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letter Z ......



rows from top to bottom.....
row one.....1&1/2" x 5&1/2" muslin strip......
row two......half square triangle, 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" red, two half square triangles.....
row three....1&1/2" square red, half square triangle, 1&1/2" square muslin, half square triangle and a 1&1/2" red square.....
row four.......two half square triangles, 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" red and a half square triangle......
row five......repeat row one.....
frame as before.......

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the whole alphabet quilt.....letter Z diagram will post tomorrow, the post down below was a test post finally found a blog app that allows me to add multiple pictures.....one of these days, MaYBe! i will sit down and learn the ins and outs of downloading pictures to computer, putting into folder, finding that folder and putting them in a post.....that exhausts my brain just saying it.......
here is the whole quilt, i will post letter Z tomorrow and the extra blocks next week.....i did, of course, four different blocks and scattered them through the quilt, the original antique quilt that inspired me has the same pieced block in all four corners.....it all always works it's just what talks to you......i also, if you noticed, i moved the P next to the C my initials, another fun option......i have know doubt there will be amazingly personally creative alphabet quilts out there......
cutting for the sashing.....my sashing strips between blocks were cut 2" x 7&1/2" and the sashing strips between rows were 2" wide, except for two, as i knew i was running close to the end of the green, so i cut a couple 1& 3/4" wide....... and the border strips are 2" wide also.....
see you tomorrow.......

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letter Y   diagram in post below......

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letter Y .......
rows from top to bottom...... row one....1&1/2" x 2&1/2" muslin, 2&1/2" x 3&1/2" red, repeat muslin strip......
                                                 row two.....half square triangle, 1&1/2" x 3&1/2" muslin and a half square triangle......
                                                 row three..... 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" red + 1&1/2" red square and half square triangle, 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" muslin, 1&1/2" red square, half square triangle + a 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" red.......
frame as before.......

so sweet....

another Lucy post.....i have noticed Lucy when sleepy wants cloth and/or a tag to hold so gramma made her three little quilts with a tag.....and she fell asleep with one tonight, mommy just sent me this photo....makes a gramma's heart swell with love, so very precious.....

lucy......

such a big girl now......

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letter X   diagram in post below......boy am i getting good at typing the alphabet :)

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letter X ......
top middle section..... top row.....1&1/2" x 3&1/2" red.....
                                      bottom row.... half square triangle, 1&1/2" red square and a half square triangle......
                                      sew a 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" muslin to left and right sides.....
middle row.....1&1/2" x 2&1/2" red, 1&1/2" square muslin, repeat red strip.....
bottom section same pieces as top section, reversing top and bottom rows......
frame as before.....

scrap giveaway.....

omg! had no clue so many quilters loved scraps as much as me.....wish i could send you all a few but after i sorted & sorted, saved what i couldn't bear to part with ( a few of my all time favorite fabrics to work with on top of the box, lucky for me i found a few more pieces of ones i thought were used up) i filled & stuffed four priority mail boxes to be shipped out next week to the first four on my list of scrap lovers....karen, humble heart designs, merumo & coloradolady.....will need your addresses ladies.....
enjoy. cheri

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letter W  diagram in post below...... X Y Z next week.....

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letter W ......
top row...... all strips 1&1/2" x 4&1/2"  muslin, red, muslin, red and muslin.....
bottom row..... half square triangle, 1&1/2" square muslin, red, muslin and another half square triangle......
frame as before.....

so many....way too many scraps.....

well the temperature has cooled a bit but more importantly the humidity has left YeA!!!!   so today i'm out in my sewing room cleaning and decided to whittle down my three baskets full of scraps.....don't get me wrong i do use my scraps alot but it always gets to a point where i don't even ever reach the bottom and so i'm going through piece by piece, tossing pieces back in the basket and pieces to toss out.......a thought came to me maybe one of you out there would like a few of my leftovers, so i going to put some in priority size mailboxes and give them away....... leave me a comment and a way to get in touch with you to get your address if you're interested in some cheri scraps......
well back to sorting......

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letter V   diagram in post below........

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letter V .......
center section from top down......
row one..... 1&1/2" x 3&1/2" red......
row two....... 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" muslin, red and muslin......
row three..... half square triangle and a 1&1/2" square musin and a half square triangle....

row four...... 1&1/2" squares red, muslin and red......
row on left.... 1&1/2" square muslin, half square triangle and a 1&1/2" x 3&1/2" red......
row on right.... same as left row.....
frame as before......

note*  follow finished block photo for half square triangle placement on right row, i must have flipped mine when i realized it was backwards..... oops

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letter U  diagram in post below...... getting so close will do three letters this week, they're all easy.......

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letter U .......
top section......1&1/2" x 4&1/2" muslin, 3&1/2" x 4&1/2" red, repeat muslin strip.....
bottom row....... half square triangle, 1&1/2" x 3&1/2" muslin and a half square triangle......
frame as before......

summer stars.....

here are my summer stars from Temecula Quilt Co.'s sew along...... to minimize the amount of fabric i needed to haul in the house i decided on a two color approach and what's with the 1&3/16" cutting for squares and strips, it took my non mathematical brain awhile to figure out where that even was on the ruler!!!!  so i did the nine patch but opted for a solid square than the stripped one......
enjoy your sunday

a sewing day.....

the weather man has assured me our heat & humidity will not be going away as soon as i would like and i've wasted too many days just laying around......so i put forth the effort to bring in some sewing needs and it has been so worth it, have already put together two little antique quilt inspired tops, working on my star blocks from Temecula Quilt Co.'s sew along and have started a new design.....fun to be back in the sewing chair.....
enjoy

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letter T  diagram in post below.......
we are getting so close to the end of the alphabet......summer is going by so fast.....my two grandkids in Missouri, Dominic & Olivia have already gone back home and back to school, Olivia started kindergarten this year as will Sofia on Monday coming up.......Cooper & Analisa will start back to school the end of August......Lucy is growing way to fast also hit 6 months off and running, almost literally, besides crawling, sitting and eating firsts she is already pulling herself up into a standing position......way too much for gramma......(my mother swears i was walking at 7&1/2 months, my third son was at 8 months) so we shouldn't be surprised.......Lucy's mommy ( my daughter) is off work on workman's comp. for an as yet undetermined amount off time, so i will be having Lucy with me a little less but i couldn't go cold turkey...... so i "should" be back at my sewing machine soon i hope, need the humidity to go away before i can spend too much time in my unairconditioned sewing room, it's a detached used to be garage room, lots of space but not livable in this weather and it's too dang humid to move it all in the house, so i'll just play with Lucy a couple more days.......
enjoy cheri

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letterT......
top strip 1&1/2" x 5&1/2" muslin.....
section on left...... half square triangle and a 1&1/2" square red.....
                                 2&1/2" square red......
                                 1&1/2" square red and a half square triangle......
middle strip 1&1/2" x 4&1/2" muslin......
section on right......1&1/2" square red and a half square triangle......
                                   2&1/2" square red.......
                                    half square triangle and a 1&1/2" square red......
frame as before........

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letter S  diagram in post below......

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letter S .......
rows starting on the left side.....
row one..... 2" x 7&1/2" red......
row two...... half square triangle, 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" muslin, 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" red, 1&1/2" muslin square and a half square triangle.....
row three..... 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" muslin, 2&1/2" square red, 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" muslin, repeat red square then muslin strip.....
row four...... half square triangle, 1&1/2" muslin square, 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" red, 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" muslin and a half square muslin.....
row five...... repeat row one.....

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letter R block diagram in post below......

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letter R .......
large pieced section rows from top to bottom.....row one....1&1/2" x 2&1/2" red and a 1&1/2" muslin square......
row two..... 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" muslin and a half square triangle......
row three..... 1&1/2" red square and two half square triangles.....
row four...... half square triangle, 1&1/2" red square and a 1&1/2" muslin square......
sew a 1&1/2" x 4&1/2" muslin to left side and a 1&1/2" x 3&1/2" muslin + half square triangle to top edge......
add to left side half square triangle, 1&1/2" x 3&1/2" red and a half square triangle.....
frame block as before.....

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letters P & Q ...... block diagram in post below......
make two flip one around and you have letter Q .....

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letters P & Q ......
right side section..... 1&1/2" x 3&1/2" muslin, 2&1/2" x 3&1/2" red, repeat muslin...... sew a 1&1/2" x 4&1/2" muslin to right side and a 1&1/2" x 4&1/2" red to bottom edge......
sew a 1&1/2" x 5&1/2" muslin to left side......
frame as before......

beach baby.....

Lucy's 6 months old.....already crawling, sitting up and eating sand all by herself.....

love my new furniture.....

this red leather electric recliner and two flower chairs arrived last week just before we took off for our beach camping trip......oh i am so in love with them, went furniture shopping months ago, ordered off swatches that i liked but when i finally got to see them large i was blown away......greg had wanted a recliner but it had to fit within my parameters, soft leather, my color choice and no drink holders and this one does beautifully......i wanted chairs where my feet touched the floor while sitting or relaxing on a foot stool, picked two chairs, non matching shapes but matching in fabric, i was drawn to this choice right away, the red and white are raised in chenille tufts......the red for the couch was chosen to compliment the chairs.......now back home and excited to rearrange the living room......
the furniture arrived just before we were leaving for the beach, so i just had the delivery guys just set pieces where ever...... we arrived back home today, unpacked and i went out to check chickens and do a little watering came back inside and greg was sound asleep snoring in his new recliner happily.....well i went to get the laptop and start my checking emails, blogs and Pintrest and noticed it was unplugged, must plug into laptop now so it can start charging, must have come unplugged while i was moving things for the delivery guys, dang somehow the end that plugs into the laptop is stuck in the recliner, which is reclined with greg snoring away.....quietly moving a side table, lamp and jerking on the cord, WoW! it's really stuck, lay down feeling around under the couch to see if i can get it unstuck...... Duh!!!! it's the cord for the electric recliner i'm trying to rip out of the couch, thank goodness i didn't succeed in my efforts or i would be calling a repair tomorrow!!!!!
going to have to separate those cords during rearranging so i can't make that mistake again......
enjoy....