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| GO cutter Log Cabin Die |
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| Log Cabin pieces all cut |
Showing posts with label GO cutter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GO cutter. Show all posts
Monday, May 5, 2014
The new log cabin project
As I Predicted, it only took approximately 4 hrs to pre-cut all the fabrics and run them through the GO cutter Log cabin die. A whole quilt cut out in 4 hours! That s almost unheard of! Especially a log cabin quilt. I hope to start sewing this afternoon.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
A new quilt started - May 2014
I love starting a new quilt! I love everything about it.
I love choosing or drafting the design:
I love choosing and prepping the fabric:
I love cutting the fabric, especially with my GO cutter and dies:
I got all the fabrics washed, dried and pressed and ready to cut. I tried the first one and am happy to say I can do a full WIF cut at once by cutting 24" on straight of grain and then tri-folding on the die.
Very fast, very easy. I should be able to cut all the pieces in one afternoon.
YEAH!
I love choosing or drafting the design:
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| Log cabin design with 5 appliqued blocks |
I love choosing and prepping the fabric:
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| Washed, dried and pressed. |
I love cutting the fabric, especially with my GO cutter and dies:
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| GO Cutter Log Cabin Die |
I got all the fabrics washed, dried and pressed and ready to cut. I tried the first one and am happy to say I can do a full WIF cut at once by cutting 24" on straight of grain and then tri-folding on the die.
Very fast, very easy. I should be able to cut all the pieces in one afternoon.
YEAH!
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Sleep weary...It's gonna be a long day!
I went to bed at 1am and back up at 5am. UGH!
I plan to accomplish a lot today however.
First off, I need to have a serious talk with my adult daughter and will prepare for that. Secondly, I have both a wedding to attend in June and a graduation for a relative in June. BOTH events I want to give a quilt gift. Neither of which is even started yet. What am I waiting for?
I have a plan though. TWO quilt designs that are fast and easy with minimal piecing. A carpenter's star for the wedding gift and a drunkards path for the grad gift. I happened to have a bunch of the drunkard's path pieces already cut out (I used my Accuquilt GO cutter for that).
I will check back later with pictures.
First on the list....piece the drunkard's path! Wish me luck!
I plan to accomplish a lot today however.
First off, I need to have a serious talk with my adult daughter and will prepare for that. Secondly, I have both a wedding to attend in June and a graduation for a relative in June. BOTH events I want to give a quilt gift. Neither of which is even started yet. What am I waiting for?
I have a plan though. TWO quilt designs that are fast and easy with minimal piecing. A carpenter's star for the wedding gift and a drunkards path for the grad gift. I happened to have a bunch of the drunkard's path pieces already cut out (I used my Accuquilt GO cutter for that).
I will check back later with pictures.
First on the list....piece the drunkard's path! Wish me luck!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Stash Report May 30, 2010
First stash report of the year and it is almost June. Yikes!
Well I haven't posted a stash report in quite awhile because nothing in and nothing out but this week is differant! First of all I went quilt shop hopping on Wednesday with 3 of my good friends. I bought some black fabrics to add to my drunkard's path quilt right away so I will count that both in and out. I bought 6 yds for some new projects..... I couldn't resist these fabrics they were so cute! I also bought 3 more yds of reds and greens for my strip Christmas quilt so that is also to be counted in both in and out today.
Judy L is having a QOV challenge this week and since I have been wanting to make a QOV all year and hadn't gotten around to it I decided to jump in too. I didn't start right away but that is ok because I waited until day 5 and added all the strips up and used my new GO cutter and have been having a ball for the last day or so. Cutting and sewing, I spent all day yesterday working on this project. This is as far as I got at 10:30 this morning. It will have to wait until tonight to sew more on it because I have some other things needing my attention.
Well I haven't posted a stash report in quite awhile because nothing in and nothing out but this week is differant! First of all I went quilt shop hopping on Wednesday with 3 of my good friends. I bought some black fabrics to add to my drunkard's path quilt right away so I will count that both in and out. I bought 6 yds for some new projects..... I couldn't resist these fabrics they were so cute! I also bought 3 more yds of reds and greens for my strip Christmas quilt so that is also to be counted in both in and out today.
Judy L is having a QOV challenge this week and since I have been wanting to make a QOV all year and hadn't gotten around to it I decided to jump in too. I didn't start right away but that is ok because I waited until day 5 and added all the strips up and used my new GO cutter and have been having a ball for the last day or so. Cutting and sewing, I spent all day yesterday working on this project. This is as far as I got at 10:30 this morning. It will have to wait until tonight to sew more on it because I have some other things needing my attention.
Fabric IN this week: 12 yds
Fabric used this week: 19 yds
Total IN this year: 12 yds
Total out this year: 19 yds
Sunday, March 21, 2010
My new GO Cutter
If you are a member of MQR then you already know that I have the best friends and that they.... as a group, collected money and bought me a GO! cutter as a "get well and keep quilting gift"!
Well I have been working a lot lately, 10 hrs a day with a 2 hour commute and that includes Sundays, but I had today off and planned to spend the day with my new toy!
Since I didn't have any plans for a new quilt I decided to just dig into my scrap drawer that was so stuffed full you couldn't get another scrap into it...and cut out half square triangles for a jewel box quilt. I can't believe it didn't make a dent in the drawer! It is still so full!
My friend, Cat, came over to play today. She prepped fabric for me by cutting them into strips just the right width to cut on the die.
Smile Cat!
Look at that nice pile of strips to cut!
With the smaller dies, a width of fabric folded twice is just the right size to cut and it is four layers..PERFECT!
I also discovered I can sit and use the GO! cutter. A huge bonus since I tire easily and can't stand a long time. It was easy too!
Just turn the crank and peel off the excess, it couldn't be easier!
Look at that stack of triangles waiting to be sewed, best part, they have the dog ears cut off so don't need to be trimmed, just sew and press..I LOVE IT!
Well I have been working a lot lately, 10 hrs a day with a 2 hour commute and that includes Sundays, but I had today off and planned to spend the day with my new toy!
Since I didn't have any plans for a new quilt I decided to just dig into my scrap drawer that was so stuffed full you couldn't get another scrap into it...and cut out half square triangles for a jewel box quilt. I can't believe it didn't make a dent in the drawer! It is still so full!
My friend, Cat, came over to play today. She prepped fabric for me by cutting them into strips just the right width to cut on the die.
Smile Cat!
Look at that nice pile of strips to cut!
With the smaller dies, a width of fabric folded twice is just the right size to cut and it is four layers..PERFECT!
I also discovered I can sit and use the GO! cutter. A huge bonus since I tire easily and can't stand a long time. It was easy too!Just turn the crank and peel off the excess, it couldn't be easier!
Look at that stack of triangles waiting to be sewed, best part, they have the dog ears cut off so don't need to be trimmed, just sew and press..I LOVE IT!
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