KatyQuilts

Finish It Up Friday ~ Cheddar Cheese and Crackers

Posted on October 2, 2020 by katyquilts

It’s done! This little quilt has been on my bucket list for a long time. The pattern was a QAL hosted by Lori at Humble Quilts.

I used blue scraps for all of my dark squares and triangles. The photo above shows the quilt before washing and the rest of these show the quilts after.

The backing is an old Mary Koval print.

I feel like my cheddar is more gold than cheddar. I’d like it better if it were more orangey. But I still love this! Btw, I upsized my quilt, it measures 36 by 36 inches.

BTW, I’ve been cleaning and sorting in the sewing room again. Tomorrow I will be starting an online “garage sale” here on the blog. Tomorrow’s post will have vintage quilt tops, a vintage kit, and some small vintage quilts.

Now I’m off to find a place to display this. Have a great day!

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Are you ready…..

Posted on October 1, 2020 by katyquilts

…..for a quilter’s garage sale?

I’ve been cleaning and sorting again and some of this stuff has to go. On Saturday, I’ll begin posting items for sale here on the blog. I will likely have several sale posts as I’m trying to group like things together for each post.

Saturday will be the day for vintage quilt tops, vintage small quilts, and a vintage quilt kit or two. One day next week, I will be parting with some small quilts made by me, after that, books and miscellaneous.

Just wanted to give you all a heads up! Have a great day!

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Throwback Thursday

Posted on October 1, 2020 by katyquilts

I was sorting some quilts the other day and found a little one that I had been looking for for a long time. It was between two big quilts.

I made it from vintage scraps and tried to achieve a utilitarian look. Check out the date.

I thought I’d share a couple others made from vintage scraps.

This one is so simple, but I remember how much I enjoyed making it. I love this little horse print.

And the feedback backing.

I love a pinwheel!

Have a great day!

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September/October Goals

Posted on September 30, 2020 by katyquilts

Here are things I wanted to accomplish this month:

1. Finish the churn dash quilt. Not done.

2. Get half of the flower garden quilt hand quilted. Done!

3. Finish hand piecing the Liberty hexie pieces. Done! Now to get it assembled.

4. Tackle another item off the UFO list. Not done.

What did I do?

I made two baby quilts.

And I quilted 11 Quilts of Valor.

For October, I would like to:

1. Finish my Cheddar Cheese and Crackers quilt.

2. Finish my GFG quilt.

3. Quilt 5 QOVs.

4. Lastly, I’d like to kit up some projects that have been on my bucket list for some time.

Have a great day!

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50 Shades of Brown QAL

Posted on September 29, 2020 by katyquilts

Yesterday part 2 of this little quilt along came out. I decided it was high time I got part 1 done!

I was glad I already had a bunch of 1 1/2 inch squares cut up. I just had to pick through to find the colors I needed. The four patches went together very quickly.

I decided to move ahead to part 2. Again, I grabbed my bin of 2 1/2 inch squares and picked out all the browns I needed.

I got my pieces together.

It’s looking mighty busy right now! Lori said to look for a directional print for the next step. I’ll do that today.

Thanks so much for all the feedback yesterday regarding quilting by mail. I think I’m going to give it a trial run. I plan to work up the details this week.

Have a great day!

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I’ve been thinking….

Posted on September 28, 2020 by katyquilts

……yes, I know that can be dangerous! Anyway, I’ve been longarm quilting for about seven years now. Lately, I’ve been thinking about starting to long arm quilt for others. I have a few friends I’ve quilted for and I do quite a few tops for Quilts of Valor, but mostly, I just quilt for myself.

There seem to be quite a few long arm quilters in my area, but there may not be in yours. So I was thinking of offering quilting by mail. Clients can send their tops and I will mail back the quilted quilt.

I’m thinking about trying this out on a very limited basis to see how it goes and work out the kinks. I would most likely offer only edge to edge designs to begin with.