Weather is still nice, but it is early in the morning, just wait it will be sizzling hot before evening. A day to pretty to be inside and will later be to hot to be outside, just more typical weather for my part of the country. When you are raised here, as I was, it is what you know. But I've been in Tennessee on a day that was as hot, but so much more humid and much more miserable to be in. So all in all although I love to visit all parts of this country, I will prefer to live where when it is hot is isn't humid - most times.
I have been shopping EBay for fabric fat quarters to build my stash and it is growing by leaps and bounds. Right now my current passion is getting fabric to make quilts for my family. After searching for what I think would be the perfect quilt to make for each, I find that many are just the size for a wall hanging and not practical to use on a bed. Once I thought I could add fabric as borders to enlarge, but have now after long deliberation on my part found that several wouldn't lend themselves to that process and still look good. SOOOO 4 children get 2 quilts not just 1. The second being a pieced quilt.
After days of searching for patterns of pieced quilts I finally found one I like on the internet. It makes a stricking display on the bed, yet is of few parts and all straight stitching which should make assembly easy and quick. It lends itself to a variety of combinations using as little as 3 fabrics or as many as
I have been shopping EBay for fabric fat quarters to build my stash and it is growing by leaps and bounds. Right now my current passion is getting fabric to make quilts for my family. After searching for what I think would be the perfect quilt to make for each, I find that many are just the size for a wall hanging and not practical to use on a bed. Once I thought I could add fabric as borders to enlarge, but have now after long deliberation on my part found that several wouldn't lend themselves to that process and still look good. SOOOO 4 children get 2 quilts not just 1. The second being a pieced quilt.
After days of searching for patterns of pieced quilts I finally found one I like on the internet. It makes a stricking display on the bed, yet is of few parts and all straight stitching which should make assembly easy and quick. It lends itself to a variety of combinations using as little as 3 fabrics or as many asblocks and sashing used. I've selected a number of pretty prints in colors (beige, turquoise) that my daughter-in-law said is in their bedroom. Since I'm 
using fat quarters my blocks will be slightly rectangular and not square. I can get 4 blocks from one fat quarter. The pattern calls for blocks that are divisible by 3, but then I tend to take artistic license with anything I do (almost) and make it my own. So my blocks will start with an 8"x10" rectangle and have sashing 2"x10" with 2" square corner stones - which will end up as Ohio Star after the half square triangles are added to each end of the sashing. My oldest daughter's will be the same measurements but using pinks and burgundy prints and I think I have enough to do the blocks, but will need to purchase fabric for cornerstones and sashing. Don't know who made this quilt, but really think whoever, did a striking job with layout and finishing.
Still have to find fabric for other two children, burgundy for youngest son and forest green and brown/beige for youngest daughter. Then figure what will go with those colors to make pleasing color arrangement. When suggesting other colors son just says burgundy - I don't do whole cloth quilts. So now I try to find 3 shades of burgundy or find other neutral colors to go with it and make it hoping he will like it when he gets it. LOL.
using fat quarters my blocks will be slightly rectangular and not square. I can get 4 blocks from one fat quarter. The pattern calls for blocks that are divisible by 3, but then I tend to take artistic license with anything I do (almost) and make it my own. So my blocks will start with an 8"x10" rectangle and have sashing 2"x10" with 2" square corner stones - which will end up as Ohio Star after the half square triangles are added to each end of the sashing. My oldest daughter's will be the same measurements but using pinks and burgundy prints and I think I have enough to do the blocks, but will need to purchase fabric for cornerstones and sashing. Don't know who made this quilt, but really think whoever, did a striking job with layout and finishing.Still have to find fabric for other two children, burgundy for youngest son and forest green and brown/beige for youngest daughter. Then figure what will go with those colors to make pleasing color arrangement. When suggesting other colors son just says burgundy - I don't do whole cloth quilts. So now I try to find 3 shades of burgundy or find other neutral colors to go with it and make it hoping he will like it when he gets it. LOL.
