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Monday, April 28, 2014

Color Block

This is a short tutorial for a block for some fellow quilters - you know who you are!
Use 1/4" seam allowance, use light colored thread.  

Sew the 2 - 5 1/2" white strips to opposite side of your color square


Add the 7 1/2" white strips to the other sides of the color square, set this aside


Sew the 6" white strip between the two gray pieces


Sub cut this into 4 ea 1 1/2" x 9 1/2" strips


Cut 1" off both ends of 2 strips


Add the shorter 2 pieces to opposite sides of your color square


Add the other 2 gray strips to your color square


And you're done!  
Thank you so much for helping!  

Keep Calm and Quilt On!
Mary







Saturday, April 26, 2014

Studio Organization

I'm working up the nerve to go in my studio for a massive clean up.  I thought I would share some recent fabric photos and studio photos.  

Sometimes I have a clean sewing table and this happens


My sewing table does not look like that right now, it's covered with projects and fabric that needs to be put away.  Apparently my cutting table looks like this underneath the massive amount of fabrics that need folded and put away


I did recently organize all my presser feet into the Bernina storage cases.  I had way more presser feet than I thought


Double and triple of some, due to having various Bernina machines over the years and different sized needle openings.  At least they are all in one place now


In one of my cabinets I keep all my Japanese and other linen fabrics



Another cabinet is full of photos, bag making materials, and some scrapbooking supplies.  That is about to change today.  I need that cabinet space for my solids which are currently homeless.  At one point they were nicely living in this cabinet, but this side of the cutting table is now against wall and impossible to get at without moving everything.  


I have plenty of boards on hand for all the folding that is about to commence


This stack already folded needs a home somewhere in the fabric closet


This post is mostly to motivate me to get my studio back in shape.  This past week I was finding it harder and harder to get in there and sew, which happens when I've worked on projects and left out the scraps, extras, discards and progress pieces.  

I have big plans!  
What are your plans for the day?

Keep Calm and Quilt On!
Mary