All Is Merry and Bright!

Here is a chance to sew through the next few months--

especially August--which to me is one of the long

boring summer months that lead into the cooler

Fall!

Pat Sloan always has something on her quilting mind--

this one is perfect to finish in time for Christmas.

Begins July 25 through November 25--

You can find the materials list on above website.

Happy stitching! 

Waulking to the Beat.......................

Now that we have seen how Tweed is woven, it's look at fulling that cloth.

I found this wonderful video on Youtube, after I saw them on Facebook, waulking from Sgioba Luaidh Inbhirchluaidh.

It brought back so many memories of the times we would waulk our woven wool blankets.  I don't know how many blankets I wove that were waulked----it was many!!!
what a fun activity it was to sit around the table, pound the cloth with the beat of the song.
The fulled cloth at the finish was blessed--whomever sleeps under will have a peaceful and full life!

Harris Tweed----Outstanding!

Check out how Harris Tweed is produced!  I would love to have a loom that I could pedal!

Christmas In July QAL!

There is a coolness in the air--that's right it's time for Christmas in July--

Not only is Hallmark Channel bring you Christmas movies in

July, Confessions of a Fabric Addict is giving you a free

sew along--

It could be a Quilt of Valor 

or

how about Christmas colors?

This quilt will measure 68" square

Each step will be revealed for twelve days--the designer

states you can do each step in an hour, if you keep up!

Gather your supplies:

Fabric:  Three different fabrics--Fabric A:  1 3/4 yards; 

Fabric B:  2 1/8 yards; Fabric C:  1 3/8 yards  

I plan to use fabrics from my stash--it might look scrappy.

Happy stitching beginning July 14!

Absolute Slouch..................

Woolly Wormhead, one of my favorite hat designers is

offering another one of her knitted hat patterns

free of charge---have fun knitting a creative hat--

The hat is worked flat and seamed; it includes slipped

stitches and basic increases and decreases.

Visit her website to join her Woolly Wormhead Hat Society--

free of charge as these free patterns are exclusive to members

for a month, before being published on the free pattern page for

all access.

The next newsletter goes out towards the end of the month.

Let's Finish This!

There is a bin of pieces for a quilt--almost

looks like scraps--nope--these are the "parts"

for last November's Quiltville mystery

"On Ringo Lake"--it was free for several

months but not now--so glad I saved all

the monthly instructions/directions.

It looks like a mess--look again--there are some

assembled bocks--this clue is more time consuming,

the reason I put the box away

I was tired of working with all those small parts and pieces

Now, it's a go to a finish!  One small problem--can

you find it?

Blaring mistake once I begin again on this conquest--

the blue block in right hand corner is turned wrong!!

glad I found it!  It wasn't the only mistake either--

This is the finished block--all 50 of them!

I Have ONE!!  continue on....................

Here is my stack of 50 complete blocks--

now to find the next step in my files

to carry on!

Well, OKAY--

When I was making this Texas Flag quilt for our son,

I cut WAY sooooooo many 5" squares!  I had a pile of

reds, whites and blues--and I'm thinking--

what do I do with these?

Idea hit me that a disappearing nine patch would be

perfect way to consume all those extras--so

we begin to sew! and sew! and sew!

Till I had a pile of nine patch of positive and negative

patches--next decision, which way to cut those blocks.

I decided on cut through the middle both ways

and now you have more blocks to deal with--

how to set them??

This one works for me--but I tried several other ways

to place them

We're on the track to create a Quilt of Valor.