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#3's firefighter quilt

(or as he puts it, firefighter kilt)

cut all of your squares 5 inches

- this is why i loooove moda charm squares

make your template,

remember it's based on half a 5 in charm square

and cut on the diagonal from different points top and bottom

i didn't want to have to trace my template onto the fabric,

so i cheated and taped the diagonal line onto my cutting mat

just make sure you remember your measurements

mine is cut at 1.5 on the top and 3.5 at the bottom,

measuring from the right hand side of the square

as i'm a lefty

this is how you place the fabric prior to cutting

use your ruler to line up the taped line....

and cut on the line to the right of the tape

and keep cutting until all of your squares are done.

now remember, you need 2 color and 2 plain charm squares

to make one block.....

stay tuned for more

FINISHED

i had planned to post this monday night after i finished it,
but it was so hot here.
yesterday was slightly better, but way too hot to be
playing with quilts.
then this morning, the cool change had hit
and i find #2 snuggled under the new quilt
watching t.v., she was none too happy to have her
photo taken.....
i'm just glad that my new quilt is appreciated

he's home





gosh i missed him.....didn't even mind the smell too much.......
the dirt took a couple of washes to get off......

another finished

i finally finished this one....

well i had finished it ages ago, but i was NEVER

happy with how it looked.....

so it sat folded in my craft room.....

always in the back of my mind, that i HAD

to unpick and re-quilt it....

so i kept putting it off

and starting other projects,

anything to avoid it.

but the day came and i sat

and undid all the work from months ago.....

and now i really like it and i'm happy with it.

(thank you Rachel p.s. i quilt for the inspiration)

current project

i was so anxious for this to arrive, it did after christmas

and it sat for the few days while we were busy making

merry and bright.......

after i had finished the tessellating pinwheel,

i was keen to try another tessellating pattern....

this is my version, with the general,

of a tessellating whirlygiggle....

stay tuned for photos of the finished quilt....

show me the money

Sam got his money for his trip today.......

it is all very exciting -

I think he is almost counting sleeps.

We are still waiting for his race tickets

to arrive in the mail, along with his visa.

He has everything else and then it will be

up, up and away.....

to the U.S.A.

shockingly wicked

I mentioned in an earlier post

about our cat - Lucy and how she likes to

well, ummm h.e.l.p. me when I'm sewing.

I think I would prefer it if she didn't h.e.l.p. so much.....

wouldn't you just love to know
what is going through that cute little cat head of hers?
What could possibly interest her in the box of machine accessories?





And now she hangs her head in shame.....
right in front of me and my beloved sewing machine.

Perhaps I should teach her how to sew......