I just finished the quilt from hell! I started this quilt 7 months ago. It was a panel and I added a border. Decided to quilt it myself, as the long arm wouldn’t have it ready for his birthday in four weeks. I got sick, husband got sick. Didn’t get it done by the birthday. Decided to give it for Christmas. But decided to make Advent calendars for the three grandchildren. Didn’t get quilt,done for Christmas. Used bamboo batting for quilt. Fuzzies everywhere. Discovered I’m allergic to the fuzzies. Watering eyes, runny nose, sneezing. Pushed on with quilting, and sewing machine broke. Got it fixed. Took about 10 days. Quilted it some more, and iron broke. Couldn’t iron binding for a few weeks u til I could get a new iron. Realized when I started binding, that the backing had shifted during the quilting so had to figure out a fix. Took about 3 weeks to figure a fix. Made the fix. In between all this, I put my back out, got sick again, and lost momentum. Finished binding a few days ago. Can’t wait to give it to grandson. Planned on seeing them today, but car broke down last night. I swear, this quilt just doesn’t want to leave home!
I also shop with three yards of three different fabrics as my usual focus unless I am actually planning a specific pattern. I always know that finding those three yards will make me a quilt although I like a double binding so I usually get a little more fabric of one of the fabrics or plan on using the backing fabric for my binding too. I think I have almost every one of their books and I always watch their videos. Thanks for sharing the fun you had making this adorable quilt, and the stripe turned out good. Happy quilting…………
Hello April Finally am where I have wifi and can watch you again. I just bought a new 3 yard quilt book and when I am in a fabric store I think in yards of fabric too but I’m like you I always do something different to the pattern so I always get a yard and a half of each one so I’ll have enough to do the experimenting I want to do and make a wider border than she says, but I love her books. A friend of mine wants me to make her daughter-in-law sunflower quilt so while I’m here at my mamas, we went to Joann fabrics, and she got the material for me to make her daughter-in-law a quilt and I’m gonna make one that takes 2 yards of fabric make a bigger size so anyway I just hope you got your card your birthday card and hope you have a happy birthday. Enjoy watching you. I have two baby girl quilts I need to make too. My sister is finally going to have a granddaughter so she will be caught up with me four boys and a girl. You take it you take care and happy birthday
Emily! Thank you so much for writing me! I’m so glad you got the 3yard book -- I love them so much! Thank you so much for watching my channel And thanks for the bday wishes! I appreciate your thinking of me!
Love your quilt. Sorry been away for sometime. Our daughter has Pancteatic Cancer. Feb 27th went in for the Whipple Surgery. Didn't get it surgeon found pin head size spot on liver hidden. But tumor is on head of pancreas. I'm mom , the support, driver n hold it together. Love your videos. You keep it real. I've got to dig out fabric and sew with you. Need a distraction. Thanks , just keep being you and can't wait for the next one
Wow! You are really going through it! Your daughter is lucky to have you and your support and love! I will be praying for healing of your daughter and praying for you as well! I’m so sorry you both have to go through this! 🙏🏻
I love the 3-yard quilts too. Plus, when I am just meandering through fabric without a project in mind and I find the BEST fabric that I just cannot live without I look for 2 other coordinating fabrics and BOOM. I got a great project waiting. :)
I love your channel! You keep in the "oopsies" and make them work, just like what REALLY happens at home when I try something new (or not so new). Thanks for helping me feel better about being a newbie quilter who is not-quite-perfect.
😂😂 you always make me laugh Miss April. I don’t have that book so I had zero clue what it was supposed to look like. However I love the way yours turned out soooo let it ride and on the next. Wahoo. It came out adorable. Have a marvelous weekend. Love your fabric choices. 🤗🤗
Hello April I just wanted to say how happy I am to be able to watch you create on the show.. and you have inspired me to move on from rag quilts to 9 disappearing 9 patch.. but now I am using 11" square and it turned out fantastic..thanks for being a great coach... hope you keep doing the great job.. thanks agaiin ..Sharon N>
I do love the quill it looks great Even upside down I'm telling you now April you and I could be sisters very easily honest up I think I got you beat on making mistakes but that's all the fun and making a quilt have a great day eat some chocolate p.s where was Oliver today?
Can't find the mistake. Maybe that is why I like the colour combination. Love your videos so don't change a thing. Makes my day when I watch them first thing in the morning with a cup of coffee. Enjoy the rest of your day.
I like your style. Thanks for being you. I did want to point out that the orange material seemed to capture my attention more than your dark blue print. Hope you have a great day quilting.
I just stay away from a stripes…they make me nuts! You are lucky not to have that OCD condition. I glad to watch all the fun. I do buy those 3 yard books…it is easy to mix the A and the B word while making a video!
Have just found you as I needed help with my first FC pattern. Not as simple as I thought! I find the instructions are a little too simple and a bit confusing. This is despite watching their videos for over two years! So I'm not surprised that you got some things wrong from time to time! Very helpful though to watch and love your style 😀😀😁😁💜💜
I invested in the June Taylor Shape Cut ruler several months ago and it has become one of my favorite tools. Three yard quilts are awesome as most of my quilts are for charity I can get them out fairly quick. Thank you for your sharing your creativity ❤
April, I enjoy you 3 yard creations! I just rec'd my 1st 3 yard quilt pamphlet from Fabric Cafe (the same version you used here) I'm making the "Levity" pattern for my great Granddaughter. I'm intrigued by the battery operated seam ripper. I'd LOVE to see some close up video of it in action!!! What do you think? Are you up for that??? Thanks for all of your fun (and funny) videos!!!
I usually make the 3 yard quilt into a twin size. Just watched a video from Sister Chicks making the 3 yard quilt bigger in different ways. Love watching her, too. You are both very creative😊 I love the ideas you ladies give us😊
I just made two pinwheel quilts with that dark blue fabric. One with orange and one with light blue. I love to watch you and glad you’re a rule breaker. I am too. 😊
April you bring so much joy to me watching your videos as I heal long time. I love the magic you weave with the quilts you make and your animals. Am now well enough to start quilting again and all that I have learnt from you will make it fun and interesting for me.🎉❤ so thank you .
In my most recent attempt at a 3yard quilt, I mixed up my fabrics 2 and 3. I had cut them as per the instructions but just got muddled in my head. Imagine my surprise when I had lots of fabric 3 leftover and not enough fabric 2 to make the next required blocks. Thankfully, I found a different fabric I could substitute in. Now I have strips of fabric 3 to use for a different quilt. lol. Luckily I caught my mistake early enough to make the quilt top look like the picture in the book. Next time I will label the fabrics instead of relying on my fleeting memory. Lol.
Nice video April. Love that you leave in the oops. 🙂 The 3-yard quilt patterns are quick but they aren't big enough. With a finished width of 46" or less I don't see how it would cover an adult if they were sitting on the couch or a chair. I have several of the free patterns and I've bought a few of the books but I haven't made anything yet. I'll have to draw it out to add more columns and rows to make it bigger.
I just purchased fabric to make that pattern but am going to use 8 block panels in place of Fabric 1 in Block A. Thinking of investing in the shape cut ruler. Does it stop the wonkiness? So glad you chose this pattern. Again, enjoyed watching your video while eating leftover Easter Cadbury mini eggs!
Great video as usual, I know exactly how you feel, I was making their Olde Glory quilt and for the life of me I could not figure out those stripe instructions, I finally just did it like the picture, was glad I bought 2 yds of each and used most of it, my problem not theirs. Questions-- your little iron does it get that hot and where to purchase, and same for that ruler that cut the strips, thanks so much, I love your videos.
Great video. I think the mistakes, as I saw two, and I really had to look 👀. Two of the squares with the stripes in the middle are laid sideways. I really had to look though.😅😅😅
Seam rippers fun fun NOT 😅🤣😂 I was 85 % done making a patchwork reusable shopping bag for my mom, when I noticed right in the middle was a square upside down. I just left it.. My mother laughed and said it's makes it more interesting. 😅 🤣😂
I just finished the quilt from hell! I started this quilt 7 months ago. It was a panel and I added a border. Decided to quilt it myself, as the long arm wouldn’t have it ready for his birthday in four weeks. I got sick, husband got sick. Didn’t get it done by the birthday. Decided to give it for Christmas. But decided to make Advent calendars for the three grandchildren. Didn’t get quilt,done for Christmas. Used bamboo batting for quilt. Fuzzies everywhere. Discovered I’m allergic to the fuzzies. Watering eyes, runny nose, sneezing. Pushed on with quilting, and sewing machine broke. Got it fixed. Took about 10 days. Quilted it some more, and iron broke. Couldn’t iron binding for a few weeks u til I could get a new iron. Realized when I started binding, that the backing had shifted during the quilting so had to figure out a fix. Took about 3 weeks to figure a fix. Made the fix. In between all this, I put my back out, got sick again, and lost momentum. Finished binding a few days ago. Can’t wait to give it to grandson. Planned on seeing them today, but car broke down last night. I swear, this quilt just doesn’t want to leave home!
Yikes ! 🌵
Wow! Bless your heart! He better love it!!!!
You are a good grandma ❤️
Oh my goodness!! I'm so sorry you had to deal with all this.
Oh no!
So nice of you to stick with it. Kudos!
Don't ever change, you are so funny and I enjoy watching your videos.
I also shop with three yards of three different fabrics as my usual focus unless I am actually planning a specific pattern. I always know that finding those three yards will make me a quilt although I like a double binding so I usually get a little more fabric of one of the fabrics or plan on using the backing fabric for my binding too. I think I have almost every one of their books and I always watch their videos. Thanks for sharing the fun you had making this adorable quilt, and the stripe turned out good. Happy quilting…………
Your Quilt turned out super cute! Always love when you make
them the "April way" we get humor along with it. Nothing better.😉🤣🤣🤗
Thank you so much!❤️
Hello April
Finally am where I have wifi and can watch you again. I just bought a new 3 yard quilt book and when I am in a fabric store I think in yards of fabric too but I’m like you I always do something different to the pattern so I always get a yard and a half of each one so I’ll have enough to do the experimenting I want to do and make a wider border than she says, but I love her books. A friend of mine wants me to make her daughter-in-law sunflower quilt so while I’m here at my mamas, we went to Joann fabrics, and she got the material for me to make her daughter-in-law a quilt and I’m gonna make one that takes 2 yards of fabric make a bigger size so anyway I just hope you got your card your birthday card and hope you have a happy birthday. Enjoy watching you.
I have two baby girl quilts I need to make too. My sister is finally going to have a granddaughter so she will be caught up with me four boys and a girl.
You take it you take care and happy birthday
Emily! Thank you so much for writing me! I’m so glad you got the 3yard book -- I love them so much!
Thank you so much for watching my channel
And thanks for the bday wishes!
I appreciate your thinking of me!
Love your quilt. Sorry been away for sometime. Our daughter has Pancteatic Cancer. Feb 27th went in for the Whipple Surgery. Didn't get it surgeon found pin head size spot on liver hidden. But tumor is on head of pancreas. I'm mom , the support, driver n hold it together. Love your videos. You keep it real. I've got to dig out fabric and sew with you. Need a distraction. Thanks , just keep being you and can't wait for the next one
Wow! You are really going through it! Your daughter is lucky to have you and your support and love! I will be praying for healing of your daughter and praying for you as well!
I’m so sorry you both have to go through this!
🙏🏻
Blessings to the Patricia Sweet family.
🙏 sorry this is happening to your family. Ive been down a similar path with my brother. Treasure the moments with your daughter. ❤
Good to know I'm not the only one whose blocks travel on their own!!😅
You have made me laugh so much. Thank you for this video.
I'm so glad!
Thanks for your video. Love your color choices. Im glad I'm not the only one that struggles with the confusion of the a,b &c, aka alphabet hell.
LOL. You are cracking me up!
I love you you make me laugh. A true rebel.
Lol
Murphy's Law was in play. I have days like that. This is a very modern looking quilt top. Thank you.
Yes it was!
You always do such a good way of explaining
Thank you for sharing I am fairly new here I love your humor you are fun to watch thank you again
Thanks for watching!
I love the 3-yard quilts too. Plus, when I am just meandering through fabric without a project in mind and I find the BEST fabric that I just cannot live without I look for 2 other coordinating fabrics and BOOM. I got a great project waiting. :)
I love that quilt top!
I'm currently working on a 3 yard, I really like them. ❤
Wonderful!
I LOVE YOU!!! you are such a joy
I just got the book in the mail with this pattern! Thanks April for the video. Now I can make the quilt.😊
Hope you like it!
Love the way you laid the orange stripe out very nice
Thanks so much 😊
Thanks April!
Your content is creative, your personality is magnetic, you are an overall delight! -- Ru 😊🎉
Thank you so much! I appreciate your support.
Hugs,
April
I enjoyed your video very much! I hope you make more 3 yard quilts!
Thank you! Will do!
I love your channel! You keep in the "oopsies" and make them work, just like what REALLY happens at home when I try something new (or not so new). Thanks for helping me feel better about being a newbie quilter who is not-quite-perfect.
Yes! Thank you!
😂😂 you always make me laugh Miss April. I don’t have that book so I had zero clue what it was supposed to look like. However I love the way yours turned out soooo let it ride and on the next. Wahoo. It came out adorable. Have a marvelous weekend. Love your fabric choices. 🤗🤗
I'm so glad!
Keepin' it real sister!! That's why we love your videos. Thank you for sharing your creative talents.
Hello April I just wanted to say how happy I am to be able to watch you create on the show.. and you have inspired me to move on from rag quilts to 9 disappearing 9 patch.. but now I am using 11" square and it turned out fantastic..thanks for being a great coach... hope you keep doing the great job.. thanks agaiin ..Sharon N>
I do love the quill it looks great Even upside down I'm telling you now April you and I could be sisters very easily honest up I think I got you beat on making mistakes but that's all the fun and making a quilt have a great day eat some chocolate p.s where was Oliver today?
Thanks April its beautiful.
Glad you like it!
Can't find the mistake. Maybe that is why I like the colour combination. Love your videos so don't change a thing. Makes my day when I watch them first thing in the morning with a cup of coffee. Enjoy the rest of your day.
You are so special. I enjoy just listening to you
Wow, thank you
Lovely-and hillarious! So real! I appreciate that and that you share what really happens in craftrooms...well mine anyway- love it! 😂❤
Thank you so much!
I really love your videos you are entertaining and funny!
Thank you so much!
Love my electric seam ripper. Saves so much time.
The quilt looks great!
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You make laugh 🤣, that was a fun tutorial 😂
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I like your style. Thanks for being you. I did want to point out that the orange material seemed to capture my attention more than your dark blue print. Hope you have a great day quilting.
I just stay away from a stripes…they make me nuts! You are lucky not to have that OCD condition. I glad to watch all the fun. I do buy those 3 yard books…it is easy to mix the A and the B word while making a video!
Have just found you as I needed help with my first FC pattern. Not as simple as I thought! I find the instructions are a little too simple and a bit confusing. This is despite watching their videos for over two years! So I'm not surprised that you got some things wrong from time to time! Very helpful though to watch and love your style 😀😀😁😁💜💜
Thank you!💜
Hi April I really enjoy your videos I have learnt alot
I'm so glad!
It turned out great!
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I've been looking every day to see if you had posted a new video! This was a cute design!! Thanks for the😊 inspiration 😊😊😊😊😊
Yay! Thank you!
Love that you go to your beat. Love, live and laughter, your the best❤
Love this video! I’ve done the same many times on their “easy” 3 yard quilts. They van be daunting
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Yes they are!
You are such a rule breaker❣️ That’s why I love you😂🤣😂🐥
Love this! And love watching you 💗
Thanks so much 😊
I invested in the June Taylor Shape Cut ruler several months ago and it has become one of my favorite tools. Three yard quilts are awesome as most of my quilts are for charity I can get them out fairly quick. Thank you for your sharing your creativity ❤
Real life is fascinating sometimes
Girl! Yes!!!
Girl ❤😂you always make me smile
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Love the color combinations and I just purchased their latest book!
Hope you enjoy it!
Looks fabulous 🎉❤
Thank you! 🤗
April, I enjoy you 3 yard creations! I just rec'd my 1st 3 yard quilt pamphlet from Fabric Cafe (the same version you used here) I'm making the "Levity" pattern for my great Granddaughter.
I'm intrigued by the battery operated seam ripper. I'd LOVE to see some close up video of it in action!!! What do you think? Are you up for that???
Thanks for all of your fun (and funny) videos!!!
lol
Absolutely
I usually make the 3 yard quilt into a twin size. Just watched a video from Sister Chicks making the 3 yard quilt bigger in different ways. Love watching her, too. You are both very creative😊 I love the ideas you ladies give us😊
Awesome-- ❤️
I just made two pinwheel quilts with that dark blue fabric. One with orange and one with light blue. I love to watch you and glad you’re a rule breaker. I am too. 😊
Your videos are so real and I love every one. I actually have my MIL’s old razor she used on her chin🤷♀️😂 just cleaned it up
You are so dang cute! You bring great videos! Thanks!
When I first saw your fabrics, I wondered if they would work together. Yes they do.
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I like this pattern it sort of reminds me of Stepping Stones but I have a hard time with stripes going in both directions. I love your videos! 🎉
love your videos
April you bring so much joy to me watching your videos as I heal long time. I love the magic you weave with the quilts you make and your animals. Am now well enough to start quilting again and all that I have learnt from you will make it fun and interesting for me.🎉❤ so thank you .
Thank you so much!
April, you are so funny, love the video
Great, honest, video!!
Hi April! You're so funny! Your quilt turned out cute!
Thank you! 😊
Love the pattern. Things can get upside down within a few steps from the sewing machine. Sometimes my route takes a detour toooooo😅
Fun video.
So true!
I loveYour color choices. I will give this one ago after I finish quilting the 7; I made . lol
Have fun!
I love your videos..I love that making mistakes is learning…I have just recently purchased that seam ripper and yes it is a life saver..
Awesome quilt thanks for sharing 😊
Thank you! 😊
Don’t you just love those 3 yard quilts. They go together quick.
I love the fabric it is beautiful, and the quilt top! You a ruler breaker 😮 stop that! 😂❤
Another fabulous 3 yard quilt!
😁
In my most recent attempt at a 3yard quilt, I mixed up my fabrics 2 and 3. I had cut them as per the instructions but just got muddled in my head. Imagine my surprise when I had lots of fabric 3 leftover and not enough fabric 2 to make the next required blocks. Thankfully, I found a different fabric I could substitute in. Now I have strips of fabric 3 to use for a different quilt. lol. Luckily I caught my mistake early enough to make the quilt top look like the picture in the book. Next time I will label the fabrics instead of relying on my fleeting memory. Lol.
Love it
I love it ❤
I have that seam ripper and I can't live without it. I used mine a lot this month. I love your fabric choice for this one, BEAUTIFUL!
I can’t get any blocks from the table to the sewing machine in the same order unless they are all the same. lol. I just learned to let it be.
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Very nice April, just got done making a 3 yard quilt. It’s nice you can change up the fabrics. Stay safe.
Love your steroids so much
Nice video April. Love that you leave in the oops. 🙂 The 3-yard quilt patterns are quick but they aren't big enough. With a finished width of 46" or less I don't see how it would cover an adult if they were sitting on the couch or a chair. I have several of the free patterns and I've bought a few of the books but I haven't made anything yet. I'll have to draw it out to add more columns and rows to make it bigger.
You can also add borders. That is what I have done to make them bigger.
April this is a unique quilt, but beautiful.
It is very pretty IF there is a mistake in there then it was meant to be.
Love this!❤️
Your quilt turned our great!!
Happy Quilting!
What did your cats do? I heard the crash and the cats. I love your videos. Keep them coming!
They are always into everything
Lol
Aloha from Hawaii!!🌈🌈‼️. You are very entertaining!!! Did you know that??? 🤣🤣😀‼️
That is a really cute pattern.
❤❤❤❤
i love you ...stsy real .you keep me inspired
I’m working on my first quilt. It’s a bandanna quilt
Awesome!
I have the smaller strip ruler - should have bought the larger one. Grey or green? Love your channel
I love my electric seam riper. I’m sure yours saved you a bunch of time. Your quilt looks great. What size is it?
😂😂😂😊❤
I just purchased fabric to make that pattern but am going to use 8 block panels in place of Fabric 1 in Block A.
Thinking of investing in the shape cut ruler. Does it stop the wonkiness?
So glad you chose this pattern. Again, enjoyed watching your video while eating leftover Easter Cadbury mini eggs!
Perfect!
Great video as usual, I know exactly how you feel, I was making their Olde Glory
quilt and for the life of me I could not figure out those stripe instructions, I finally
just did it like the picture, was glad I bought 2 yds of each and used most of it, my
problem not theirs. Questions-- your little iron does it get that hot and where to
purchase, and same for that ruler that cut the strips, thanks so much, I love
your videos.
You are an advertisement for the shape cut ruler!
tell us about the seam ripper!
Love your little iron. Where did you purchase and what brand?
A friend bought it for me off Amazon
Great video. I think the mistakes, as I saw two, and I really had to look 👀. Two of the squares with the stripes in the middle are laid sideways. I really had to look though.😅😅😅
Thanks for watching!
I didn't think there WERE any rules 😊.
❤️. Love your thinking
April, does the Shape Cut ruler dull your blades faster?
I have not found that to be true but I haven’t used it for an extended period of time either. I will have to use it more to see.
Do you wash your fabric from Joann’s? I did and it was so crooked I couldn’t use it.
Seam rippers fun fun NOT 😅🤣😂 I was 85 % done making a patchwork reusable shopping bag for my mom, when I noticed right in the middle was a square upside down. I just left it.. My mother laughed and said it's makes it more interesting. 😅 🤣😂
That is awesome! Lol
The second bottom from the left green with orange stripe inside should be going horizontal, not vertical.
thank you
Do u buy your fabric in bulks
I don’t. I just travel a lot and look for quilt shops while I am away. I am supporting the local economies.
If there’s not a mistake in my pattern it will surprise me lol lol.
Lol
I have that ruler I still cutting wrong. What am I doing wrong. Can you make a tutorial. Please my head is not processing it. Maybe it's me😅