The Hinge Method Workshop

The day before I left for Ottawa I took a class from Jackie Black who has developed a new method of joining squares together.  The completed squares are quilted and then joined together with sashing strips.  She calls it the Hinge Method.

Add sashing to the front and back of the strip.  I used a 1/2 inch seam allowance so that I wouldn't lose my points in my blocks.

After that zig zag the 2 blocks together.

Sew the hinge to the second block.  I sewed the hinge with a straight stitch although it could also be sewn with a fancy stitch.  You have to catch the hinge on the backing side and sometimes this is easier with a fancy stitch or a zig zag stitch.

Two finished quilts from the class.

My finished quilt with hinges joining the squares together and borders added.  This quilt was one of my BOM's that I did last year from "In Color Order"

One really exciting thing that I took away from this class is how to add borders to an already quilted quilt.  

So the next time I finish quilting a quilt and haven't added the binding but decide that I would like to make it larger I know how to add another border.

Peggy

This and That

I have been trying to make some placemats for the cabin, but after I made them I decided that they were too nice to use there so I think I will keep them at home for a while and maybe they will see there way into someone's home when I need an extra gift.

I just love these blueberries.

This pattern is Fine Dining.

Peppers

This is such an easy quick pattern to make, called Seeing Squares.

I decided that this one was a good one for the cabin.

It is very country.

This is the same pattern as the pepper placemats but with only 2 different fabrics it takes on a whole different look.

I am taking a class in September by a very talented quilter and teacher called Jackie Black.  She had invented a way of quilting a quilt one block at a time and then sewing the squares together to make a quilt.  I know that there are a lot of ways of doing this and I am really interested in seeing what her method is and how she does it.  She calls it the hinge method.  Because I have to take quilted squares with me I have been busy doing just that.  

I have 9 completed.

These are my squares from the Block of the Month from the website "In Color Order" that I made last year, and have been sitting there waiting for me do something with them.  I thought this was a perfect opportunity to final finish up this quilt.

Peggy

Yesterday was Tuesday

I haven't blog for a week now because I am still making Christmas gifts and I'm not sure who reads my blog so I have to wait till after Christmas to post some of those pictures.

We had another great therapy session and everyone is really into making new things.

Pierina has finished her small casserole carrier.

Small Casserole Carrier

Now she is working on baby bibs.  A lot of her friends have new grandchildren.

Cute fabric for bibs for little girls.

Maria is working on a Max and Whiskers Quilt

Four letters completed.

All the letters in this pattern are lower case so

she make her own capital R.

Good work Maria.

Joyce has been working on making

more placemats with the beautiful fabric she

bought in Southern Ontario.

She is making great progress with all 8 of them.

Ooops... I did fix it!!!

I also finished my In Color Order

November Block.

Peggy.

October Blocks of the Month

I have been alone since last Thursday October the 4th (YKW and number one son have gone moose hunting) so I have spent my time doing my October BOM's since I also want to get back to finishing up my Christmas gifts.  So after a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend at Hawkeye Lake at the camp of a friend and her family, I was able to finish the last of them.

Craftsy BOM this month was paper piecing and I have been dreading making this block.  Amy Gibson did a wonderful job on her video showing a different way of paper piecing and so much easier than the method that I was taught.  I just love her method.  It went together so fast I will certainly use this method again.

Block 19

Block 20

Country Junk'tion 

October Block

Apple Avenue

October Block

In Color Order

October Block

I still have to finish My Morning Glory Design Block and my Irish Quilt blocks.  The blocks for the Irish Quilt are so slow in coming that I am going to use some of my own ideas to finish it up.

Peggy

September Blocks

I am busy doing Christmas projects which I will post after Christmas and I have finished most of my September blocks. 

This door hanging I made is actually

called O Canada but I thought

autumn leaves would look really

nice on it too.

Joined at the Hip

All the Blocks of this quilt can be found here.

The gal that has this blog is a little behind so

I decided to just continue on my own.

She has some nice ideas for blocks

and I want to complete this quilt

with her blocks.

In Color Order

This block of the month uses four colours 

in some of the blocks, but this one

only uses three plus the background.

Apple Avenue September 

and we have 4 apples.

Morning Glory Designs

Country Junk'tion

I like this one with the

sunflower and the crow.

Peggy

Retreat Time And Some More Blocks

The Quilt Therapy Group needed a little bit of therapy so we decided to have a 3 day retreat.  It was held in Joyce's beautiful sun room this year and we all accomplished a lot of work and even went shopping one morning for more fabric.

Pierina was working on making pumpkins.

Four delightful Pumpkins

Three more and a little bit of decoration on 2 

of them.

She also made placemats to match but

I didn't get a picture.  I will

on our next therapy day, next week.

Joyce is making a purse.  The fabric could be summer or fall so it isn't too late to get started on it.  She picked up this beautiful fabric in Duluth when we were there in late May.

Lovely fabric

Joyce is quilting the inside of the

black flowers with black thread,

and then filling in some of 

the lines around the white and black

areas.

Maria has made 6.5 inch squares that she will

add to a wall hanging.  They will

become pockets on the wall hanging for 

baby essentials.

She appliqued a heart on the top.

This wall hanging is for a niece who is

expecting her first child.

I was working on some doll quilts.

They came out a little larger then

I thought but they will be great.

Doll Quilt number 2

The borders are different and that will also

be the backing and binding.

These little doll quilts are for Toys for Tots

 and are given to less

fortunate little ones for Christmas with a

Teddy Bear wrapped in them.

I have also made up more blocks from my BOM quilts.  I'm a little behind but catching up slowly.  Summer is such a busy time that it is hard to keep up, but with summer winding down I will be up to date in no time.

Morning Glory Designs

Letter N and Nostalgic Nine in Nine

Letter O and Old Oak on Point

In Colour Order August Block.

July Block's of the Month

Three BOM's for July are finished.

Traditional Dresden Plate Block

Modern Dresden Wheel Block

These are both from Craftsy 

In Color Order July Block

Apple Avenue July Block

The center block was suppose to be an American flag

but since I live in Canada I had to change it a 

Maple Leaf.

The Canadian flag has a red maple leaf in the center

with 2 red bars on the sides.

I thought the pale blue looked like the flag was waving in the sky.

Six More Blocks Finished

I am trying to keep up with all my BOM's as well as do other projects and I am not doing too badly. I have 6 more finished and only one more to be completed for June. It is only the 10th so I think I am well ahead of the game. My alphabet blocks come out every week and I am waiting for the partner block before I start the letter so I have L now and it's partner will be out on Thursday.

In Color Order June Block

Lyn Brown Alphabet K Block

and Kelly Celtic Knot

Craftsy Greek Cross Block

Craftsy Octagon Block

Blogger BOM from Cranton Village Quilt Works

Country Junk'tion June Block

I just have Apple Avenue block for June to finish, and I should have that finished up tomorrow.