{"id":39,"date":"2011-10-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2011-10-24T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T06:00:00","slug":"fourth-fab-birthday-par-tay-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/fourth-fab-birthday-par-tay-of-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth FAB Birthday PAR-TAY of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Yesterday, we celebrated the fourth FAB Birthday PAR-TAY of 2011.\u00a0 This time it was Pat&#8217;s turn to be honored in the celebration.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/bellcreekquilts.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/my-fab-ulus-birthday-par-ty.html\">http:\/\/bellcreekquilts.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/my-fab-ulus-birthday-par-ty.html<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We started the party in the morning with Pat opening the gifts sent through the mail to her.\u00a0 I was in such a hurry to get my parcel mailed off to Pat before my holiday that I forgot to snap a picture of it.\u00a0 So, the picture below has been &#8220;borrowed&#8221; from Pat&#8217;s site.\u00a0 <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I made Pat this bag\/purse from a pattern called, the Cross Town Carry &#8211; Regan&#8217;s Bag by Marlous Designs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marlousdesigns.com\/CrossTownCarryRegan.html\">http:\/\/www.marlousdesigns.com\/CrossTownCarryRegan.html<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is a fat quarter friendly pattern which can be made from 7 fat quarters.\u00a0 This was a pattern introduced to our Monday night quilting group by Leslie.\u00a0 Thanks for sharing your talents Leslie and leading us in successful completion of our bags!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3XtTKRpBO24\/Ts3UqvAIdaI\/AAAAAAAAHHU\/gPR1d2YCn7c\/s1600\/DSCN6847.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" hda=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3XtTKRpBO24\/Ts3UqvAIdaI\/AAAAAAAAHHU\/gPR1d2YCn7c\/s1600\/DSCN6847.JPG\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I included a package of Coffee Crisp Bites in with Pat&#8217;s gift.\u00a0 It has become a tradition this year for me to include something Coffee Crisp in with the birthday packages I send.\u00a0 We love Coffee Crisp in our house and I have been sharing this not-available-across-the-border treat with my friends.\u00a0 <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After Pat was done opening her birthday presents, we started working on our quilts.\u00a0 Pat&#8217;s choice\u00a0of pattern was Minnesota Hot Dish by Atkinson Designs.\u00a0 <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is one of my blocks.\u00a0 You would never suspect that this log cabin inspired block would become the spiral design of the finished quilt.\ufeff<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-R5_vvEmoGuQ\/Ts3T-99TcMI\/AAAAAAAAHHE\/fiGTL_4gy_k\/s1600\/Minnesota+Hot+Dish+Block.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" hda=\"true\" height=\"298px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-R5_vvEmoGuQ\/Ts3T-99TcMI\/AAAAAAAAHHE\/fiGTL_4gy_k\/s320\/Minnesota+Hot+Dish+Block.jpg\" width=\"320px\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have time before Saturday to cut my strips so\u00a0I only finished a few blocks&#8211;enough though, that I could see the design emerge when you placed the blocks together in a quilt.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7ytQoW26So0\/Ts3UJnO8jVI\/AAAAAAAAHHM\/_f_cmOyz7Qs\/s1600\/DSC_0135.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" hda=\"true\" height=\"212px\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7ytQoW26So0\/Ts3UJnO8jVI\/AAAAAAAAHHM\/_f_cmOyz7Qs\/s320\/DSC_0135.jpg\" width=\"320px\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>All the fabrics in my quilt were 2.5 inch strips cut from my stash.\u00a0 Shop the stash first!\ufeff<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we celebrated the fourth FAB Birthday PAR-TAY of 2011.\u00a0 This time it was Pat&#8217;s turn to be honored in the celebration. http:\/\/bellcreekquilts.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/my-fab-ulus-birthday-par-ty.html We started the party in the morning with Pat opening the gifts sent through the mail to &hellip; 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