KatyQuilts

I so appreciate all your lovely comments regarding my decorating with quilts post. I have company this week so again behind on comments, I thought I’d write a post to answer your questions.

First of all, there are no patterns available for any of the quilts I shared on Thursday. They are all original works of mine. The labyrinth quilt is based on the labyrinth in the floor of Chartres Cathedral in France. I used a bleach discharge technique to create it.

On to hanging!

I hung the quilts in my hall with these tiny brass pins.

They are about a half inch long. Because they are brass, they don’t rust with humidity. Since they are tiny, they don’t leave big holes in the walls. I believe I got these at Michael’s.

You can see here that they are hardly visible.



Have a great day!

This is not exactly a finish, but it is a finished top!

The photo above shows the truest color. Here is a look at the whole thing.

I ended up with these two like pieces next to each other, but they are staying.

These pieces came from shirts belonging to my dad, my FIL, the mister, my son, and my sons in law. They are cotton, poly/cotton, poly, linen, etc.

I didn’t get super picky on my points matching. It will be a cuddle up and feel the love quilt.

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I decided to make these strips into blocks like this.

I think when they are done, I will set them with alternate plain blocks. I love making these. So simple. My strips are cut 2 inches wide. I sew a print and backgrounds strip together and then cut them into thirds.

These get sewn together.

Then sub cut into 2 inch segments and every other segment is flipped.

Sew them together and you’re done!

Here is how I press.

This means all seams nest nicely.

I think I have enough strips for 50 blocks. I better get to it!

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Here are the goals I set for myself for November,

1. Arrive safely in Arizona. Done!

2. Acquire some furniture. Done!

3. Set up a new sewing space. It’s work in progress. 🤨

4. Start hand quilting my triangle quilt. Not done.

5. Finish piecing my churn dash top. Done!

What else did I do?

I made progress on my Liberty Hexies.

And started my hourglass quilt. Not much on the sewing front. For December:

1. I want to quilt and finish my churn dash quilt.

2. Finish Liberty Hexies.

3. Finish the Hour Glass quilt.

4. Finish my 36 patch quilt.

Is this realistic? Heck, no! But you just never know….

Have a good!

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These strips were on my UFO list to finish this year.

The problem has been that I’m not sure what to do with them. Originally, I planned to make another quilt like this.

But this vintage quilt is also a possibility.

Either way, I’ve begun sewing print strips to back ground strips.

I just need to decide already. Hmmmm…..

I also wanted to give a big thanks to all that read my affiliate sales posts and shopped them this weekend. I so appreciate your support of my blog.

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Remember this? I got it all basted and brought it along to hand quilt.

But not a single stitch has happened. We will have company this week and I’d like to start this so I can quilt and visit. First, I need to decide how to quilt it.

Yep, I brought my fan stencil! But I only brought a small hoop.

So I’m trying to decide if there is a more efficient way to quilt this that won’t frustrate me with this small hoop. I really hope inspiration hits today so I can get started.

Have a great day!

Just a quick note to say that I am now an affiliate for Connecting Threads ! And they also have huge sales this weekend!

This sale runs through Cyber Monday.

As a reminder, it doesn’t cost you any more to purchase through my links, but I do receive a small kickback that helps offset the cost of the blog. I don’t normally post often about these links, but they are always available in the sidebar under Affiliate Links. This weekend has way more posts than normal about these links, but that’s because the sales are so good!

Thanks for your support!

If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you know how much I love my Accuquilt diecutter. I mean, who can resist perfect little piles of perfection?

It is seriously right up there with my long arm as far as my favorite tools. Anyway, Accuquilt is having the best sales I have ever seen today so you can enjoy your own little perfect piles.

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As many of you know, I am an affiliate for a few companies. That means if you purchase an item from them after clicking on one of my links, I make a small commission. It doesn’t cost you any more, but it helps me to offset the cost of keeping this blog. It isn’t cheap due to the large amount of storage required to write every day for over ten, no, eleven years!

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Have a great day!