KatyQuilts

I asked a few weeks ago for people to share their sewing rooms, but I never got around to announcing the winner of the accompanying giveaway. The winner was, Wendy, from Pieceful Thoughts. Your prize is coming, Wendy!

I’ve made a few changes so far, most notably, this storage set up for my Accuquilt GO! Dies. I’d been looking for a good storage solution, when I realize I already had the perfect thing! These four little units were left behind in our garage by the previous homeowner.

Mr. Wonderful shortened them by an inch so they would fit under my table. I even had an extra to hold a few bolts of fabric. This is what it looked like before. I love clean table tops!

I purchased this IKEA Galant book shelf on FB Marketplace. I specifically looked for this line when I found out the shelves were a perfect size for my project bins.

I put half of my work table/island on bed risers and will do the other side as soon as I get another set. I brought this tall work chair from Michigan and have enjoyed using it at this table.

I have a long way to go, but it feels good to start. I have been working on a secret sewing project that I hope to finish up today and then I’ll get back to one of my own sewing projects here.

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It doesn’t feel like November here in the southwest, but my calendar says it is, so it must be! Time is passing so quickly, that I didn’t even realize that last night was Halloween. I was totally unprepared and didn’t even have candy on hand.

Anyway, here is a look at my finishes for this month.

Most of these were WELL underway before the month began. I wonder what November will bring!

Have a great day!

I made some decent progress on this last week. I now have 12 of 15 blocks quilted.

I know, it’s really hard to see. It also very wrinkled from being in a bag.

But that dumb seam shows up well!

Someone suggested appliqué by a strip over it. I think that is a great solution.

Have a great day!

I love hiking in Arizona! We went to Lost Dutchman State Park with Daughter #2 this week.

It was gorgeous!

Ahhhh……so good to be in the desert. 😊

Have a great weekend!

We are home in Arizona!

And it is every bit as beautiful as I remembered. We are still getting settled in.

I had lots of blog posts written and scheduled ahead of time, but I probably won’t ever get caught up on responding to all of your recent, sweet comments. I did read them all and will try to answer questions soon.

The pups were awesome little travelers, but they are very happy to be home too.

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Lori at Humble Quilts recently held a quilt along. I always join in on these! She does a great job and I always end up with something I love. Here are my blocks.

If they seem a little bit big, they are. Lori made 6 inch blocks and I made mine 8 inches. I did that because I had pieces cut that would work, but they were bigger. Works for me! Here is the layout.

Lori’s blocks are much scrappier than mine and I like hers better. But I still love this enough that I’m thinking about making more blocks!

It’s my favorite color combo!

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I ended up using the vintage purple solid for the setting triangles. I think it works.

I like it, but not enough to hand quilt. The baskets were machine pieced and the handles were appliqued by machine as well. So I loaded it up on the long arm.

This is getting my wonky crosshatch. It fits these wonky blocks.

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The quilting has begun, though not without issues. All of my own doing. 🙄

It doesn’t show up real well in these photos.

I now have five of the fifteen blocks quilted.

My backing and batting are barely big enough. I had several blocks quilted before I realized I had a seam on the back of the backing facing outward. Ugh. I’m soldiering on and will figure out what to do with that later.

Have a great day!