KatyQuilts

I got this far and had to call a time out. I even ripped it out.

Put the pieces back in order and gave it a think.

And played a bit.

I like this next one best so far.

I never intended to reproduce the little quilt I saw exactly, but I still have no idea where this will end up yet.

Have a great day!

I saw a little antique quilt on Pinterest.

I loved it and decided to make my own version of it using this die.

I love this die. I feel like it is a must have if you want to make log cabin blocks.

I didn’t want 12 inch blocks, do I only used half of the die and cut these.

Not bad, right?

Except that court house steps blocks don’t use all the same pieces. They use all the odd bits, 1 1/2, 3 1/2, 5 1/2 etc. I could use the leftover bits for something else, but I’m not sure what.

Back to the drawing board. Have a great day!

I’m still quilting this vintage 30s hour glass top. It’s hard to find a good place to photograph it in progress. I don’t know if you can tell, but I start around the outside when I quilt fans and work my way in to the center. This is contrary to most advice, but I find that when I baste well on the long arm, I don’t have any problems doing it this way.

Perhaps you can see better on the back. You can tell I have help!

I just have a couple fans and the outside edge will be all done. At that point, I will have 52% of the quilting done. Yes, I calculated it. I’m a bit of a number nerd.

I love how the back looks.

But the texture is not as pronounced on the front. I’m used to quilting twice as close, so this is a bit of a let down for me.

The good news is that this is so much faster than my normal quilting! Have a great day!

I hardly ever buy quilt books anymore. But Mr. Wonderful brought these home for me one day last week.

Check out the prices, $1.99 each! Lots of good inspiration here. BTW, he picked these up Ollie’s Bargain Outlet. If you gave one nearby, check it out! Have a great day!

I’ve made progress on the jelly roll quilt. I decided to take your collective advice and just make one big quilt and be done with it.

I’m not buying fabric now so I went digging through the stash to find backing. I ended up piecing the two pieces shown above to make it.

I had this piece I was going to use for binding, but I’m rethinking that. Too busy.

Something more solid would look better. If I can’t find that in my stash, I may come back to this.

Time to get quilting! Have a great day!

E3 is officially a Jeep boy! He’s so pleased with his new shirt. 😊

Ignore my messy oven, but I made a pie! Coconut custard. I can’t remember the last time I made a pie. I am not a baker. My kids always said, where there’s smoke, there’s dinner.

A friend gave me this old window and I use it to display family snapshots. I finally updated it last week. E3 wasn’t even born the last time I did this

The pups haven’t seen a groomer since January. I still haven’t been able to get them in, so I took matters into my own hands and groomed them myself. I won’t quit my day job.

Hubby and I looked at this last week. I’d love to own one of these oldies!

We ended up spending an hour talking old jeeps with the guy that owned it. So fun!

Have a great day!

I picked up a jelly roll in a clearance bin at Walmart for $1. Yes, one dollar! This was quite a while ago. I decided to finally do something with it. It had only 7 prints and there were six strips of each. So it took a bit of thinking to come up with a good design.

I cut an equal number of white strips and started making strip sets. This should give you an idea of where I’m heading with this even though I have quite a way to go.

Have a great day!

I was invited to participate in a QAL for Fat Quarter Shop . Here are the fabrics I used.

The pattern called for two charm packs, but I used a jolly bar cut in half, yielding two sets of five inch squares. I had to make a bunch of HSTs so I layered a few of my squares and drew a line across the back.

Then you sew on the line and trim.

This got old quick. So I decided it was time to try this tape, purchased from Fat Quarter Shop .

This is how it works.

Much faster!

I can’t share anymore just yet, but you’ll see it soon. Have a great day!