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.
Have a great day!
I have another old finish to reshare with you today. Enjoy!
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.
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This has been a fun little experiment and it has definitely spawned some new ideas.
After I quilted the top, it looks a bit boring. So I played with adding some brighter bits.
In the end, I went back to my red idea. I hand appliquéd a few rectangles.
Here is a look at the back.
Ta daaa! Not a show stopper, but it was fun.
Have a great day!
Here is another oldie to share. Enjoy!
Posted on August 12, 2016 by katyquilts
This darn thing is finally done! According to my blog, I started this on June 8th, just before my last trip to Phoenix. It feels like I have been working on this a lot longer than that! It is a very small quilt. It finished at about 23 inches square.
I wanted to quilt it simply so the piecing design would be the thing you noticed. I quilted this on my Bernina 1030 with a walking foot. I thought I would show you how I marked this. I started with a fairly large grid of about 2 1/4 inches. I was aiming for the center of the squares so I didn’t mark that interior of the quilt. But I needed to mark the borders so it wouldn’t go too wonky on the sides. I made creases in the fabric to follow.
And this is the tool I used. I think it is actually a point turner, but it works.
After this grid was quilted, I quilted another grid halfway between the lines of the first.
Not enough quilting for me! I did the same thing a third time so the quilting ended up at just a hair over a half inch apart.
That’s better.
Both the border and the binding fabric are what I call “nothing” prints. They appear solid from a distance and there isn’t anything really distinguishable about them But they are so very useful. These are the fabrics that make others really pop. I grab them whenever I see them.
The quilting really shows up in this next picture.
Here’s a peek at the backing fabric, a very old piece from my stash.
But a quilt is never done until it is washed and so I did. And it crinkled up quite nicely.
It hides my not so very straight lines!
The light was coming in just right to really capture the texture here.
You can tell when I am really glad that something is done, I take more pictures of the finishes I am most happy to have off my list
That texture there? That is why I like lots of quilting!
Have a great day!
It’s probably hard to tell, especially if you read blogs on a small screen, but it’s starting to come together.
I started out cutting pieces to size and then switched to sew and wack.
I’m not in love with this, but it’s an experiment.
Have a great day!
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