Mary Engelbreit Quilt

Another Retirement Quilt for someone who loves Mary!

You may be able to guess, it was a Costume Retirement Party

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Made with Mary Engelbreit fabrics.  Six inch squares with 2 inch sashing and cornerstones (unfinished measurements).  The plan was to quilt this on my Sunshine 16 but I could do nothing to get the tension right!  

I only had that night and the next day to complete it and every time I sewed 4 or 5 inches of free motion stitching, I had to pick it out.  You can imagine my frustration.  I fiddled with the tension endlessly!  As a last resort, I took apart the tension control and with irritation was pulling on the little wire thing and it sprang.  What did I do!   I had no hope of completing it on time for the party.  I would have to take the quilt to Idaho, where I have another quilting machine, and it would just have to be late.

 The situation was hopeless and I went to bed.  That night as I said my prayers, I included prayers for my machine and the tension control.  The next morning I got up and prayed some more and started puttering with the machine again, without much hope.  Lo and behold, it began to sew wonderfully and miraculously, the thread didn't break!

The stitching was so fine on front AND back!  I gave great thanks!

Darling Princess coworkers, Snow White, Cinderella, Moana, Pocahontus, Belle, and Jasmine.

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Pretty in Pink baby Quilt and Star Instructions

My granddaughter's hour glass block quilt with pink borders and stars in the corners.

Quilted with Stars and swirls

Twenty-five hour glass blocks set on point

4 1/2" (finished) Audrey Star Instructions

Cut:

(2) 2 7/8" white (for the star legs) (cut twice diagonally as shown)
(1) 2 7/8" pink for the background (cut twice diagonally as shown)
(note you could cut a 2" square diagonally once)
(4) 2" pink corner squares
(1) 2 1/2" white middle square

1.  Sew triangles to two sides of square as shown to create star leg units.  Make 4.

2.  Sew two star leg units to the 2 1/2" center square as shown.
3.  Sew pink triangles to to each side of two star leg units.
4.  sew the 3 units together and square up to 5 inches (will be 4 1/2" after sewn into project).