Reno's for Studio/Shop Day 1

So we have been plodding along for months now building 

the Shop/studio and thought 

we would be further along than we are 

with hold up after hold up and with

the weather is starting to get cold and windy 

so we had to sit and re-think the plan for the 

Studio/Shop we are building..

with my hubby only here for 2 weeks of 

every month it makes it hard 

to get things done...

and with the recent rain it has held things up 

to the point that I wanted to pull my hair out...

we have been operating for the past year off my front porch 

and the long arm machine has been house 

in one of the bedrooms 

 as you can see from the pic here there is not much room for

movement  around the room...

an I am not using the machine to its full capacity       

so we have decided that we are going to close in the 

front veranda and move the Longarm Machine out 

there...as I have recently purchased another 

smaller machine we need the room 

So today we moved everything off to start 

doing the flooring as you can see from the pics below 

we have a lot move :) 

 so this was my quilt frame that was dividing 

my front veranda in half and 

behind that as you can see from the 

pic below was our home gym 

so we moved it all up to the garage to store it 

    

 So then we had to pull the table apart and find places for 

all the fabric and notions from the shop 

as you can see we had a fair bit to move  

   

We have moved everything and 

now it is off to pic up the flooring 

Happy Quilting ") 

      

ANOTHER RELAXING DAY :)

Happy St Patrick's Day everyone :) 

 

it is another beautiful day here 

so I am thinking that as it is 

St Patrick's Day

and Sunday and not 

much going on 

I thought i would take the 

opportunity to get out 

on my front porch and do some 

sewing....

so this is my effort for today 

I hope you like the little tutorial

for this wonderful quilt block :) 
The tutorial below asks for 3 colours 
but I have gone with only 2 :)   

now this is a very easy block :)

for the beginners out there

follow the step by step instructions and you 

won't go wrong...

and if you are just starting out in the  world of patchwork 

don't get too hung up on making everything match up 

remember to try your hardest but if is just doesn't seem match up

then just keep going....

You will and I promise over time get better 

with this :)      

             "Beauty Patch" block 

Each finished block measures 12 inches square.  (12 ½ X 12 ½ inches unfinished). 
 
Instructions:  Use good quality, 100% cotton pre-washed fabrics.
 
Choose a primarily blue medium shade floral, Hunter green & springy yellow tone-on-tone fabrics, and a white-on-white for the background... or just use what you have in your stash or scrap basket 
the idea is to do it colours that you like.... :) 




Cutting instructions:

1.   Cut four  3 1/2-inch squares from the Hunter green fabric.

 






2.   Cut four 3 7/8-inch squares from the blue floral fabric.  
Cut the squares diagonally to form eight triangles.

3.   From the yellow material, cut two 3 7/8-inch squares.
Cut the squares diagonally to form four triangles. 

 
  





4. From the white material, cut four 3 1/2-inch squares & two 3 7/8-inch squares.Cut the larger squares diagonally to form four triangles.

Piecing instructions:

5.   With right sides together, sew each of the yellow triangles to a floral triangle along the long side of the triangles using a 1/4" seam allowance.  Press seams to the floral sides.
(Refer to graphic )  You will end up with four HST (half-square triangle) pieces.

6.   With right sides together, sew each of the white triangles to a floral triangle along the long side of the triangles.  Press seams to the floral sides.(Refer to graphic )  You will end up with four HST squares.

Assembly instructions:

7.   Using graphic  as a reference, assemble the sections into rows, then assemble rows into a finishedblock.  Remember to pin at each intersection to ensure corners match.

Your completed unfinished block will measure 12 ½ inches.
12 inches after sewn into a quilt!

 

now that you have finished you 
block you can either put it aside and 
make some different blocks for a 
sampler Quilt.....
  or you can make more and just 
use this block in your quilt 
    over time I have seen some amazing 

quilts made with this Star Block  

here are some pics that I have found along the way :)
I'm not sure who made these beautiful 
quilts below they are images that i came across  
but as you can see they are 4 very different 
quilts....So let you imagination 
run wild...it is also a great 
way to use up your stash :)     

Happy Quilting <3 N