Today is the FIRST day of the
Sew We Quilt
Sew We Quilt
dots on dots blog hop!!
And I am one of the first stops on your hop!!
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When dots were mentioned, I pulled out dots from my stash and only stopped when I got to FORTY DIFFERENT POLKA DOT FABRICS because I had a certain block in mind!
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- I used my 9 degree ruler and cut one wedge out of the 40 different fabrics. I adjusted the length of the wedge as to what I would need for a 12 1/2 block.
- I sewed the wedges one by one, then two by two until I had ten in each quarter arc pressing all seams open.
- I sewed each quarter arc into a half circle and then the two halfes together pressing as I finished each section carefully not to stretch the bias edges.
- Next I cut a circle out of freezer paper to cover the center hole and ironed it to my white mini dot fabric (this would be my 41st dot in my stash). I cut it out adding 1/4" seam allowance.
- Next I drew the word I wanted (SMILE) to fit the center circle and traced it in reverse on Steam A Seam.
- Then I cut the letters out, arranged them on the circle and zig zagged around the letters in invisible thread.
- The final step was to apply liquid starch to the seam allowance of the circle, press the seam allowance over the freezer paper edge, remove freezer paper from back of circle and zig zag it to block with invisible thread.
Hope you like my dot block. I am not sure if it will become a pillow or a wall hanging. What would you do with yours?
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157 readers left a comment:
Wow all this colour! I would put it as a wall hanging to remind me to keep smiling!
I love colors and I prefer bright and bold shades as you do. I love your block and a very good idea is to make a wallhanging. And only looking at this have put a bright smile on my face.
Thanks for sharing
Hi Mary, love the block, just like a Dresden plate. So many dotty fabrics. I think a wall hanging would be great for it. Thanks for Sharing. Susie x
Wonderful block! I think it would be a terrific pillow... I also think it would look great on my couch!
I love you block, so bright and cheerful you can't help smiling. I am also jealous of your stash of dotty fabric, it is amazing.
LOVE IT!!! Either a pillow or a wall hanging would be great. I'm kind of into pillows right now.
That would make a lovely cushion, or a table topper.
Thats a lot of dots. Fun block. Thanks
Such a FUN block!
Mary! I love your block! It makes me so very happy!
I can see more blocks with different words to create a wallhanging!
Your block was the perfect #1 block for me to start out the hop with. Forty-one different dot fabric; I would love to see your stash! Thanks for sharing.
Love it! So creative and unique. Great use of your dots.
Wow! what a great block! and I'm impressed that you had 40 different dots in your stash!
What a beautiful block....makes us all smile!
I love it! It's fabulous!
Congrats with beïng one of the winners of the day! Absolutely deserved, I love your smile!
A perfect way to start my Monday morning! Dots and a smile. LOVE it.
Makes me smile, a vote for pillow
what a cool block!
Your design makes me smile :)
I think it would make a great pillow for an entry way to remind people who enter to be happy :-)Sweet !!!
Very pretty Mary, love your block and it would make a great pillow.
Dots are a smile aren't they! Love it - a pillow would be terrific. Thank you for sharing with us today.
Rosemary B here: This is really beautiful! A wall hanging would be marvelous but a pillow is a great idea too! I love the color arrangement, just stunning and great reminder about the whole SMILE thing.
Have to exercise those muscles :-)
Thank you for sharing your amazing project
This truely makes us SMILE. What a great job. Thanks for sharing it with us.
I think a pillow would be good ....very pretty!
Good Morning Mary, I luv your block!! Everyone should wake up and see this 'message' first thing...what a fun block!! Thanks for the inspiration, happy stitching!
It's darling! You did a great job! I also love the yellow flower in the top picture of your blog. Very cute!
What a cheerful block!! So cute! :o)
Wow, that is some block! I'm in love....amazing colours and it looks so very neat! (I'm always in awe over people who can actually sew round shapes). It looks great!
Wow - that is amazing!
Love all those dots! :)
Thanks for sharing
Marta
There sure are a lot of dotty fabrics in your stash! Thanks for sharing.!
Wow!! Your block is amazing!! I love it!! It would make a wonderful pillow. And if someone was in a really grumpy mood, you could just toss them this pillow (or smack them with it.... just kidding!!!) and it would definitely make them smile.
Oh my wedges make me scared just looking at them! And yours are just beautiful - I can't believe you had so many different dot fabrics. :) blessings, marlene
That would make an amazing addition to someone's dorm room - or office space ... Such a statement! (Beautiful!!)
Your project certainly makes ME smile!!! I would make a pillow, I think, so I could pick it up and hold it! Beautiful!
What a fantastic block! I would make that into a pillow so I could see it all the time and "smile!" Great job, and thanks for sharing!
Love your block! I'd make it a wall hanging! ;-) You have a lot of polka dots!
Did you know Kathy of Stitch by Stitch is one of my friends from when I lived in Idaho? Small world, huh?
Its lovely - certainly made me smile! Thanks for sharing.
What a happy block. This would look so cool as a pillow in my room! It would make me smile each time I saw it!
Mary, great kickoff for the dots hop. I love your block, and that you used the 9 degree ruler. I have one of those (which I happened to use for MY entry for tomorrow!)
I am smiling indeed. This is such a happy block. Thanks for sharing. I don't have the ruler; but I love to draft patterns, so I can use my protractor for this. Thanks.
I think that would be a perfect pillow. I am impressed by how many different dots you have.
Wow! great block and an amazing stash of polkadots! wow!
Wow -- that's adorable!!!
That is SO awesome! I want a pillow like that!
That is darling, Mary. Great job.
Mary, you already know what I'm going to say....but I'll say it anyway....LOVE IT!
Giggles,
Kelly
So cute!
Wow Mary, love the punch of dots & color! Very fun. It would be an awesome pillow.
very neat block....
Oh I LOVE THIS!!!!
Blessings
Gmama Jane
Now that is on impressive block! So colorful and fun! Love it!
This is gorgeous! I'll have to try this out with my 9 degree ruler!
It does make me "smile" ;)
Wow, what a burst of sunshine! I love your block :)
Now that is cool!!
Hi Mary! Wow! That block is awesome.....I LOVE all the polka dots. I think your block would make a super pillow cover...would be so cute tossed on your couch or a bed! Whatever you decide to make from it, it'll be a nice, bright and happy piece of art!
XOXO,
Cyndi
Wow!!! Wonderful!!! So cheery!!!! I would hang it on a wall where everyone could see it and smile!!!!!
It's fantastic! It would be cute on the front of a tote bag, too. =)
You KNOW I love dots, that is the cutest darn block...oh my heck I love it and all the different colors! I smiled when I read how many different ones you had!!!
What a great block...love it!!! I'd turn it into a wall hanging..TFS!!
Remarkable!!! It just makes me smile.......Your awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!
Mary - Love your "Smile" block. I doubt I have 40 polka dots-you must have the record for the most polka dot fabric, but I probably have 40 batiks so the idea is fantastic. Thanks for sharing and I looked up and learned about your beautiful lake.
I love the block, it really made me smile
I think I would make a few more with Laugh, Love, etc. and make a table runner. What a fun, bright reminder that would be!
I love the way that block turned out. Dots are great!
This would be a great block to put in the middle of a string quilt! It would sure brighten anyone's day!
'SMILES' TO YOU!
THANKS FOR A NEAT BLOCK!
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I would make a pillow. Thanks for sharing your creativity!
Lovely block,it DID make me smile. I would make it into a large coaster or a small placemat. I love it.
Oh yes a wall hanging! Thank you for sharing. Aren't dots fun!
This is one of my favorite blocks to make. I would do both, a wall hanging and a pillow to go on my chair. Why, my hanger hangs over my chair where my DH comes in my office to sit and visit. He like comfort where he sits. Great tutorial and thanks for sharing...Judith, Texas
A very fun block, Mary! I'd make a doorknow quilt of it!
WOW! 40 dotty wedges and a SMILE!
I love your block! Congrats!
I squealed with delight when I "spotted" your rainbow of wedges. Absolutely makes my dot loving heart race! lol
Thanks so much for sharing and being a part of the hop!
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I love the block..I'm almost dizzy!
lovely work thanks for sharing
Wow! Very pretty block. Amazing amount of different dotted fabric! Congrats on being one of the chosen.
WOW! I love this! It is such a happy block. I think I would use it for a mini wall hanging and hang it in my sewing room. Then when I had "one of those days" I would have it there to remind me to keep smiling. Thanks so much for sharing.
LOVE THIS!!!
Gorgeous, creative, inventive....can you guess that I really like it! LOL
40 different fabrics in dots--wow! I love that circle and the colors really make me want to smile. :O)
LOVE IT, so beautiful colors! wonderful
All I can say is wow! What a great block. And it did make me smile.
Love all the colours!! I would definitely put it on my wall!
love all the dotty rays lighting up the great big smile!
Great dot block!
This is a amazing, Mary. I'm SUCH a sucker for dots!
This is really cute!!! :-)
love it
I love, love your block - all those polka dots could make you dizzy - so nice and colorful. Judy C
hmmmm......forty different dot fabrics, huh? I love it. And your block made me smile.
Love all the dots! Either a wall hanging or pillow would be a great use of your block! Thanks for sharing!
42 differents dotts fabrics.That`s awesome.Love block ,wonderful!!.
:):):):):)....until my face hurt! I like your design!
I am overwhelmed by your statement of having 40 different dots! I love the outcome of having all those dots and am a slight bit envious of them. I have no dots in my stash but if I owned yours, I'd be tempted to make some big floor pillows with those blocks.
wow Mary...What a burst of colour.
I love Dots...
Julia ♥
I definitely followed your block's command! I love it! I would make it into a wall hanging (or a pillow) hanging right by the door to remind me- or give it to the dentist LOL
That's a whole lot of dots! Love it. Still smiling!
Love your block!! All the colors are so much fun!!
How clever, I love all the colors! Thanks for sharing
I really like your block, Mary ... very cool :)
You have alot of cute Dots.hope to see ya on my dots to dots day ! .
I LOVE your block!!! It did make me smile!!! I would use it in the center of a quilt - make more blocks using the fabrics in the rays to make it look like your center block was the sun, interrupted by sashing and continuing on in the surrounding blocks. I might make my blocks larger than 12" so I would only have to make 9 blocks total!
How adorable. Wow 40 fabrics of just dots I would love to see your stash.LOL
Your block definitely did make me smile! I would make a wall hanging to put where I would see it first thing every morning.
WOW! Very nice job! Thank you for sharing your talent!
Great job! It reminds me of an ad campaign from my childhood, although I can't remember the company. It's cheerful and bright and a perfect use of all those dots!
Mary, it definitely made me smile! Thanks for hopping with me today - your block is fantastic :o)
Absolutely, I would make a wall hanging that would greet visitors to my home. (But...a pillow would be cute, too.) You may have the record with the greatest # of dotty fabrics used. Wonderful!
That block is great! And I can't believe you came up with 40 polka dots. Amazing!!! I'd probably make a cushion cover.
more than 40 dot fabrics. I think I can count on one hand how many I have. Love your block.
Wow!!! I might have to get me one of those rulers! Super job!
This is so much fun! You have an amazing stash of dots!
If you had a dentist that your adored, it would make a great addition to their office!!
yup this made me smile too. Now I should go and count my dot - stash
in stitches
Like it??.... Yikes, I LOVE it! Soooo creative!
I am amazed at your block. It is wonderful!! Great job!!
Awesome block Mary. I am still smiling.
Wow do you have a stash of dots! This is beautiful and I think it would make a wonderful pillow!
Wow, that's amazing! So bright and sunny!
Absolutely love it!
Wow! That's a lot of dots! A very pretty block.
Stunning! I love it. It definitely makes me smile. :-)
What a great idea, with a lot of POP! Love it!
What a great block. Love those dots.
I sooo love it!! It certainly made me smile!
Fun, fun, fun! You have such a great collection of dot fabrics.
Ok...so if you don't smile just looking at this block then you're not happy eating a happy meal! Way too fun!
Wow! What a great block. You must have been "dotty" after making it. :)
WoW! Great block! of course I had to smile, hehe. I'd make your block into a mini and hang it up for all to see. Thanks for sharing your block and how you made it. Super job!
Beautiful! It's funny, but I started picking out the fabrics you used that I have in my stash. I decided to stop when i got to seven and decided we just both have really good taste! :-)
Wow! Look at all those dots. Lovely.
Great sentiment and use of colors and dots. YAY
Maybe---could be modified into a Christmas tree skirt?
Love this block Mary, it's just so Happy! I probably have that many dots but it would take all day to find them, sounds like a project for a long peaceful weekend.
Cute, Cute, Cute!
Cheery wave from Bev
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I love this. I would so turn it into a pillow that would be seen everyday
I don't know. Put it somewhere with lots of light :) to show off the bright colors.
I think it would be a lovely, bright wallhanging so everytime I saw it, I would just have to smile back. Lovely!
Thank You for sharing. Luba
chris.luba@sympatico.ca
LOVE LOVE LOVE that!!
Nadine
I love your block. It makes me smile looking at the center circle. It would make a great wallhanging.
I recognize several of the fabrics in that collection. I have been collecting polka dot fabric to make a polka dot quilt (probably more than one). I'm making a shoo fly block with mine.
I love, love, love your block. It make me smile.
I recognize several of the fabrics in that collection. I have been collecting polka dot fabric to make a polka dot quilt (probably more than one). I'm making a shoo fly block with mine.
I love, love, love your block. It make me smile.
Fantastic block!! Thanks for sharing.
Love it! I'm still trying to process the fact that you had that many polka dot fabrics in your stash!
Your block makes me smile!
HOly cow, you've outdone yourself!! You are so creative but this is just over-the-top-fabulicious!!
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It sure did make me smile! I'd make it into a small wall hanging and send it to a friend who needs a lift.
Wow! Lots of dots! Very unique block.
I just love this block Mary! I have almost as many dots and recognize most of them in the block. Thanks for sharing with us.
Very fun block :)
Oh, this is great!
What a collection of dot fabric... WOW!
It would make a nice pillow or the center of a medallion quilt, too!
Thanks for joining in the hop!
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