6" Block Quilt

  What to do with those 5" sq. whether they were cut from scraps or are left over from a charm pack, sew them.  As I continue to clean my sewing area, I found a box of 5" sq.  Yesterday, I sewed them into disappearing nine patch.  It is very scrappy but looks like I put more work into it then I truely did.  Now, the quilt becomes one of those quilts that I will not have a stroke when my husband misuses it.  If you are not familiar with the disappearing 9-patch, check out my video on how to make them.  
  Here is a couple of pictures of the 6 1/2" block quilt.

 They are not the best pictures but it does give you the idea of what I did.  It is a queen size quilt with a piano key border.
  I hope you have figured out what you are going to do with the blocks.  It doesn't have to be a queen quilt.  They are a good size for most anything that you can think of.

Keep quilting,
  Terry 

Jackknife

  Yea, I have all my blocks sewn.  Now, to put them together.  Today is the day to lay them out.  There are several ideas that I have, so we will see what happens.  As soon as it is finished you will see the end results.
  But onward to today's block called Jackknife.  Sew the triangles made from the 1 7/8" sq. to the center of the 2" x 4 " rect.  Finish the block.  Then square them to 2 1/2" sq.

Jackknife

Cutting
  Light fabric
    two  3 1/4" sq. use for Hourglass
    four  2" x 4" rect.
    one  2 1/2" sq.  for center
    two  1 7/8" sq.  cut diagonally once

  Medium fabric
    two  3 1/4" sq. use for Hourglass
    four  2" x 4" rect.
    two  1 7/8" sq.  cut diagonally once 

Keep quilting,
  Terry  

Country Farm

  It was nice out today so Talon and I finished shoveling snow from the sidewalk.  Also, helped Christopher in the shop.  Not much sewing got done.  We, Christopher, the camera man, and I did get a couple of the blocks taped.  He should publish them to youtube sometime this week.  Wow, what an exciting day.  
  Today's block is Country Farm.  I like this one.  A nice 8 points star with a hourglass center.  Hope you like it too.

Country Farm

Cutting
  Light fabric
    two  3 1/4" sq.  cut diagonally twice

  Medium fabric
    one  3 1/4" sq.  cut diagonally once
    four  2 1/2" sq.

  Medium Dark fabric
    one  2 7/8" sq.  cut diagonally once for center

  Dark fabric
    one  2 7/8" sq.  cut diagonally once for center 

Keep quilting,
  Terry 

Union Square

  Have you had the opportunity to make a t-shirt quilt?  It is a quilt type that I get commissioned all the time to make.  That is one part of my job that I really enjoy.  This time I got to make a special t-shirt quilt for my grandson, Owen.  His mom was cleaning and gathered up all his old t-shirts from elementary school.  He brought them to me and asked for a quilt.  It was fun to see all that he did, plays, sports, travel and camps.  He even had some of his dad's coaching t-shirts.  I have the quilt ready to be quilted.  Owen picked out a satin for backing, yes, a satin.  I think his dad, Christopher, will quilt it for him.  Owen is a 7th grader now.  I am sure there will be another quilt request made from his middle school t-shirts.  Hopefully, the other 9 grandchildren don't notice because that is lots of quilts.  Being grandmother, how could I refuse any of them.
  Today's block is Union Square.  It has HST, flying geese and sq. in a sq.  You will have fun with this one.

Union Square

Cutting
  Light fabric
    two  2 7/8" sq.  cut diagonally once for sq. in a sq.
    four  1 7/8" sq.  cut diagonally once for HST
    eight  1 1/2" sq.  for flying geese

  Medium fabric
    one  2 1/2" sq.  for center of sq. in a sq.
    four  1 7/8" sq.  cut diagonally once for HST
    four  1 1/2" sq.  for outer corners

  Dark fabric
    one  3 1/4" sq.  cut diagonally twice for sq. in a sq.
    four  1 1/2" x 2 1/2" rect.  for flying geese

  Enjoy,
    Terry