Ellen’s Christmas Party is a 3-color, 3-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. It measures 81 x 81 inches. In case you are wondering about the quilt name, EQ7 calls what is commonly known as the 54/40 block “Garden Party” in their block library. That coupled with a Snowball block led me to name this quilt Christmas Party.
This design uses the Inklingo 9″ Storm at Sea and Half Square Triangle 00B Collections. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Toscana and Stonehenge by Northcott.
Ellen (Burton) Pollitt is my 4th great grandmother. She was born in Lancashire, England about 1780. She is a fairly new name in my Williamson line. I was thrilled to find Ellen’s marriage record to James Pollitt early on in record searches because that gave me her maiden name. Sometimes a woman’s maiden name is elusive. Now to confirm who her parents were…
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If you want to purchase just one collection, this collection has all the shapes you need to make this quilt. |
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Copy the information below to a printed Cheat Sheet. To figure fabric yardage, see the section “Planning a Quilt” in the Inklingo collection. |
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# of Shapes |
Cut & Print |
Page # in shape collection |
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Fabric 1 |
B/BR Combo | 100 sets | 12] 7.5 x 11″ Landscape &1] 5.5 x 7.75″ | 9″ Storm: 10 & 11 | |||||
HST 3″ | 96 | 8] 8.25 x 12.25″ | HST 00B: 58 & 59 | ||||||
Borders | 4 | 9.5″ strips [minimum width – some like to add extra when appliqueing] cut length of fabric to avoid piecing. |
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Binding strips | 9 strips |
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Fabric 2 |
J Square | 250 | 12] 8.5 x 10.75″ &1] 8.5 x 6.75″ | 9″ Storm: 34 & 35 | |||||
Thin Applique Swag | 16 | Applique PDF |
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Applique Ribbons | 4 | Applique PDF |
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Fabric 3 |
H Diamond Half | 100 | 10] 7.5 x 12.5″ Landscape | 9″ Storm: 32 & 33 | |||||
J Square | 250 | 12] 8.5 x 10.75″ &1] 8.5 x 6.75″ | 9″ Storm: 34 & 35 | ||||||
9 inch squares | 24 | 24] 9.5” squares |
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Large Applique Swag | 16 | Applique PDF |
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Want to check my math? The Ellen’s Christmas Party Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. Linda’s 1 page PDF guide for sewing B/BR points to Half Diamonds You can also use the information above to make this quilt using Storm at Sea Templates and the Easy Angle Ruler. Check the Store tab in my blog header under Rulers for Storm at Sea Templates and the Easy Angle Ruler. |
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Quilting with Inklingo – Snowball Quilt Blocks
Inklingo Celtic Solstice Mystery with Bonnie Hunter
This is a video for Clue 1 of Bonnie Hunter’s Celtic Solstice Mystery but it has great information about printing and sewing the half diamonds and star points.
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Dorothy’s Sunflowers is a 2-color, 2-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. It measures 80 x 80 inches. This quilt is based on a red and white quilt that was in the Infinite Variety Red and White Quilt Exhibit in New York in March 2011. The Sunflower blocks made me think of Kansas and Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.
This design uses the Inklingo 12″ Sunflower, 6″ Sunflower, 3″ Drunkards Path and Circles Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Toscana by Northcott.
Dorothy Williamson is my paternal grandmother. She was born Grace Rose Buisch on 24 December 1889 in Batavia, New York. (I have no clue why she started going by Dorothy sometime in her forties.) She was an excellent seamstress and had the patience to teach me, her left-handed granddaughter, how to embroider at an early age. My grandmother insisted I learn to use scissors with my right hand though. She is the reason I iron and cut with my right hand, use a rotary cutter with both hands, and the reason I make quilts both by hand and machine today. This is her quilt. The fleurs de lis on the border represent her French ancestry.
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Cheat Sheet (Download from website or print from collection) |
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For more information about Inklingo, click here. |
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Copy the information below to a printed Cheat Sheet. To figure fabric yardage, see the section “Planning a Quilt” in the Inklingo collection. |
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Fabric |
Yardage |
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# of Shapes |
Cut & Print |
Page # in shape collection |
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Fabric 1 Red |
Combo 6 | 12 sets | 12] 8.25 x 12.75″ | 12″ Sunflower: 18 & 19 | ||||
Background Half | 24 | 24] 7 x 13.25″ | 12″ Sunflower: 20 & 21 | |||||
Diamond | 192 | 3] 8.5 x 11.5″ & 1] 7.25 x 6.25″ |
6″ Sunflower: 30 & 31 | |||||
Circle [center] | 12 | 2] 6.25 x 9.5″ | 6″ Sunflower: 24 & 25 | |||||
AB Combo | 104 sets | 17] 8.5 x 12.75″ & 1] 4.5 8.75″ |
3″ DP: 6 & 7 | |||||
Borders | 4 | 10.5″ wide strips cut length of fabric to avoid piecing |
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Binding strips | 9 strips |
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Fabric 2 |
Diamond | 192 | 12] 7.75 x 9.75″ | 12″ Sunflower: 30 & 31 | ||||
Combo 6 | 12 sets | 6] 8 x 11.5″ Landscape | 6″ Sunflower: 18 & 19 | |||||
AB Combo | 104 sets | 17] 8.5 x 12.75″ & 1] 4.5 8.75″ |
3″ DP: 6 & 7 | |||||
Fleur de lis applique | 20 | Applique Border PDF |
**See note below about applique placement. |
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1.75″ Circle applique | 20 | 1] 7.25 x 9.75″ & 1] 5 x 9.75″ |
Circles: 44 & 45 | |||||
1.25″ Circle applique | 32 | 1] 7.5 x 11.25″ & 1] 7.5 x 4.25″ |
Circles: 36 & 37 | |||||
.75″ Circle applique | 96 | 1] 8 x 12″ & 1] 8 x 9.5″ |
Circles: 28 & 29 | |||||
.5″ Circle applique | 64 | 1] 8 x 8″ | Circles: 22 & 23 | |||||
Want to check my math? The Dorothy’s Sunflowers Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. **IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT APPLIQUE PLACEMENT: I made the applique border printouts only 8″ wide to save on paper. You will need to place the bottom edge of the printout 2″ from the seam where the border is sewn to the quilt center or 2.25″ from the raw edge of the border strip before it’s sewn to the quilt center for correct spacing. Be sure to check my Sunflower Quilts Pinterest board for more quilty Sunflower inspiration! |
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Inklingo Drunkards Path Video
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How to Rotary Cut Curves Inklingo Video
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Sewing Curves Without Pins
This is how I sew curves. (I dislike pinning!) I use a 3M Command Strip pasted along the side of my presser foot to help as a guide also. You need to be sure to use your 1/4″ presser foot if you are going to use a Command Strip as a guide. When I am done sewing curves, the Command Strip removes easily from my machine bed.
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Catherine’s Crooked Path is a 2-color, 2-fabric quilt set on point. It measures approximately 90 x 90 inches. I used an on-point setting for this quilt to add more interest to the Cleopatra’s Puzzle block.
This design uses the Inklingo 4 inch Drunkards Path Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Toscana and Stonehenge by Northcott.
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This is another quilt to honor the brave and strong women of my Irish-Canadian roots.
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39120-49 Stonehenge |
3954-35 Stonehenge |
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Cheat Sheet (Download from website or print from collection) |
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Copy the information below to a printed Cheat Sheet. I don’t have a copy of this collection so I couldn’t finish filling in the chart below but you can use the information from the collection to figure the sizes to cut and print. To figure fabric yardage, see the section “Planning a Quilt” in the Inklingo collection. |
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Yardage |
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Cut & Print |
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Fabric 1 |
AB Combo | 224 sets | |||||||
B | 32 | ||||||||
4″ Quarter Square Triangles | 64 | 16] 5.25 inch squares cross cut into quarters or use QST Ruler |
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Binding strips | 10 strips |
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Fabric 2 |
AB Combo | 224 sets |
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A | 32 |
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Want to check my math? The Catherine’s Crooked Path Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. You can also use the information above to make this quilt using Drunkards Path Templates. Check the Store tab in my blog header under Rulers for Drunkards Path Template Sets. Be sure to check my Along a Crooked Path Pinterest board for more quilty Drunkards Path inspiration! |
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3925-166 Stonehenge |
9020-91 Toscana Silver Lining |
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9020-85 Toscana Hot Sauce |
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Inklingo Drunkards Path Video
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How to Rotary Cut Curves Inklingo Video
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Sewing Curves Without Pins
This is how I sew curves. (I dislike pinning!) I use a 3M Command Strip pasted along the side of my presser foot to help as a guide also. You need to be sure to use your 1/4″ presser foot if you are going to use a Command Strip as a guide. When I am done sewing curves, the Command Strip removes easily from my machine bed.
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