Northcott Toscana

Dorothy’s Sunflowers

Published 4 April 2014

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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Dorothy’s Sunflowers 80 x 80
9020-240 Toscana Kiss Me					9020-110 Toscana Porcelain

Purchase and download:
Inklingo 12” Sunflower Collection			Inklingo 6” Sunflower Collection		Sunflower Design Book		Inklingo Circles Collection
Inklingo 3” Drunkards Path			Drunkards Path 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 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		//
		Binding strips		9 strips		//		//
Fabric 2 White		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.
		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

Published 3 April 2014

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.

Catherine’s Crooked Path 90 x 90 inches
39120-49 Stonehenge					3954-35 Stonehenge

Purchase and download:
Inklingo 4 inch Drunkards Path Collection		The Drunkards Path 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. 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.
Fabric	Yardage	Shape	# of Shapes		Cut & Print	Page # in shape collection
Fabric 1 Blue		AB Combo	224 sets
		B	32
		4″ Quarter Square Triangles	64		16] 5.25 inch squares cross cut into quarters or use QST Ruler	//
		Binding strips	10 strips		//	//
Fabric 2 Gray		AB Combo	224 sets
		A	32
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!

Additional Colorways
Catherine’s Crooked Path Recolor 1
3925-166 Stonehenge					9020-91 Toscana Silver Lining

Catherine’s Crooked Path Recolor 2
9020-85 Toscana Hot Sauce					9020-10 Toscana White Picket Fence

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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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Posted in My Designs | Tagged cleopatras puzzle, drunkards path, EQ7, free design sheet, Inklingo, Northcott Stonehenge, Northcott Toscana | 4 Comments

Adeline’s Flat Iron

Published 1 April 2014

Adeline’s Flat Iron is a 3-color, 3-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. It measures approximately 72 x 72 inches. Because the base of the triangle is wider than it is tall, an extra row is added to the length to make this quilt almost square.

This design uses the Inklingo 4 & 2 inch 60° Triangle Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Toscana and Stonehenge by Northcott.

Adeline (Smith) DeLong was my 3rd great grandmother in my paternal grandfather’s line. Her husband, William DeLong, was a blacksmith. I’d like to think that if they couldn’t afford commercially available flat irons, William would have made his wife a pair or ideally a set of three flat irons. Two irons would be heating on the stove while the third was in use.

[click photo to view at NYPL and click photo there for larger view]
The triangle shape of the flat iron block is reminiscent of early ironing implements.

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Adeline’s Flat Iron 72 x 72 inches (Note: There is not a seam in the middle of the finished yellow triangle blocks. It only shows as a result of creating the block in EQ7)
9020-442 Toscana Delphinium				9020-520 Toscana Sunflower				9020-10 Toscana White Picket Fence

Purchase and download:
Inklingo 60° Triangle 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 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.
Fabric	Yardage	Shape			# of Shapes	Cut & Print			Page # in shape collection
Fabric 1 Blue		2″ triangles			756
		Binding strips			8 strips	//			//
Fabric 2 Yellow		2″ triangles			742
		2″ half triangle sets			14 left & right sets
Fabric 3 White		2″ triangles			490
		4″ triangles			245
		2″ half triangle sets			14 left & right sets
		4″ half triangle sets			7 left & right sets
Want to check my math? The Adeline Flat Iron Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. You can also use the information above to make this quilt using 60° Triangle Rulers. Check the Store tab in my blog header under Rulers for 60° Triangle Rulers. Just be aware that some rulers measure the triangles from top to bottom instead of along the side so the finished size of your blocks and quilt might be different.

Additional Colorways
Adeline’s Flat Iron Recolor 1
3951-23 Stonehenge			3954-197 Stonehenge				3934-195 Stonehenge

Adeline’s Flat Iron Recolor 2 This one is my favorite!
9020-85 Toscana Wild Orchid			9020-830 Toscana Lilac				9020-10 Toscana White Picket Fence