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Our favorite produce stand closed for the season this weekend. We bought more apples and some of the last from their gardens: beets and turnips.
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They're all Christmas-themed because they'll be given at the December 8 holiday luncheon. 20 should be sufficient, but I'd be happy if I had to make more!
There are four trees, four stars, and two of each of the others. IMPORTANT NOTE: I did not use binding! Instead I sewed them pillow-style (right sides together, sew around the edge, turn them right side out). Much, much quicker than applying binding.
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Here is Clue 1 of Good Fortune, the Quiltville mystery. I made half the number of units because I'm going to shoot for half the blocks. I don't want to knock myself out this season.
I watched a recorded episode of Love of Quilting just in time to learn a good technique to cut strip sets accurately. Here is a quick tutorial.Four strip sets.
Stagger them as you stack them. That way the seams nest and the stack is the same height.
Square off the end. Cut the appropriate width.
Try it! It works.
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Our guild is making pillowcases as a holiday charity project. I took six kits (already cut to size). Sewing them was a snap. I'll turn them in at the December holiday party.# # # # # # # # # # #
I made eight black/white 16-patches before I went improv to make the scrappy blocks I showed last week. I made a few more and I'm contemplating what they'll become. (2" strips so blocks are 6-1/2" unf.)That scrappy b/w is now under the needle. The pieced backing took longer to audition than the block arrangement did!
Monday link ups:
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Oh Scrap!
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Moving It Forward
Lots going on at your place. We saw the blizzard pictures on the news. I'm so glad we didn't go visit our friends in Michigan this year! Love your little mug rugs. I'm thinking of making some for Christmas presents this year. I would use the embroidery machine to come up with cute pics and then just finish them. It's more to get use out of the embroidery machine than anything else. Thanks for the tip to cut multiple strip sets at the same time. I need to give that a try.
ReplyDeleteLove that cranberry relish but not so for the crew! You have been really busy, again!
ReplyDeleteI was going to say you were stitching up a storm, but I won't after all. Oh, wait...
ReplyDeleteThose mug rugs look like a labor of love! What a lovely thank you for those (in a very good cause) donations!
Those are sure some cute mug rugs! Winter Storm Bruce whipped by here last night too. Thankfully there were no power outages out here in the boondocks. My husband loves cranberry relish but the rest of family not so much so I don't make it anymore. Our Thanksgiving dinner was made from a lot of our garden harvests - potatoes, squash, broccoli, pumpkin, pickles, pickled beets...
ReplyDeleteLots of good stuff always going on at your place! I can't believe how quickly you work through quilts start to finish.
Great idea to stack up those strip sets. Thanks for sharing this tip with Oh Scrap!
ReplyDeleteLove all those mug rugs! And your 16 patches are going to make a fabulous quilt. Thanks for sharing with Moving it Forward!
ReplyDeleteThat's an efficient way to cut strip sets. Wish I'd known that tip before I made all my 4-patches! But I will keep it in mind for future reference.
ReplyDeleteI just watched an episode of The Quilt Show with Eleanor Burns and she demonstrated this method of cutting strip sets. Great job on your mug rugs and the gray quilt.
ReplyDeleteWow, you really crank out the projects. Kudos
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with your STEM scholarship fund, the thank you mug rugs are fun. Bonnie's quilts are always so big, I'm doing a smaller version too.
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