KatyQuilts

Hubby and I went bumming around last weekend and did a bit of junking along the way. I picked up this sweet little doll bed for a dollar at one garage sale we stopped at.

Of course, it didn’t look like that when I bought it. It looked like this.

It didn’t take much to get it back in shape.

It had this tag on it and I looked it up online. It originally was part of a little bunk bed set.

I found these at an estate sale. This is Catherineholm enamelware from the 1960s. I’ve only ever found one piece before so I was thrilled to find all of this!

I picked up this fun little letter board at our favorite discount store. I thought it would be fun to use for photos.

It was fun to spend the day with Mr, Wonderful driving around in the Jeep with the top down and no scheduling or agenda.

Have a great day!

I was in a real dilemma about how to proceed with this monstrous tumbler top. I finally decided a wack a strip off one side.

That left me with a top 100 inches square. That’s plenty big, but it just wanted a border.

So it got one. Just 4 1/2 inches, but now it feels right. I have this piece for backing, but of course, it isn’t wide enough. I’ll try to remedy that while I wait for the batting I ordered.

I never have 120 inch batting on hand, but I should probably start thinking about it.

Have a great day!

I’m glad I took this project with me to AZ. I only spent a few hours on it, but it was enough to get me going.

After being home a few days, I got back to it.

I sewed 25 rows of 36 tumblers and ended up with this monster.

It currently measures 106 wide by 100 long. This annoys me greatly. But do I want to add two more rows and borders? Sigh….

Time for a cup of coffee and a good think….

Have a great day!

I’m finishing up the binding on my little quilt today.

It shouldn’t take long. Then I’ll be back to working on my Liberty hexies.

Have a happy Sunday!

I came home from my trip to a wonderful package from Ila! She is so sweet. I can’t wait to try out these long arm rulers.

She also sent along this muslin.

And thread and bobbins! Thank you, Ila!

I picked up dog bandanas at the 99 Cent Store. When I opened them, I found this!

They also had this tie for Willy.

So what’s a quilter to do?

That’s better!

My grand dog Winnie has a donut toy that she loves. So when I saw this giant donut toy, I had to grab it for her. She loved it!

Winslow kept watch while I was gone.

Have a great weekend!

Sometimes it takes me a while to get back into the sewing room after a trip. So I decided to make something small. These are the dies I planned to use.

I say planned, because I didn’t need the HST one since I found enough already cut in my spare parts bins.

I did use the 2 x 4 inch parallelogram to cut black scraps.

Just 12 little blocks.

Time to decide on a border. I really like this claret.

Have a great day!