I’m a Stripper…

…and proud of it!!  I created this quilt and I lived up to my GO! Challenge…to strip using my new GO! Fabric Cutters 2 1/2” and 1 1/2” strip die cutters.  The ONLY time I used my rotary cuter was to square up my blocks! The GO!s performance during the stripping was  cutting edge!  Seriously…I am thrilled with the GO!…fast, easy and accurate! 

Just look at the pieced border…it was a snap…Presto done!

What I REALLY like about the GO! is how portable it is…it’s light weight..you flip it open and it’s ready to roll.  When you are finished, you close it up!  The size of a small portable typewriter (if you can remember that far back..YIKES!) 

I LOVE this quilt…normally it would have taken me weeks…instead it took me 3 days!!  (and yesterday doesn’t REALLY count because I was goofing off!)  The GO! made it SEW easy…and no wonky strips…everything matched AND squaring up the finished block was a breeze because there wasn’t that much to square up ( and believe me…that’s NEVER happened before!!)

GO! ahead…check it out…sure GO! ahead get out the magnifying glass…ha ha

SEW Frosty is done…oh..oh…maybe not!!

Whew! NOW he’s done…he looks happier now that he has his fine feathered friend sitting on his nose!

Now all that’s left is the quilting…Do you think Lady GO! GO! knows how to quilt?  Didn’t think so…

I promised you pictures of some of the quilts taken at Heritage quilting on Monday…remember I just joined so I don’t know names YET!!

I should KNOW this lady’s name…she sat beside me last week and she was wearing a name tag…I can’t even venture a guess..but she was very nice..and what a sweet quilt…all hand stitched.

See aren’t the blocks pretty…some little girl is going to LOVE this quilt!!

This quilt will be a family heirloom for sure…just gorgeous!!

Thought you’d like a close up…   Some baby rag quilts…I think these might be charity quilts…I really need to listen better…   

A lovely Halloween four patch….  

A race car quilt for a grandson…he is going to be thrilled!!

 

A fussy cut dragon is in the centre square of each log cabin. Very cute!

 

I love the pin wheels and flying geese in this pretty quilt!  Very summery, don’t you think?

     

Sew Ends the Show…some VERY talented ladies!

GO! GIVE AWAY!!

Make sure to enter the GO! Give Away if you haven’t already done so!  Go HERE to enter!!

I’m off to get down and dirty!!…I am  to making cement leaves with a group of friends…must remember to take the camera! ;o)

Have a wicked Wednesday and Happy Quilting!!~P

What Was I Thinking…

..when I said I would finish off this quilt today?  Who did I think I was…Eleanor Burn’s?…I mean really~ it was Heritage Quilting day for me…I had to run errands after so I got home around 3pm! Then finish off the quilt…YIKES!..it WAS still in little pieces! 

So I SEWED my little heart out but…it didn’t get done!!  Dinner needed to be made, laundry needed to be washed and the dogs needed to be walked…and did I mention how dry my flower pots are…

Sew let me show you what I DID get done!! I stitched the snowman at Quilting, I finished squaring off the blocks, I laid the blocks out and got the colours in the right places, stitched the rows together and then trimmed them and then sewed the rows together. 

The quilt is now in ONE piece…but it’s too late to put on the borders…so tomorrow is another day!

Whew!

Heritage Quilting was a lot of fun! What a great bunch of ladies!  I HAVE to tell you about their Give Away Table.  If you have something that you no longer want..like fabric, magazines, patterns, books, etc. then you bring it and you put it on this table.  Anyone can ‘buy’ any of the stuff…sort of like a mini garage sale…(and YOU know how much I like a good GS!!)  There is a piggy bank on the table and you pay the bank…they donate the money to charity.  Would you believe that they raise approximately  $300 every 3 or 4 months!  Isn’t that a great idea!!  Love it!!   Tomorrow I will share a few of the projects that the ladies have completed or are working on!  Such a talented crew!

Just a reminder that if you haven’t entered my GO! GIVE AWAY you just need to scroll down to Sunday’s Post!!  GO! NOW!! Good luck!

Have a terrific Tuesday and Happy Quilting!!~P

GO! Tutorial Part 2 and GO! Give Away!!

Wow!!  Yesterday was a very busy day…what with being the first day of the GO! Give Away!!  SEW EXCITING!! I would have liked to have answered all the comments but sheesh…there were just too many of them! 

Plus I  needed to finish off those 24 blocks for part two of our GO! tutorial.  Lady GO! GO! made it extremely easy and fast to cut out the strips to make the blocks… but sewing them together took forever!

But I got ’em done…all 24 of them! 

Then I squared them off…10 inches was the magical number.  Thanks to Lady GO! GO they were pretty much dead on…:o)

For the centre block I wanted to do a wool appliqué…I needed to tone down my white wool so I did a quick tea dye…rinsed it and threw it in the dryer…

While the wool was drying I traced the snowman from a pattern that I bought from Primitive Gatherings…called Cabin Friends onto Heat and Bond light.

I then ironed it onto the back of the wool and cut out all the shapes…and like puzzle pieces they all fit together….

Presto…snowman! He looks a little wonky now but I will square him up later…

So today at Heritage Quilting I will be hand stitching Ol’Frosty onto the black flannel square.  Then I will trim the block down to 9 inches and add a little border before I stitch all the blocks together…

IF ALL GOES WELL..I’m hoping to finish off this quilt today…fingers crossed! 

I hope you got to enter the GO! Give Away yesterday!!  If not, then scroll down to yesterday’s post and see what you need to do…don’t worry…it’s nice and easy…just like the GO! Fabric Cutter!  PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THE GIVE AWAY HERE!! You must enter on yesterday’s post…I have to keep track of you! :o) And remember you have till Aug. 31 so there’s lots of time…AND…Good luck!! :o)

Have a magical Monday and Happy Quilting!!