Chevron Quilt

 Recently a new phone entered my life, with a new camera. And unfortunately I have not been able to get my pictures transferred to my computer. So I will need to have my computer tech son help me. Until then I thought I would share an oldy but goody. I love my Chevron quilt, and this is a good tutorial on how to make it.

I watched a Youtube on making a Chevron quilt.  The demo was using a Layer Cake, but I thought I would try to make my own with 6" squares.

I picked out an assortment of blue and red fabrics.  Plus white for the background.

Cut 6" strips and then again into 6" squares.

 

Pair up a white square with one of the color fabric squares.  Sew all the way around.

With your trusty rotary, cut the sewn square in an X.

Press your seams to the dark fabric.

 

Line up the Chevrons and start sewing the blocks together.

 

I will work on these blocks and see how large this quilt will turn out.  I cut two yards of white background, and various amounts of the red and blue.  

Happy Quilting!

Sew and Tell 

 Finished or not Friday 

 Brag About Your Beauties   

Scrap Happy

Is it time?

 So it is August. Is it time to start working on our Fall Quilts?

Here are FREE quilt patterns to get you started.  Quilt Inspiration

One more for the 250th

 With the July 4th celebration behind us, I thought I would make a little pin cushion for the 250th!

You can never have enough pincushions, right?

Sew and Tell 

 Finished or not Friday 

 Brag About Your Beauties   

Scrap Happy

Wordless Wednesday

Ahh, yes!

Happy Quilting!

Helpful hint

 Organizing is not an easy topic for me. But I wanted to share something that helped me keep track of my basing pins.

I was looking for something inexpensive and I found this little plastic container at the Dollar Tree.

Not bad for $1.25.

Happy Quilting!

A Little Latitude

 

A Little Latitude by Johnnie Alexander is a sweet mystery, part of The Gift Shop Mystery series.

Port Huron is a small town in Michigan.  When a mysterious package lands on Sarah Morgan's Heavenly Presents shop door, she doesn't know if it is a hoax. What she finds is a treasure map, with an X marking the spot. She along with forest ranger Flint Carroway start to investigate. 

This enjoyable story is split time with entries from 1812. There is a code that needs to be deciphered to find the treasure.  Clean, engaging, interesting characters, nicely paced. I've read several of Johnnie Alexander's books and she is an excellent author. Even though this is part of a series, it is a stand alone story.

 I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the publisher. All views expressed are my honest opinion.

Checkerboard

 I had so much green fabric left after making two quilts that I decided to make a checkerboard quilt.

I have watched Pat Sloan make checkerboard quilts in all colors. And I like using up the fabric creatively. Have you ever made a checkerboard quilt? What colors?