Category Archives: Hand piecing

Slow Stitching Sunday ~ Pandora’s Box

Posted on December 4, 2022 by katyquilts

I started another section, as you can see below. I think I will make 6 “blocks” like the part on the left and then stitch those together. One block measures approximately 27” square. This is definitely a long term project … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching Sunday ~ Essential Tools

Posted on September 18, 2022 by katyquilts

I’m still working on this bit. Today I thought I’d share what I consider to be my essential tools for hand piecing. I just started using this. I know it’s for hand quilting, but I love it for piecing. It … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching Sunday ~ Aunt Martha

Posted on September 5, 2021 by katyquilts

This project involves many steps. At least the way I am doing it! I stamped a bunch of pieces while watching my grandsons in our backyard one day. Then I trimmed with scissors. I had no idea how dull my … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on August 22, 2021 by katyquilts

You may remember that I kitted up this little project a few weeks ago. I started working on it. I marked all the seam allowances during the downtime at our garage sale. Now I’ve nearly finished hand piecing. This is … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on August 15, 2021 by katyquilts

I’m in great need of some slow stitching today! I am bushed! I’m taking some rest time before cleaning up the detritus from the weekend sale. I shared this vintage kit that I purchased a while back. My thought was … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on December 20, 2020 by katyquilts

I’m pulling this out to work on since my hand quilting project is in AZ. It will be pieced randomly and will take forever. I should write on one of the papers the date I started piecing. Have a great … Continue reading →

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Finish It Up Friday ~ GFG

Posted on October 23, 2020 by katyquilts

My Grandmother’s Flower Garden is done! I bought the vintage flower blocks many years ago and began piecing them together. There was a period of at least ten years when they never saw the light of day. But this year … Continue reading →

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Grandmother’s Flower Garden UFO

Posted on March 22, 2020 by katyquilts

Since I’m finding myself with dedicated hand sewing time (I take one of my grandsons to speech therapy twice a week) and my Hexie project is pieced, I thought I might finally get back to this top. I purchased these … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on July 28, 2019 by katyquilts

This little quilt frame might my favorite dollhouse piece. It came with this bit of preprinted patchwork. I had to change that! I dug through some bits and found these tiny leftover hexies. It shouldn’t take too long to finish … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on February 17, 2019 by katyquilts

Remember this piece that I took apart? I ended up taking it back to regular flowers rather than diamonds. On my recent trip, I began piecing it back together. Daughter #2 and I split the driving and I did a … Continue reading →

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