This is the status of daddy’s quilt …. and I have to say the Quilt Design Wall is the bomb!!

It’s so much easier than laying an old quilt on the bed …. or the floor!

Once I get all the Blocks placed where I want them I can start sewing them together.

Click here to view the post about my Layer Cake Quilt.

See ya!

p.s. the Chair in front of the board is holding it up.  Dave was on the couch the other night and that thing started to slide …. slowly … I think it may have scared him 🙂

I’ve started a new quilt … it’s for my daddy and I’m using one Layer Cake.

Again, I’m using as many pre-cuts as I can to save my body any additional stress!!

The Layer Cake is called  Woven Petite Layer Cake French General for Moda Fabrics and I purchased it from the Fat Quarter Shop.  We have fabric stores locally …but they carry very few pre-cuts (Layer Cakes, Charm Packs, Honey Buns…etc).

I searched high and low for a Layer Cake that was man worthy (not sports, not little boy …. just a man…. that was also simple and not crazy colors)  I was thrilled when I found this one!!!   I think I need to order a few more before they are gone.

I’ve seen lots of patterns for Layer Cake quilts and I finally realized why I make my own patterns.  I simply can not understand the directions.  As hard as I try … my brain does not compute.  If there’s a video …. I can do it.  If not … I have to pass.  I went to the store last week and bought six magazines …. I was determined to try my hand at a new quilt pattern. I’ve gone through each magazine …multiple times and I can’t figure out where to start.   I’m not blaming them …. it’s totally my brain!!

So, this is another Angie original … (or it is in my mind because I’ve not seen this pattern).

Here it goes:

1. I took the 10 x 10 Layer Cake and cut it at 4″  .. giving me a 4 x 10 piece of fabric.  Set that aside.
2. Cut a piece that measures 6 x 6 … set aside .. and you are left with a piece that measures 6 x 4.

Here’s a picture of what I drew before I began cutting (ignore my Chic n Scratch handwriting).

Once all the pieces are cut …we’ll start placing them on my Design Wall.

See ya!

p.s. we woke up today with our heater not working … I swear when it rains it pours!!!   Our house is a whopping 58 degrees …. brrrrrr

The only progress I’ve made on Chase’s quilt is I’ve cut all the jelly row strips.

The finished strips measure 10 x 2-1/2…. UPDATE December 21st … don’t cut all your strips at 10″ … once I started pinning I found a mistake…. I’ll post the correction as soon as possible. 

I have to say that cutting the fabric is my least favorite thing to do with quilting.

I’ve attempted to shop for Christmas ….I last about two hours and then I come home and hit the couch.

Thank goodness for Amazon!! 90 percent of my shopping this year has been online.

By the way ….the Hobbit movie was amazing!! As expected I cried the entire last hour. I may go see it again if I can get Dave to go.

See ya!

I titled my post Layer Cake Quilt …but it should be called the Layer Cake + Jelly Roll + Charm Pack Quilt.

This is the beginning stages of Chase’s quilt … (I’m calling it a quick and dirty picture).

When I start a new quilt …. I lay it out on the table …. to make sure the pattern and colors look okay ….. then I lay it out on the floor  … on top of  an existing quilt.  It’s easier to place the squares on it … instead of measuring everything (I’ll share that picture later).

Here’s the Fabric:

• One Layer Cake – 42  White 10″ Blocks (squares) Moda
• One Charm Pack – 42 Ash 5″ Squares – Kona Solids Robert Kaufman
• Jelly Roll  – Ash Kona Solids Robert Kaufman
• I bought all of them from the Fat Quarter Shop

I’ll share more pictures as I work on it (this one is going to take a while).

The Hobbit started last night …. I’ve always gone on opening night …but not this time.

I was watching the trailer earlier today and Chase came running downstairs when he heard the music.  When it was over I said to him “do you have chill bumps too?  and he said “yes”.

I’m happy that my children and I have seen all the movies together and we are sad this is the last of them.  It seems like we’ve been watching them for most of their lives (The Fellowship of the Ring came out in December 2001).

If I have enough energy when Brooke gets off work Chase, Jessica, Brooke and I are going tonight …. I must remember to take a box of Kleenex!  Sadly I know what happens …. as do everyone that read the book.

I’m headed upstairs to take a nap and hope I wake up with enough energy to go with them (I’ve still not seen Hunger Games … shocking I know!).

See ya!