Turquoise & Brown Split 9 Patch

 Turquoise & Brown Split 9 Patch

Now that the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Quilt is done

it is time to work on my daughters quilt again.

 In October of 2010 I started to work on this quilt

but things have changed a bit  (you can see that here)

if you go and see the orginal beginnings you will find 

that the colors have changed.  

We changed from greens and browns to

turquoise and browns (only one of the original browns made the cut). 

You see I have wanted to make a quilt for her for a long time

but she kept changing her colors, like every 6 months to a year so I waited

and I thought we had it, but once again we changed, 

but this time I think it is a go.  

Besides if she ever wants a quilt  this will have to be it.  LOL

You can visit Samantha @ 

Three Men and a Lady

she is working hard on her new home and is sharing

her progress.

Ok back to the quilt.

The pattern is the same, a split 9 patch.

I got the pattern from Quilters Cache  

 

The blocks are 9 inches and we are making a king size.

The new fabrics

Sewing begins....

The paper that you see below is so cool.

Normally to do a 1/2 square triangle you cut your

square and then cut it in half again from point to point to 

make a triangle, then you sew it to another 

 triangle of a differing fabric.

Well with this paper, instead you.........

Place two strips of fabric (in this case 9 inches wide)

right sides together, then you pin the paper

in place on top of them like so.

Then you sew on the dotted lines in the direction of the arrows.

Using a very small stitch.  You see two sets of arrows?

This indicates that you have two dotted lines to sew on 

either side of the solid line. 

Once that is done you begin to cut apart the paper on the solid lines

Until you have all of the triangles cut apart
 and when you open it up, you have your square composed of

2 - 1/2 square triangles.  Pretty cool.

Once you press it open you can remove the paper.

The paper removes very easily because you used 

a small stitch and it perforated the paper nicely.

Set one of the triangles are done, with set two awaiting sewing.

Now I have to tell you that my assistant Missy Moew, 

keeps a close eye on my work and helps hold things down (not always what I want her to do).

She also has an opinion on where the pins belong, some she finds 

to intriguing to leave along (I have to watch her closely, she likes

to steal them and chew on them, not a good idea)

She also inspects the needle as I sew (nose up close) and

wants to put her paw in there to play with the needle, needless

to say, she get shooed away.  As soon as the machine starts going

she is in the middle of things.  I don't mind until she 

gets to close to danger.

Set #2 being sewn

and completed

Next up strips cut at 3 1/2 inches, these will be sewn together

in strip sets of 2 each

and then cut at 3 1/2 inches

Once combine you will have

a quilt block

only 131 more to go.

So onward and upward, 

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Quilt was picked up today

the owner won't see it until Friday sometime, but her rep was 

more the happy with the results.

I hope to be able to share with you how it did at auction.

So now we shall work on the T&B quilt for my daughter

I also am binding the quilt for my grandson Codey

I will share that picture soon 

and 

have a hugs quilt on the long arm waiting to be quilted.

It is good to stay busy.

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