Jan Patek Quilts: April 2022

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Happy Blockheads 4 Wednesday-#6

Spinning into Spring

by Linzee McCray

Speaking of Spring, the farm is bursting with life.

The baby bok choy and lettuce on the deck

are coming along nicely.

And the tulips in the garden are showing off.

Out front two does come down

each morning to munch at the bird feeder.

The baby banty chickens have hatched

and gotten big enough to come

outside with their parents

In the garden proper my fancy

Lillies are joining the iris.

Grandson Cullen still has to

wear his boot for this broken leg

most of the time but still was able to

help rake the garden paths - taking

off his awesome letter jacket, of course.

I've been working on some blocks

from this year's Mystery Quilt - Garden Party.

One of the blocks has a tree with blossoms

so I thought I'd do a little tutorial on sewing

rows of circles "or blossoms"

First cut the circles out of paper and iron

them to the back of your fabric.

Then cut the fabric out around 1/4" to 3/8"

all the way around the paper.

Now do a running stitch around the

edge of the fabric and pull it tight.

Then dot the edges of the fabric with fabric glue.

Glue the blossoms to the background.

Start stitching at the bottom edge of the lower

blossom in a row and stitch around one side, go under the

background to the next blossom and stitch up the side of

that blossom. When you get to the top blossom in that

row, stitch around the blossom and go under the background

to the next blossom down. This way you can stitch the

entire row of blossoms without stopping and tying off.

It makes sewing berries or blossoms much easier.

If you belong to the Wallhanging Club, your

kit should be shipping this week.

If you want to join this club (you get your

kits -4 a year for 15%off and before they go

into the store) email Tammy at

janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com for more information.

And in the spirit of Spring, Jeff hung

"Birds & Bunnies Herbs and Honeys"

on the wall in the foyer.

We put the BOM pattern on sale this

week for 20% off.

You can go to the store to get your copy

by clicking here

Now lets take a minute and go see what the

others are doing with Linzee's block

LYNNE HAGMEIER - http://kansastroublesquilters-lynne.blogspot.com

JENELLE KENT - https://www.piecestotreasure.com/blog

LAURIE SIMPSON - http://minickandsimpson.blogspot.com

ANNE SUTTON- https://bunnyhillblog.com

BARBARA GROVES - MODA - https://my.modafabrics.com/tags/blockheads-4

LINZEE – https://linzeekullmccray.com/blog

LISA B - https://lisabongean.com

KATE SPAIN - https://kdspain.com/thedrawingboard

BRIGITTE HEITLAND - https://www.brigitteheitland.de/blog

CHELSI STRATTON - https://chelsistratton.wordpress.com

JACKIE MACDONALD - https://sweetfireroad.com/blog/

DEBBIE MADDY - https://www.debbiemaddy.com/blogs/musings-of-a-fiber-fanatic

YOU - http://janpatek.blogspot.com

CRYSTAL MANNING - https://crystalmanningart.com/blogs/blog

TAMMY V - MODA - https://my.modafabrics.com/tags/blockheads-4

CAMILLE ROSKELLEY - https://camilleroskelley.typepad.com

BETSY CHUTCHIAN - http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com

ROBIN PICKENS - https://www.robinpickens.com

STACY IEST HSU - https://www.stacyiesthsu.com/blog/jann

JANET CLARE - http://janetclare.co.uk/blog/

SHERRI MCCONNELL - https://www.aquiltinglife.com

BRENDA RIDDLE - https://brendariddledesigns.com/blogs/newss

VANESSA CHRISTENSON - https://vanessachristenson.com/blog/

VANESSA GOERTZEN - https://blog.lellaboutique.com

COREY YODER - https://corianderquilts.com

MICHELLE WHITE - MODA - https://my.modafabrics.com/tags/blockheads-4

JOANNA FIGUEROA - https://blog.figtreeandcompany.com

Have a good week ladies and Keep quilting.

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Happy Blockheads 4, Block #5

Greek Cross

by Barbara Groves of

Me and My Sister.

You can go tp her

blog to

download the pattern

by clicking here

My little garden on the deck is starting to grow.

If you look closely you can see the rows of baby bok choy

that are starting to sprout. Jake loves stir fry and

Pep uses a lot of bok choy in it so he decided to

grow some this year. I think there are a few

rows of lettuce in here too but they're not sprouting yet.

Outside the work of cleaning the garden has started.

all the dead plants need to be taken out of the beds

and the paths raked.

The weather is great for this - sunny and a

little chilly so I don't get too hot while raking.

Jeff always helps with the raking when my arthritis

starts being a problem. No one ever said

getting older was easy. Thanks Jeff.

Inside the little chicken house two of my banty hens

are nesting. The red glow in the picture is from the

warming light. The nights are still a little too chilly and

they need the warming lights.

Outside the house Sheran and her rooster keep watch.

The yard around the little house is covered with wire due

to hawks but you can't be too careful when grandchildren

might be hatching.

The big garden is tilled and waiting until it

gets a little warmer. - I can't wait:)

Our vintage book this week is Homespun Hearth.

One of my favorite quilts in the book is

Friend's House

I can't decide whether I like it better with

the chimney or the star on the side of the house.

Anyway, our special this week is the

kit for the Clover Meadow wallhanging.

You can go to the store to get either the book

or the kit .... or both

by clicking here

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Happy Blockheads 4 Wednesday #4

Spinner

by Anne Sutton of

Bunny Hill.

You can go to her blog to

download the pattern

by clicking here

It was definitely spring in Missouri yesterday.

Flowers were popping up everywhere -

and it was warm enough that Elizabeth and

Dobby were really glad that the water barrel was full.

Our vintage book this month is

Homespun Hearth

And our kit on special this week is

the To Market Tablestand kit.

You can go to the store to

purchase the kit or the book

by clicking here.

Now lets take a minute and go see what the

others are doing with Anne's block

Have a good week ladies and Keep quilting.

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Happy Blockheads 4 Wednesday #3

This is Kouign Amann

by Laurie Simpson.

You can go to her blog to

download the pattern by clicking here.

And I'm pretty sure she'll explain the name

of the block too.

Back at the farm we couldn't handle the

nice weather without planting something

so we started out deck garden. Jeff will till up

the big garden between the house and the barn

soon but we just can't wait.

We take a package of potting soil and cut out the top,

of the package. Then we poke holes in the package with

a stick or skewer so the water can drain and set the whole thing

on some plastic milk crates. After we mark the rows across

we plant the seeds,

This little garden has lettuce, mini bok choy

and radishes.

Lavender and thyme get their own pots on the front porch.

Back inside it's time to work on another block of

this years Mystery Quilt "Garden Party".

We're only on the 3rd block so if you want to join in

give Tammy a call at 816-632-7632 or email

janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com.

Now lets take a minute and go see what the

others are doing with Laurie's block

Have a good week ladies and Keep quilting.