KatyQuilts

Apparently, I cannot count. I had leftover bits from this quilt that I finished last week.

Rather than put them someplace, I decided to do something with them right away.

So I’ve been sewing the corners on as leaders/enders.

Might make a cute doll quilt.

I’ll have to see how many I end up with.

Have a great day!

I’ve made some more blocks, whilst avoiding the Roblox quilt.

In addition to the Bannard Hills fabrics, I’m adding some Laundry Basket fabrics, and some very old Smithsonian fabrics. They all seem to play quite nicely together.

Have a great day!

One of my grandsons is big into Roblox games. He asked me if I could make a Roblox quilt for him and showed me this logo.

Seems simple enough. But I won’t tell you how much ripping I did on the piece below.

I still don’t have the angle right, but it’s staying. I need more black fabric before I can move ahead. I decided to use gray instead of white. It’s for a 9 yo boy after all.

I plan to machine appliqué the word, Roblox, below the square, as in the photo above. My goal is to complete this before August.

I might make it. If I quit procrastinating.

Have a great day!

Last month, Lori from Humble Quilts shared a sweet little doll quilt from her collection. I knew when I saw it that I wanted to make one, and I finally got around to starting. I pulled out some vintage scraps to use.

And this AccuQuilt Qube.

These are the dies I used.

Now I’m ready to sew!

Have a great day!

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I decided to start this process by washing the quilt. It had some yellow stains I hoped to remove. It got a good long bathtub soak.

I used this and followed up with lots of rinsing.

Here is a reminder of the stains before.

And here it is after washing.

Now it’s time to start the repairs. Have a great day!

I picked up a couple new dies recently. I thought they would be fun to use with the boys. These are great for cutting shapes from craft foam.

Oh, Willy Boy!

This was the moon a few nights ago. It’s been very hazy here from the wildfires in Canada. I wonder if that is what caused the moon to appear red.

After seeing the Hmong appliqué piece that my daughters sent a photo of, I did some looking online at more pieces in this style. So interesting!

And finally, I’ve been auditioning fabrics to go with these blocks.

I’m still undecided.

Have a nice day!

I was in a real quandary about the background of these blocks. So I asked a friend who is a much better quilter than I and an expert at reproduction fabrics.

She suggested using a solid. Her go to recommendation is Bella 200. I think it’s similar to Kona Snow and thought I had some. Nope. It’s probably in Arizona. But I did find this.

I don’t remember buying this. 🤦🏻‍♀️ But I cut some up and tried it out.

Oh, yeah! I thought it would be too white and wouldn’t have tried it, but I know she knows what she’s talking about. It is crisp.

Much better. Time to rip that first block apart.

This is a bit of the original.

I have my work cut out for me. Lol!

Have a great day!

I am not one to go out and buy the latest fabric releases, but when Lori from Humble Quilts offered these half yard cuts of Banner Hills up for sale, I grabbed a bundle.

And I think I know where they will end up. I used these dies for my AccuQuilt Studio cutter, but you could use Shapes 4 and 7 from the 10” Qube as well.

And I made this block.

The quilt on the cover of this book has been on my bucket list for years. I love this book!

Isn’t this gorgeous?

I’ve only sewn the one test block so far. I’m trying to decide if I like the printed backgrounds or prefer the solid as in the original.

Have a great day!

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