This weekend is the Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival (http://www.rockymountainquiltfestival.com )at the Ranch in Loveland. I WILL BE THERE!! So come and see me. I will have a booth for QUILTS OF VALOR. So come sign a card, a block, or just say Hi to me.
It is Sat 10-5 and Sunday 10-4
*****Back to our regularly scheduled program******
So when we last left our sewing table we had a lot of half square Triangles. - Now we are going to make them into hourglass blocks.
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I kept all of my pairs together. I don't think that is necessary, but I did just because (grin)
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I paired one Half square Triangle and layed it on another one. Right sides together, BUT opposite colors together. I then pinned the pairs - because on that day I was all into accuracy.
~Then I placed my ruler diagonally across the pair and drew a line.
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After all the marking are made, then sew 1/4 inch away from the line on EACH side of the line. Once they are all sewn, I headed back to the cutting table, layed my ruler back on the line and sliced with my newly Bladed Rotary cutter.
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And when you open them up - this is what you get! Take them to the ironing board and press them open. Mine all measured at
6 1/2 inches. Hopefully yours will too.
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Isn't this a lovely pile. I did mix a few of the pairs - just to see what the hourglass blocks would look like. They are the 3 on the right. I liked them!
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It has been brought to my attention that you all can sew faster than I am posting the instructions. So if you are bored - you may come clean my house, or make us dinner... is that a good compromise? Just kidding... I don't want anyone to stress out ;-)
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2 comments:
No, no, not so! --I'm cleaning My house and making My dinner. :-) The timing is good for me, but I'm sure getting curious about the design outcome.
The quilt show at the ranch sounds like fun. Too bad I'm a couple thousand miles away. Well, "hi" anyway.
That's Going to make a great quilt.
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