gathering patches......

gather twelve patches......
add....
seventeen 1&3/4" x 2&2/3" muslin sashing pieces and six 1&3/4" setting squares.....


enjoy

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gathering patches......

gather 5 nine patch blocks.......
add.....
three ~two dark, one light 1&1/4" x 12" strips sewn together and cut to 2&3/4".......
border with 2" wide strips.....



enjoy stitching up first of three little primitive nine patch quilts......

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Nutty Orange Coffee Cake......

preheat oven 350'

in a small bowl combine 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup chopped pecans and 2 tsp. orange zest......melt 1 stick butter in bowl
separate two cans of refrigerator buttermilk biscuits (10 count)
cut 8oz. cream cheese into twenty pieces

put a piece of cream cheese on biscuit fold over and pinch edges closed, dip in butter then sugar mixture

place in a lightly greased bundt pan, single layer, curved side down..... drizzle and sprinkle with remaining butter and sugar

bake 35 to 40 minutes

immediately invert onto plate and drizzle with 1 cup confections sugar and 2 tbsp orange juice

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Nutty Orange Coffee Cake......

Recipe.......



Thursday Quilt Class was practically licking the plate clean when all coffee cake was gone.....it's that good!

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the good, the bad and the ugly......

the good...... LoVE!!! the smell of Vicks Vaporub
the bad...... still coughing, sneezing and sniffling
the ugly...... needing to make sure my bladder is always empty!!! SnEEzinG! Oh MY GoSh!!! is it because i just turned 60?

well i did get the three little quilts, for the sew~a~long quilted and binding ready for hand stitching today.....despite my frequent potty breaks!!!!

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gathering patches......

start cutting 1&1/4" wide strips......

start piecing them into nine patch blocks.....

i'm "cough, cough" "sneeze, sneeze" "sniffle, sniffle" "stitch, stitching" the finishing touches on three little antique quilt inspired primitive quilts, all using nine patch blocks......
yes i do have a bit of a cold and it's taking a little longer to get these done, blowing my nose constantly doesn't help but i am persevering......


so hopefully all will be done and ready for a sew-a-long starting next week......
how many nine patch blocks?
well the first uses five, the second twelve and the third thirty- five, think that adds up to fifty-two......they are all just whatever in color, just that all over scrappy look......
enjoy cheri

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Valentine Quilt......

this is the heart quilt in my post yesterday, it's so very old, taught it as a class project when the dinosaurs were still roaming around!


this is a very simple heart block, using a 1&1/2" square of muslin and a print, plus a 1&1/2" x 2&1/2" print......
i made nine patches using a 2&1/2" muslin alternate square.....
nine patch block finishes at 6"
enjoy

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Happy Valentines Day......

Happy Valentines Day to you and yours.....
made a little chocolate treat for my Thursday Quilt class, easy, not much prep, they smell so chocolaty..... but i would recommend using a cupcake liner as mine are not coming out of the pan easily and i did grease the pans.....we will just have to dig them out tomorrow at class, with all the chocolate i'm sure they will be delicious even though not beautiful......
using break apart chocolate chip cookie dough, smoosh a bar & 1/2 into the bottom of cupcake pan.....
top with an upside down peanut butter cup.....
fill 3/4 full with boxed brownie mix.....
bake at 350' for about 20 to 25 minutes....
Yummmm!!!!






love & enjoy cheri

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pajama party......

today i had a pajama party all day, just me and my sewing machine were there and boy did we party!
first off i finished Cooper's quilt top, must admit it has been a bit of a challenge, not block wise but his choice of fabrics.....CraZy! but he is an eight year old boy!
when i took him to the fabric store pick his choices, he is particular, and so i wanted his input, came up with the fish, universe and rock & roll prints..... Oh My!

talked him into adding a few plaids, checks and such..... he only wanted squares, just squares, so this is what i came up with..... now Cooper is a follow the rules, fun boy but likes to stay within the lines, so to speak...... so when Grandma wants dessert before dinner, makes up words for the routine books and likes to change game rules, he gets thrown off, always ends up having fun, but fusses a little..... so i followed the pattern so perfectly and then when ironing the last section,WhOopS! Grandma flipped the blocks on the very last row, gave a thought to fixing it, but no this is imperfect, fun and different just like his Grandma!



also stitched up this small quilt top with the leftover triangles from my Envelope Quilt.....


the triangles started from 4&1/8" squares, cut twice diagonally...... they finish to 2" square.....
red setting triangles are also 4&1/8" squares, cut twice diagonally and 2&3/8" squares, cut once diagonally for the top and lower edges.....
green sashing strips are cut 2&1/2" wide....

worked on other blocks and pieces but am keeping those under wraps till ready for next sew a long......
with Greg out of town on a business trip, i will party on!

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Lucy Rose.....

Lucy invites you to her First Birthday Party......



pretty cake.....



for me?



well that was FuN!



WoW! look at all this stuff......



found the car keys, was done looking and was off.....lots more stuff for another day.....
HaPpy BirThDaY LuCy!

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what's all this......

Lucy's turning ONE! on Sunday and this is one, to be her favorite I'm sure, of her gifts......looks Crazy huh! well she has a bit Crazy Grammy!
have given this gift to all my grandkids at a young age, not toys, real stuff.....they love to play with real stuff the best!!!
inside the tote will be coloring books, bracelets, salt & pepper shakers, catsup & mustard squirters, flashcards, diapers (Lucy loves to carry around diapers), flashlight, scrub brush, tape measure, hot wheels, pastry brushes, scoop, zipper, basketball, compact mirror, coasters, sink strainer, gardening gloves, head bands, safety glasses, computer duster, leg warmers, hairbrush, masking tape, funnels, beer cozy, yarn, remote control, strainer, potato masher, ice cream scoop, rain cap, sun hat, calculator, folding toothbrush, microphone and measuring cup......
all the things any toddler needs.....real grown up toys all for her own!

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humming along......

the sound of my sewing machine humming along was very evident this weekend, spent so many hours there had to oil, clean and change needles.....
finished tops, quilted them and now ready for binding, new patterns in the works....


finished my envelope blocks now ready to sew rows together...... loving the red!



this is a quilt that we are doing in my thursday quilt class, pretty simple block......
for each block cut one 4&1/8" squares dark and light, cut diagonally twice..... from dark cut one and from light cut two 3&3/4" squares, cut diagonally once......





sew block together as shown above.....
you will have small triangles left over, i'm sewing mine together into half square triangles for a primitive little quilt......

enjoy cheri

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in the works......

little primitive basket quilts in the works and i've been inspired by my Emily Munroe Quilt Pattern...... look added couching to the wool flower appliques, of course mine will get the grungy look when done and not be so white, so run out and purchase a "cheap" hank of acrylic yarn so you're ready when new patterns are done......
enjoy your Super Bowl Weekend Festivities, mine will include couching on the couch!

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