L is for Ladder

Stitching Saturday Week Twelve

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Ladder # 3781 dark brown

Letters #3790 medium brown

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 Follow Temecula Quilt Co happenings

between Stitching Saturday post on Instagram

Fussy Friday #3

Threads of Memory

Threads of Memory
Barbara Brackman's 2014 Block of the Month 

Join us as we learn a little more about the Underground 

Railroad from Barbara Brackman - Quilt Historian.
Follow along on her site Civil War Quilts for your monthly
pattern and piece the block with the kit purchased here.
To keep costs down this will be a one time purchase and
blocks will ship once a month as soon as she posts her block.
Each kit will include fabric for one 12" block.
Finishing fabric will not be included.
Finishing kit may be provided at a later date.
Total Cost
$100.00 plus 15%shipping

If you would like to join us you can sign up here

K is for Kite

Stitching Saturday Week Eleven

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Kite #924 dark blue
String #3781 dark brown
Ties #936 dark green - #976 Orange - #926 Blue - #3777 red
Letters #3790 medium brown

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 Follow Temecula Quilt Co happenings

between Stitching Saturday post on Instagram

Fussy Friday #2

Is everyone getting fussy?
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Find out more about Fussy Cut Friday here

J is for Jacks

Stitching Saturday Week Ten

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Jacks #648 light grey
Ball # 3777 red

Letters #3790 medium brown

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between Stitching Saturday post on Instagram

Fussy Friday Questions

A few questions have come up. 

Please let me know if you have any others

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 I am using 2" - 60 degree diamonds
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 You need to leave the paper piece inside each
diamond until they are connected together in the quilt.
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The kit does not come with any fabric, this project
is a way to use some of your great stash fabric.
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Fabric required to make a star varies depending
on waste involved with the fussy cutting process.
If you are making a plain star it just takes a small
amount, a fat quarter or fat eighth would be fine.
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Supplies will be available on the website
if you decide to join us later. 

First Fussy Friday

I hope you are planning on on joining as as we Fussy Cut

our way through 2014. Each Friday this year I will post

a picture of a Fussy Cut Star. This is to keep you and ME

motivated. At the end of the year we should have enough

stars to make a beautiful quilt. So lets get started.

Use the tutorial below to see how I make my stars.

I am using this fabric as my focal fabric

and to control my color palette.

We no longer have this fabric. Here is the information.

Mill Girls by Judie Rothermel for Marcus Brothers #4149

Use your acrylic template cut diamonds. 

I like to use a grease pencil to mark

 the details of my layout. I also like

to use this 18mm rotary cutter so I 

waste as little fabric as possible.

Cut six identical diamonds.

Lay the paper template centered on the 

wrong side of the fabric diamond.

Be sure to line up design.

Using a fabric glue pen add a small 

dot to opposite sides of paper template.

It goes on blue but dries clear.

Fold two opposite sides of the fabric

diamond onto the paper template.

Press the seam allowances into 

the glue to make them stick.

Repeat on the other two sides.

Repeat to make 6 identical diamonds.

Sew Diamond together in sets of two.

Hold two diamonds right sides together,

lining up edges and design. Thread needle

with a color that will blend. I like to use 

YLI cotton quilting thread and sharp needles.

Join six diamonds to create three sets.

Join two sets together.

Add the third set.

This is what the back of your star will look like.

Finished Star. Wasn't that fun.