Small blue plaid flannel quilt top with a chevron pattern

I worked on this flannel quilt top yesterday and managed to get it finished by the end of the day.  

I chose to do a new to me technique.  It creates two squares which is made up of two triangles in a very easy manner.  You cut two squares the same size.  Mine are 10" square.  You lay them good sides facing each other, pin securely, draw a line diagonally from one corner to the other and then stitch on both sides of the line.  Next, you cut on the line and you end up with two squares that contain two triangles like in the photo below.  I stitched up all my squares and pressed them open.  Next, comes the fun part - laying them out and seeing what you can make in regards to a design.

I really wanted a chevron for this quilt but you can also do Flying Geese, pinwheels or diamonds, etc.  I expect there are many more that I am not aware of.  It is a fast and easy way to add some pizzazz to a quilt and not have to cut any triangles and then try sewing them together!!! Squares are easy to cut!!!!!!                   Therese

Two all occasion cards featuring die cut butterflies from masterboard, layered punchies and handmade paper

I continue to make cards from the masterboard I created a while back.  I cut a yellow cardstock layer the same size as the piece of masterboard (3 5/8" x 4.25") I had trimmed from my letter sized masterboard. I had to use a small cutting plate (broken piece) to avoid cutting more than the butterfly from my large Sizzix die (butterfly and dragonfly).  I was reasonably successful with two passes.  I embossed the yellow pieces - a butterfly and a layer with a butterfly opening with two different embossing folders.  I die cut some bodies from black paper, trimmed them and adhered them to the butterflies.  I swapped the butterflies and then attached them into the openings using two pieces of regular tape on the back - one on the head and the other on the tail.  This allows the wings to be pulled up to give dimension to the card.

For my first card, I added a gold metallic layer to my kraft colour card front.  I used a corner rounding punch on the corners of my butterfly focal element and adhered it to my card front.  I auditioned some small flower punchies and eventually added two layered flowers and three small punchies.  The layered flowers were created using two different punchies attached with brads.  They were all glued to my card front using white glue in a fine tip applicator.  

For my second card, I created an ivory card and added a layer of commercial handmade paper in black.  I added my large butterfly focal element and then added five little star punchies on the right hand side in coordinating yellow cardstock.  I adhered them with white glue from a fine tip applicator.  

Therese