KatyQuilts

The top is together! I used that estate sale green for setting triangles. I’m going to be really sad when that is gone!

And yes, there are some issues in the lower right. Given the myriad of block sizes, I’m surprised it isn’t worse! I’m most surprised at how well most of the points matched from block to block.

Most of the points are pretty decent. Except for a few like this.

I put the smallest blocks in the corners so I could “fill in” with oversized triangles. It ended up about 56 inches square with two blocks left over. I’ll probably make them into doll quilts.

Now it’s time to plan the quilting. I can’t wait to get this on the frame!

Have a great day!

Remember these? They’ve been calling me to work on them.

I finally got brave enough to square them up. I use the term “square” rather loosely here….. they are a bit skewed and definitely not all the same size. I simply cut 1/4 inch away from the points. It was scary, but I had todo this before I could plan the next step.

I have 15 blocks. I’ve been praying with some layouts.

These are special blocks and I want to do them justice. I’m leaning toward the last layout, but I’ll have to think about it for a bit.

Have a great day!

So I got the top together and as I suspected, it was just too narrow.

I went through the bins and gathered all the blue scraps I could find to make more rectangles. Quite a few look like this.

I was able to make two more columns and I’m much happier with it now.

Time to quilt!

Have a great day!

So thanks to all of you, I now know that miscellany really is a word! I’m running low on thread. This didn’t help.

Doesn’t she look proud of herself?

Daughter #1 made this Dutch Apple pie for us. It was incredible!

The mister and I visited the Es through the window. E3’s face is heartbreaking!

Not once, but twice this week we woke up to snow! Ugh!

It sounds like everyone is cleaning and organizing since they are stuck at home. Me?

Yeah, not so much. Have a great day!

I found some more blue to go with my batik blocks.

Just not enough. This will make a quilt that is 48 by 72 inches. Hmmmm…. I’d like it to be a bit wider. But I also like having all the solid bits the same. I decided to sew this together as is and then figure it out. Here are my rows all prepped.

After I sewed the rows, I put them up on the design wall sideways, just to see how I liked it.

Nope.

I will have 80 rectangle blocks left over so I will be able to make at least one more quilt with these. This is for Hands2Help hosted by Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

Have a great day!

I’m really tired of making masks, and I think I’m done making them. So I cleaned up the mess from the last batch, and decided to do inventory of my leader/ender project to see where I was at.

I had 120 blocks done. And this is all the pieces I had left.

So I went ahead and finished those up. It was a perfect project for my tired brain. I ended up with 134 1/2 blocks.

You may remember that this was my intention for these blocks.

I won’t use this exact solid because I used it up in the HST quilt. I think today I will dig through the stash for something that will work.

Have a great day!

This has been a fun, quick project. It sure has morphed from my original plan. I would have preferred to have all the background the same shade of gray, but I’m using what I have on hand.

Now I’m trying to decide on quilting. I’m using an app called YouDoodle to draw on my photos. Here are a few ideas I’m considering.

I want this done this week so I need to make a decision soon! Have a great day!