Sunday, January 31, 2010

Snow with Sprinkles

My young pine trees garnished with snow.

Two inches fell in about two hours. A very fast snowfall.

And tiny sprinkles with borders. Here's the recipe:
1. Use 1-1/4" strips to make the 9-patches. Trim squares evenly.
2. Cut 1" strips of teal fabric to frame each block. Trim evenly.
3. Use measurement of 9 patch blocks to cut 4 alternate block B of pink (about 3-3/4").
4. Cut two 6-inch squares from pink. Cut diagonally first vertically, then horizontally for a total of 8 set in triangles.
5. Cut two 3-1/2" squares. Cut them in half on the diagonal for corner triangles.
6. Cut inner pink border from 1-3/4" strips.
7. Cut outer teal border from 2-1/2" strips.

Of course, these are the basics. Measurements will vary depending upon your lighting, your sewing machine, your ruler, and how you trim your fabric. Everyone sews in a different environment. However, the side set-in triangles and corner triangles have allowance built in so those measurements should work fine for you. If not, just e-mail me.
Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

4 comments:

YankeeQuilter said...

Very pretty...perfect finish for a snowy day!

*karendianne. said...

Your frozen-half-to-death snow photos are so, so pretty! Thanks for sharing and I enjoy coming inside by the hearth to warm up near "tiny sprinkles" with borders. Sure looks sweet right here by the warmth... :)

Jenni said...

The snow looks amazing - you're probably over it! Cute little quilt.

Susan said...

I love (LOVE) how this little quilt turned out! You're such a bad influence! How am I ever going to get my UFO's done, if you keep tempting me with projects like this???