I decided to call this small quilt Flagstaff. One of the things I love about Arizona, is the varied terrain and climate. This reminded me of the pine forests up north.
Instead of binding, I faced this quilt.
I have a tutorial on facings here.
I haven’t done any matchstick quilting in a while.
Ta daaa!
I’m quite pleased with how this turned out.
Have a great day!
I’ve been thinking about this quilt lately. I’m not even sure where it is! So I thought I’d share it again. Enjoy!
Posted on January 1, 2016 by katyquilts
I finished her off!
It is with great relief that I present to you, Calamity Jane.
Her piecing is humble.
Her quilting is simple.
And she did not want to cooperate for pictures.
Rebellious child.
I decided to move ahead, even though my palette is rather boring. I have enough blocks cut out for a wheel chair quilt.
I decided to go with the higher contrast fabric.
They started is half done. 😊
Have a great day
I’ve had this die for a while. I think it’s high time I try it out!
This little bundle would make a nice donation quilt for a guy.
I thought I’d use Kona Stone for the background.
But maybe this is better.
Hmmmm…. Maybe it’s all too boring.
Have a good day
I shared a while back that my local quilt group was doing a Christmas in July project. This was where I was at after our first work day.
At the next work day, we sewed blocks.
And now my little top is on the frame.
I decided on matchstick quilting.
I’m nearing the finish line! Have a great day
Mister Wonderful took me to my first gem and mineral show up in Prescott last weekend. As you can see, I got into a bit of trouble.
The finished pieces I saw there were incredible, but I went looking for rough. I was not disappointed. It will be fun to work with these when it cools down a bit here.
Afterwards, we had to stop in to our favorite pizza place.
Have a great day
I’m thinking about doing something with this orphan piece. I don’t know what, just thinking.
My current read is this cozy mystery. It is mindless reading, perfect for when you can’t sleep.
I made this with one of my grandsons. It’s a good sensory activity.
A good word.
Have a great day
My little quilt is done.
I wasn’t happy with the quilting and the fabric was pretty discolored.
I didn’t even notice that big dark spot on the back until it was done.
So I soaked it and washed it and while not perfect, it is better.
Have a great day
I had totally forgotten about this quilt! It was given away a number of years ago now. It’s fun to look back at it again. Enjoy!
Posted on July 19, 2013 by katyquilts
I finished quilting and binding the vintage spool top tonight. Here are picks before washing:
Honestly, there are a few tucks and puckers on the top. I ended up quilting with one hand on the machine and one on the quilt top trying to work out the extra fabric.
I chose not to prewash the backing fabric and I used a cotton batting that would shrink. When the quilt is washed, the backing will shrink up more than the top. The backing ends up pretty flat and there will be more texture on the front of the quilt. I figured this was a good way to hide the puckers and tucks. Here are pics after washing and drying:
Until next time…
I made this green dog quilt a number of years ago. You can read about it here. It was given to an animal rescue for a fund raiser. I still love it.
So it was inspiration for my new grandson’s quilt. It’s been a while so I tried pinning the bias tape to my ironing board to form the dog shape. This looks terrible!
I decided to just work directly on the background that I had already quilted. Better, but I still didn’t like it.
I realized that I needed to work on a lower table than my ironing board and that helped immensely. This is closer!
Stay tuned.
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