February's Block 2015

This month's block is a pretty teapot. It is one of my favorite things, but actually it represents a great friendship I have with my dear friend Lynn. I've known Lynn since high school. We had a lot in common, we were both teenagers that had dad's that were transferred from out east to the midwest. A very different life the we were used to. Soda was now called pop, a hero - a sub. I didn't understand the whole creamed tuna on potato chip school lunch. I thought it looked soooo disgusting. She helped introduce me to a great group of friends, one of them being my husband. We've been great friends forever... we've giggled, cried and have shared many things. She's been there to help celebrate the good times and has offered a shoulder during the really crappy times. She's like a sister to me. We've been pregnant together which was fun, our youngest sons are 3 weeks apart... and now they are grown. We are both empty nesters... well almost... When our kids were little, we would get together, giggle and gossip  visit over cups of tea. When the kids were young, they would play and Lynn and I would sit at the kitchen table drink tea and visit. Sometimes we would work on crafts while the kids played away. These days we stop at Starbucks or Caribou for our tea and then make our way to our favorite shops and look for treasures to share with our families. I now pull my special teapot out for our quilting/sewing days. It's such a blessing to have such a great friendship.

I've traced all of my pieces onto the paper side of the heat n bond.

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I like to machine applique my pieces using a tiny
buttonhole stitch. Here is the setting I use on my machine.
You can also do the stitching by hand using 2 strands of 
DMC floss. This is a good project for in front of the TV.

Here, you can see how small my stitches are. I think
the smaller stitch looks nicely with the scale of the design.
Practice with you machine and experiment with your stitch
size until you find the stitch size that you like.

Trace all of the pieces onto the paper side of the heat n bond.

The pieces are ready to go to the ironing board and be

ironed onto the wrong side of the fabric.

Cut the pieces out....

Remember the design will be a mirror image from the
design that you traced... all ready to go back to the ironing
board and fuse all of the pieces in place.

To get nice sharp corners I stop with the needle down,

lift up the foot and pivot the square.

February's Block... love the buttons!

Finished quilt measurement 57” x 82”

This month's pattern is available for FREE HERE! and also HERE

A printable supply list can be found HERE!

Cutting instructions and quilt construction for the quilt can be found HERE!

Fabric kits are still  available HERE!
This quilt can be done scrappy if you want to bust your fabric stash. Remember each month I will offer a NEW block and it will be FREE for that month, as soon as the next block comes out, past blocks will be available for a small fee.... past blocks can be found in my Etsy and Craftsy shops. They are PDF instant downloads.

These pretty colors are in the fabric kits...

There's a flicker group!  Please join...Every month post photos of your Quilt Doodle BOM finishes in the BOM flicker group for a chance to win that month's prize! Woot woot!

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The next block pattern will be posted on March 1st!  The winner for the February block will be announced on March 1st also. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's teapots! Now onto our winner...

Congratulations!
Rhoda Janes

Rhoda, please email me...

Happy quilting,

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