Angie Juda

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!

Layer Cake Quilt Update

January 7, 2015 by Angie Leave a Comment

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 🙂

Layer Cake Quilt

January 6, 2015 by Angie 1 Comment

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:

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.
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

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