New Ruler and 9-Patch Challenge Fun!

This past summer in Sisters I met a fellow blogger, Cindy of Sew Cindy.  Cindy is the most terrific gal, and her husband and 3 Weimaraners are pretty special, too!  Cindy met me with a wonderful package full of goodies - so unexpected and so very sweet!  One of them was a Schnibbles kit that I have been dying to make and finally got around to starting yesterday.  The kit was full of Civil War fabrics - my favorites!  I had also read somewhere recently that a great way to cut charm squares, layer cakes and other pre-cuts was with the June Tailor Quarter Cut or Shape Cut Ruler.

Normally I don't go in for specialty rulers like this, but I had a JoAnn's 50% off coupon and didn't really "need" anything, so I decided to try one!  I chose the Quarter Cut Ruler over the Shape Cut Ruler as it has indentations at the 1/4 inch mark - I thought for my purposes it might be more useful! If you click on the photo, you'll see the 1/4 inch indentations a little better.

In no time at all I had a huge stack of 2 inch squares cut!  I placed the 5 inch squares under the ruler and sliced, then lifted the ruler up and placed it opposite to my first cuts and sliced again!  I felt I had a lot more accuracy -- and some fun as well! 

Here is what I've sewn so far - eleven more of these to go, then setting blocks and borders!  I've also joined Anne Marie's 9-Patch Challenge - and this will count as my first project for the challenge!  Notice I said "first project" -- I really do hope to do a couple more before the challenge ends - after all, it's about using up stash and goodness knows, I have a lot!!

A while back I bit my lip and changed to the new Blogger designer which has been out for some time.  I know others have had problems with it, but so far I'm liking it OK.  The fonts sizes are a little different from the old Blogger, so if you're wondering why my posts fonts aren't consistent - it is because I'm trying different types out! 

Tomorrow I hope to have pictures of something we recently acquired on our trip to the big city!