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Layer Cake Quilt 1 Pattern

January 15, 2015 by Angie Leave a Comment

The quilt I made daddy was designed on a piece of paper (love my notepads from Ikea).

And I tried to create a pattern for everyone using Pages on a Mac …. and although I love Pages and my Mac … it was NOT working.

So, I broke down and bought the software … Electric Quilt 7 …. I still think it’s a bit much for me and my simple quilting …but it allows me to see what the quilt will look like …. before I begin.

For example … if I had drawn the Layer Cake Quilt instead of flying by the seat of my seats I would have alternated rows…. I think. I’ve completed the first diagram ….but …. what if I change it around … will I like it more or less? Because I’m a visual person I really don’t know until I see it.

The picture below is diagram one … and just as soon as I get diagram two complete I’ll share it. I’m thinking that row two and every other row will be switched. Special Note: This diagram only shows four patterns of fabric … but in fact it uses every single pattern of fabric in a Layer Cake. (It was much easier using three instead of 10.)

How do I word this? On Row Two …. I’ll start with block two instead of block one … but in my experience .. or I should say lack of experience … I’ve found making changes sometimes creates a new issue.

Gott run ….. I have a doctors appointment today and another one as soon as I can see the Rheumatologist (waiting on them to call me). That’s about all I know right now … when I know I’ll be sure to let you know.

See ya!

Layer Cake Quilt Complete

January 10, 2015 by Angie 4 Comments

The next time you see this quilt ….. it will be complete.

I finished sewing the rows together …. completing the quilt top. The backing fabric arrived today and it’s ready for the long arm quilter.

Daddy’s birthday is in March ….. it should be ready in plenty of time.

When I make the next Layer Cake Quilt …. I will try making it 6 Blocks across and 7 down. This one is 5 blocks across and 8 down … making it narrow and long. After I change it … I may decide to keep it 8 blocks down and just add a few blocks across…. maybe going from 5 to 7. But when we do that … it will take more than one Layer Cake.

The next picture I’m sharing today is of our breakfast room … it’s decorated for one of Brooke’s friends. We’re having her birthday party at our house and they’ve been working on it since yesterday. They’ve done a great job!! The only help they got from me was I removed all my stuff and I cleaned (yes that means we moved my office back down to the basement … as well as all my sewing stuff … insert sad face!)

The party is officially taking place at this moment … Miss Bella and I are in bed.

See ya!

New Fabric

January 9, 2015 by Angie 3 Comments

My pictures today are my new fabric.

I had my doctors appointment this morning and I figured since the fabric store was right down the road from there …… I would treat myself to some new fabric.

The first stack of fabric is Wrens & Friends by Gina Martin for Moda Fabrics (I bought one yard each of 5 designs).

The next stack of fabric is a mixture. When I walked in Quilters Haven someone had left the bird pattern fabric on top of the other fabric …. it caught my eye instantly and I got one yard of each. The larger bird fabric is Natures Poetry Robert Kaufman and the rest of the prints are Basic Grey by Persimmon for Moda Fabrics

The last stack is some fabric I’ve purchased before and I was happy to get my hands on some more. If there’s one thing I can teach you …… it’s buy the fabric when you see it … other wise it will be gone!! All but the yellow print is Fancy Free by Lori Whitlock for Moda Fabrics. The yellow print is by Blank Quilting Pattern BTR-6957. I bought three yards of all five patterns.

I’ve already made one small quilt with this fabric …. you will see it soon and it’s so pretty I wanted to make more.

See ya!!

Layer Cake Quilt #1 Diagram

January 8, 2015 by Angie Leave a Comment

Quick post for you today ….. I only worked for about an hour today …. (too much pain to do much else .. even my elbows hurt).

So, I decided to draw a diagram of daddy’s quilt (also known as Layer Cake Quilt #1)…so that I can make another one…. one day!

This is as far as I got and ran out of space.

His quilt is 5 rows across and 8 rows down … for a total of 40 Blocks. (You get 42 Layer Cakes in a pack.) My diagram is 5 rows across and only 4 rows down … I need to fit 4 more rows … meaning I need to make the spaces smaller … but then my eyes can’t see it very well.

Oh well, I’ll think on it and see what I can come up with. I could just say repeat pattern until you have a total of 8 rows doing down (sounds good to me!).

I’m using Pages on a Mac … I could buy a software for designing quilts …but I’m not interested in using a PC …. so I’ll do it the hard way. It’s not hard … it’s just my lines are not completely straight.

See ya!

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