KatyQuilts

Another dream came true recently! Hubby and I took classes to learn to ride last summer. He got his bike before we left Michigan, and I found mine out here.

It’s a 2015 Harley Davidson XG 750 with a retro custom paint job.

I hadn’t ridden since our classes last summer, but after spending a lot of time practicing in the neighborhood, we ventured out to my happy place, the White Tank Mountains.

My dad rode. Here is a photo of him with his last bike, a Honda Shadow. He loved that bike. He rode when he was quite young, quit for a while, and picked it up again when I was in college. When I came home from school, he’d take me on a long ride and we’d go out for lunch.

He rode up until the summer before he went to Jesus.

I wish I could ride with him now. Miss you, Dad.

Have a great day!

I set up my embroidery machine here and wanted to try it out. So I made this little guy.

I started by adding fusible to some scraps.

Then I cut my pieces using this Gnome die from Accuquilt .

Easy peasy!

I downloaded the free embroidery design from Accuquilt to stitch it down.

I don’t know what I’ll do with him yet, but he is cute!

BTW, Connecting Threads has a great sale today!

They will have another deal tomorrow.

Have a great day!

Thanks for all the great advice regarding EQ8. I’ve decided to go for it. I’m also looking into the classes suggested by several of you to get the most out of this investment. If you are interested in a great video preview, click here.

Moving on, there has been progress on the Buckeye blocks.

The blocks are nearly done. There will be a total of 84. I’ve been working on these in between a whole bunch of secret sewing projects that I won’t be able to share for several months.

I sew a few papers, then work on secret sewing, then cut a few apart….

This cutting apart really hurts my shoulder. I press down on the ruler really hard to keep it from slipping when I need to cut exactly on a line. Ouch. I’m so happy this cutting is all done.

I have played around a bit in EQ7 with ideas for these blocks.

I have no destination for this quilt so there is no rush to finish it.

Have a great day!

I had EQ5 and later upgraded to EQ7. I never used either to their full potential. I’ve started using it again after a long break and now I’m thinking about getting EQ8.

Have any of you used these? Is there a big difference between 7 and 8? Do any of you use this for designing patterns?

So many questions, I know! I’d love to hear your thoughts and advice. Thanks!

I started making these blocks last spring before we headed back to Michigan. I just counted and I have 30 made so far.

I won a layer cake of the white Moda Solid and one of the blue prints as well as the layer cake papers from Moda several years ago.

I found the red Aunt Grace print in a thrift shop recently and I thought it might go with these blocks.

I’ll be honest, this is not my favorite way to make blocks. It’s a very clever idea, very accurate, and there is very little fabric waste. But it takes forever and this much rotary cutting bothers my shoulder. I’d rather use my Accuquilt dies. You can read about how these Cake Mix papers work here.

Each “page” makes two blocks. I’m going to try to do a few blocks each day until they are done. Or maybe I’ll binge and do them all at once……

Have a great day!

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Is it just me, or does it seem like the Black Friday deals are starting early this year? Anyway, here are a few I wanted to let you know about.

First of all, Connecting Threads will have a new deal each day this week. Today, you can get a free thread set!

Fat Quarter Shop has a new flash sale every day. This is what they have on offer today. They always have amazing specials at the end of November. I’ll keep you posted on that!

Of course, Accuquilt has great things going on!

I’ll keep an eye out so you don’t miss anything. 😁

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Have a great day!

I finished the last few blocks for E2’s Mine Crack (Minecraft) quilt.

Then I got the top together, minus the borders.

I will probably just add black borders to match the sashing. I thought I’d bought enough to do that, but apparently not. Time to shop.

Have a great day!

PS Register now for this exciting Accuquilt Live event!

Thankful for another Sunday! Today I’ll be stitching this binding.

And hopefully, I’ll get back to hand quilting this. It’s a small quilt and should have been done by now.

Have a great day!

Last post! Here are my finished blocks.

Time to lay them out. I didn’t think too hard on this.

This is how the back looks. By pressing both block seams in the same direction, the seams nest nicely when putting the blocks together.

Here is my little top.

I should be able to share this finish soon. I hope this was helpful.

Have a great day!