KatyQuilts

Not a lot to show for this month in the quilting department. I tried my hand at wool appliqué with underwhelming results.

This quilt was finished ages ago, but the pattern was released this month. It’s called Checks and Rails and it is available on the AccuQuilt web site for free.

And I can’t forget my only real finish for the month, my Fence Rail quilt.

June will involve a bit of travel so we will see what I get done. We aren’t going to take a big cross country trip this year with gas prices as they are.

Have a great day!

I’ve been getting out my red/white/blue quilts for the patriotic season.

This banner is from my local quilt group. I was elected to the board this year.

I found this cute book at Goodwill. I do think everyone needs a rock or two!

The three hooligans.

Never a dull moment with them around. I love them so.

Have a great day!

Before I share today’s post, I wanted to thank you all for your kind comments and notes about the blog. I would very much miss the interaction with all of you. I’m not going anywhere just yet, but my productivity has gone down so I feel I have less to share. I’m still pondering it all.

Now my small victory for this week!

My top is together! This is a small quilt, just 36 by 48 inches.

It’s a good size for hanging though. Just need to get it quilted and bound!

Have a great day!

Wow! This is an oldie! Published in one of the QUILT family of magazines back in the mid 90s.

Have a great day!

Remember this? I haven’t worked on it in a while. But I finished the last two blocks. It was nice to get this project off the table. Every time I turned on the ceiling fan, the little bits blew everywhere!

I decided to stop after 24. Now I need to decide how to set my blocks. The original looks like this.

I don’t think I like it on point.

But maybe a different background?

I’m going to have to think about this.

Have a great day!

Thank you, God, for all the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Amen

“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬ ‭NRSV‬‬

That is the question I have been pondering lately.

I wrote my first post November 29, 2008. That was well over 18 years ago! I’ve posted 5,134 times. I’ve had 2.7 million views and over 900,000 visitors! I haven’t missed a day of posting in many years.

There aren’t anywhere near as many blogs these days. So many people have moved to the shorter forms of social media like Instagram. I still love reading blogs. I prefer them.

But life changes. I haven’t been quilting quite as much lately. I used to have at least 50 finishes per year. Not this year.

So I’ve been thinking, wondering if it’s time to break my blogging streak. Should I quit altogether? Should I reduce the number of posts/week? Maybe I just need a break?

I would hate to lose this 18 year record, but it wouldn’t make sense to keep paying for something I’m no longer doing.

I’m not going anywhere just yet. Just thinking….

Have a great day!

Oh, this is me!

Wise words from a favorite author.

I read this book this week. It was a very unique concept. Trigger warning: there is domestic abuse here.

Harry has been checking out my rocks.

Did you know many doors in Arizona wear mittens in the summer?

I haven’t been keeping up with my affiliate sales, but there are some good one this weekend! As always, I receive a small commission from sales made through these links at no additional cost to you. I also have these links post on my sidebar so they are always available. I so appreciate your support of this blog!

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Have a great day!

I have a finish for this week, but it is secret sewing so I am unable to share it.

Instead, here is the first post sharing the little quilts in this pile.

I find it interesting that four of these ten quilts are from quilt alongs or classes with Lori at Humble Quilts!

Have a great day!