DESIGN WALL MONDAY -
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We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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On my wall today -
Some Christmas blocks - ;))
They were supposed to become a "Basket Weave" -
(Keepsake Quilting Pattern #6460 - HERE - apparently no longer available) -
A straight set of alternating horizontal and vertical blocks - ;))
But with the first batch of blocks back up on the wall -
It looked like a pretty boring layout -
And it didn't do much to show off the beautiful Christmas prints -
SOOOOO -
I took two of them -
Put them right sides together -
Marked a diagonal line down the center -
Sewed 1/4" to the left and right of the diagonal line -
Cut them apart down the center -
And got this -
MUCH better - ;))
I could try to make a little path -
Or make some big squares -
Or a bunch of other things - ;))
SOOOOO many possibilities -
And SOOOOO NOT boring - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
EDIT UPDATE -
Since posting this post -
I designed a LEFT-HANDED ruler to cut HST and QST -
LEFT-HANDED!! -
No more Flippin' rulers!! -
I call it a LEFT-EZE™ Rule -
Check it out on my other blog - HERE - ;))
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Another Throwback Thursday -
A re-post some of the stuff that I wrote a while ago -
That you may or may not have read -
So here goes -
The following was originally posted on 10/09/12 - ;))
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LHQ - Cutting Qtr Square Triangles
I was looking though some old photos -
And found these -
I couldn’t remember why I didn’t post them -
Along with my LHQSQ blocks -
Then I realized that they were the wrong size -
BUT -
They are perfect for showing how to cut QST -
With a Companion Angle ™ Ruler -
by Darlene Zimmerman -
LEFT-HANDED - ;))
Follow the directions on the ruler for the CORRECT strip size -
That’s where I messed up - I cut the strips the wrong size - ;))
Cut two strips and layer them right sides together -
Start at the RIGHT end of the strip -
And cut UP the LEFT side and DOWN the RIGHT side of the ruler -
Rotate the ruler -
Moving it to the LEFT of the one you just cut -
And cut UP the LEFT side again -
Separate your pieces -
Lay them out -
Sew them together -
All done - ;))
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So that's it for this Throwback Thursday - ;))
You can find a whole bunch of stuff -
About LEFT-HANDED QUILTING (LHQ) -
Including LHQ - ROTARY CUTTING -
On the pages/tabs at the top of my blog - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
