the idea/purchase part, but a stack of fabric or blocks can NOT be called a quilt.

SO….Let’s start to put the quilt together.
Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

Cut 6 Background – 2 1/2″ x 14 1/2″ sew as shown above

Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

Cut 6 Background – 2 1/2″ x 14 1/2″  Cut 9 Red – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2 as shown above

Free Two Block Quilt Pattern

If you missed, here are the links to make the quilt blocks

Part ONE 

Part TWO 

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Happy Holiday Complete Quilt Pattern from The Quilt Ladies

My Happy Holiday Quilt Pattern for YOU !  Part ONE

This is Quilt pattern Two – Cutting is for TWO quilt blocks.

Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

Cut 8 Green – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″  Cut 8 Background – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″  Cut 2 Red 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Sew a 9 Patch Block

Free Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

 

 

Cut 8 Red – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″ Cut 8 Background 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″ Make Triangles

 

Cut 8 Background – 2 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ Cut 8 Background – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″  Sew as shown. 

 

Cut 4 Yellow – 4 7/8″ x 4 7/8″ Cut 4 Background 4 7/8″ x 4 7/8″  Make Triangles

Sew rolls together as shown below.

Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

Finished quilt block is fourteen inches by fourteen inches.

Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

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Happy Holiday Quilt Pattern for YOU from The Quilt Ladies

This Holiday Season I’m doing a complete quilt pattern for you here on this site, every few days I will post a new part of the pattern. The finished quilt is fifty inches by fifty inches and can be made smaller or larger just by adding or reducing the borders sizes.

Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

The quilt is made up of two different quilt blocks, square corners, pieced borders and solid outside borders.  This is quilt block one.   HERE is how I made my quilt triangles

Free Two Block Quilt Pattern

The Quilt Ladies Book Collection of Quilt Stories and Quilt Patterns

Cutting if for TWO quilt blocks as shown above,

Cut 16 Red – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″ Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies
Cut 16 Background – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″

MAKE Triangles

Cut 8 Background – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

Cut 32 Assorted Greens – 2 1/2″  x 2 1/2″  Sew 8, 4 patch quilt blocks,  Sew together as shown  

Cut 8 Background – 6 1/2″ X 6 1/2″   Cut 2 Red – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Sew as Shown

Free Two Block Quilt Pattern by The Quilt Ladies

The finished quilt block measures, fourteen inches by fourteen inches.

Free Two Block Quilt Pattern

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It’s a Bonnie Scotsman Quilt Pattern Block for YOU to Make

Sometimes you make a quilt block because of it’s name and this is one of them for me. “Bonnie Scotsman” how GREAT ! Make it Special for the complete quilt as shown OR  Now on Kindle and in Print
Make it Special Quilt Pattern four inch by four inch quilt blocks
Make It Special Quilt by The Quilt Ladies
 This quilt block has a finished size of four inches by four inches and is a quilt classic. IF you would like all the series quilt patterns and how to I put the quilt together, it’s here for you 

Making a Bonnie Scotsman Quilt Block Pattern

Cut 1 White – 2 ½” x 2 ½”

Cut 2 White – 1 ½” x 1 ½”

Cut 2 Red – 1 ½” x 2 ½”

Cut 2 Yellow – 1 ½” x 3 ½”

Sew as Shown

Bonnie Scotsman Quilt Block Pattern

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It’s all in the Photo by Beth Ann

With everything being so crazy here for months….I am just getting myself back. My Mom is in a very good living place and we are getting a new normal worked out.
I haven’t done anything I have wanted to do for months, tonight I did, pulled out my photo’s and just played on Photoshop. I have always had anxiety and it has been on over drive. So, it’s huge for me to just be and be happy doing what “I” like. 
Nice to see you, is from a boat ride and we walked the beach in Sarasota Bay. 
Scary Beauty The Jelly fish is from Mote Marine, and of course my flowers, from ???  I even took a bit of time and entered a digital photo contest, I didn’t include them here but will after judging. 
Nice to See you Photo by Beth Ann Strub
Nice to See You by Beth Strub
Scary Beautiful photo by Beth Ann Strub
Scary Beautiful by Beth Ann Strub
in the Beginning photo by Beth Ann Strub
in the beginning by Beth Ann Strub
The Back of Beauty by Beth Strub

Stop and Pose butterfly photo

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