Celtic Solstice Part 5

This has been a really fun experience.  I am hoping to get Part 5 finished...then go back and finish up on the chevrons.  Someone wrote that the chevrons were "insane".  I agree, but I shall win the battle I am having with them.  They haven't been kicking my butt....I've been kicking my own by putting them off.  They are really cute blocks and I need to spend more time with them this week!

I have learned so much lately...how to use the TriRecs ruler...using the Easy Angle ruler.....etc.  I have even learned a thing or two about blogging (still a lot to learn there)  See Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville blog at http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html

But I also learned that little pieces aren't quite so daunting.  The queen sized scrappy bargello on our bed has over 4000 pieces and I thought that was a lot....Celtic Solstice will blow that out of the water!!!!  I've always looked for patterns that are quick and easy, mainly because I get bored so easily and end up with a UFO.  I think the process of breaking the quilt down into smaller blocks, and finishing them before moving on to another part will be my new way of looking at patterns.....so...Goose in the Puddle form Scraps & Shirttails II...here we go! 

But then again.....I would also like to make a Chunky Churndash..


But then again......

I have been trying to find a new home for a shoe box full of 3.5 inch nine patches and it think I have found it. I have a feeling the Tri Recs ruler will be busy in 2014 !!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Celtic Solstice Part 4

I have always loved playing with blocks...wooden, Lincoln Logs, Lego, Duplo and, of course, quilt blocks.

Celtic Solstice Part 3

These are so cute!

Ladies shirt remodel into a little girl's dress

Here is my 99 cent thrift shop extra large ladies shirt.  I bought this while looking for shirts to debone and make into quilts.  It is pink and purple seersucker...and pretty ugly at that!

So...what to do with this ugly thing?  Remodel it, of course.

I cut off the sleeves, close to the armhole seams.  There were buttons and tabs on the sleeves, so that the wearer could roll them up and button up the tab.  I cut off the tab, but left the button on.

Next, I cut off the collar and took the shirt apart at all the seams.  I picked out the pocket and put it aside...I had not decided at that time what to do with it.  With matching thread and the shirt buttoned, I sewed down the front placket (the strip on the front of the shirt with the buttons and buttonholes) on both sides.

I pinned and cut out all the pattern pieces from the shirt pieces, replaced the front pocket on the front of the dress, and sewed the dress according to the pattern instructions.

And now, my granddaughter has a new (old) dress.  I hope she likes it.