Merry Christmas to everyone!

Here is how I decided to use my candy cane dresden kaleidoscopes.
             I am making them into tree ornaments.
                   
  

You can find the directions for making a dresden kaleidoscope in my previous posts.  You will need a smaller template however. I will be happy to send you one if you send me an email @  patchesbyr@yahoo.com

after you make the dresden k then add a hanger (ribbon) and just back it like a quilt and then sew around the raw edge with the stitch of your choice. I like the herringbone stitch or a buttonhole stitch. the tighter your stitch the better it covers the edge. I didn't use any batting. tho you could if you like the look.

Then I spray it with sizing really well on both sides and iron it flat. let it dry and it will hang well.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Wishing you all A Happy Thanksgiving!! I am thankful for all of my followers on my blog and website and other sites. Thanks to all of you for letting me share my stuff with you!!


                                My mom and I made these 2 yrs ago
                                        Bowling Pin Turkeys!!
                                      made with real bowling pins
                       

                   

Candy Cane Dresden Kaleidoscopes

I always think I am going to do better and post every day or at least every other day. Yeah right!  I am doing good to get in here every couple of months or so. LOL

I am a procrastinator of the worst kind! But I do love sharing my quilting with you all. so here I am again now that I have something to write about.

I absolutely love making Dresden Kaleidoscopes. And I love miniatures. so here are some Candy Cane mini dresden k's I've been working on. I was thinking I will post 6 of them at a time on Ebay and leave them as appliques to be used by the quilter. These are 4" in size.

Here is the fabric these came from --  I use a plastic blade and fussy cut the blades                           

                     

Last year I made some Christmas ornaments out of mini Dresden Ks so I am thinking I may turn some of these into ornaments this year and offer them for sale. These are 4" in size. One picture is just more up close than the other they are both the same size.

          

                                                   
                                 
        Here are some of the other dresden kaleidoscopes ornaments I made
         last year. They are all 4" in size
                         

       

   I am going to work on more and will post more pics when I get them done!

    Wishing you all Sunshine and Laughter!!!

      and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

What a Whirl BOM

Here is my newest BOM. I posted this on the Life's a Quilt group on Facebook.
You will see mention of the Life's A Quilt group in the PDF but ignore that. You can find the shortcut block directions here on my blog or on my website.

                                 It is now available on my website as well.

                                         
                                          What a Whirl Quilt Block

                  And this is the quilt you'd get if you sew 4 of these blocks together

                                      

I always add some variations of the quilt block and related quilts

and the third color block 

                    So you can find the other two quilts in the PDF I posted on my                                website  -   http://www.piecencutpatchwork.com/

           If you have any questions or need any help just let me know.
                      email me @     patchesbyr@yahoo.com