Four more sleeps

Good Morning to all

Let me begin by thanking Madame Samm for this amazing opportunity, the time she puts into each event is a blessing to all of us that want more information

I have loved all the post to date and wish I had time to make them all, but with just four days left they must be EASY

so hopefully you find this one to be that way, and if you made yesterdays you are well on your way
Here at the shop we call it the turned baby blanket, or self binding, but have added a new twist for the hollidays
your first will take about 1 hour
your second under

A quick and easy table topper

This is what you will need

TWO  yes 2 fabrics

one needs to be 10 inches bigger than the other

the smaller piece will be the focal point

and the larger will be the border
If you are using 60 inch wide fabric you will be able to make a much larger table topper, but for today we are using our
standard 45 inch wide cottons

this is awsome when made from two pieces of flannel
for a baby recieving blanket
but today we are going to make a christmas table cloth

or maybe one for after christmas as time is short 

you will start by squareing up your two pieces

to do this you will fold your fabric in half and measure from each
fold out the same distance, cut as needed to keep square

for the focal point fabric you will measure mark and cut

16 inches from the fold both ways

this will give you a 32 inch square

for the border you will do the same making your

measurment from each fold 21 inches

this will give you a 42 inch square

*note you may be able to make it slightly bigger if the fabric allows
but for today we will stick with these measurments*

now find the middle of both pieces of fabric on all four sides

PIN the two pieces together right sides together

PIN ALONG ALL FOUR SIDES

your bottom or bigger piece will have access on the

corners we call this the elephant ear don't worry it is suppose to
look like this

sew all four sides

ending a 1/4 inch from each end of the short piece

 AND LEAVING A TURN HOLE ON ONE SIDE

Once this is done remove your pins

we are going to 45 your corners

this is a little tricky so stay tuned

DO NOT TURN YOUR FABRIC YET

take each corner and fold with the shorter piece on the inside

matching your seam to the end
yours will actually be sewen not just pinned

lay your ruler on the corner placing the 45 degree line running along your unfinished edges NOT THE FOLD
you will do this on each corner
drawing a line
then sewing each corner

IMPORTANT!
DO NOT CUT YET
TURN THROUGH YOUR TURN HOLE AND MAKE SURE YOU MARKED IT AND SEWED IT CORRECTLY
I am not yelling just making a point

You want your corners to come to a 45
once you are happy with your corners you can cut them leaving a 1/4" fabric from stiching

Turn, lay out nice and flat iron creases on your border and a nice 45 on all four corners

stitch closed your turn hole
either by hand or by machine
if you know how to use your fancy stitches
this may be the time


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become a follower and two thats right 2 lucky people will recieve a kit in the mail
sadly after christmas.....

Happy Holidays to all
this give away will close December 23rd at midnight
Thanks for stopping by I appriciate each one of you, and enjoy reading your comments.

wind and destruction

Its December and you would think it is going to get cold and snowy

It has a bit

But the worst has been the wind

last Sunday November 27th it was

my Daughters

16th Birthday

this is my baby

the day was planned

time with family a dinner

and a nice evening together

at noon the wind came up

nothing new here in Southern Alberta

we were going into the city to buy a book for the

Birthday girl, Mr Sugar was securing the baby seat in the car

no I do not have a baby, I have grandkids

he came in and said there is smoke to the west

5 min later his fire pager went off and they called the town over to respond, 5 min later they called Raymond to respond

so off goes Mr. Sugar

( 19 year vetran of our volunteer fire dept.)

this was no ordinary fire with it came winds gusting to 150km hour or 100 miles an hour

in other parts of the world this is concidered

a hurrican or tornado force winds, here in alberta its normal

we don't like it and why we live here I am not sure but we do.

this fire burned 30 km had 9 fire dept. all Volunteer

and many Hutterite colonies that hauled water to the trucks and worked hard to make fire breaks

these pictures are taken from Raymond which is 20km from the fire the second picture is from Stirling and is 30 km from the fire, the flames shot so high and burned so bright that you thought it was much closer

these fire fighters fought hard and lost no one structure

We were not the only fire in SA about 2 hrs later a fire broke out on the westside of Lethbridge these men and women fought just as hard but because it is more populated the outcome was much different

the next morning we could see the damage in our own yard

this is whats left of the play house Mr. Sugar and Sugar Son in Law built for mothers day this year

Yes I want to cry

Mr Sugar says he can put humpty back together again

So now we look forward to Christmas

my Texas children fly home on the 14th

can't wait to see that little guy

its been 3 months and skyp just does'nt cut it

Tonight is Christmas on Main street here in

good old Raymond

I will take pictures and share with you later