KatyQuilts

One of my grandsons is obsessed with the alphabet. He is autistic and incredibly bright. He began reciting the alphabet before he was a year old and was reading by age 2!

For his birthday this summer, I’m making him an ABC quilt. I’m using the AccuQuilt GO! Carefree Alphabet die. There are free embroidery designs on their site that can be downloaded.

That meant I needed to get all the blocks done before leaving AZ, since my embroidery machine lives there.

I’m no expert on machine embroidery. I like to use Sulky Self Adhesive Tear Away stabilizer. It might not be the best for this project. After finishing one letter, I cut a piece of stabilizer to cover the hole and do the next letter. I replace the base layer from time to time. Beware, this is a quick and dirty method and your mileage may vary.

After placing fabric in the hoop, the design stitches an outline so you know where to place the die cut letter. Note: I put fusible web on the back of the fabric before cutting the letters out.

I like this little clover iron for fusing the letters down.

Then it goes back in the machine for the satin stitch.

Far from perfect, but I can live with this.

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I picked up a bin of fabric at a sale recently and found this in it.

I think this is the start of a One Block Wonder quilt? I’m not sure. I never would have bought this fabric, but it’s an idea I’ve played with before. This is what a single block looks like.

This is the fabric before cutting.

And here are the blocks on the wall.

I decided I needed to sort them a bit and I made a few more while I was at it.

I think there is some potential here.

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I haven’t picked this up much, but finally made some progress last week.

So far, I’m liking the red thread.

The center blocks are all quilted. Now I have to figure out the rest. That usually takes longer than the actual quilting.

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As it warms up in AZ, I’m seeing more of these!

Another puzzle finish.

Playing with scraps.

I snapped a pic of this while the mister was driving. This always makes me smile!

Easter was a great day! Daughter #2 organized an Easter egg hunt for our dogs. Winslow caught on and loved the game. Check this out!

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I found this at a sale recently for $20. So it had to come live with me!

I love the design and it is well done.

Except for those ties. clearly this quilt hasn’t been used much, so it hasn’t resulted in too much damage.

Even the back is that lovely 30s green!

The blocks are all reverse appliquéd.

You know I had to open it up! Yep, poly batting. Someone finished this in the recent past.

Eventually, this will be taken apart and quilted. For now, I’m enjoying it here.

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So I have all my blocks finished…

…. I think. The hourglass blocks make a secondary Ohio Star design.

But the design is interrupted in the top right and bottom left corners.

This could be fixed if I make 12 more sampler blocks and 11 more hourglass blocks.

I wanted this top done before I leave for Michigan. I was hoping to quilt it there and use it in my family room. But, it’s already 60 by 72. I don’t know what to do. I think I’ll go take a hike and think about it some more.

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I finished the last of the blocks for the Farmer’s Wife quilt.

The top left corner block is my own variation of one of the blocks in the book. My friend kindly gave me fabric in addition to the blocks and I used a bit of my own scraps here and there.

The layout needs tweaking and I need more hourglass blocks. But I love this so far!

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