Race to Christmas - 9/20/12

So I took a closer look at my panel prints -

“Do You See Quick Quilt” -
By Sandi Gore Evans - (c) 1996 -
For Daisy Kindgom -
Fast and Easy!
No Pattern Needed!
Just Cut, Sew and Enjoy!

Yeah - right!!

THAT’S why it’s been in my stash -

For 16 years - ;))

I know - I know -

Just DO it - ;))

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Christmas Tree panel print
Designed to be hung on your front door -
A VIP Screen Print - (c) Cranston Print Works, USA
36 x 45

This one might be a good FMQ practice quilt -
Except that if I actually HANG it on my door -
People will be able to see all of my boo-boos -
UP CLOSE - and personal -
While they wait for me to answer the door -
Unless I hang it on the INSIDE of the door -
And then they can just glance at it as they leave -
THAT might work - ;))

Or I might trade this one, too -

Anybody want it?? - ;))

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Christmas Tree - 4 placemats
Wamsutta OTC on the selvage -
Matches green yardage - (1yard)
Probably got that for the backing -

Is it just me -
Or does this look tweaked? - ;))

This would be another good FMQ practice project -
To the top of the list it goes - ;))

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Christmas Wreaths and Stars -

I have NO idea what I was going to do with this -

It has 11 wreaths and 10 stars -
They are about 10” square with a 2” border -
And matches the green yardage - (1 yard) -
Of the placemats -

And 2.84 yards of some other stuff -
Check the NOTE below -
I know that it's 2.84 yards without even unfolding it -
And - no - there is no label on it with the yardage - ;))

But why did I get 3 and a HALF repeats?
21 blocks?
What was I thinking????????????

And don’t you just love how panel prints are cut -
So that you screw up that top/outer border -
‘Cuz you don’t have the extra 1/4” -
And you have to use up part of the border -
Or the next block -
To get your seam?????? UUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!

Maybe that’s why I got 7 rows -
The top one and the bottom one are both crap -
That would leave me with 15 "good" blocks -
3 across and 5 down -
Maybe that's what I had in mind -

Gotta think some more on this one - ;))

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Gingerbread men - 6-1/2" squares -
(c) Dianna Marcum for Marcus Bros. Textiles, Inc. -
5 across x 6 down - 30 pictures -
Too cute!!
Notice how the bottom row -
Got cut smack down the middle -
Must have been where the next 1/4 yard ended - ;))

I got three repeats -

Each little square is about 6-1/2” -
Same size as my LHSQ blocks -
I should be able to work with that - ;))

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And I may have just found the backing -
For my LHQSQ quilt - ;))

I have 6 yards of this -
“Natures Celebration Style #8821” -
By Hoffman International Fabrics -
(c) Screen Print - no date -
But this stuff is OLD -
Probably about time to use it -
So - in with the LHQSQ stuff it goes - ;))

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So - this is the order I came up with -

Get these basted and use them for FMQ Practice Quilts -

• Christmas Tree - 4 placemats -
• “Do You See Quick Quilt” -

Play with these patterns - smallest one first -

• Bottoms Up! -
• Gingerbread ‘n Hearts - applique - piecing -
• Folk Art Christmas Tree - applique
• Christmas Quilt - applique - piecing - FPP

While I try to figure out what to do with these three -

• Christmas Wreaths and Stars - 21 - 12” squares
• Gingerbread men - 30 - 6-1/2” squares
• Christmas Tree panel print

I know - I know -

Just DO it - ;))

OK - I WILL -

BUT -

Do you see the problem yet? - ;))

The problem is -

That I have a basket -

Full of yardage and FQ -

And I just KNOW that -

There are some "Squirrels" -

In there too - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -



NOTE -
How can I tell that I have 2.84 yards without unfolding and measuring the whole piece?
I fold my fabric using a 6” ruler - so I just have to count the number of folds and divide by 6.

6 folds @ 6” each = 36” = one yard of fabric.

This piece had 17 folds - so - 17 divided by 6 = 2.84 yards
Chances are that I started with 3 yards and cut 6" off for something - ;))