KatyQuilts

This quilt has a name! It is for E3 so it had to have Jack on it. This scene is not even close to realistic., but I couldn’t have black cacti on a quilt for Little Man.

After piecing the background and cutting out the cacti, I glued them down.

This is what I used. And in case you were wondering, yes, I am winging this thing! I just knew I didn’t want this much fusible in the quilt, making it stiff.

Then I loaded it up on the long arm. The plan is to appliqué and quilt at the same time. I sure hope this works!

I made the moon bigger and I used mono-poly thread to go around the edges. This is all I have done so far.

I have another trick up my sleeve yet. Let’s hope the joke’s not on me.

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I have one more Christmas quilt to make and it is for my cactus obsessed boy, E3.

I had a half yard bundle of ombré fabrics I bought when Craftsy sold fabrics. They were my starting point for the background.

I probably should have eliminated more of the lighter parts, but I needed every inch to make it big enough. I thought I’d do silhouettes of cacti.

But I didn’t think E would like black cacti, so I decided to use this green instead. Obviously, this is not an accurate rendition.

It needed mountains in the background.

Nothing is sewn yet and I have no idea how to put this together. Wish me luck!

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This little guy spent the night last week and we had fun playing in the leaves.

This was a fun news story from my high school.

It’s a strange time of year to buy sandals, unless you are going to Arizona soon.

It has been cold here, so these two have been keeping each other warm.

In the spirit of learning new things, hubby and I took a lesson at the range. Target practice is fun!

Before I go, ‘it’s the season of sales! Connecting Threads has a sale n kits.

And AccuQuilt has some great deals as well.

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Here is a post from almost four years ago. I still love this one! Enjoy a look back with me.

Originally Posted on July 26, 2019 by katyquilts

This quilt was started 25 years ago. I got templates from Sharlene Jorgenson. Anyone remember her? After piecing nine blocks, I gave up. The intersections are awful but I had too much invested in it to throw it away!

So now it is quilted.

I have pulled it out and put it away countless times over the years.

Finally, I appliqued it to the gray background and quilted it. The backing wasn’t a great choice, but it was handy.

I can’t believe it’s finally done!

Even more amazing, I like it!

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Remember when I cut these blocks out?

I finally started working on them.

These are 6” blocks and are so easy to piece.

One would think this would be farther along by now. But progress is still progress.

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I told my husband I wanted to try out couching. He said I was already pretty good at it. 🙄

Anyway, I got these couching feet for my long arm a few years ago.

I used some cheap muslin and a batting scrap and quilted a grid for a base.

There are video tutorials on couching and I watched a few before starting. Then I grabbed some cheap acrylic yarn.

Hmmm…..I need practice, but I can see the potential here.

Filling in that cactus took a while. My barrel cactus just looks like a ball of yarn. 😂

This is what the back looks like.

I forgot an apostrophe. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Oh, well. Next I decided to see what would happen after a trip through the wash.

I was worried about distortion, but it seemed to come out okay.

I’ll definitely be playing with this some more soon.

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I haven’t forgotten this!

I did set it aside for quite a while, but I’m back to it.

I press after each row that I add.

I found part of a layer cake and I think I will cut some more pieces from it for this.

These are the dies I use.

I think I want this to be a good throw size. I should probably make more “blocks” like this and then piece those together at the end. This is getting a bit unwieldy.

Have a great day!