I was going through my quilt patterns the other day and spotted one my darling sister, Gayle, had given me years ago as a possibility for a stamp. Sure enough, it was the “pointed tile” set as a “Kansas Dugout”.
I quickly got out some scraps and sewed 9 little blocks together and now I’m trying to decide how to set them. There are 2 ways. (I used the little D square from the sawtooth star set for the center of the block. You can use it if you have it, or just use the template in the pattern with the stamp.)
If you use the small D square to set the blocks, you get this.
If you use the sawtooth star large A square for the setting and D square for the center of the blocks, you get this:
Here are the blocks in the traditional setting.
I’m doing variation 1, although the second one fascinates me. I need to stitch faster… Maybe another cup of coffee will help!
I laughed at this sign I saw on a friend’s pictures at an Ireland Coffee Shop. (I LOVE coffee, BTW!)
COFFEE
“If you can’t thread a sewing machine when it’s running, then you haven’t had enough!”