KatyQuilts

This post originally appeared here nine years ago! I still have and still love this quilt. Enjoy the post!

My wonderful hubby took me up to the antique festival that is held in a nearby town three times each summer. I always seem to find something calling my name! Here is my greatest find of the day:

But wait , I have more pics of this beauty!

This is a big quilt measuring about 97″ square. There are 36 pieced blocks. The quilting has a 3/8″ crosshatch in the plain blocks and 1/4″ parallel lines in the pieced blocks. The backing was brought to the front and stitched down by hand to create a very narrow binding. Sadly, the fabrics in the stars are very deteriorated. This is by far the oldest quilt I own. I am pretty sure it is pre-civil war. Any ideas?

And I know you are all dying to know what I paid…….

Drumroll please…..

$20

Yep, $20 and she was all mine. She is far from mint but I have saved her from being cut up for teddy bears. I love it

I hit up a local estate sale last week that advertised fabric. I picked up some great older fabrics

This box contains 100 FQs of an old Fons and Porter line called Savannah.

I also found older pieces of Smithsonian fabrics, Judie Rothermel, and Shelburne Museum Collections as well.

Harriet Hargrave and Marsha McCloskey.

And a bit of wool.

That was fun!

Have a great day!

Lori at Humble Quilts issued a challenge some months ago now, to make something from a vintage orphan block.I kept changing my mind and am only now getting started! I decided to use these vintage block pieces.

And I’m using this die from my AccuQuilt 5” Qube.

Here are my little rectangles.

As I was cutting, I remembered this little block I had made some years ago out of pieces from these same vintage blocks. I might be able to include this.

That would definitely change my original plan, but there is some possibility here.

I really need to get a move on with this. The due date is Monday.

Have a great day!

PS Be sure to click here to register for today’s AccuQuilt Live !

Scrolling through my saved pins on Pinterest , led me to this little gem.

I have dies for that!

These are from my 5” Qube Angles Set. The scraps were from the bin.

Hanging diamonds seemed a good quilting choice.

I used a single fold binding and the back ended up a bit wonky.

Now, what can I try next?

Have a great day!

I’m on the home stretch with this quilt. These were my three binding choices.

I ended up going with the last one. The hand stitching is going to take a while. This quilt finished at 102” by 108”.

I do enjoy the view of the back!

Have a great day!

I was going to do Baptist Fans on this scrappy quilt, but I realized if I did that, the birds in the border would be flying upside down.

So I decided to go with this pantograph. I’ve never used it before.

This is the thread I’m using.

Hmmmm…. This is a tough one to do. Each row takes over half an hour.

I think I like it. I’m not ripping it out! It’s definitely going to take a while.

Have a great day!

I pulled these blocks out of my vintage stash. I think they all work together color wise, but the size variations…. ooof!

My sweet neighbor, Kelly, has been so sweet to send me pictures of my cacti in AZ. Isn’t this incredible?

I’m not a country music fan, but my dad loved Johnny Cash. He even sat in on a jam session with him before he became famous. Daughter #1 found this shirt for me because it reminded her of him. I love it!

Mr. Wonderful found me in an outlet store! 😂

Happy mail means more secret sewing to come!

Speaking of AccuQuilt , don’t miss today’s Live show! They are introducing new dies. I’ll be there! Click here to register and join me!

Have a great day!