KatyQuilts

After a wonderful , but busy weekend, I headed down to the sewing room late yesterday. I decided to tackle this bin of 1930-40s scraps.

I had an idea in mind for these. I grabbed these dies and started cutting.

These scraps were leftovers from someone’s Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt and many pieces look like Swiss cheese.

So I spent a short forever pressing and cutting.

And then, it hit me. I was cutting pieces for the wrong quilt. I need 4” and 2” finished squares.

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These could work, but throws the scale off completely. It is NOT what I wanted.

This totally took the wind from my sails.

I know, I can still use these and it is not time wasted, but it wasn’t what I wanted. For now, I’m putting this bin back in the closet.

Have a great day!

I have a new blog post up for AccuQuilt this week! Check it out to learn how to make this pillow.

Also, one of my free patterns was released last week. Click here and then click on the Patterns tab. Scroll down until you see it.

It’s a free download.

This beautiful boy always makes me smile.

We took him and his brother yo a new pet store. E2 was brave enough to pet this snake!

This cute little wallaby was hopping around.

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend filled with good things!

I decided to make a post just for the sales today. There are deals to be had!

First of all, check out Fat Quarter Shop ‘s deals!

While you are there, don’t forget to check out the Flash Sales!

Of course, AccuQuilt has some great deals! An extra 25% off my order? Yes, please! Don’t forget to use the code FRIDAY25

Quilt Keeper has a sale AND a promo code!

Connecting Threads always has great Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales also, but I don’t have a clue what they are yet. You can be sure I’ll be checking in this morning!

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There is so much to be thankful for in every single day. I hope you find many things to add to your thankful list today.

I shouldn’t have, but I did.

I started another one of these little minis.

I really need to finish my Christmas sewing!

Maybe I’ll just sew the blocks into rows….

Have a great day!

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.

Have a great day!

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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!

Have a great day!