KatyQuilts

This is a photo of our house when we moved in.

That tree in front of the door had to go. So we had it moved to the other side of the driveway. I loved it!

Alas, the tree did not. I didn’t take a photo of the dead tree, but we were back to this, which I’m sure my neighbors considered an improvement.

Yesterday, we welcomed Jack into the family. He is a seven foot saguaro spear (no branches). I would have preferred one with arms, but it wasn’t in the budget. Did you know it takes 50-100 YEARS for a saguaro to grow arms?

He’s 60 years old! I’m smitten with him.

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Here’s my fabric pull for a new project.

I cut pieces that are roughly 11 inch squares.

I layered them in pairs and freehand cut two curves.

Then I switch the middle pieces.

This is what they look like after piecing.

And this is how I press. I just go in the direction the fabric wants to go. They will get trimmed up later.

Four done!

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I have four of sixteen rows done! It’s amazing what a difference quilting makes.

I’ve replaced a few triangles here and there.

Here’s another look at the back.

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I found more bits and pieces hidden in with my hand dyed fabric. This first group has a lot of potential.

Not sure what I was thinking here.

Or here….

Hmmmm…..this gives me ideas….

I’m glad I saved these pieces and can look at them with fresh eyes. I think there is a lot of potential here.

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I brought a bag of little scrappy strips out here with me last fall. I sorted them roughly by length.

And started sewing them together.

It’s good mindless work when the solar panel installers are banging overhead.

I have no idea where this is headed, but I have more strips to sew.

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I got my improv piece all together and started quilting. Here is my set up. I’d forgotten how much drag there is, even with a small quilt.

I started with all vertical lines.

Then I added horizontal lines. I didn’t measure anything. We will call it, organic.

I think this one will get a facing rather than a binding. I’m going to have to read my own tutorial to remember how. You can find it here.

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