The Quilty Barn Along, Flying Geese and Furrows

I really liked sewing this block. 

Lori has a really interesting and different way of making a flying geese block.

Here tutorial is here.

Here's the block all sewn together.

The block's 6", which makes the flying geese really small!

I love the finished barn block!

Do you notice the birds in the window?

This is the last of 12 barns.

On Wednesday, I'll show you the scrappy sashing.

Patchwork Please! paper piecing tutorial

I bought Ayumi Takahashi's book, Patchwork Please!

It has all sorts of cute projects in it.

I saw Lori Holt's sweet little Triangle Patchwork Box Pouches and decided to make some myself. 

I've only sewn a couple of blocks that have been paper pieced, so I don't have tons of experience.

This is the book, I think it's great!

This is a photo of the triangle patchwork box pouches.

I made a row of the triangles and realized that I forgot to add the seam allowances!!!  Aaaagh!!! 
 I decided to share a tutorial with you :)

Here are all my squares paired up, enough to make two rows of triangles.  When paper piecing, always cut your fabric pieces quite a bit larger than required.

I traced two rows of templates on freezer paper, and added seam allowances this time!

The pencil lines weren't dark enough, so I outlined the stitching lines with a fine black marker.

I put the template on my light box.

If you don't have a light box, you can use a window or the TV on a fuzzy station!

I put the first two triangle pieces right sides together, and laid them over the first diagonal stitching line, making sure to overlap over the stitching line by l/4" for the seam allowance.

Adjust your stitch length to be a little smaller than normal so the stitches will perforate the freezer paper.

Stitch the fabric to the paper, leaving a l/4" seam allowance.

Take the template with the fabric sewn onto it, to the ironing board.

Press the top piece of fabric away from the first piece.

Place the next piece of fabric onto the existing ones, on the light box.

Overlap it over the stitching line, by l/4" for the seam allowance.

Stitch.

Trim off the excess fabric, leaving the seam allowance.

Press the fabric away from the sewn triangles.

Lay the fourth piece of fabric over the sewn ones, right sides together on the light box.

Overlap l/4" over the stitching line for the seam allowance.

Stitch.

Press the fabric away from the stitched ones.

Trim the seam allowance to l/4".

Press the fabric away from the sewn ones.

Sew the next piece of fabric over the existing ones, matching up the stitching lines on the light box.

Trim off the seam allowances.

Press the fabric away from the sewn ones.

Again, sew another piece of fabric to the already sewn ones, matching the stitching line on the light box.

Trim the seam and press away from the sewn fabric pieces.

Sew another piece of fabric onto the template, matching the stitching lines on the light box.

Sorry for the blurry photo.....

Press the fabric away from the sewn fabrics.

Trim the seam allowances.

Sew the last piece onto the template, leaving a seam allowance that overlaps the stitching line.

Press the fabric away from the sewn ones.

I think I sewed on the stitching lines pretty well, considering the template was always on the bottom of the fabrics I was sewing.

I used the light box to get the placement.

Now it's time to trim the fabric from the template.

The fabric's trimmed and even with the template.
Pull the paper from the sewn triangles.

Now my triangles have seam allowances!

The photos were repetitive but I hope I was able to teach you how to paper piece triangles.

Let me know if you have any questions :) 

RBD Mystery Block of the Month - August

August's Riley Blake Design mystery block of the month is a Dresden block.

I have always wanted to make one of these blocks and it is so easy!

I really want to make a quilt with dresdens.

There are 20 different petals in this block, it was fun choosing all the different shades and prints of pink.

I don't really know why I'm making this quilt in pink, (maybe it's because I have 7 grand daughters) but I do need to sash in a different color to subdue all the pink!

Here is a link to my Pinterest Board where you can find the tutorial for August's Dresden block.

Here's a close up of all the different prints.

My fabric stash has definately grown in the past 5 years!

September will be the last of nine blocks and then I'll be able to assemble all nine blocks into a quilt :)

The Quilty Barn Along, Bitty Scrap Around Block

I love sewing these barn blocks!

I dug through my scrap box and found 1 l/2" strips to make this "bitty scrap around" block.

I really need to organize my scraps!

This is what my design wall looks like :)

Quilty barns and barns with silos, all waiting to be sewn into a scrappy quilt.  

Lucy Jane Bundled in her New Quilt

I've blogged about this quilt at least twice and I promised to show you some photos of Lucy Jane, the baby I made the quilt for!

Lucy Jane is only 2 days old.

Lucy Jane is my 9th grandchild and 7th grand daughter :)

She looks so much like her mom when she was a baby!

One of the best joys in life is holding a newborn.

I am sure going to miss this baby!

The next time I'll see her, she'll be two and a half months old.

 

 

 

Diaper Pouch Tutorial

I found the cutest Diaper Pouch tutorial, here is the link.

 

I made one and is it so easy, that I want to make a whole bunch of them for gifts!

You can grab this little pouch and throw it in your diaper bag, or just carry it all by itself and you will always have a few diapers and some wet wipes!

This is the view of the little pouch sideways, isn't it cute?

I made it for my daughter Lindsay, and she chose the fabric from her stash.

This is the bottom of the bag, it has a box pleat to fit more items.

The Diaper Pouch holds three diapers, a pack of wet wipes, and a tube of diaper rash ointment, car keys and a cell phone. It would be smart to add a little pocket in the lining, for your cell phone.

 

I'm excited to make some more, and when I do, I'll definitely show them to you :)