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I had four quilts come back from quilting and they were all given out at different times. So I have been knee deep in binding and putting on labels. The first is my favorite, my handsewn hexies... Those are buttons on top of those yo yo's. There is a little blind on the right hand side too. I did a wavy edge and used what I put on my backing on the binding. As you can see it has a label too! This is my hand appliqued pitcher quilt from January's Quiltmania magazine. It is quilted and bound. It is also quilted and bound with a label.  My arm may break from all this patting of my back. I have been working on another Pam Buda quilt. These are the first two rows. I will show the two last quilts in the next post. Chatter later, Martha.

I prefer not to cut a square diagonally and sew two triangles together to make a square. I do not like those small points entering my sewing foot space or my feed dogs. Especially when I have to make 112 of them.  I prefer Jo Morton's method of cutting squares, marking two diagonal corners and sewing on each diagonal 1/4 " away from drawn line on both sides. Once all four lines have been sewn then comes time to cut! First cut a horizontel and vertical cross on your square. Then cut on your drawn lines that are diagonal. You now have eight half square triangles. You must now trim them to the size you wish. To do that I use My Eleanor Burns half triangle square up ruler! Love this ruler!! You leave square folded flat do not press yet. You will trim al sides at once , so coooool! I needed a three inch half triangle block so I put ruler with 3" marking on the seam line and cut both sides! Until I had a pile like this. Sweet! As my grandson wou...