New Pattern Collection

 

Tomorrow I leave for the Fall '13

International Quilt Market in Houston.

I'm flying and have LOTS of stuff to take for

my booth so the laptop is staying home.

That means my blog readers will have the

first peek at the new designs.

 

This is Stars Hollow.

 

 

Floral Park

 

Summerside

 

I have been back at work with wool felt.

 

Grand Isle

 

Avalon

 

Petaluma

 

The patterns are up on the website and you

can order by just emailing me:

 

ellen@americanhomesteaddesign.com

 

 

Wholesale orders are available through me

or from Checker Distributors.

Honoring Women's Rights ~ Week 43

A bit of "Taking Care of Business"

On July 1 Google Reader will cease to

exist, so if you follow this blog on Google

Reader we will no longer be connected.

I took the advice of other bloggers and

went to  www.bloglovin.com and just clicked

a button to switch to that site and I get to

keep all the blogs I follow very easily.

Then I added Bloglovin to my favorites

list so I can easily access them.  I hope you

will do the same or something similar so

we can easily stay connected. Thanks ~ Ellen
 

 

Gentleman's Fancy

 

We are quilting along with Barbara Brackman's

Block of the Week, Grandmother's Choice.

 

http://grandmotherschoice.blogspot.com

 

 

This week I made the block according to the

given directions even though I am triangularly

challenged.  I could have made this with half

square triangles but you would not have been

able to fussy cut.  My block is wibbly-wobbly

but it is finished!!!  Did you hear my screams

all the way in Australia?

 

 

Sew a Fabric A small square to opposite sides

of the Fabric D fussy cut square.  Press seams

 to the outside.

 

 

Sew Fabric A small triangles to the remaining

sides of the Fabric D fussy cut  square,  press

seams to the outside.  Square to 4 1/8''.

 

 

Sew a Fabric B small triangle to each side

of a Fabric C large triangle as shown, press

 seams to the outside.  Trim dog ears.

Make 4.

 

 

Sew a Fabric A large triangle to the top of the

unit we just made as shown. Press seam to the

Fabric A triangle.  Do this to all 4 units.

 

 

Sew 2 small Fabric A triangles to the above

unit as shown, press seams to the outside.

Trim dog ears.  Make 2 of this unit.

 

 

Sew 2 of the above units to the center diamond

in a square unit.  Press seams to the outside.

This is the center diagonal unit.

 

 

Sew the 2 remaining triangle units to each side

of the center diagonal unit, matching seams.

Press to within an inch of its life ~ with starch!

Square to 8 1/2''.

 

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Honoring Women's Rights ~ Week 35

Granny's Choice

 

We are quilting along with Barbara Brackman's

Block of the Week, Grandmother's Choice.

http://grandmotherschoice.blogspot.com

This is how I made my block.  It may differ

a bit from the original.

Fabric Requirements:

Fabric A: Light Floral

1 - 7  3/16'' square - cut on

diagonal twice.

Fabric B: Stripe

4 - 1  15/16'' x 5 1/4'' rectangles

Fabric C: Red

2 - 1  15/16'' squares

Fabric D: Blue

2 - 1  15/16'' squares

Layout the squares and rectangles as

shown and sew together.  Press seams

to the rectangles.

Layout the above units and triangles as

shown and sew together.  Press seams

to the triangles.  Make 2 of each.

Layout units as shown and sew together. 

 Press seams to the Fabric C squares.

Sew units together as shown.

Trim block to 8 12/''.

Check out everyone's work on Dustin's Flickr site:

http:www.flickr.com/groups/grandmotherschoice/

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Honoring Women's Rights ~ Week 30

Broad Arrow

 

 

We are quilting along with Barbara Brackman's

Block of the Week, Grandmother's Choice.

http://grandmotherschoice.blogspot.com

 

 

This is how I made my block, it may differ

a bit from the original.

Note:  We are dividing an 8'' block into 3

units and that is never going to be simple,

so get ready for 3/16'' measures...

 

 

Fabric Requirements:

 

Fabric A: Blue

3 - 3 3/16'' squares

1 - 4'' square

1 - 5 13/16'' square

 

Fabric B: White

1 - 4'' square - Mark a

diagonal line on back.

 

 

Make Half Square Triangles:

Pair Fabric A and Fabric B 4'' squares

with right sides together.  Sew 1/4'' away

from each side of drawn line, cut on drawn line.

  Press seams to the darker fabric and square

to 3 3/16''.

 

 

Layout square units and sew together

into 2 rectangles, press seams to the

solid squares.

 

 

Place small rectangle unit on the left side

of the large square and sew together.  Press

seam to the large square.

 

 

Place large rectangle on top of above unit

and sew together.  Press final seam open

to reduce bulk.  Square to 8 1/2''.

 

Checkout everyone's work on Dustin's Flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/grandmotherschoice/

 

 

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Homestead Facebook page!

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See you next Sunday!

~ Ellen