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Make a Quilt Pattern Monday

Handy Andy Quilt Pattern !

“Handy Andy” Quilt Block Pattern from

From my Book

how to make the Quilt Pattern "Handy Andy" Quilt Pattern

What I like about this quilt pattern is it’s name,

I used a busy background and the pattern changed a bit. I like it !

Quilt Pattern Free "Handy Andy" Quilt Pattern

Finished block size 10″ x 10″

Cut 8 White 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Cut 8 Green 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 4 White 2 ½” x 4 ½’

Cut 1 Green 2 ½” x 2 ½”

Full MOON Saturday Quilt Pattern Block

Quilt Tutorial HOW to Make a Quilt Block

A free quilt pattern for you
I’m sharing the pattern as usual, but then I will walk you through the piecing of that pattern. I break the block down showing you how a quilt pattern is pieced. If you don’t need help piecing a block, get started ! !
Need a bit of How to Here’s my page

“Duck’s Foot in Mud” finished size of this quilt block pattern is eight inches by eight inches.

Cutting for entire block

Cut 1 Lt. Green – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Cut 1 White – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 1 Green – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Cut 1 White – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 8 Assorted Colors – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Cut 8 White – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 2 Lt. Green – 1 ½” x 1 ½”

Cut 2 Green – 1 ½” x 1 ½”

Cut 4 White – 2 ½” x 3 ½”

Cut 4 White – 1 ½” x 1 ½”

Breaking the Pattern DOWN

Cutting for the entire block is above

this cutting is just for this unit

For the corner

Make 4 of this unit

Make your triangles – How to link

Cut 1 Lt. Green – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Cut 1 White – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 1 Green – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Cut 1 White – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 8 Assorted Colors – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Cut 8 White – 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 4 White – 1 ½” x 1 ½”

Lay your pieces out and sew together each set as shown,

Sew those units into the block.

Cut 2 White – 2 ½” x 3 ½”

Do this 2 times

Cut 2 Lt. Green – 1 ½” x 1 ½”

Cut 2 Green – 1 ½” x 1 ½”

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Cut 4 White – 2 ½” x 3 ½”

Sew rows into block

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My MOST Asked for How To !

Quilt Binding and Hand Stitching it Down

I’m sharing the way “I” do quilt binding. Like everything in quilting there are MANY ways. This is the way “I” do it ! !

I have tried and used other methods, but I always come back to this way. IF you ever think, “Should I pin this?” “PIN IT!” I am a firm believer that a moment to pin is better than a moment of seam ripping !
This post is huge with LOTS of pictures.

Cut your strip 2 ½” inches wide and long enough to go

all the around your quilt PLUS 6-8 Inches

More is ALWAYS better with this in my mind.

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How to make Quilt Binding Tutorial and How to Hand Stitch the Bind

Cut enough strips to go around the outside edge of your
quilt. Sew all strips together with a 45-degree angle.

Sew and Trim to ¼ inch seam allowance

Open and Press and trim any ends.

Do this to make all binding needed.

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BUT ALWAYS check YOUR BOBBIN THREAD, make sure you have enough to make it all the way around the quilt. NOTHING worse than to stop and fill or change a bobbin!

This is where “I” do it a bit different, I just can’t get the seam right using the fold the corner way, I do a straight seam here as shown.

Start sewing about 5-6 inches from your binding end,

Sew the binding with a ¼ inch seam allowance.

I mark with a pin on each corner

Sew the binding with a ¼ inch seam allowance. Stop ¼ from
the edge. Back stitch a few stitches.

Fold the binding back.

Fold binding back down on to the Quilt. Match up edges.

A diagonal fold will form between the
layers and a straight fold on top. Do corners one at a time, but

Do this on all four corners

Stop sewing about 4-5 inches from the first end.

Pin well, fold over and match the ends

Press

Open up and mark your SEWING line

On both sides

This is your SEWING line, Sew and trim seam.

Continue sewing the binding to the quilt.

The right side of the quilt

You will need to trim your batting, I like to trim mine about an 1/8 of an inch from the binding edge

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Fold the binding open

Pull it over the machine stitches.

Pin and I like to hand stitch

Blind Stitch, I like to hide my knot in the inside.

Single thread, I use about 18 inches at a time.

Catch just a bit of fabric on the binding,

Take a stitch straight across and then back into the binding just a few threads.

Make sure your thread matches and as below, I have about 6-8 stitches down in this photo

Stitch all the way into the fold.

Pull your needle out and fold other corner over,

Sew the corners closed on BOTH sides. Back side here

Push needle through and stitch the front corner seam closed.

Push needle through to the back and continue sewing around the quilt.

Finished corners.

Do all Four Corners

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Bear Paw Quilt Pattern for YOU !

Make it Monday

“Bear’s Paw”

As I look at this pieced block now, it’s…. Wonderful
Take a bit of time for you and do a quilt block. Finished Quilt Block Size 14” x 14”

ENJOY today’s Pattern, it’s a good one !

All the Quilt Patterns for this quilt can be found HERE
53 of them !

Cut 8 White 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Cut 8 Dk.Green 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 9 Dk. Green 2 ½” x 2 ½”

Cut 8 Green 2 ½” x 2 ½”

Cut 4 White 2 ½” x 6 ½”

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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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

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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

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and 15 Complete Quilt Patterns
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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