KatyQuilts

Are you ready? We are hiking the Gray Fox Trail at the White Tank Mountain Regional Park. It is one of my most favorite places on earth.

I don’t know what this bird is, but she has a lovely song!

Desert Marigolds are beautiful as well.

Oh, how I wish these old Saguaros could talk! The history they have seen!

I love how the light filters through the spines of the cholla. They look so soft and fuzzy…..let me assure you, they are not! You’ll need pliers to get them out of your shoes or flesh!

Here’s a closer look.

I love the endless variety here!

How crazy is this?

You never know what you will find along the way.

Happy trails!

Are you ready? We are hiking the Gray Fox Trail at the White Tank Mountain Regional Park. It is one of my most favorite places on earth.

I don’t know what this bird is, but she has a lovely song!

Desert Marigolds are beautiful as well.

Oh, how I wish these old Saguaros could talk! The history they have seen!

I love how the light filters through the spines of the cholla. They look so soft and fuzzy…..let me assure you, they are not! You’ll need pliers to get them out of your shoes or flesh!

Here’s a closer look.

I love the endless variety here!

How crazy is this?

You never know what you will find along the way.

Happy trails!

I hung this quilt hanger in my sewing room this week. I love this style because you don’t need a sleeve for your quilt and they are so easy to change out.

The skies have been lovely this week!

Daughter #2 has been letting me ride her bike. Such fun!

Another puzzle finish.

The mister’s roses have been glorious!

I saw this on a recent walk in my neighborhood. I know the spiders here can get big, but this is ridiculous!

Have a great day!

I thought I’d share a bit more detail about building the blocks for this process. I would never make this block without the dies! Having said that, it still takes care and practice.

I tried lots of pins, a couple pins, and finally, no pins at all. That worked best for me. Your mileage may vary.

I start by lining up my pieces like this, with the concave piece on top and a quarter inch of the melon showing.

I take a couple stitches and then I just go slowly, adjusting every few stitches. There are matching points in the center of each piece so I can tell if I’m on track.

I press seams toward the melon shape.

This is what the back looks like so far. I’d like to say I used white thread to make it easier for you to see the seam, but I was just lazy.

I made a few blocks like this as well.

Then I cut them in two.

These will be used as border blocks. Stay tuned.

Have a great day!

Since I was having a hard time getting motivated to work on this, I decided to use it as a leader/ender project.

Perhaps I can get the boring bits done this way and move on to the fun parts.

Progress is progress , no matter how small!

As a reminder, this was my plan for these.

As always, this is subject to change.

Have a great day!

I found these fabrics at a thrift shop last week. I HAD to rescue them!

And I have an idea for them. I picked up these AccuQuilt dies last fall. The one on the right is actually a two die set.

Cutting was as easy as expected.

This is where I’m headed…..I think.

Have a great day!

Remember last week when I showed this picture?

I got some advice on Instagram about soaking the offending bits to remove the bleeding.

I added a bit of this to the water.

I had already removed and replaced these pieces, but I thought it a worthwhile experiment. Thus is how it looked after.

It is much better but not completely gone. I went ahead and stitched all my pieces into one unit.

Time to start working on another section.

Have a great day!

Here is a great chuckle to start your weekend! This text is from Daughter #1.

Whenever I need a smile, I’ll go back and read this!

I left my motorcycle in Michigan this winter. My dear Daughter #2 has been letting me ride hers. But I still check out ads every day. I found this one…..

I think I’ll save my money for now. 😂

I love the sound of these flying over my house! The sound of freedom!

Another puzzle done.

E3 (the cactus lover) got me these socks for Christmas. I’ll be wearing them year round!

Mr. Wonderful installed this dog door so we don’t have to take the one in the patio door in and out. Willy is very cute, but deserving of the title, Fluff for Brains. It took him weeks to finally figure this out!

Have a great day!