KatyQuilts

I certainly didn’t need another sewing machine, but when I found this one for $50, I couldn’t resist! My friend, Zenia, has one just like it that she loves. Now I know why! It reminds me a lot of my Juki.

Speaking of Zenia, she knew I needed another thread stand and surprised me with one! She also sent along this fantastic fabric. She’s the best!

We’ve been enjoying fires in the backyard. The other night, Daughter #2 and her fiancé made fried chicken for us. It was amazing!

My sister has the decorating touch. While she was here visiting, she helped with a few projects. Here is a before.

And after! She also styled my shelves for me. I’m not good at that.

We also painted the breakfast bar.

I got this fun game for my birthday. 😁

I saw this huge drum in Carefree. My sister and I sent a day there. I loved it!

There is a botanical garden in the center of town that is lovely. They have many specimens of crested cactus, like the one below.

Have a great day!

I started this project two years ago. It’s about time I got back to it!

I was procrastinating on the layout. I cleaned off my design wall and placed blocks so I could see how long and wide it would be. I also sewed a bunch of the pieces into blocks of four strips, all the same color. This meant I wasn’t placing each individual strip on the board.

Time to start working at the wall.

This took forever.

They are finally all on the wall, but I’ve got a some tweaking to do.

Winslow agrees.

Have a great day!

I saved a photo of an antique crib quilt on Pinterest some time ago. when I was back in Michigan, I decided to cut pieces for it.

Since I had no idea what size the pieces were in the original, I decided to make mine with 2” finished HSTs.

I also changed my mind on the placement of the HSTs.

I threw it up on the design wall with the borders I had cut.

Eh…..not thrilled. I might like it better with wider borders. It has lost the naïveté of the original. Now I have to figure out where to go from here.

Have a great day!

I don’t know if you caught the AccuQuilt Live program today, but two quilts that I made were shared in the trunk show! It’s so hard to keep these projects secret and I’m excited to finally be able to share them with you!

First is my Peek A Bloom quilt.

And second is my Purple Pansy Basket quilt!

Both of these patterns are available for free on the AccuQuilt website.

They are also running some great deals this week for National Quilting Day. Check out the details here.

Thanks for sharing my excitement! Have a great day!

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It’s been a busy few weeks, but I’m finally getting back to the sewing room. I eased back into things by cutting up the rest of my alternate squares for my leader/ender project.

Then I made some HSTs.

I bought a bag of fabric at Good Will and this was in the mix. I think it’s for placemats. I think I’ll finish them for a gift.

I also played around on EQ a bit.

I schedule blog posts in advance when I know I’m going to be busy, so it looks like I’ve been sewing away. I really haven’t, and it can take me a while to get back into things.

Before I go, I wanted to let you know that there is still time to register for this!

I may have one or two projects in the trunk show at the end. 😊

Also, Connecting Threads is celebrating National Quilt Week with 20% off everything! Use the code shown below.

Have a great day!

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Lori from Humble Quilts issued a vintage block challenge last fall. The idea is to take one vintage quilt block and finish it into something. I pulled these four from my collection.

Here’s a closer look at each one.

I have no idea where to go with this, but narrowing my options helps.

Before I go, I wanted to let you know about this fantastic sale at AccuQuilt .

The deal ends at midnight Central Time. Happy shopping!

Have a great day!

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My sister visited last week. We spent one day hiking in the White Tank Mountains. It was so beautiful!

Have a great day!