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K is for...

10/28/2014

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Here is how my day started...
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First thing to do is make triangles with some of those squares..
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For this block I need to sew triangles onto the squares to make a square-in-the-square blocks.  Once those are done it is time to sew those little blocks together.  I find a pin inserted through the points on the blocks helps to line them up.  I start with one pin through the back of the bottm block.
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Next I poke the pin through the point of the top block as pictured here.
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With the pin in place I am ready to sew.  I like toleave my pins sticking out like this as I can hold it as I feed the material under the needle.  When I am near the pin I slow down and stop a stitch before I reach the pin.  Since I  use the needle down position it keeps things nicely lined up when remove the pin before proceeding.
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This block went together pretty quilckly.  Do you recognize it?  My pattern used the same  fabric for all of the orange triangles.   I really wanted the star to stand out so I used a darker orange for half of my triangles in order to achieve the look I wanted.
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The letter K was added and appliqued using the Double Blanket Stitch on my machine.  And there we have it.  K is for Kansas Star.
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Ah, but my work was not done.  Our quilt guild president issued a challenge for us this month.  We had been given an outline for a pumkpin pattern and she suggested that we all do something with it.  Having recently finished my McKenna Ryan top I decided I could design mine with a little fusible applique.  Now I am trying to decide which background fabric to use. Presented here in no particular order are the fabrics I am auditioning. 
 Which do you like best?
Number 1
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Number 2
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Number 3
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Number 4
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Number 5
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Number 6
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And Number 7
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Taking life a stitch at a time,
Deb
3 Comments
Jenny
10/28/2014 01:09:18 pm

How fun! I like 1, 6, 7.... pretty much in that order.

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Nancy Gramzow
10/28/2014 10:52:50 pm

I like the pumpkin #5 background - looks like Halloween!

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PJ
12/14/2015 08:50:41 am

I like pumpkin #5. I think the dark blue makes the pumpkin pop.

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