Wednesday, March 11, 2026

St. Paddy’s Day Hats with some Cutting Instructions

I finished a few gifts with my leprechan hat pattern I created.  This could also be a pilgrim hat for Thanksgiving and could probably alter it into a witch hat too for Halloween.

Large pillow 16” square pillow and cover

 The smaller pillow is 10 x 17”

This is the lumbar pillow that I first made a cover for with three cats on it and last Christmas made one with Christmas trees.

Made with the tiny hat size

Table topper

Made with the 8" hat size


Four Sizes
Large 14" x 14 1/2; Medium 10 3/4"; Small 7 1/2 x 8"; Tiny 5 5/8 x 6".  I like the square dimension better. 

On the tiny one, I just used a 1 5/8" gold square, but below I put instrustions to make it like the others since that is cuter.

Here you can see how to sew the pieces together.  I sewed the belt part first, then belt part to the top.  Then that section to the background sides and then sew on the brim to the bottom.

 Be aware on the cutting instructions that they haven't been tested so do your own pattern test.  (Let me know if you find errors, if possible)
Keep in mind that depending on the project, you may want to also add top and bottom borders.  In case you want to make your blocks square here are cutting instructions for that, except not tested yet.


On this one I changed the measurements so the hat block would come out square.
The 6" size may definately have an error?
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Friday, January 30, 2026

Winter Stars





I used winter-y fabrics to make this pattern from She Can Sew.   It's called Super Star and this is the link

  
Quilted with snowflakes


 

Christmas Sewing


These scrappy runners turned out cute to give the neighbors for Christmas






I made some last minute small runners to give as Christmas gifts to neighbors, for Christmas Eve last year.


This is a Pillow Cover to fit the pillow I made with an Acorn Pillow Cover, that I gave to Karen a few years ago.
Acorn Pillow Cover



I made some labels to print out on fabric to place on the gifts.


Christmas Tree Pillow Cover.  Fits the pillow I made for the Fall Cats Sitting on Pillows Pillow Cover

Fall Cats Pillow


I made this long ago and may duplicate  to some extent with scraps below.

Scraps I've had around forever.  May finally become a topper similar to one I made long ago, some day.


This was from the fun mystery quilt along from the Fat Quarter Shop last year

Oops, sewn wrong, but picked out and corrected later!

 

Fall Runner and projects












 












Fall Fun Quilts and Things in Progress

I have all these drafts of posts for things I was working on last year.  I'm going to just go ahead and publish them as they are.  I'll do better posts when I complete the projects.  Hopefully.




Cutting Instructions for the Setting Triangles:  5 1/8 X 8 1/4”; 5 1/8 x 3 5/8”; 5 1/8 X 9 7/8”; 3 5/8 X 8 1/4”; 3 5/8 X 9 7/8”; 3 5/8” square

Some cutting instructions for the main blocks.



Cutting instructions for the Corner Square Triangles (they go on the corners)

For the corners:  Quarter Square Triangles 3 3/4” squares; 3 3/4 x 10 1/4”; 5 3/8 X 10 1/4”; 5 3/8” X 3 3/4”; 3 3/4 X 8 1/2”; 5 3/4 X 8 1/2”

Making the Corner Square Triangles: Cut as shown


After you make the Corner Square Triangles, you will place them on the corners.

 









Laying out the blocks, including the Setting Triangles as well as the Corner Square Triangles

Cut from top left corner to bottom right corner to make the Setting Triangles that will be on the side.


Showing how to cut a Setting Triangle for the sides of the quilt.  You can also see the Corner Square Triangle which is on the top left corner.

In this picture you can see the other half of the Setting Triangle that I just cut and placed on the right side of the quilt

St. Paddy’s Day Hats with some Cutting Instructions

I finished a few gifts with my leprechan hat pattern I created.  This could also be a pilgrim hat for Thanksgiving and could probably alter ...