Once you're sure that units are accurate, use chain piecing to speed up the assembly process.
You should now have 16 triangle squares that measure 3-1/2" x 3-1/2". Make additional triangle squares if you do not want to repeat identical units in the same block, since each pair of squares produced two identical units.
Arrange the 16 units into four rows as shown, each row with four units. If you prefer, flip the positions of dark and light fabrics. When making a quilt, alternating those positions from block to block is one way to create visual movement in the quilt top.
Sew the four units in each row together with a quarter inch seam allowance.
Press seam allowances in adjoining rows in opposite directions. Handle rows carefully to avoid stretch.
Sew the rows together.
Press the quilt block. It should measure 12-1/2" x 12-1/2". If yours is off a bit, try one of my quilt block problem solvers.Marissa Maurer dreamed of being a real-life Cinderella. Like the Disney princess, Maurer created and sewed her own gown for the big dance on Saturday, April 21.
Knoxville high school student Marissa Maurer is ready to light up her prom with a dress she designed and made herself.
For many high school girls, prom is one of the highlights of the year. For West High senior Marissa Maurer, it is a dream come true.
The dream began when she was a little girl and enjoyed watching the Disney classic "Cinderella."
She loved watching the video and dreamed of being a real-life Cinderella.
As an art student at West High School, she is enrolled in two AP art classes this year. A class project requires the students to present a portfolio for a grade, and this semester the portfolio is a 3D project. The project inspired Maurer to design and sew a dress.
After searching through Pinterest for inspiration, she found a photograph of the design she wanted to create and began sketching out her vision.
"I began designing the dress in August, right after school started," she said. "I asked for the materials as a birthday present."
She had ordered some of the materials online, but when they arrived she wasn't satisfied with the different shades of blue, so she decided to purchase fabric from a local shop.
With materials in hand, she created a pattern to cut the bodice from satin. She covered the corset with the satin, so that the top would have support. The skirt was created to cover a hoop skirt, using layers of tulle and one of her grandmother's bed sheets under the top layer of organza. She wove battery-operated lights through the skirt portion of the dress to create an illusion of a star-filled sky.
The final touches include long white gloves, rhinestone earrings, a black choker and a tiara. Maurer spent approximately $120 on her prom dress this year, which she says is quite a bit more expensive than the $12 dress she purchased for prom last year from a thrift store.
This skill that she learned as a 10-year-old from her mother proved to be useful eight years later. Maurer admits that knowing how to sew is a useful skill and is thankful her mom showed her the craft. The machine she is using for her project is the same machine that her grandmother, Terri Gaines, used to sew Maurer's mother's wedding gown.
Through the process, Maurer learned about sewing with different and sometimes difficult fabrics but said that it was fun to create her dream dress. She also learned that procrastinating isn't the best thing to do on a project of this size (she waited to begin sewing on it until about a month ago). Who knows? She may design her own wedding dress in the future.
After high school, Maurer plans to attend college, either at the University of Tennessee or Pellissippi State Community College. Her love for art and creative projects drives her dream of becoming an event planner. She has already planned several birthday parties, organized a weeklong family biking trip and planned a pancake breakfast as a fundraiser.
She has a shop on ETSY called Moonlight Attire, which features many of her screen print designs for T-shirts. Like the prom dress, the shop was inspired by a project in an art class.Jerusalem Israel’s military says it will call up another 16,000 reserves.
This will allow it to substantially widen its 23-day campaign against Islamic militants in the Gaza Strip.
The new call-up orders on Thursday morning followed another day of intensive fighting, in which 116 Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers were killed.
It also coincides with stalled diplomatic efforts to end the war, which has already claimed more than 1360 Palestinian lives — most of them civilians – and reduced entire Gaza neighbourhoods to rubble.
Fifty-six Israeli soldiers and three civilians on the Israeli side have died in the campaign, as Palestinian Hamas militia on Wednesday Israel’s Security Cabinet decided to press forward with the operation.
The US also confirmed on Wednesday that it had restocked Israel’s supplies of ammunition, just hours after Washington issued a strong condemnation of an attack on a United Nations school in Gaza.
The Israeli military requested additional ammunition to restock its dwindling supplies on July 20, the Pentagon said. The US Defence Department approved the sale just three days later.
“The US is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to US national interests to assist Israel to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defence capability," Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said.
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The decision to provide ammunition to Israel could fuel controversy, coming just as Washington expresses growing concern about the Palestinian deaths.
Rear Admiral Kirby said Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel told his Israeli counterpart the US was concerned about the deadly consequences of the spiralling conflict, and called for a ceasefire and end to hostilities.
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