2012 February 04 — Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

Bright Stars Loaded

February 4, 2012 · by JudyL

After sleeping almost non-stop for the past 30+ hours, I think I’m back to feeling almost normal .. except for this huge bandage. When I told Vince an hour or so ago that I was heading over to the sewing room, he said “Really?” I think he can’t believe I’ve been awake for more than an hour!

I haven’t had any pain meds in over 12 hours so I’m going to fire up the longarm and try to get this one quilted tonight.

Vince is taking great care of me. He cooked breakfast and then took us out to eat an early dinner and he washed dishes and cleaned up after breakfast. I think I’ll keep him!

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January Color Palette Challenge Winner

February 4, 2012 · by JudyL

Have you checked out the links to the projects made using the January Palette? There are some gorgeous projects there. Some large, some small, at least one stitchery project.

There are 31 links posted and the winner of Vicki’s fat quarter packet, chosen by the Random Number Generator, is:

It isn’t too late to get your February project done. I haven’t even thought about what I’m going to do but I will do something. Even if you don’t make a project, please check out Vicki’s Friday color lessons at her blog. Thank you Vicki for this challenge and thank you to all who participated in January.

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Rolling Along Part 6

February 4, 2012 · by JudyL

This is a simple block, made difficult only because it needs to be a 10″ finished block. In order to get the QOVs to fit into the sizes requested, block sizes sometimes aren’t what I would normally make them. This block works well as a 9″ or 12″ block but not so much as a 10″ block but .. everything can be adjusted.

For the larger squares, cut them a tad larger than 3-3/4″. I would say 3-13/16″ but I know what would happen when you see that 1/16th requirement. So, just lay your ruler where you would normally cut on the 3-3/4″ mark and then move the ruler over a bit and make the cuts just a little larger.

For the four patch blocks, cut your strips a tad larger than 2-1/8″. Sew the blue strips to the background strips and then cut those into segments that are just a tad larger than 2-1/8″ and sew those together to make the four patches.

For the rectangle that forms the partial four patch, cut the rectangles a tad larger than 2-1/8″ x 3-3/4″.

Make 17 blocks. Once the blocks are made, if you need to trim them up a bit, then trim them up to 10-1/2″ unfinished size. There’s nowhere that the seams need to match from this block to the star block except at the block edges so don’t fight it trying to get everything perfect — just make sure your blocks end up being 10-1/2″ unfinished and everything will be just fine!