A little patriotic

It's no secret I like work with red, white and blue fabrics especially at this time of year.  I pieced three of these carpenter wheel toppers over the winter, they are all identical. This is the first one to the finish line. The Accuquilt carpenter wheel die was used to make this.

Quilted with my favorite freehand design called hook swirl.

The backing is from a bolt I bought at Marshall Dry Goods.  I really need to use up some scraps(maybe next time) and piece my backings but this was quick to finish with yardage.

The 10 degree wedge round topper is a favorite to piece and looks great in lots of fabrics. I have a tutorial for this under my tutorial link at the top of this page.

Also quilted with the hook swirl design.

The backing.

We took an ATV trail to this mining town,no longer in service, and took a tour.  Years ago there were 5000 people living here.  Henry Wickenburg discovered gold here in 1863. If you are curious you can read more HEREAt Vulture City mining town we saw several sewing machines(I am sure they had to patch those miners clothes). 

A look of the room it was in. You can see the same sewing machine in the left side.

Another machine. 

A fun surprise to see quilts on the beds.

This one looks pretty white yet!

Linking with Wednesday Wait Loss, NTT 

Happy 4th of July!

 For all my U.S. blogging friends Happy 4th of July!  

Here is how I decorated my entry way seasonal corner this year. 

The wall quilt is made using Accuquilt's Carpenter Wheel die, 1.5" strip cutter and 2.25" strip cutter(binding).  And their star die for the applique. This was the first one I did for a tutorial on their blog. Since then I have made a few more...

As you can see I replaced the blue stripe with a red gingham. The background was changed also.

On the following one the background was changed yet again.

Are you off to see fireworks on Tuesday night?  We have the two grandsons for the day and for a sleepover, we'll take them to the fireworks. It will be fun but I know I will be tired on Wednesday!

Accuquilt has this sale going on through July 5th- STARS, STRIPS AND MORE SALE! -- Buy One, Get One 60% off Select Items (use code: SELECT60)

And on July 6th only-25% off GO! Dies and Storage (use code: TEXT25)

Coming up on July 7th only- 50% off Studio Dies and Die Bundles (use code: STUDIO50)

Linking with Sew and Tell, Monday Musings, Design Wall Monday.

Patriotic Carpenter Wheel-Accuquilt tutorial

Finally I can show you what I have been secretly working on!  My tutorial for the Patriotic Carpenter Wheel is live on the Accuquilt blog. You can view the tutorial HERE.

There are several great things about this project, it's only one block, it's fun to make and it can be a table topper or a wall hanging at 24" square.  

Accuquilt provided the carpenter wheel die, the star die and the 2 1/2" die for this project since I am one of their Go! Getters.  I had purchased the 1 1/2" die previously. 

Here is an in progress shot of making the block.

Hop on over to the Accuquilt blog and check it out!