Crooked Path Designs

On a rainy day

Published 12 December 2014

There's a mountain range in the distance completely shrouded by the fog.

There’s a mountain range in the distance completely shrouded in fog.

It’s a misty, rainy, dreary day. A rarity in the desert southwest. (I am not looking forward to trekking through the mud to the chicken coop for eggs here shortly.) This is the kind of day that makes me feel like curling up with a good book by a fire. Unfortunately I’m not sure the fireplace here has ever been used. There’s no wood either. I decided instead to sew while listening to a good book. The only choice now is sewing by hand or machine? Machine, I think.

While members of the DA fight off the Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries, I am sewing with Aunt Flo and enjoying some hot tea. Still working on finishing up a few more long-standing projects before the end of the year. I’m hoping to get 2 more tops done before I leave here on Monday.

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Thea’s Jewel

Published 12 December 2014

Thea’s Jewel is a 4-color, 5-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. It measures 81 x 81 inches. This quilt uses two different 9 inch blocks. One is the versatile 54/40 Block (Electric Quilt calls this block Garden Party) and the Tiramisu Block found in EQ7. The 54/40 Block can be paired with different blocks for many variations.

This design uses the Inklingo 9” Storm at Sea Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Toscana, Stonehenge Bejeweled and Artisan Spirit Shimmer all by Northcott.

Thea (short for Arimathea) is due on 14 February 2015 but will be arriving sometime before that date. She will be the newest member in my immediate family. I am making a smaller version of this quilt for her.

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Thea’s Jewel 81 x 81 inches
9020-12 Toscana Vanilla			39120-611 Bejeweled Blue		20258M-42 Shimmer Dark Blue
39120-730 Bejeweled Green				20255M-85 Shimmer Purple

Purchase and download:
Inklingo 9” Storm at Sea Collection		Storm at Sea Design Book		The Inklingo Handbook		Cheat Sheet (Download from website or print from collection)
For more information about Inklingo, click here.

Copy the information below to a printed Cheat Sheet. To figure fabric yardage, see the section *“Planning a Quilt”* in the Inklingo collection.
Fabric	Yardage		Shape	# of Shapes	Cut & Print		Page # in shape collection
Fabric 1 White			J 1.5″ Square	410	20] 8.5 x 10.75″ & 1] 4.5 x 10.75″		9″ Storm at Sea:34 & 35
			C 3″ Square	40	6] 7.5 x 11.25″ & 1] 7.5 x 7.75″		9″ Storm at Sea: 16 & 17
			G 1.5″ HST	320	13] 7.5 x 10.25″ & 1] 5.25 x 5.5″		9″ Storm at Sea: 28 & 29
			G 1.5″ HST	320	13] 7.5 x 10.25″ & 1] 5.25 x 5.5″ [‘No Waste’ Flying Geese Method]		9″ Storm at Sea: 28 & 29
Fabric 2 Light Blue			J 1.5″ Square	410	20] 8.5 x 10.75″ & 1] 4.5 x 10.75″		9″ Storm at Sea: 34 & 35
			J 1.5″ Square	320	16] 8.5 x 10.75″		9″ Storm at Sea: 34 & 35
Fabric 3 Dark Blue			H Diamond Half	164	16] 7.5 x 12.5″ & 1] 4.25 x 10.5″ BOTH LANDSCAPE		9″ Storm at Sea: 32 & 33
			4.25″ Square	80	‘No Waste’ Flying Geese Method		//
			Binding Strips	9 strips			//
Fabric 4 Green			4] B/BR Combo – green	164	20] 7.5 X 11″ & 1] 7.5 X 5.75″ BOTH LANDSCAPE		9″ Storm at Sea: 10 & 11
			G 1.5″ HST	320	13] 7.5 x 10.25″ & 1] 5.25 x 5.5″ [Flying Geese]		9″ Storm at Sea: 28 & 29
Fabric 5 Purple			E 3″ HST	160	20] 8.25 x 8.5″		9″ Storm at Sea: 22 & 23
Want to check my math? The Thea’s Jewel Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. Linda’s Triangle Tips 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

Additional Colorways
Thea’s Jewel Recolor 1 Swapping the purple fabric with pink

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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.

Sewing Flying Geese with Inklingo

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Stella’s Star

Published 11 December 2014

Stella’s Star is a 4-color, 5-fabric quilt in an on-point setting. It measures approximately 70 x 70 inches. This quilt uses two different 10 inch blocks. When they are set on point it is hard to tell where one block ends and the other begins. I like that it has almost a plaid look to it.

This design uses the Inklingo Half Square Triangle [HST] 00B and Inklingo Quarter Square Triangle [QST] 00B Collections. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Toscana by Northcott.

Stella F Williamson is my great aunt. She was born in July 1872 in Rochester, New York. I don’t know much about her other than she is the oldest child of Georgianna (DeLong) Williamson, was married twice and had a least one child. I like the name Stella so that is why I chose to feature her.

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Stella’s Star 70 x 70 inches
9020-10 Toscana White Picket Fence			9020-51 Toscana Buttercup		9020-40 Toscana Morning Mist
9020-444 Toscana Got the Blues				9020-720 Toscana Granny Smith

Purchase and download:
Inklingo HST 00B Collection [You can also use the 6” Storm at Sea Collection to print both the 2” Squares and 2” HST]		Inklingo QST 00B Collection		The Inklingo Handbook		Cheat Sheet (Download from website or print from collection)
For more information about Inklingo, click here.

Copy the information below to a printed Cheat Sheet. I don’t have a copy of the Quarter Square Triangle 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[s].
Fabric	Yardage		Shape	# of Shapes	Cut & Print		Page # in shape collection
Fabric 1 White			2” Square	180	2.5″ squares cut from 2.5″ strips OR Print and cut using the 6″ Storm at Sea Collection		6″ Storm at Sea:
			2″ Half Square Triangles		12] 6.25 x 12″ & 1] 6.25 x 12″ Cut and pair with Light Blue fabric and sew for 200 HST units – No need to print.		HST 00B: 42 & 43
			2″ Quarter Square Triangle	40			QST 00B:
Fabric 2 Yellow			2″ Square	116	2.5″ squares cut from 2.5″ strips OR Print and cut using the 6″ Storm at Sea Collection		6″ Storm at Sea:
			2″ Quarter Square Triangle	20			QST 00B:
Fabric 3 Light Blue			2” Square	125	2.5″ squares cut from 2.5″ strips OR Print and cut using the 6″ Storm at Sea Collection.		6″ Storm at Sea:
			2″ Half Square Triangle	200	12] 6.25 x 12″ & 1] 6.25 x 6.5″ Print and pair with White fabric for 200 HST units.		HST 00B: 42 & 43
			2″ Half Square Triangle	400	25] 6.25 x 12″ Print and pair with Medium Blue fabric for 400 HST units.		HST 00B: 42 & 43
Fabric 4 Medium Blue			2″ Half Square Triangle	400	25] 6.25 x 12″ Cut and pair with Light Blue fabric and sew for 400 HST – No need to print.		HST 00B: 42 & 43
			Binding Strips	8 strips
Fabric 5 Green			2″ Square	180	2.5″ squares cut from 2.5″ strips OR Print and cut using the 6″ Storm at Sea Collection.		6″ Storm at Sea:
			2″ Quarter Square Triangle	40			QST 00B:
Want to check my math? The Stella’s Star Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. Linda’s Triangle Tips PDF You can also use the information above to make this quilt using the Easy Angle and Companion Angle Rulers. Check the Store tab in my blog header under Rulers for both rulers.