Pattern #3 Boot Scoot Dancers

As promised Pattern of the Week, Boot Scoot Dancers:

I am so proud of them.  I love Sue and Sam and this is so cute to me!  They are dancing
to the Boot Scoot Boogie.

Sam has 10 pieces in his pattern and Sue has eight.  Here is your pattern:

I hope you will enjoy this, I enjoyed making it.

Well, I will be back with more stuff, next week.  I think I will change my upload day to Monday.  That way hopefully all will be done and on the site.  I really don't know why I picked Wednesday,  I guess that's because it occurred to me to do this on a Wednesday.  It never has worked out to do that after the first time.

Ta Ta!

Late posting Pattern of the week

I am so sorry, I had the pattern laying on a chair in the sewing room and it has been misplaced.  Hope to find it today and get it online.  It is the bootscoot Sue and Sam.  Bear with me.

Block 2 a simple Bird

Well, here I am back again.  I have wanted to get this blog up and running again and thanks to my husband's computer we have something to work with.

This is the pattern for you for week two.  It is simple and it makes such a cute block.  Here is my block example:

I think this will make a cute quilt if you add some flowers, maybe a tree, etc.

Now I want to show you the simple nine-patch from the ladybug project:

Now that I am back on schedule and a little ahead of you I have this week's pattern:

Also I finished the block for this kitty today:

I'm a little unhappy that the eyes did not come out as planned, but the next block I do will be better.
The point is I am learning from my mistakes.

I hope this blog will be helpful to any beginners out there.  The sky is the limit, anyone can draw and make their own patterns.  Some will be a lot better than others.  I hope to offer encouragement and a sense of accomplishment to the new sewer or quilter.

Will be back with you next time I feel so glad I am caught up!

Due to a lot of thunderstorm activity I have not had a computer to use for the past few days.  We managed to get the dinasaur up and running so I have this way to communicate.  I didn't even get to do the blog yet for the new block.  We had no electricity either!  Anyway all is well and I am going to do the blog shortly,  Stay tuned for more details!

Ladybug Pattern #1 (tutorial available)

Here is the block I promised and I have created a tutorial as well for making a ladybug block:

                                 Click on the link

below and you will be taken to view my tutorial:

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-legacy&localeid=en_US&h=1

May 2, 2012

I have been working on a new project today.  I have decided to design and give away those designs for free.  I will post them once a week and that day will be Wednesday.  I have been working with my new accuquilt machine.  I cut out apple cores today.  I had a great time and have a stack to start a new quilt with and I have 126 cut ready to start sewing.  Don't know how long it will take to sew them but I am sure it will take longer to piece than it took to cut.  Love that "Go".

My first free design is a ladybug.  I scanned it today and my scanner must have eaten it!  I can't find it anywhere and that means I have to do it over.  I am just so excited to get this ladybug posted.

Lots of computer work and sewing coming up so I will sign off for today.  Wish me luck as I start down this new road. LOL

Well, Happy St. Patty's day to you.   I have had a good day, I was working on a big project with the group I am on.  It is called the Boomerang 7 Water Group.  I prepared 38 Fat Eighths and mailed them out today.  Nothing went right, but I am new to this and I will know better how to manage this next time around.   When I got back I had received 3 of the fabrics from which I will make 3 blocks and return to senders.  It is a pretty fast project and now I am beginning to search for blocks to make for them.  My fabric was what I sent out this a.m.  I believe I will go traditional unless I don't get patterns that shout out to me.  The people who got my fabric will make blocks for me so it will be great fun all the way thru.  Julianne I saw the bowl and pitcher block you did and I love it.  Can you send me an url for that?
I love it, I collect them.  I will make pictures of mine to show you.  The real things.  Not pictures.
Well pictures will come later so I better get to making those blocks.