KatyQuilts

I hate the way the quilting turned out on this. But I did learn how to prevent this ugliness on future quilts. I’m not going to take the time to finish this as is. I’m going to leave it hanging out though. I might cut it up and repurpose somehow.

I walked a labyrinth last week I haven’t done this since I lived in France. It’s a good tool for meditative prayer.

Daughter #2 sent this photo. Jack is going to bloom! I’m excited even though I won’t be there to see it. To me, it means he is happy in his new home.

E3….such a sweet face. When he comes to Nana’s, he likes to watch Jeep videos.

Yes, I’m that dog mom. But actually, the mister picked these outfits up for the pups!

Have a great day!

I haven’t forgotten these.

I finally got around to cutting out more solids for it.

And I have plenty of these to work from!

I really enjoy sitting down to make a block here and there, and it really adds up! This may end up as the wedding quilt that I need for a summer wedding.

Have a great day!

I promised to share more on the washing of this quilt.

This one deserved a good hand wash.

You might wonder why I washed it. The batting and backing were both new. One look at this water and you understand why. All that is from the top. All that dirt acts like sand paper on the fibers. This was the first wash.

This was the third wash. I used baby shampoo.

I followed that with four rinsings. This is the last.

I pressed on the quilt to get as much water as possible out. I followed that up with rolling in towels. Then I spread it out on a clean sheet in the backyard.

I covered it with another clean sheet and left it out until it was almost dry. Then I put it in my dryer. And here it is! So much brighter!

The back crinkled up nicely, hiding my stitches.

And my repairs blend in even better now.

Here’s a good before and after. The first photo was taken just after I purchased this as a tied quilt.

And after quilting and washing.

Have a great day!

I think that’s what I’ll call this quilt! Anyway, I pieced the 9 patches back together.

And I arranged them as closely as possible like they were originally. I did make it one row shorter so I could leave out some dodgy bits.

Now it is back together, basted, and ready for hand quilting.

I’m going to use crochet thread and big stitch quilting to do Baptist Fans. In theory, it shouldn’t take long since the top is now smaller.

Have a great day!

In for a penny, in for a pound! As I took apart the blocks of the 9 patch top, I realized I really had to take apart the 9 patches too. See that skinny seam allowance?

Some of these blocks just made me laugh! I can just imagine her finishing a block, turning it over, and saying, too bad, that screw up is staying!

I ripped these apart while watching the littles. It didn’t take too long since the stitches were so big.

Then I pressed them and cut them down with my die cutter to 2 inch squares.

Now I’m ready to reconstruct.

So much for a quick and easy project.

Have a great day!