Just a sneak peek of a new Christmas pattern coming your way 

 in Oct 2016.

Twisted Valentine - tutorial

My Twisted Valentine table topper. 

It was fun, easy and quick!

For those who have never made one of these fun quilts...

Here's how I made it. 

I raided my stash and found:

25 charm squares

1/3 yard border fabric

and of course the

'Lil' Twister" ruler 

 I laid out my charm squares in a 5 x 5 format. 

They are all sewn together and ready for the border to be put on.

I cut three 3" border strips

Side borders went on first,  then the top and bottom borders next.

Of course, I press my seams toward the border. 

Now comes the fun part of using this cool little ruler.

I start in the top left corner.

Line up the ruler with the seam lines as shown.

Carefully cut around the ruler on all sides, just going past the rulers edge.

Don't over cut.

Line up the ruler with the next intersection and cut around that piece again just going past the edge of the ruler.

Continue to cut out your Twister blocks as shown.  

Here's the first four Twister squares, laid out and ready to be sewn together.

Continue cutting across your quilt top.  Lay out the Twister blocks as you go.

It made it easier for me to do it this way.

I always work left to right, placing the cut squares next to each other as I go. 

 The last row also cuts into your border.

Everything is cut out.

I got the top row sewn together.

(I got excited and couldn't wait to sew things together)

Can see the Twister now?

The second row is sewn together in 3 block sections.

The bottom row is ready to be sewn.

You can see how it is put together here.

Now the (almost) finished project.  I still need to get it quilted.

This topper finishes 18" square.

 You can add more borders at this point if you choose.  

Now what to do with all the scraps left over????  Hmmmm...I hate to toss them,

 I mean how un-quilty of me.  So I took all those pieces and cut them down to a bunch of 2 1/4" squares and put them to good use.

  And what better to go with a table topper then a set of

Mug rugs!

I used some of the border fabric scraps and appliqued the 3 little hearts using Steam-A-Seam fusible webbing.  Then I quilted the large hearts in the center. 

Now for some chocolate!

Have a wonderful and Happy Valentines Day!!!

Block of the Month - New Patterns

Here they are!!!  I'm so excited to finally show you all the new releases from Spring Market

I know that you saw them in my booth pix, but  not the official pattern.  So here are all the new ones.

Three new Block of the Month patterns

You get all three quilts (wall, table and mini) in one pattern

I of course used fusible web applique. Steam-a-Seam by The Warm Company

Below lists all the measurements for each quilt

Spring Morning Wall quilt  52" x 62"

Table runner 14" x 40"

Mini quilt 12" x 14"

 

Summer Days wall quilt  52" x 56"

table runner 12" x 36"

Mini quilt 12" x 14"

Autumn Evening wall quilt 52" x 62"

table runner 14" x 58"

mini quilt 12" x 14"

These are written so shops can do a block of the month, but if you are like me, I would get it all done in a few days.  (smile).  Tell me what you think......

I will be posting the rest in the next couple of days.  I'm also going to be doing some contests with give-a-ways, don't miss out.  Tell your friends and be sure to be a follower if you're not already.