I know my drum beats different than others. And, that’s just fine with me. With silence I don’t have to share your drum beat.
My tap dancing to please everyone else has stopped. My silence is not acceptance, it’s usually fury and most others are not worth my anger. Anger harms me more than them, truthfully it exhausts me.
So, when you see my doings, (art, photos, quilts), it’s my drum beat.
Beth Ann
Read my book “The Quilt Ladies” 12 Quilt Stories and 15 Complete Quilt Patterns
Little Churn Dash Quilt Pattern Block. I love little quilt blocks and I piece my little one’s the same way a do a large quilt block. I use a 1/4″ seam allowance and trim it to 1/16″ after each seam is sewn.
This Churn Dash Block has a finished size of 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″. My quilt block is machine pieced and hand quilted.
Do your Best, at this time, at this one moment. I learned this standing on a bank teller line.
I learned to listen, do only what and for the person in front of me, at the moment do my best. The next moment it maybe different as long as it’s always my best, you can give or do no more.
I can’t remember the last time I was in a bank. (Do people go daily and weekly to a bank?)
Beth Ann
Read my book “The Quilt Ladies” 12 Quilt Stories and 15 Complete Quilt Patterns
We have made a square, a triangle and some basic quilt info. NOW it’s time for some FUN quilt block patterns. Don’t over think these, just step by step.
Quarter Square Triangle
Cut 2 squares, 1 each color – your squares needs to be cut 1 ¼” larger than the
finished size you need, example
you need a 4” finished square cut square 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”
On lightest color on the back, pencil mark from corner to corner.
Sew ¼” from the line, on each side of the line.
With scissors cut on each of the 2 lines, open up, move the match colors, pin and sew you will have 2 blocks
Beth Ann
Read my book “The Quilt Ladies” 12 Quilt Stories and 15 Complete Quilt Patterns
Want to make me HAPPY ! Pull out a quilt I made in front of me! Nothing make’s me HAPPIER ! This is the seating at Grand #3’s soccer game from the fall. It’s his Daddy’s VERY old quilt. I think it is about 18-20 years old… I machine pieced and had it long arm quilted. The pattern is drafted for you here too ! !
14′ x 14″ Finished Size Cutting for 1 Block
Cut 4 Pink – 4 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ Cut 2 Purple – 6 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Cut 1 Purple – 14 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Cut 4 Gray – 4 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Cut 4 Gray – 6 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
I did 5 blocks across and 6 blocks down, 30 total blocks.
Simple 2 inch border, quilt and binding.
Beth Ann
Read my book “The Quilt Ladies” 12 Quilt Stories and 15 Complete Quilt Patterns
Our 2nd Grand is Crazy Man and this is the quilt I made for him.
“Crazy Man” Quilt Block Patterns – Finishes quilt block is eight inches by eight inches. The “Crazy” part of this quilt is the background fabric, it’s bold, it’s yellow and it’s what makes the blocks a “Crazy Man” quilt.
12 blocks each block 8″ x 8″ complete instructions how to put the quilt together finished size is 48″ x 60″
Instruction on how to do quilt binding included too. HERE
