I'd Love to Come to Your Guild!

Good morning quilt friends!

I would love to come and visit your quilt guild. I have several lively trunk shows and workshops to choose from. See them HERE

I have a pretty flexible schedule and it is fairly easy to get just about anywhere in the US from Central Oregon. 

 

My next scheduled guild is in Canada via Zoom- so that is an option no matter where in the world you are! I can be contacted to fill in for a cancellation and would love to do that if my calendar is open. 

If you are a guild member please pass along my info to your programs person as I would love to visit your guild!

Thank you! You can reach me at humblequilts@gmail.com

Summit Stitches Reveal

You should have 5 sawtooth stars. 

And 20 twenty 16 patches (and a few extra leftover 4 patches if you were speedy) 

All of these should measure 4 1/2"

 

Lay them out like this.

And sew them together like this. YAY!

Your center should measure 20 1/2" square

I am choosing to border mine like the original, (will show at the end of this post)  but you can certainly finish it however you'd like.

I'm adding a red, shirting and goldish brown border.

They are all cut 1 1/2".

RED: cut two- 20 1/2"x 1 1/2" strips

cut two 22 1/2" x1 1/2" strips

Add to opposite sides of the quilt, press and add the 22 1/2" to the other two sides. Press

SHIRTING: cut two 22 1/2" x 1 1/2" strips

cut two 24 1/2" x1 1/2" strips

Add to opposite sides, pressing before adding the other 2 sides.

BROWN: cut two 24 1/2" x 1 1/2" strips

cut two 26 1/2" x1 1/2" strips.

Add to opposite sides, pressing before adding the other 2 sides.

Press quilt .It should measure 26 1/2" square. 

Ta-Da! Admire your sweet quilt!

I picked up this little charmer in Houston 2 years ago. Blocks are old (1880-1910) but newly bordered and finished. 

The maker opted to miter the border, but I didn't see a need to. 

Isn't is adorable?!

Step by step, just like I got to the top of Mt St Helens is how you get this little quilt with little pieces done! I have the perfect backing. I'll talk about quilting in another post. 

If you made 320 four patches like Ursula, here is a lovely option! She had not seen the original and I just love her version!

Thanks for letting me share your quilt Ursula!

Fun on a Friday

Hello and happy Friday!

Monday we will be putting together the center of our Summit Stitches and I'll show the antique and let you decide if, and how you want to border it.

When I saw this amazing tilework in Portugal it reminded me of the "unknown" critter in my toile!

All of the following we saw at Monastery of Sao Vicente de Foro- Here is a virtual visit (very nicely done) HERE

I don't think we ever determined what it was- a mythical creature, I guess. 

Monastery museum- Applique in gold!

Baby Jesus surrounded by his outfits!

They were intricate and well done even if I don't understand why. 

Reminded me of a quilt sampler. 

So amazing!  It is worth a short online visit. 

Have a great weekend!

STOP THE PRESSES! Summit Stitches part 3

 Feel free to pull your hair out, scream at me, never read my blog again! 

In testing they always say your first answer is usually correct..well, 

My first post said we needed 80 four patches, then I corrected it to be 320.

When I was sewing 320 four patches, I thought, "Is this actually right?" NO it wasn't! But I am going to have a lot of little 4 patches left over and you may too. 320 is the amount of 1.5 squares we needed. Geez Louise!

I have made small errors before in the sewalong but I am considering this one a very LARGE   error.

I'm so sorry!

You still need only 5 sawtooth stars from part 2. 

I was going to wait to put this out on Monday but today is a good day to move forward.

Using your 4 patches we will now make a 16 patch. Keep your lights in the same position when sewing them together.

These should measure 4 1/2" and you will need 20 of them.

So sorry about that mistake. Thankfully 4 patches are fun to use!