KatyQuilts

I finished quilting the Churn Dash and I’m on to the binding!

I decided to use up some leftover binding pieces and make it scrappy.

I did much of the hand stitching over Christmas while watching movies. Hubby had two surgeries last week, so our holiday was pretty low key.

Someone asked how I resolved the border corners with this quilting design. I’ve done different things in the past, but this time, I just ran the design off the edges at the top and bottom.

I hope this makes sense.

Have a great day!

Hope of all hopes, dream of our dreams,
    a child is born, sweet-breathed; a son is given to us: a living gift.

And even now, with tiny features and dewy hair, He is great.

    The power of leadership, and the weight of authority, will rest on His shoulders.

His name? His name we’ll know in many ways—

    He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Dear Father everlasting, ever-present never-failing,

    Master of Wholeness, Prince of Peace.

His leadership will bring such prosperity as you’ve never seen before—

    sustainable peace for all time.

This child: God’s promise to David—a throne forever, among us,

    to restore sound leadership that cannot be perverted or shaken.

He will ensure justice without fail and absolute equity. Always.

    The intense passion of the Eternal, Commander of heavenlyarmies,

    will carry this to completion

Isaiah 9:6-7 The Voice

Merry Christmas! I thank you for your friendship.

I did the bare minimum as far as decorating this year. We celebrated with Daughter #1 and her family yesterday. I took these pics before they arrived.

I wasn’t going to put up a tree, but I decided at the last minute that I would put this small one.

Years ago, Daughter #3 helped me make the paper ornaments from pages of an old damaged book. I still love them.

I love to hang my stockings, one for each member of the family. I still need to get the newest one embroidered for our new daughter in love.

And that’s it! I’m rather enjoying the simplicity of it all.

Have a Merry Christmas and forget not that Jesus is the reason for this season.

It took me forever to figure out how to quilt this! But I’m finally making progress. I started with this….

But then I doubled up.

Much better.

I tried many different ideas for the blocks and ended up with a crosshatch. Nearly everything is rulerwork, except for the cornerstones. It’s slow going, but beginning is half done!

Have a great day!

After a lot of playing around, I finally got a bit of direction. Hmmm…. I like this.

So I played around the old fashioned way with paper and pencil.

And I think I’ve found another solid that will work better.

Stay tuned. Have a great day!

I thought I’d have this top together in a day after piecing the blocks. I tried several different solids for alternate blocks.

What I thought would be a great idea, just wasn’t. I even tried this print.

Yeah, that’s a no. I started thinking about just putting them together block to block.

Sigh, I thought this would be quick and easy. Back to the drawing board.

Have a great day!

Well, it’s finally on the frame. Time to figure out how to quilt this thing!

I use an app called You Doodle to draw on top of my photos.

I’m not in love with any of these, so I’ll keep working on it.

Have a great day!