Last summer just before school started, Ezri and Kes were having a conversation as to whether our house (back yard actually) was a playground or a park. Don’t you love those paper hats? They’re like the paper crowns we used to wear when I was a child – what a nice and inexpensive way to “graduate.”Īnd my husband is building a “tree house” addition to the swing set for the grandchildren.
Kes will still be in pre-K in the Fall, but Ezri will be in Kindergarten. Here are Ezri and Kes at pre-kindergarten graduation. The light really changes the appearance of color.Īnd I thought I’d add in a couple of extra photos that are fun.
Love the way this turned out – I can see using strips of triangles across backs in lots of different ways.īelieve it or not – the blue on the front is the same blue fabric as the back. And that made a perfect back for this little quilt. Thus, I added some quarter square triangles that were cut using the 8 inch finished quarter square triangle die from Accuquilt. I also added some elephants to round out the ‘zoo.’ The photo is from my phone and it’s hard to hold it completely still – but you get the idea.Īnd since the top was 45 x 45 inches, the backing needed some extra width. And the machine embroidery set is for sale and ‘on sale’ in my shop. Altogether, they turned into a cute baby quilt. And, whenever I digitize, lots of blocks are created. In fact, there were enough blocks left over to make another baby quilt. When I was making the quilt for my nephew, there were a few blocks left over from all the different layouts I tried. She’s adorable.Īnd a zebra – aren’t the patterns on the giraffes and the zebras wonderful? I am feeling refreshed and ready to go quilting again.Īnd here’s Juma, the baby giraffe at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. Last week I had lunch with my good friends who are also quilters, and it was so good to see them. My six month dental saga is almost at an end. We had a great trip to the zoo last Friday with the grandchildren. The grandchildren have passed along their summer cold to me – but I am only a couple of days away from feeling great again. My embroidery machine is back from the shop and as good as new – I picked it up Saturday. She always wants to be independent and sometimes that stubborn independence has consequences. My Mom seems to be getting better after a tumble in her wheelchair a couple of weeks ago. School starts (UNC) tomorrow and the public schools start in the next two weeks. The Accuquilt zoo animals die was not available when I started this quilt, so I ended up using a different machine embroidery set.Īnd I’m ready to start blogging again – the stars are aligning. Function is always a #1 priority when I’m quilting. He should be able to jump and play with this quilt and it will not suffer any ill effects. I think it’s sturdy enough for a very active 4-year old to have on his bed. It seems forever that I’ve been working on this one, but I am pleased with it. This quilt has been finished more than a week, but the photos are just now ready. In EQ, I add a quarter inch sashing around each block to get the layout image. The second image is the EQ layout drawing.
The first image is the EQ drawing of the quilt. And thanks to my AccuQuilt cutter, the entire set of 256 red and 256 black triangles can be cut in less than half an hour. Have been saving black and red batiks for a couple of years from my monthly batik packs from Batiks, etc., so the fabric is already in my stash. I don’t know when I will get this made, but I’m going to start making triangles as leaders and enders and see what happens. But it also will be nice as a bold accent piece in a neutral room. I think this quilt could be good in different color schemes, even in light ocean blues and tans. I like seeing the parallelograms with this coloring. I tried reversing the color scheme, but really didn’t like it. If the triangles are 4 inches finished, the quilt will finish at almost 70 inches (depending on border/binding), and if the triangles are 3 inches finished, the quilt will finish at almost 50 inches (depending on border/binding). Then I started rotating triangles, one at a time, until I came up with something I liked. I set up a horizontal layout 16 blocks x 16 blocks and set a single half square triangle into each block. Sitting at my computer over the weekend, I started playing with half square triangles. All I can say is “it must be an addiction of some sort.” After being away from the machine and real quilting for awhile, I am absolutely itching to make some half square triangles.
#Electric quilt 7 for dummies software#
One of the best things about Electric Quilt software is that it lets you quilt whether or not you can sit at the machine and stitch.
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