breakfast at the lake

delicious cool morning air....
we like to go on this country road...

an hour later we are at the lake....
Denver omelet, home fries and sourdough toast...

Lake Cuyamaca from the north...

downtown Julian was busy....

Pine Hills still feels like home...
even though we moved away 10 years ago...
we always enjoy our ride to the mountains and lake...
Smiles and hugs....Caryl

another quilt along with Rachel

in my last post I mentioned I joined a quilt along...
it is the synchronized squares quilt along with psiquilt....
2 layer cakes is what you need....
I am using Kate Spain's 12 days of Christmas...

getting started with the preparing stage.....
it is still time to join in the fun...
there is a flickr group too...

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

charm squares 4 fun

Last month Moda Bake Shop had a tutorial for using charm squares here
and I like to try new ways to use charm squares....
so I made 30 4-patch blocks...

here is how I did it....
put right sides together of two charm squares...
sew on the right side and on the left side...
with the seams on the right and left cut down the middle...

press seams open and put right sides together....
be sure to mix up the patterns for a variety of blocks...
with the seams going left/right sew on right side and on the left side...

cut down the middle with the seams on left and right...
press seams open and you have a 4-patch....

I sewed 9 4-patch blocks together...
this made a 12 1/2" block...

I used some red from a jelly roll for the borders...
I used 12 days of Christmas by Kate Spain for this top...

I discovered with this process that I don't like to press seams open...
and I much prefer my method I used for my fall essence tabletopper...
but it is fun to try new methods...

AND...I am glad I also have a layer cake in this same fabric line...
there is a quilt along that I have joined....
Smiles and hugs....Caryl