Two and Four QAL ~ Update!

My readers are just the best! Roseanne just left this comment and I had to share with you all.

Hi Katy! I’m a little late to the party but ready to start cutting. Just an FYI – it takes 22 FQ pieces to make a 60×80 quilt. How do I know – we did the math!! Of course, I have a 20 piece bundle so I’m going to supplement it from stash, and will start cutting right away. Such a fun QAL. ~smile~ Roseanne

How great is that? Thanks so much, Roseanne!

Since I’m sending a second post, I thought I’d share this as well….

Two new dies will be released today with special pricing! Click here for details.

While we are at it, check out the new clearance seals at Connecting Threads .

That’s it for now. See you tomorrow!

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Two and Four QAL

Do you have your 4 patches done? If so, you are over halfway done with your blocks already. Woo hoo! Give yourself a Pat on the back. 😁

Time to get out those rectangles.

Clearly I cut enough for several quilts! Today we start sewing simple Fence Rail blocks.

Pick one light and one dark rectangle and sew them together. Press your seams toward the dark side. Simple! Repeat this 78 times and you are done for this week.

Next week, we will start some design work. Check out Deanna’s post on Wedding Dress Blue for directions on the version with smaller pieces.

Have a great day!

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Finish It Up Monday

I enjoyed some hand stitching and finished this little piece.

I had planned to use black quilting thread, but I didn’t have any on hand, so I went with this old crochet thread.

My stitching isn’t all that even, but I love the texture.

The texture shows even more after washing.

The back was a perfect place to use this funky batik.

Such a satisfying little project!

Have a great day!

PS The next Accuquilt Live event is tomorrow at 1 PM Eastern Time. Click here to register! They will be introducing two new dies!

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Thanks to travel sewing and a power outage, hand quilting on this has gone pretty fast!

The center is done and I’ve started the borders.

It feels like the borders need a bit more. But I love how it looks on the back.

Today I’ll ponder that border and perhaps make binding. Yahoo!

Have a great day!

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This and That

E3 checked out my new toy. He will get a chance to try it out soon!

I listened to this book recently. It hits home for those of us with aging parents. Keep your Kleenex handy.

Speaking of parents, I visited my mom last week. My sister and I took her to this park we frequented as kids. It’s just as beautiful as I remembered.

We love to thrift together, and I found this chair at Habitat Restore. For ten bucks, I had to bring it home. Daughter #3 did a bit of research and found out it is an antique saloon chair!

It was repaired a very long time ago. Sure wish I knew the story of this one.

I think this will live in my Arizona house. it seems to belong in the Wild West.

Have a great weekend!

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No Finish Friday

Thanks for all of your kind thoughts yesterday. Our power came back earlier than predicted, so that was nice. I have clean freezers and that feels good.

No finishes today! But I do have a small start. Sometimes, you just need to stitch. This new toy arrived from Accuquilt last week. Isn’t it cute?

It came with two useful dies.

So I picked a small project to try it out. it works just as well as the bigger Accuquilt GO! Cutter. I can see grabbing this little guy for travel projects. I’m also planning on letting the grands use this one!

It was going to be a mug rug, but it grew.

Then it needed borders so it grew again.

I’m thinking about hand quilting this. We’ll see.

If you have an Accuquilt Studio Die Cutter, studio dies are half off until September 15th with the code, 50STUDIO.

Have a great day!

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Powerless

At least that’s how I feel when the power goes out. We had some heavy storms here Tuesday night and we are still waiting for power to be restored. Hopefully, some time today we will be back in business.

This is a short walk from my house. Here is our backyard.

Another yard near ours.

It wasn’t Ida, so I’m not complaining. I’m very thankful that Daughter #1 had an empty freezer we could use. We are keeping a careful eye on water levels and I’ll be cleaning the refrigerated and freezer. God is good.

Hopefully I’ll be back to quilty content tomorrow.

Have a great day!

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A New Old Top!

Lucky me! I received happy mail while I was out of town. Sweet blight friend, Deanna, sent me this lovely top.

Isn’t that a stunner? Let’s look a bit closer.

It is both machine and hand pieced.

I love the fabric in the alternate blocks!

Thanks so much, Deanna! I can’t wait to start working on this.

Have a great day!

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Two and Four QAL!

I hope you have all your cutting done. Today we start to sew.

It’s time to take all those squares and make four patches. 65 of them to be exact!

You might use these as leader/enders this week, or plan to sew 13 each day for the next five days. If you are like me, you’ll sit down and do them all at once.

Either way, instructions for the next part come out next Tuesday. So let’s get sewing! Click here to se Deanna’s post at Wedding Dress Blue.

Before I go, Jennifer made a badge for us to use to show that you are playing along!

Thanks, Jennifer!

Have a great day!

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Happy Labor Day!

I mentioned that I’ve been out of town. That means I’m playing catch-up this week!

First thing to catch upon is letting you know about this event.

I’ve been a Barbara Brackman fan for years, so I’m really looking forward to this. You can click Here to register.

Next up is a great sale at Connecting Threads! They have great prices anyway, add another 15% off and it’s even better! Don’t forget to check out the clearance section!

Fat Quarter Shop has some great precuts on sale this week. And don’t forget their daily flash sales!

Finally, you KNOW Accuquilt has Labor Day sales!

I may do a bit of shopping myself today. These are affiliate links, so if you purchase anything after clicking through from my blog, I earn a small commission. You don’t pay any extra, but the commission helps defray the cost of the blog. Thanks for your support!

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