pumpkin seeds......

pumpkin seed blocks......
cut for each block.....
two ~ 2 & 3/8" squares, cut once diagonally from muslin.....
two ~ 2 & 3/8" squares, cut once diagonally from orange print.....
five ~ 2" squares from orange print.....

make four blocks......









enjoy......see you in a couple days with more

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pumpkin seeds.......

a little primitive quilt sew~a~long perfect for fall starting monday......
i used these two fabrics one half yard of each.....
see you then.....

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June Lake Quilt Camp.....

off to the mountains to spend a few days with my sister, daughter, granddaughter, mom and lots of quilting friends at Barri's June Lake Quilt Camp..... we will be working on these prim autumn quilts along with lots of other fun quilts and projects......





enjoy.....

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Emily Munroe......

now have four blocks done on my Emily Munroe quilt......

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pumpkin fun.....

playing in my now again air-conditioned home grown pumpkin patch......

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one of my favorite things.....

well actually two..... shopping and new fabric :)

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a sweat shop......

working in my "sweat shop" aka sewing room today.....still no new air-conditioner and whew it's hot & humid!
as usual i wait till the last minute to design a quilt to teach at my sister's quilt camp, week after next, so no time to daudle.....sew-sweat-sew-sweat-sweat and more sweat!!!
but i did get the blocks finished and rows sewn together today.....will be adding some applique at the top and bottom, not exactly sure, still mulling.....made some little harvesty log cabin blocks too, will also be adding applique somewhere.....
oh i must be dreaming of cooler autumn days, trust me they can't arrive too soon.....









now even though i'm not the least happy with our heat & humidity, trying to look at the positives......there are a few......
one ~ the humidity zaps my appetite, might lose a few pounds.....
two ~ drinking lots & lots of water, instead of Diet Coke.....
three ~ since i'm in the pool alot i've been swimming laps and water aerobics, might tone up a bit.....
four ~ started cooking outside with my hubby while sharing a cool beverage, good music and conversation.....
five ~ passed a couple levels on Candy Crush.....Whoo Hoo!

all good :)

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making a little progress......

making a little progress in the quilting room.....


part of the problem are these nasty clouds bringing lots of humidity..... making me feel neither cheerful or like sewing :(


this construction we are doing is also hampering my progress, don't have air-conditioning in my sewing room (a detached garage) I would normally just bring machine and such in the house but air-conditioner needed to be removed for the new cement area we added......
new air-conditioner coming soon.......I hope!

but on the bright side Lucy makes the cutest Peanut Butter Cup and that puts on smile on Grammy's face :)


stay cool.......

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sewing pumpkins......

yes i finally started some new quilt projects today, thought i would share with you how i put together blocks that use freezer paper templates......


i trace my design onto the paper side of the freezer paper......


then i cut all the pieces apart on the traced lines.....


next i iron the templates onto the right side of my fabric, leaving space between pieces for seam allowance......i stack my fabrics so there are four layers under each temple......


laying the 1/4" line of the ruler on the paper's edge i cut out all templates with my rotary cutter adding the 1/4" seam allowance on all sides......



i lay the template pieces for the pumpkin block out as it will look, removing the paper before sewing, i start sewing all the pieces together...... save the template pieces as they can be used again for the next stack.....






and before you know it you have made four pumpkin blocks, i'll be making more for a fun Halloween quilt......
enjoy

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steps by step......

step one ~ clean off the dust and cobwebs from sewing room......
step two ~ go through and reorganize all quilt ideas......
step three ~ shop for new fabric.......
step four ~ tea dye fabric from step three......

steps one through three done, step four tomorrow, anxious to hear the hum of my sewing machine again......


looks like i'm in a red and black mood ......
enjoy your weekend, hope to have a new little quilt projects to share soon......
cheri

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