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Our quilt  guild had a sew-in and presentation given by Deb and Kathy from" Gathering Friends " books and patterns. I thought I would share with you some pics of the guild members and their blocks. Sit back and enjoy..... We were tackeling paper piecing today! Chit chat a bit later,Martha.

Your guess is probably right. I found my hexagons under something else in my sewing room. I took all my leftover ends from my Science Fair quilt by Jay Bird Quilts and cut the two extra pieces, off the end pieces.  Love this ruler , does so much! You can cut equilateral triangles , jewels, half hexagons , and  hexagons. Now I have cut some more and ready to sew. I had to stop sewing and clean my sewing machine for tomorrow's class at our guild's sew-in. Will chit chat more tomorrow, Martha

A new Yahoo group has been started  by Tara Lynn Darr, author of the book "Simply Charming". Both I and Karen Martin of MooseBay Muses Blog have joined  with many others. It is for those of us who enjoy scrappy quilts! Here, I thought we all did!  I have   lost  misplaced my hexagons that I was working on last week .  I know that I shall find them, I even looked in my pocket. ( Inside joke) Not that I have nothing else scrappy that I am working on. For instance , my hexie diamonds which are scrappy, are just now getting put together with a black hexies. Also if you look back a couple of posts I finished "Virginia's Star Quilt "  by Lori Smith.  So the remnants did not go to waste ,  I used some in Pam Buda's , Journey Three Quilt , A Light In The Window.  The blocks are 3 1/2 " unfinished churn dash blocks. The red fabric was not in Lori Smith's quilt that I put together. However I liked it as an accent in this smal...

Yesterday we had our group meeting and many lovely things were brought for show and tell!  I have pictures! Unfortunately  not of every lovely thing but of some . I wish to share them with you.... These ladies are all so sweet , generous, kind and talented.  Believe me each and everyone! Dawn Lietch shows her hexie mat. This is Kathie Potter's  "Contrary Wife"  quilt it is done in wool applique and useing dwaibo fabric. Her creative juices were flowing! This is Bunny Witt's hexie quilt from many years back. Someone gave her a paper template and said make a quilt  with no directions after that!  She must have been a natural Nancy Drew to find out the answers to that and solve the mystery. Sorry that I did not capture them all , there were many more lovely things brought. Next month I will try to be more productive in getting pictures. Chit chat a little more later.

Just a couple of finishes to show you..... Got my table topper back and bound from the book "Elegant Quilts" by the Quilted Crow Girls. This is my label on the back. This is " Virginia's Star Quilt" by Lori Smith. Just need to iron it one last time. Now the next pic is my scrap leftovers from my strip set for my "Science Fair" quilt from Jaybird quilts.  I just cannot make myself throw the pieces out. so I sewed them together and will keep saving leftovers to use in another small quilt or table topper. What do you think? Chit chat 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...

Yes I have finished another diamond and have taken a pic for your viewing ..... I have also finished some more sawtooth stars.... I am hoping to finish this quilt by next wednesday by immersing myself in  the sewing room!  We will see how far I can get. Since we had such bad weather at our last meeting of Prairie Women , I thought I might backtract a wee bit and talk a little more about hexes. Yeah like you can stop me! HA HA!!!  We are getting some remarkable new teachers at our store and one that took place last week was " The Lone Star"  by Bev Wignes. I just had too much on my plate right now to take the class, but maybe next time. Will chit chat a little more later, Martha.