KatyQuilts

I’ve just returned from a week in Wisconsin. I went for my niece’s wedding. After the festivities were over, my sister and I headed north to Rhinelander, Home of the Hodag.

We met up with my brother to scatter Mom’s ashes in the same place as my dad.

It is a beautiful spot.

On the 17th, they spent their first anniversary together in heaven.

Have a great day

This is SO true.

The skies in Arizona never cease to amaze me.

Just make yourself at home, Penny.

This map rocked my world a bit. 🤯

Have a great day!

I haven’t had much time, but I started cutting a few parts and pieces for this project.

Here is my background.

I couldn’t resist playing with even the few pieces I’d cut.

That green below is probably too light to use.

Lots of play time in my future.

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I have another old finish to reshare with you today. Enjoy!

Finish it up Friday

Posted on May 2, 2014 by katyquilts

The weather has been pretty nasty here all week so the following pictures are the best I could get between rain showers. I finished the labyrinth quilt earlier this week.

This was made using a raw edge reverse appliqué technique. I used fusible web only for the center flower section. As I mentioned earlier, this created a mountain in the middle! It remained as a UFO for a number of years. I decided it was time to finish it or pitch it. I cut an 18″ circle of poly batting and another 30″ circle of poly batting and spray basted them to the back of the labyrinth. Then I loaded it onto the frame with a full layer of Warm and White batting. I started the quilting by outlining the black. I went back and quilted each narrow black area with a bit of a scribble.

I wanted to make sure those skinny bits didn’t fray and disappear in the wash! They did fray but not disintegrate. Then I quilted the outside background and the center section.

I didn’t manage to trim this so that the quadrants of the labyrinth are square with the edges of the quilt. I might have to go back and fix that.

It wasn’t easy quilting through the three layers of batting at the center but it did take up the fullness in that area. It is far from perfect but I am glad that I finished it. It won’t win any awards but it looks pretty good from a distance.

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I was asked about the sizes of my cut pieces. My center squares are cut 4 1/2”. Both the green and print rectangles are cut 2 1/2 by 4 1/2.”

I used shapes 1 and 8 from the AccuQuilt 8” Qube.

Easy peasy! Have a great day!

Look familiar? As I was making my Lines quilt, I had an idea for some of my leftover stripes!

I’m going to use this as a background for some fusible appliqué.

Because, why not? My plan is to create a pot of flowers.

I’m just going to cut a bunch of pieces with these dies and have a good play.

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Have you ever made potato chip blocks? They’ve been around a while. Alycia at Alycia Quilts has made several variations. I decided to make one too. I have all my pieces cut out.

I’m using my African prints and a solid green for the background.

A single block doesn’t look like much, but I think it will be pretty cool when it all comes together.

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I don’t shop for fabric often, but when I do, I do it in a big way. I check Facebook Marketplace almost everyday. You just never know what you will find. The other day, I saw this ad.

I immediately made contact. I ended up coming home with this:

These are not all full bolts. The price? $1 per yard! My grand total was only $137. So I bought 137 yards!

Some of it is Kona, some is Northcott, some is Paintbrush Studios, and some is from Marshall Dry Goods.

The small company I purchased this from makes surgical caps. These were colors they were no longer using and just wanted the shelf space back.

I feel positively rich! I still remember the first time I purchased a whole bolt of fabric. I felt so blessed beyond measure.

Have a great day!