So Many Patterns...

Especially after viewing quilts on Pinterest and Instagram,

I want to make them all  :)

Ticket Strips Halloween Quilt

 My friend Vicki

recently made this wonderful Halloween quilt

Ticket Strips

The pattern uses

3 Mr. Chillingsworth panels from Andover Fabrics

 It's really fun to see the creative use of these panels.

 Ticket Strips is designed by

Sew Many Creations

Vicki purchased her pattern and the Chillingsworth panels

at 3 Dudes Quilting in Phoenix

If you have any questions,

I'm sure Jeff, Ray or Bam would be happy to help

480-598-8601

or 

email at 

3dudesquilting@live.com

I recently taught classes with the Mr. Chillingsworth panel

at 3 Dudes

He also comes in bright orange.

Kind of a skinny guy, but he does 

catch your attention :)

Tone It Down Quilt

 Months ago in the

February 2014 Edition of American Patchwork and Quilting

I saw Lissa Alexander's (Moda Lissa)

Tone It Down Quilt pattern 

and knew I wanted to make it.

And then when I saw various versions and fabric combinations

contributed by 10 top designers

for a Quilt Along  

I knew I had to play right away, too!

I started collecting fat quarters of 

Low Volume and Text Prints for backgrounds

to make a real scrappy look.

I'm so happy with the result :)

My

Tone It  Down Quilt

is now finished !

 As you can see,

each  block is quite scrappy.

I followed Lissa's original color pallet of using

aqua, orange, green, yellow and navy 

with red as the predominant for the chains

 The 15 inch blocks were fun to make,

 and actually were much easier

than the over all quilt appears.

Lissa gives good instructions in the magazine.

 It was fun to mix the colors up a bit.

20 blocks total

Add in 9-Patch Corner Stones along with sashings 

and the final quilt measures a large

75 1/2" X 93 1/2"

(Twin size with an 18 inch drop)

Now, it's off to the quilter :)

General Conference

 Do you pick a favorite weekend each year?

I do :)

Well, actually I pick two favorite weekends:

The first weekend in April

and 

The first weekend in October

 On both of these weekends

my church

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

broadcasts a

2-Day

General Conference

Thousands attend in the 

Conference Center

in Salt Lake City

but Millions watch on TV or their media device

(like me)

It's quite nice to stay home and watch church

and I always line up some fun quilting projects to be accomplished, too :)

 But, the main reason I love listening to our church leaders

is to hear messages of Christ

 And, to be reminded of what matters most in this life.

There are (2) two hour sessions on both

Saturday and Sunday

I come away encouraged and inspired to 

do better and to be better.

Most of all I feel

God's always extending love for me 

and for each of us.

If you would like to listen to the messages given today

you can tune in on your computer or media device

HERE

Scrappy Crossroads Block

 I've been taking a little 

Blog Nap

the last few days :)

But, you can always catch me on 

Instagram under "nedrasorensen"

if you want to see the latest.

I have been working on various quilt projects.

My latest start (notice I didn't say finish)

is a 16- inch

Scrappy Crossroads Block

Free Tutorial by my friend

Lori Holt of Bee In My Bonnet

HERE

 I'm always looking for ways to use up my scraps

and this was a perfect project

to cut up little bits of left overs

into 2 1/2" X 2 1/2" squares

This is a good time of year to cut up and organize

my scrap bins.

Although, I've barely made a dent :)

For the background fabric

I'm using 

Dark Turquoise 

by

American Made Brand Cotton Solids

This is my first time to purchase this fabric line

and I'm in love!

It has a high thread count, and is solid to the touch.

50 colors available (I want them all!)

and you can't beat the price at $6.99 a yard.

100% US Grown Premium Upland Cotton

I purchased mine at 

3 Dudes Quilting in Phoenix

where they  have a good variety of colors.

Jeff told me the other day they have 22 more colors 

arriving soon.

Yay!