KatyQuilts

This is something new, inspired by something old, a small quilt I saw on eBay.

I’m making a lot of HSTs here. So I layered the Kona Snow and the butterscotch solid. I have no idea what that is.

Then I cranked them through my Accuquilt GO!

Now my pieces are all lined up and ready to feed through my machine.

I have nearly 150 pair here and this is how little waste I ended up with.

Sewing has started!

Looking forward to some more mindless meditative stitching today. Before I head up to the sewing room, here are a couple Accuquilt deals to share with you.

And for Studio cutters:

Have a great day!

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I cut these pieces out back in Michigan.

The plan was to make a smallish baby quilt. I started piecing.

But as is often the case, I wanted to go bigger.

I thought I could have a column of these blocks flanked by uneven borders of plaids or stripes. Maybe even add another column….

I think I have the perfect fabrics in Michigan to finish this into a nap quilt. I think I’m going to pack up these bits and take it with when we head back north. It just wants to be more. I think.

Have a great day!

I bet you thought I’d never get back to this! I was starting to think that.

I haven’t picked it up since December.

But it is time to get going here, so today is the day!

Happy stitching!

Just a quick post to let you know about a couple great deals from Accuquilt . First, half off studio dies!

And just through tomorrow, 15% off GO! Dies, Mats, and Accessories!

Click on either photo above for more details. Have a great day!

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Last week was my birthday and I was royally spoiled!

Mr. Wonderful lived up to his name and gifted me with a new iPad and an Apple Pencil! I’m still learning how to use it, but it is really fun!

I downloaded an app that allows me to take photos like this:

And turn them into this:

And this:

How fun is that? I decided Big L needed to visit me in Michigan, so….

The app is a background eraser that allows you to change the background to that of another photo. If you need me, I’ll be over here playing with my new toy.

Have a great day!

I put all my snowball and alternate blocks on the design wall.

Then I realized the problem.

Leftovers. Clearly I cannot count. I hate leftover bits. I don’t have any more of these prints here, so I tried adding more white at the ends.

This isn’t working, but it led me to my solution.

Stay tuned.

Time to work on those snowball blocks!

I love how the corners line up perfectly when I use my die cutter.

Done!

Time to play. I really quite like this setting.

They would also look great with a consistent solid as alternate blocks.

But this is what I had in mind.

Have a great day!

I’ve had a quilt on my bucket list for a while and decided to cut it out when I was home. I used the 6″ snowball die and the 6″ square die from Accuquilt

I used Kona White for the snowball blocks and some older prints from Connecting Threads for the rest. They have a 30s feel to them.

I was in a hurry and not very careful cutting my snowballs out and had more waste than I really needed to.

Before I threw these in the scrap bucket, I die cut them down to 2″ HSTs.

I ended up with minimal waste and a good start on a new project.

Have a great day!

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