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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Nuture Do.Good.Stitches July Block

It is my month again for the Nurture circle of Do.Good.Stitches charity quilt. Since 4th of July is right around the corner I took inspiration from this quilt, called Americana Rose.

I switched around the colors some and removed the 4 patch blocks.

For these blocks I would like you to select Cherry red, White and Royal blue prints that are tone on tone or solids. You can choose one fabric of each color or raid your scrap bin.

Cut the following from your fabrics.

A - BLUE - 3.5" X 6.5" - (4)

B - BLUE - 4.5" X 4.5" (4)

C - BLUE - 3.5" X 3.5" (4)

D - BLUE - 1.5" X 2.5" (20)

E - BLUE - 1.5" X 1.5" (20)

F - RED - 1.5" X 1.5" (40)

G - RED - 2.5" X 2.5" (5)

H - WHITE - 3.5" X 3.5" (8)

I - WHITE - 6.5" X 6.5" (1)

Step 1: Using A and H sew together 4 flying geese blocks

Step 2: Take the flying geese you created and lay them out with C and I blocks in the pattern below.

Step 3: Sew together each row of pieces pressing toward the solid squares

Step 4: Sew together each row with the seams nesting

The final big star will look like this - kapow!

And will finish up at 12.5" x 12.5"

For your second block you are going to create many many flying geese (so sorry!!!!)

Step 1 - Take your D and F pieces and create 20 wee mini flying geese....

Step 2 - Take 4 of the mini geese you created in the last step and add together with 1-G square and 4-E squares and lay out in the orientation below.

Step 3: Sew together each row of pieces pressing toward the solid squares

Step 4: Sew together each row with the seams nesting

Repeat 5 times and you will end up with blocks looking like the ones below

Step 5 - Lay out your red and blue stars you just created with 4-B blocks.

Step 6: Sew together each row and press toward the solid blocks

Step 7 - Sew each row together and next the seams.

The resulting block will look like the finished square below.

It will finish at 12.5" square

Please send them to me at the address below.

Dhia Peach

519 Smith Road

Fremont, Ohio 43420

freshly pieced

Friday, August 1, 2014

do.Good.Stitches-Nurture Circle......August Block

Greetings.....Welcome to the Peach Patch if this is your first visit......I've been oftly quiet recently.....

Today I am posting a tutorial which I hope you will enjoy. This is my first month as quilter for the Nurture circle of do.Good.Stitches. I had been trying to get involved with this program for some time and some space opened up. As a bonus the Nuture circle makes quilts for one of my favorite charities; My Very Own Blanket. I have had the chance to make quilts for this charity before and go to the workshop to sew in Ohio. I struggled to decide what block to pick for the quilt. I flipped back and forth from traditional blocks, tutorials already floating around the internet or creating one of my own. In the end I created on of my own, at least I haven't seen it before. As of now I am still working on a name for this block
.....Spider Star
......Crab Star
........Sunshine Star
.....Supernova/Exploding Star
....I haven't figured it out yet, send your suggestions.....

So to get started on this block we first need to select our fabrics. For this block we are going to have three fabrics. For this quilt I would like to keep the color scheme to Blue/Green/Orange. I would prefer bold jewel tone fabrics that contrast well with the background and colors that are complimentary to each other. Please stay away from pastels for this project.

A - Background star points- Blue or Green or Orange
B - Main star - Blue or Green or Orange
C - White/Cream/Low volume background fabric

The fabric cutting for this block is pretty simple.

A - Background star points- Blue or Green or Orange
1 - 8" Square

B - Main star - Blue or Green or Orange
6 - 5" Squares

C - White/Cream/Low volume background fabric
1 - 8" Square
2 - 5" Squares
4 - 4.25" Squares

Once we have our fabrics take the two 8" blocks (A & C) and place them with front sides facing and sew a 1/4" seam around the entire perimeter of the block.

Next cut the block on the diagonal in both directions

Set the seams and press open

Press the seams open

Line up the 45 degree line on your ruler up to the seam of the block and trim down to 5"

Draw a line perpendicular to the seam of each of the half square triangle blocks as well as on the diagonal of the 2 5" (C) blocks. Pair one 5" (B) block to each of these and lay them face to face.

These lines are used as a guide. Sew a straight line 1/4" from the mark on both sides. Using your rotary cutter, cut these 6 squares along the mark between the two seams.

You should now have 4 of each of the following

Set the seams and press them open on each of the blocks

Line up the 45 degree line on your ruler up to the seam of the block and trim down to 4.25"

Add the remaining 4 4.25" (C) blocks and you should now have 4 of each of the blocks below

Now to assemble the star yet to be named block
Place the 4 4.25" (C) blocks in each of the corners
Place the 4 4.25" HST in the middle with white facing in

Next place the squares with the accent fabric to the right as shown below

The remaining squares with the accent fabric to the left finish out the layout

Sew each row together and press the seams open
Beware that the intersection at the corners of the inner white square are bulky and should be sewed and pressed carefully

Sew each row together and trim the block down to 15.5" square

Please make two blocks and send to the address below.
Feel free to contact me with any questions :)

Dhia Peach
519 Smith Road
Fremont, Ohio 43420

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Blogger Block Of The Month - December

Today is the December installment of Blogger Block of The Month. Presenting today's block is Natalie of Craftin Mechanic She has made a great tutorial on a beautiful star block. You can see it here!I can't wait to get sewing on this today!

As always there is a super give away! To participate make sure you are a follower and leave a comment on what Santa has left to do around your house. The winner will receive the holly prize pack below. Great for starting on next years presents.

Here is a list of all the participants of the BOM

Date	Name	Blog
Sept 15^th 2012	Carin & Carol	Margarets Hope Chest
Oct 15^th 2012	Jenny	Sew Kind Of Wonderful
Nov 15^th 2012	Jennifer M	Ellison Lane Quilts
Dec 15^th 2012	Natalie	Craftin Mechanic
Jan 15^th 2013	Stefanie	Little Lady Patchwork
Feb 1^st 2013	Jennifer I	Knotted Thread
Feb 15^th 2013	Sandra	Sharp Quilts
Mar 15^th 2013	Nicole K	Patchwork Duck Designs
April 1^st 2013	Bree	Distant Pickles
Apr 15^th 2013	Tracey	Itching 2 B Stitching
May 15^th 2013	Felicity	Felicity Quilts
June 15^th 2013	Erin	Billy Button Design
July 15^th 2013	Nicole N	Mama Love Quilts
Aug 15^th 2013	Dhia	Peach Patch Quilts

Here is a button you can grab and put on your blog to make sure you don't miss a single post.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Summer In The Park - Darn It's Hot!

     I have been traveling a lot, sadly to hot hot hot locations. I have also been tied to my sewing machine when I have been home. My trusty old Bernina had a break down and had to go see the doctor for a couple weeks. After 40 years the old girls pedal gave up the ghost and had to be replaced. My compliments to Bigsby's Sewing Center in Elm Grove, WI who fixed my ladies broken foot and tuned her up. She is now running in tip top condition. I have been working on a quilt for a wedding present for my friend Ian. He is getting married for the second time and I wanted to make them a quilt for their wedding. I wasn't sure that I was going to be able to go to Virginia for the wedding since it is around the 4th of July and work didn't want to release me. As soon as I found out I had the time off I started sewing. I am still not done with the quilt. I have the top done and the binding cut and pieced. I just have to do the quilting and bind it. As a result I am in Mississippi with a suitcase dedicated to a sewing machine, quilt and the associated supplies. I am not traveling with my Bernina. She is an old heavy beast that will most likely out live me, but she is not airline friendly.
      Since I have been working on the quilt I put together a tutorial of the process. The project idea came from the lovely ladies at the Missouri Star Quilt Company. I happened to be in Missouri briefly and was able to make a trip out to the store. I wish I lived there, they have the best deals of the day, and awesome store, templates a plenty, and great tutorials. I broke many speed limits to get there before they closed and they were nice enough to stay open even when I got there 10 minutes before they closed. The day I was there they had any fat quarter for $2, I was like a kid in a candy store. The deal of the day the day I was there was Moda Kona White at $3.49 a yard with a limit of 2 yards. It turned out to be just what I needed to make the quilt for Ian's wedding using this tutorial.
     I have never been one for buying precuts, partially because I am cheep cheep cheep and partially because I like digging through my stash and picking out the pretty fabrics myself. So for this quilt I started digging and pulled these from my stash. My intention was to do a rainbow of pastels. It was also a pretty good excuse to go fabric shopping. I don't know about anyone else but I haven't been able to find many light peachy oranges or lavender purples. So in the beginning this is what we had.

Pretty Pretties

During the process I added and subtracted fabrics as it came together. To start this process you need to cut strips the width of the fabric, or purchase 2-4 jelly rolls depending on the size of the quilt. For each set you will need 6 strips. With two jelly rolls you can make 14 strip sets, each strip sets yields 6 7" blocks . You can be creative here mixing prints and solids depending on what you would like your final product to look like. The layout in the end can also vary the look of the quilt. For my quilt i decided to stick with a white background and pastels for the stripes. I wanted to use the center square as the focal point in my block and I wanted to control the color pattern. You will see what I mean in a bit. For each group I cut three white strips 2 1/2" and WOF. I also chose three colored fabrics for each group. When I was sewing I was putting together 2-3 sets at a time to bang it out as quickly as possible. In the picture below you can see the strips I cut to make two sets. If you are working with fat quarters (as I sometimes was) you will need to cut two 2 1/2" strips and sew them together to get a strip that is WOF.


Strip sets ready to sew

Once you have your strips cut its is easy sewing from here. If you are working with jelly rolls this quilt comes together very quickly. Take one strip of white and pair it with one colored strip, face to face and sew a 1/4" seam all the way down. For each set I would do this with two of the colored strips.

Once you have your colored strips sewn to the white strips press them toward the darker fabric.

Once you cut these strips you will have two different blocks. The strip set with one color and two white will be the same throughout, the set with two colors and one white will flip flop. Since I was using the one set to make a center square I would chose which strip was going to be in the center at this point. The pattern that I wanted to be in the center I would sew another white stripe to. The remaining (non-center) set would get another colored strip. Confused yet????? Maybe the picture will help! Then press the sets toward the colored strip.

So in this case the yellow print and the pink/red print are going to be my center squares. At this point you should have three strips sewn together in each group. You will pair a set with two white and a colored strip with a set with two colored strips and one white. Place these face to face and sew down the outside of each side. You will now have a tube of 6 strips sewn together that is the WOF. Within the tube the strips will alternate white and colored.

This is one long set of strips (folded over for the picture). You will lay the strip set out flat, using a ruler (mine is 9.5" square) line up the 45 degree line with one of the outside seems. Make sure the point of the ruler is past the selvedge of the fabric.

Using the ruler as a guide and a rotary cutter cut the strip set.

This piece can be added to your scrap bag. Move the ruler to the opposite seam (now the shorter side) and line up the 45 degree line up with the seam again.

Using the ruler as a guide and a rotary cutter cut the strip set. This will give you your first block.

Continue this process down the length of your strip set. You will end up with 3 of each block. In this case three blocks with a larger strip of grey and three strips with a larger strip of blue. Press the blocks open toward the colored strip. For my quilt I wanted to lay out the blocks to have a square in the middle with the same color. The Missouri Star tutorial lays out the blocks with the colored points in the middle. This quilt can become many many variations based on your imagination, layout choices, and fabrics. Have fun! Final pics will be posted when the quilt is done!