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I HAVE MY FIRST BLOCK FROM MY STITCH THERAPY CLUB DONE AND WORKING ONE THE NEXT ONE. FIRST BLOCK SECOND BLOCK HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF KATHY MUNKELWITZ'S FINISHED QUILT IN WHICH SHE USED ONLY 16 OF THE 20 BLOCKS. THE NEXT PICS ARE CLOSER AND SHOW MORE DETAIL.I WISH I WAS A BETTER PICTURE TAKER FOR YOUR BENEFIT. THIS IS MY BOW TIE QUILT WHICH I HAVE SWITCHED OUT FROM ANOTHER THAT HAS BEEN HANGING DURING THE HOLIDAYS.  OFF TO WORK ON MY JUST TAKES 2 BLOCKS ONLY HAVE FINISHED TWO OF THE FIVE.  HOPE TO HAVE MORE TO SHOW TOMORROW AFTER WORK.  MARTHA

I HAVE BEEN TYING UP SOME LOOSE ENDS IN MY SEWING ROOM. IT HAS KEPT ME BUSY YESTERDAY AND TODAY.  I HAVE MADE SOME MORE RAIL SASHINGS AND SOME MORE CORNERSTONE  9 PATCH BLOCKS FOR MY BARBARA BRACKMAN CIVIL WAR QUILT BLOCK OF THE WEEK. THEN I HAVE BOUND MY HALLOWEEN QUILT AND PUT A SLEEVE ON THE BACK. IT WAS QUILTED IN THE WHITE SQUARE WITH A SMALL CLOSE MEANDER AND THEN A LARGER MEANDER WITH BLACK OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE SQUARE. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE IT IN THIS CLOSE UP. THEN MY BOW TIE QUILT WAS BOUND WITH A STRIPE FABRIC CUT ON THE BIAS AND HAS A FEATHER QUILTING PATTERN ON IT. I WOULD LIKE TO GET MY SEWING ROOM IN ORDER BEFORE THE NEW YEAR BEGINS.  WISH ME LUCK ON THAT!  SEW INTO THE NIGHT  !! MARTHA

I DID DECIDE TO ADD A 3 1/2" BORDER TO MY BOW TIE QUILT.   WITH FIVE ROWS ACROSS AND SIX ROWS DOWN.  JUST THE RIGHT SIZE TO HANG ON MY WALL  OR TO PUT ON MY TABLE.   IT WAS ON THE ADVICE OF MY QUIRKY SIDE TO ADD THE  CHEDDAR BOW TIES. THIS  IS MY BARBRA BRACKMAN BLOCK  # 44 .THIS IS A FREE BLOCK GIVEN  BY BARBRA , WEEKLY ON SATURDAY MORNINGS  FROM HER BLOG ON CIVIL WAR QUILTS.  THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 52 BLOCKS TO BE GIVEN, SO WE ARE ALMOST AT THE END OF OUR TRAIL.  SHE HAS ALSO GIVEN A LAYOUT FOR THE BLOCKS ALSO ;  HOWEVER I THINK I WILL USE MY OWN  LAYOUT . I DON'T WANT A QUILT AS LARGE AS HERS WILL TURN OUT.  I PREFER SMALLER. TODAY HAS BEEN A NICE FALL DAY ,  AS FALL DAYS GO.  JUST A LIGHT JACKET NEEDED.  NO SNOW AS OF YET;UNLIKE THOSE COLD EASTERN  STATES!!  STAY INSIDE AND STITCH! ALL FOR NOW , MARTHA

I START BY CUTTING A FEW FABRICS TO PATTERN SPECIFICATIONS.   AS YOU WILL SEE LATER I END UP NOT USEING THE BLACK  PIECES.    I HAVE TO CUT THEM AGAIN OUT OF THE SAME MATERIAL AS THE TRIANGLES.    I BEGIN BY SEWING A 1 1/2" SQUARE TO A 2 1/2" SQUARE  DIAGONALLY TO ONE CORNER.   I  THEN IRON FABRIC CORNER ,  SO THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FABRIC SHOWS.   I THEN TURN IT OVER AND MAKE SURE NONE OF THE FRONT FABRIC SQUARE( 1 1/2") SHOWS FROM THE BACK.   IF  EVERYTHING IS FLUSH ,  I THEN CUT A SEAM ALLOWANCE TO 1/4 " FROM SEWN LINE.  THE SOLID SQUARE IS ALSO 2 1/2".   BY SEWING ONE TOP TO ONE BOTTOM AND PRESSING TO THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE (THIS BEING TO THE SOLID SQUARE).   YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PUT BLOCK TOGETHER AND ALWAYS HAVE SEAMS BUTT. THE LAST SEAM LINE  ,  ON  THE BOW TIE ,  I  VERTICALLY I PRESSED OPEN SO AS NOT TO HAVE TOO...