Six fat quarters + terry cloth + a few hours = 6 dish mats revisited! I played with my stash and found 3 pairs of fabrics to put together for 6 new dish mats. It was fun to find fabrics not purchased together as coordinates for this project! I love how they turned out and will find some unsuspecting persons to gift them to!
Here’s the link to the tutorial post. Have you made one yet?
Thanks! 🙂 Linda
A big thank you to my postage stamp charm swappers! With 500 new charms, I’m ready to design the next quilt. I’m searching and pinning ideas for the next PSQ. Do you have a suggestion for me?
My first PSQ is almost ready for quilting. Each charm will be quilted with continuous curve or an X. I’m excited to fit it into my quilting schedule. Would it be weird to use up all my partial bobbins of thread in random order? We’ll see what happens!
Thanks!!! 🙂 Linda
I wasn’t convincing any customers to try this bright neon thread, so I slipped one of my quilts into the queue! The thread is Magnifico by Superior Threads, Citrus Flash, #2198. It quilted great and looks fabulous on this string pieced, tummy time quilt. It’s too soon to reveal the whole quilt!
I love it!!
Thanks! 🙂 Linda
Do you ever get an idea in your head that you can’t get rid of? That’s happened to me regarding my dish mats. My daughter recently asked if I had any dish mats available to give away. No, but I can make some! Then my brain went to work and here I am with a new tutorial for making dish mats!
Granted, this is not a new technique, nor an original idea. My quilting buddy, Candace, uses this method when she makes double sided receiving blankets. As with most things quilty, there are no new ideas, just new to me ideas!
It always starts with fabric, especially those purchased with no purpose, like these two.
My thought was, “what if I cut these together, creating borders, leave a seam open and turn the dish mat through that opening.”
In no time, I had 2 dish mats!
As before, I used purchased terry cloth and fat quarters, both of which were pre-washed. Here’s my previous post about making dish mats.
I’ve written a new tutorial for this method, I hope you have fun with it. If you’d like to share your pictures, send me an email to “linda at lrdesignsquilting dot com” and I’ll post them!
Here’s the pdf link for the new tutorial- Linda’s Dish Mat Tutorial Revisited
I’m linking with Judy at Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday and A Stitch in Time April Finish!
🙂 Linda
For the final block in the BlockBase Sew Along, we picked our block! My parameters were: finish at 10″ and no triangles. With a little searching, I picked block 1829, Country Lanes.
What’s next? How do I design a quilt with blocks ranging from 8 to 10 inches? Frames! I found a dark red in my stash and started making twist frames. Here’s 6 of them with the first frame.
I’ll add a second frame and then square them up to the same size. I’m not sure what the second color will be but I’m trying to use something from my stash of fabric. If I can use one of my vintage yardages, all the better!
Stay tuned to see how long it takes me to make this into a flimsy and then a finished product! Who knows, it may join many other projects languishing in Linda’s Loose Ends pile!
Check here for other Block 12 finishes!
Have a great weekend and Happy Easter!
🙂 Linda
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