plain and simple....

day four....
following the photo for layout piece together your simple blocks with the plain setting squares and strips, add borders and your antique inspired little quilt is all finished.....
such any easy little primitive quilt....
now this little simple, plain but charming quilt is going to be given away to one you, feeling lucky?
enjoy cheri

plain and simple.....

day three....
a cutting day.....
from yellow cut three 3" squares.....
from red cut seven 3" x 4 & 3/4" and two 2 & 1/2" strips by the 45" length of the fabric, you will need a couple extra strips if using a fat quarter or smaller piece of fabric.....don't fret "you can always scrap it up"
be back tomorrow with the finished little quilt already.....

plain and simple....

day two.....
from your yellow fabric cut twelve 3" squares, cut diagonally once....sew triangles on all four sides of each four-patch, block "should be, approximately" 4 & 3/4" unfinished.....
simple enough be back tomorrow....

plain and simple.....

day one.....
cut from scraps twenty four 2" squares, using these piece together six four-patches.....
back tomorrow....

plain and simple.....

just finished putting the binding on the next antique quilt inspired sew a long little quilt and as the name suggests it's really easy and will only take a couple of days of sewing.....
a little look at the main fabric choices i used.....a fat quarter of yellow and a quarter yard of red will be more than enough, the other fabrics used were just scraps i had on hand, of course.....
i will begin posting for plain & simple on monday.....
enjoy  cheri

designing day.....

spending my day working up a couple new design ideas....do you think i have enough wool scraps, oh no never enough wool, going through the scrap baskets for flowers, leaves, etc.
now i've got a little hand sewing ready for tonight...
enjoy cheri

lucy.....

sweet lucy rose showing how adorable she looks in her new quilt.....
she's six weeks old, starting to show us her winning smile, just such a good-natured and lovable baby.....

sewing day....

after sleeping in this morning and my fresh eggs for breakfast i finally got out to my sewing room since getting back home and my now clean Pfaff hummed along so quietly.....put the binding on a lap quilt for Lucy, got some little quilts ready for quilting, pieced the blocks for the next sew along and did some tea dying....now off to clean the  chicken coop then i can sit and stitch the binding on Lucy's quilt.....
my weekend is going along just splendidly hope your's also.....
cheri

apple brown betty's new home.....

apple brown betty is a house warming gift going to katie "alltheseboys" , katie just need your house's address and your little primitive quilt will be on it's way.....
hope you enjoy it  cheri
p.s. i'm back at home, no more airport mishaps, just long lay overs due to the previous flight and having to changes flights back home, as i was not in Illinois but in Missouri where i wanted to be....wonderful visit, lots of play and snuggle time with my grandkids....need to take a couple days to catch up on my house stuff and pick up my sewing machine, left it to be cleaned while i was gone, so needed it.....then i'll finish up the next little antique quilt inspired sew along for april and a couple other projects in the works....till then enjoy

here i sit....

so i should be in Missouri squealing, kissing and hugging Dominic & Olivia but....let me tell you i did run my butt off, well it could use some more.....anyway barely made it to the gate to be told i was not only at the wrong gate but my ticket was for Springfield Ill.....no way, Yes Way!!!  i now have a new ticket, luckily for tonight and will be back on my way after i sit for a few hours.....and they must think it's snowing because it's about 100' in here, my body temperature runs cold and i'm roasting.....
what a fun way to spend the day NoT!!!
enjoy cheri