Why I have no Design Wall Monday picture

I still don't have a design wall! Mostly because I don't have anything put together for a sewing/quilting area...just boxes *sigh*

This is what my designated Sewing Dungeon looked  like Saturday at noon...since then I moved  the cabinets, went through almost all of those boxes,  and  felt very frustrated. yes, there are three sewing machines, a quilting machine and a serger in those containers, but less than three yards  of fabric! Most of these boxes were mislabeled. I learned that if it said "Sewing Supplies" it contained anything BUT things I could use with sewing/quilting. I found four boxes of Christmas decorations, several boxes of toys, computer things (not EQ) and lots of papercrafting supplies. I didn't find my box of thread or any of my stash of fabrics.

Onward! I will find fabrics, I will set up the  quilting  machine, I will find batting (there is a  large box in the other room that *might* have my roll of batting) and I will be sewing/quilting on something by the end of this week (or else I will go bonkers!).

May your week be most successful!

And, to be inspired by people  who really have design walls check out Patchwork Times!

For some eye candy...while at my ILs house I did work on an old row robin that I had stashed away:

This is Batik Jewels and I got the rows sewn together...I also started adding borders. There is one more border to go on this one and then I can quilt it (when the quilting machine/frame are set up). Princess Sunshine thought this would look really good in her new bedroom...

Scrapbusting Mystery - clue Six (final clue!)

Clue Six

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STEP ONE: Take 4 of the HST scrappy units from Clue #3, one scrappy diamond unit from Clue #4 and your four border fabric Chevron units from Clue #5 and sew them together for the center unit as shown.

NOTE: IF you have borders around your scrappy diamond units (see Clue #4), use the one with the border fabric for this step.

< STEP TWO: For the first border, take your 16 patch units from Clue #5 and sew them together in pairs. Then, using the scrappy diamond units from Clue #4 in the corners, sew these borders around your center unit.

NOTE: IF you have borders around your scrappy diamond units (See Clue #4), use the ones with background fabric borders for this step.

STEP THREE: For the second border, sew four scrappy Chevron units from Clue #5 together, end to end making four border lengths. Using the HST scrappy units as corner blocks, sew the borders to the quilt. 

< NOTE: IF you trimmed your HST to 5” in Clue #3, Cut twenty 1 1/2” X 5” strips of assorted background fabrics. Insert these strips between the scrappy chevron units as you sew the four pairs together. Sew one strip to each end of your chevron rows. These are your border lengths needed for STEP THREE. Sew borders to quilt as described in Step Three.

STEP FOUR: SINGLE FABRIC BORDERS

Cut 6 strips, WOF, 5 1/2” wide from your border fabric. Sew these strips together end to end. I like to use a diagonal seam, but use whatever works best for your sewing skill set.

Take your quilt and measure the center from top to bottom and cut two pieces to this length from your border fabric strip, sewing them to the sides of your quilt center.

Press the seams toward the borders.

Measure the center of your quilt top from side to side and cut the two remaining borders from your border fabric strip and sew them to the top and bottom of your quilt. >

Press the seams toward the borders.

Quilt as desired. Suggested quilting would be any all over design as this quilt is SO busy that custom quilting could be lost!

Enjoy your quilt! (sorry about the borders fading into the carpet...I'm in transit and have no design wall!)

You can add more borders to make a bigger quilt. This quilt design will measure 80” X 100” if all units measure 5”... AND it uses up a bit more from the scrap bin!

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AAARRGGHHH!

I meant to have the final clue psted by this time, but forgot to keep my power cords away from the movers...so my trusty computer does not have power and the library won't let me input my pictures into their computer so that I could upload them *sigh*

Our move is in process...please pray with us that we will get a closing date - SOON!

And may your sewing and quilting go smoothly while I am itching to quilt!

On my Design Wall ~ April 23

I took down the Waterfall quilt because there are not enough hours in my day to get that finished before the movers come and pack us out of here...I will be working on that one again after I get set up in Michigan.

So, I pulled out a quilt top that I have had sitting around for several years. All it needed was a border and quilting...so I started quilting, ripped out quilting, staring at the quilt to see what it needed in quilting design...and it is still up on the design wall trying to speak to me.

For now, I'm taking wall paper off the walls in the dining room so I can paint the room. AND thinking about where the quilting is taking me on this little quilt...

For more design wall inspiration visit Patchwork Times. There are some great projects linked there!

Scrapbusting Mystery Quilt CLUE FIVE

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Take your 32 Four Patch units from Clue One and sew them into 16 pairs.

Sew the pairs together to make 8 Sixteen Patch units.

Set aside for last clue.

Take your 8 HST units from Clue Four and make 4 Chevron units with the background fabrics in the center.

Set aside for last clue.

Take 32 of your Scrappy HST units from Clue Three and make 16 Chevron units with the scrappy triangles in the center.

Set aside for last clue.

Units you should have from the clue:

            8 – 16 patch units

            4 – Chevron units with border fabric

            16 – Chevron units with scrappy triangles

  

The final clue will put them all together – stay tuned!

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Monday...with something on my design wall!

not much to see, but I've made some progress in the last week ;) I have a few more blocks on the Waterfall and some blocks for my mystery quilt...

For more design wall inspiration visit Patchwork Times.

Clue Four with apologies!

I'll start off with the apologies...I did not foresee internet issues when I promised a two week interval between clues *sigh* and once the internet was up we were on another house hunting jog without my quilt pics in the laptop! SO...here is

Clue Four
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If you have not done so, choose your border fabric.

Cut Four 6” Squares of Border fabric 

and make 8 – 5  1/2”  HST using border fabric and the Four assorted background fabrics you set aside in Clue Three. For instructions on making the HSTs, check Clue Three.

Set aside for next clue.

 Taking 20 of your Scrappy Strip HSTs from Clue Three, Sew them into 5 units of four, utilizing a diamond layout. These units should measure 10 1/2” square.

Set aside for next clue

 ONLY IF YOU TRIMMED YOUR HST UNITS TO 5” IN CLUE THREE FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS BELOW:

Cut one 1” strip of your border fabric by width of fabric and 16 – 1” wide assorted background strips (about 12” long).

Sew these strips to the outside of your diamond units, making one unit with the border fabric and four with assorted background fabrics as shown:

  

 Units should measure 10 1/2” Square – set aside for next clue