The Quilty Barn Along Number 7 and Easy Pinwheel Block Tutorial...

Well hello cute people!

Today is Quilty Barn Along Day.

Wait...What???

Back up the tractor...

is that a new 

quilty barn block???

Yep!!!

Introducing my

 "quilty barn door"

block!

As I've said before...

I am making another quilty barn quilt and

 this is the block I am using.

I hope you want to make one too!

Although I am making a second quilt...

I designed this new barn to finish the same size as the 

first one...

and the block in the door also measures 6" finished...

 so that you can use it in the original quilty barn quilt if you want to!

This block has a quilty door and the addition of a silo.

 I thought it would be fun to make a quilty barn quilt

 where each barn is a different color...

this first one happens to be John Deere green...

with a gingham silo of course:)

If you like it...

I'll do a tutorial on my new block for you.

But for today...let's make barn number 7!

The block for this barn consists of 4 pinwheel blocks.

I love pinwheel blocks don't you?

They are so simple and always adorable:)

I'm going to show you the easy way that I make my small pinwheel blocks.

Start by choosing your fabrics for your barn.

For each little pinwheel you will need to cut a

 4" square of a background and a 4" square of a print.

I decided to use 4 of my Bake Sale prints for mine:)

Place a background square and

 a print square with right sides together

 and sew from 

corner to corner both ways.

I used dark thread so that 

you could see it better!

Give it a quick press to set the stitches.

Now measure 2" in and cut in half....

like this.

Turn both halves around...

 measure in 2" and cut again...

So that you have 4 - 2" squares that are

 already stitched from corner to corner!

Go ahead and trim off an approximate 1/4" seam allowance...

and press each half square triangle towards the print.

Arrange into a pinwheel ...

and sew it together...

Like this.

At this point your pinwheel

 should measure 3 1/2" square.

I press my seams open for less bulk.

Now sew 3 more little pinwheels and sew them together for your barn.

Your block should measure 6 1/2"square at this point.

Sew it into the side of your barn...

and build a barn around it!

YaY!!!!

Barn 7 completed in the 

Quilty Barn Along

Let me know if you want to keep farmin' with me and would like a tutorial on my

Quilty Barn Door block!

Have a barn raisin' kind of day:)

xx

Lori

Sneak Peek of my New Bake Sale Patterns...

Yesterday I just sent off the last of my

 Bake Sale 

projects

with Jina to take with her to spring market:)

YaY!!!

I won't be there this time...

but all of my goodies will be displayed

in the Riley Blake booth.

Cindy and Jina will be setting it all up for me!

(thanks girls)

If you happen to be going...

go over and visit them.

 Please snap a few pictures of my 

Bake Sale goodies so I can see what they look like in Portland!

I mainly designed my Bake Sale collection for the kitchen 

but of course there are several prints that

 could be used for many other things. 

However...

my projects and new patterns are all kitchen themed

 and are each named accordingly:)

For instance...meet my new 

blueberry - lemon - strawberry - lime jello

little pincushions made with one of my new precuts...

"Bitty Stackers" 

(3 1/2" squares)

and four vintage JELLO molds.

And a pretty in pink 

"Cake Pincushion"

 using my 

Circle Rulers

I have used my rulers for several projects 

and one of them is this giant dresden.

YeP!!!

I'm so excited to finally

 be able to tell you that 

when I designed my 

Thimble Rulers

I purposely drew the angle in such a way that when 

you cut 12 thimbles and sew them together...

they make a dresden!

YaY!!!

The one above is made with my large 

Thimble Ruler and 10" squares...

And the dresden in the middle of this one is made with my

 small Thimble Ruler and 5" squares...

it fits inside the giant dresden perfectly!

The rulers really make it easy and each dresden

 works up quickly with only 12 blades:)

The above is a peek at the quilt that will be a new pattern called 

"Blue Plate Special"

I combined 5" and 10" squares from 

several of my fabric collections for the quilt:)

I have used all 3 of my rulers to make potholders.

This one is made with my

 Hexie Half Ruler 

 these are fast and easy potholders to make.

There is a cute little pocket that would be fun 

to place a cookie...

a recipe...

a crochet dishcloth or any little kitschy gift inside...

 and give to a sweet friend:)

The possibilities are endless!

All you need are three 10" squares and the Hexie Half Ruler!

Another new pattern from Bake Sale is a set of

"Kitchen Canisters"

I made them using a set of 

cracker jars available at Walmart.

I'll write a tutorial showing you 

how I make the lids when I release the pattern:)

I am also doing a cookie jar!

Here is a sneaky peek at my 

"Tulip Pot" 

quilt.

Of course I will talk more about each quilt as I release each pattern:) 

Don't you just want a a real pot of tulips on your kitchen windowsill?

And a peek at my 

"Mixing it Up!" 

quilt...

I will be teaching this one at the workshop in Idaho 

that I told you about in my last post.

And of course...

I had to do a new apron pattern...

after all when having a Bake Sale

you must wear a cute apron!

This is actually an apron pattern that I published several years back...

but I have been designing so long that everything old becomes new again.

The ties are nice and long so they make a cute bow in the front...

and I like my aprons with nice deep pockets.

This pattern has four:)

It's called the

"Easy as Pie Apron"

because it's so simple to make!

It takes a combination of 1 1/2 yards of fabric to make.

There are a pile of 13 aprons so far and I'm just showing you a few today:)

All made from the Easy as Pie pattern...

just different combinations of 

Bake Sale fabric.

Kassidy played model yesterday as I 

snapped pics of them in the backyard.

Can you see the half circle tab sewn into the waistband?

It's for holding a dishtowel of course!

Very handy as well as cute so that you don't have to 

wipe your hands on your cute apron:)

Yes!

I designed my own simple set of 

Days of the Week

 dishtowels.

I grew up on days of the week everything...

 dishtowels...

handkerchiefs...

 and undies...hehe:)

I love them !!!

All you need is a good ready made flour sack towel...

a fat eighth of fabric along with perle cotton for stitching:)

This cute little quilt is called

"Cherry Bake"

I made it for my kitchen table but it would be a cute little wallhanging too!

  I will be teaching it along with 

a few other things

 at the first annual

 Riley Blake Fabric Fest 

in Las Vegas this September.

I know that you have already signed up for my classes 

without even knowing what the projects are...

you are so sweet!!!

I can't wait to see all of you there:)

Kassidy Grace was a good helper yesterday

 getting last minute pictures and 

everything together to get sent off.

I took this picture right when I told her  that 

this would be the last quilt to hold up!

You can see the relief on her face...haha...

She doesn't complain much but I'm sure that 

she gets tired of humoring her mom:)

By the way...

just try to ignore the dandelions

 in my flower beds like I am trying to do.

As you can tell...

I've been a bit busy and 

I havn't tended to my garden yet.

However...no worries because it's still 

springtime here and now

 that my Bake Sale projects are sewn...

 I can get out and play in the dirt

 as soon as my patterns are all written!!!

So this is the end of my sneak peek....

but there are still more projects that I have not shown to you:)

I will announce the second that each and every pattern

becomes available for purchase.

I hope to have 2 of them ready by weeks end:)

I finally got a good nights sleep last night for the first time in weeks!

Wish me luck on the pattern writing and 

PLEASE...

let me know what you think of all of my new creations...

after all...

a girl needs some bloggy love to keep her

 writing during the midnight hours:)

Have a quilty kind of day...

xx

Lori

Come Play With Me at the Quilt Barn!!!!....

 I will be teaching a

 2 night 3 day workshop

 June 20 - 22 2013

  at the

 Quilt Barn

in Kimberly , Idaho

YaY!!!!

You are invited!

I will be teaching one of my

 new patterns with my 

Bake Sale collection

called

 "Mixing it Up!"

(I'll be able to show you that quilt next week:)

And we will also be doing 2 new blocks in the

Quilty Barn Along!

Could there be a better place to 

sew barns than at the Quilt Barn?

My workshop will be a part of their retreat summer series

Click over to the

 Quilt Barn blog 

to find their contact information

 to find out more about the workshop if you want to come and play:)

They have recently built 2 retreat places behind the shop...

The Hen House sleeps 8

and The Coop sleeps 18.

How fun!!!

Here are a few photos from their shop...

 just to give you an idea 

of what a cool place it is!

This springtime display is too adorable for words:)

And just look at all of this vintagey cuteness...

Right up my alley!

I'm sew excited to go and play there...

I love quilting ...

I love barns...

I love Idaho...

and I love to teach:)

And I'd really love to see you there!

Have a quilty kind of day my friends...

xx

Lori