KatyQuilts

When my friend Zenia and I went to QuiltCon, we both loved this quilt.

We decided to make our own quilts inspired by this piece. It took me a long time to get started because I didn’t feel like I had quite the right scraps to work with. Then I went to a yard sale and picked up these.

Just what I needed to get inspired! I sorted the scraps by size.

They were a big too chunky so I randomly sliced them down the middle.

Once I had a pile, I started sewing them into twosies.

I stopped and pressed here because these were pretty skinny. I knew pressing here would make sewing these together easier.

I made long strips of random bits.

It’s a good start!

Have a great day!

I dug through all the fabric that I have here and came up with one strip of yellow. Not a perfect match by any stretch, but I decided it will do.

Now I’m auditioning borders. The pink strips I had originally planned to use seem too narrow to me.

I’m not sold on any of these. For a little quilt, this is taking an awfully long time.

Have a great day!

This is some REAL slow stitching!

It’s the only fan I have done so far! Here’s hoping I make some progress today.

And I had an “oops!” In my post yesterday! I mentioned a book and the photo didn’t post. Here it is.

Have a good one!

The cactuses that we planted last winter are all doing well. This one is starting to grow a new arm. a few others will be blooming soon.

Back in Michigan, Daughter #1 took E3 to the home center. He wanted to show me the cactuses they had there. 😊

Daughter #2 and I spent some time together in the sewing room last week making blankets for shower gifts for a friend of hers.

I picked up this stack of quilt blocks at a yard sale for a couple dollars.

I’m sure I can come up with a plan for these!

Also, here is another book I enjoyed. I’ve read about 35 books this winter. I do love a good book!

Have a great day!

…..I’ve started the quilting on my hour glass quilt!

I brought these design boards back from Michigan with me. I bought an adapter to use them on Harry.

It worked out pretty well. Here is a peek at the back.

I also finished up these placemats. I don’t use placemats, but these seem kind of small.

Back to quilting. Have a great day!

I stitched my hour glass units into four patches. These took a while, but I had a good audio book to listen to.

This is the book. It made me laugh it loud at times.

My blocks finished at 6 inches. I was inspired by Keryn at Quilting Twin to add the plain blocks.

Once this is pieced, it will measure 48 by 60. I’ll probably add borders to make it a good throw size.

Have a great day!

I don’t even remember when I bought these charm packs! I think the two on the right were from Kim Diehl also, I think. My dear dog removed the labels for me. 🙄 Thankfully, she seems to be beyond that puppy phase.

I decided it was time to cut them up and this was the die to use. This came with my GO! Me cutter, along with a 3” finished square die.

I layered three dark charms and three light charms right sides together and ran them through my die cutter. There was a bit of waste, but within my range of acceptable.

Especially when you consider that I perfectly cut 672 quarter square triangles in under 15 minutes. love my AccuQuilt !

This is how perfectly they turn out.

Time to sew!

Have a great day!

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You all are the best! As suggested, I folded back the triangles on each side and put the pink borders back. Yep, that’s what this needed.

I had some short yellow strips and placed them next to the existing outer columns of triangles. This gives better proportions.

Sadly, I don’t t have enough . I tried a bit of this yellow, but I’m on the fence about it. I also think I do want a wider pink border.

So I’ve made progress, if only in my head. But at least I know what I’m looking for. Thanks for all of your help!

Have a great day!

Remember this beautiful top that Deanna, Wedding Dress Blue, sent to me?

I fell hard for this top!

It needed some repair before I could hand quilt.

I ended up removing a row of blocks. This allowed me to replace a few that were a bit too dodgy to use. I also netted some of that lovely claret to patch a few holes. Here it is after repair. It is about 68” square.

I’m thinking it will get the Baptist Fan treatment.

First I need to find some batting and get it basted.

Have a great day!