KatyQuilts

In my sorting, I found this bit of fabric. It should be in a Coronavirus quilt!

I had some strips of wool leftover from cutting my pressing mats to fit my ironing table.

I thought I would try to make a couple small mats from the scraps. I put Heat N Bond on a bit of fabric and fused it to one side.

It seems to have worked! The seams in the mat don’t seem to affect affect the block you are pressing. Now I have travel mat in case I ever go somewhere else to sew. Bahahahaha!

I started this little felt flower project during one of the craft nights at my house more than a year ago. I found the bits while cleaning and decided to just finish this instead of moving it.

I quite like it! I don’t know why it took me so long to finish this.

This is isolation jigsaw number five.

Our plumeria is blooming again! It’s hard to get a good photo since it is over my head!

Have a great day!

I’ve got too many projects going on right now, but I’ve gone and started another. Sort of. These were on my UFO list for the year.

Yesterday, I cut some triangles and pieced them into this. This

Hmmm…. I have no idea what to do next or what to use it for. Too big for a doll quilt, too small for a baby quilt. It is currently about 17 by 20 inches.

I guess I’ll go back to what I should be working on while I think about it.

Have a great day!

I was short a few stars for the plan I showed yesterday. Several blocks in the magazine quilt have pink backgrounds and I decided that the additional stars I needed to make would have a similar background.

I used these Accuquilt dies to cut out my Star parts. So quick and accurate!

Somehow, I managed to lose one of my Star points between the cutting table and machine. I just grabbed one from the spare parts bin that was close enough.

I’m sure it will show up now. Have a great day!

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While perusing Instagram recently, I came across a post by Annette Plog . She had saved this magazine from 2005 and is starting to make this cover quilt.

I recently sorted most of my quilting magazines, but I saved this issue because I also love the cover quilt.

And then I remembered that I already had a pile of sawtooth star blocks from the last block swap organized by Barb. I went to the stash and found this perfect yellow!

I used this die to cut my squares.

Perhaps I should call this one, Serendipity!

Mine will be smaller than the magazine quilt, but a perfect size for hanging. I just need to make a few more blocks and cut some triangles. I’m really excited about this one!

Have a great day!

I’m so excited to be stitching this binding today! I’m nearing this finish line on this one.

I’m also close to having this top done. It should have been finished by now, but I’m losing steam on this.

I need one more row of hexies at the top and bottom.

I thought I would hand quilt this right away. But it might need some closet time. I’m pretty tired of it. And I while I want to hand quilt this, I can’t bear the thought of quilting inside each of these tiny hexies. There HAS to be another way!

Have a great day!

Finally, the end of April! Here are the goals I set for this month.

1. Finish the Tumbler quilt. Done!

2. Finish adding the blocks to the Flower Garden quilt and figure out how I will finish the top. Almost Done! Frankly, I’m rather tired of this and I may put it away for a while before quilting it.

3. Finish my Neutral Scrappy Trips. The top is done! As soon as the batting I ordered comes, I’ll be able to finish it.

4. Make a doll quilt for a swap. Done!

5. Work on a QOV. Not done.

What else did I do?

I finished the grad quilt.

I finished the Batik Rectangles quilt.

Not too bad for a month that lasted about ten weeks!

On to May:

1. I’d like to make three kids quilts.

2. I want to baste another vintage top and start quilting it.

3. Make that QOV.

4. Finish my vintage 30s Trip Around the World top.

Let’s hope May doesn’t last as long as April seemed to. Have a good one!

I decided to clean the walk in closet off the sewing room. I’ve been putting this off because one thing leads to another and another and another…… Actually, that’s how this drawer ended up looking like this. It is no where near the closet.

But in the closet, I found stuff that belonged in the drawer…..

That got me into sorting stabilizers and such.

You can see that I always have help.

This is all scrap batting, except for the roll in the corner. Much of this was hidden in the closet. Out of sight and all that….I didn’t realize how much I had.

It took a whole day, but the mess has been tamed. Mostly.

I made a bunch of frankenbatting and everything I kept has been measured and labeled. I don’t like looking at it, but there isn’t room in the closet and it needs to be used.

This pile is all men’s shirts. This is going to take some time to deal with.

I have a long way to go. Here’s to hoping I can keep the momentum going! Have a great day!