Welcome to Mountaintop Quilting Studio

This is where you find me exploring a variety of creative adventures mostly about but not limited to quilting. I'm a firm believer that one increases their creativity by being open to and playing with a variety of cretative endeavors ... at least that my excuse for today. Enjoy your sourjourn through my studio playroom. May you find encouragement and inspiration, and on occassion, a little pin-prick that may be thought-provoking or spark your imagination. Thank you for stopping by.

Time for the next installment in this pattern. Are you ready? How is the cutting going? Be sure to drop me an email if you have any questions.

After you cut your strips you will need your Omnigrid 96 ruler for cutting the triangles from the 4.5" strips. Many of you may have this ruler and can't remember how or haven't used it in a while. Let's pull it out, dust it off and take a mini refresher course. I like to use this ruler because it allows me to make the most efficient use of my fabric and my time by allowing me to cut the patches I need to make half square triangles from common sized strips I can usually find in my stash. Every scrappy quilter should have one of these rulers or one that does the same thing in their collection of rulers.

The most important thing to remember about the Omni 96 is that the markings indicate the finished size of the half square triangle. Our block corner units finish at 4" so you'll need to line up the 4" line with the edge of the strip. You'll notice that a little bit of the triangle extends beyond the strip. Not to worry, that would have been a "dog-ear" you would have trimmed away later to eliminate bulk as you assemble the block.

Maybe when you take a look at this picture my ramblings will make more sense.

And now, let's get to the instruction sheet for this step. You'll start with the cutting and then begin piecing the block corner units. You will need four units for each block. Hope you're having fun and staying relaxed during this holiday season.

Remember to let me know if you have any questions and leave some love in the comment box. Still looking for a good name for this quilt. Click on the image for a printable copy of the instructions.

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Comments

• Ten years of Mistletoe Magic? Does someone have a list of what we're supposed to have done up to now?
  by Ruth Hofmann on 06 December 2011 at 11:12 p.m.
• Bearded Magic. This is from way out in left field but came to me when I saw the parts of the white circles with the little triangle "mouths."
  by Ruth Hofmann on 06 December 2011 at 11:09 p.m.

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