UFO Parade 2020

Posted on January 14, 2020 by katyquilts

As I’ve been cleaning the sewing room, I’ve been compiling my current list of UFOs.

1. My 4 Patch Leader/Ender project.

2. MySnowball quilt.

3. I still have my churn dashes!

4. My Gather applique.

5. Many Trips

6. I want to repair and hand quilt this.

7. My Liberty hexies are a carry over from last year.

8. These vines are another carry over.

9. My Elongated Hexies

10. My Civil War Tumblers

11. A t-shirt quilt for Daughter #1.

12. I bought these GFG flower blocks over 20 years ago. It would be nice to at least make some progress on putting them together.

13. Batik rectangles.

14. These are leftovers from my Dutch Hexie quilt. I have so many hexies left, it feel like a UFO!

15. I found these 4 patches made from QOV scraps.

16. I cut these rectangles from fabric I bought in Hawaii.

17. Four patches I made from vintage fabrics.

18. I can’t remember when I cut these tumblers. The fabrics were leftover from a Quilt of Valor challenge. I hated the fabrics because the red is not red, it is pink.

19. Denyse Schmidt hexie leftovers.

20. These strips are leftovers from a quilt I made a couple years ago and they are begging to be used. I think I have a plan now that will use these up and also scratch an item off the bucket list.

21. More tumblers.

Good grief, my list is even longer than last year! I’m going to need to set a goal of finishing two a month if I have any hope at all of getting through this.

I will add to this list if I find any more. I probably will.

Have a great day!

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I saw it on Pinterest….

Posted on January 13, 2020 by katyquilts

I saw a little quilt on Pinterest and decided I had to make it. So I pulled out this bin of vintage scraps.

And my 2 inch square die and got cutting.

And piecing.

And cutting some more.

I love Pinterest, but sometimes I have to remind myself to actually do something with those pins!

Have a great day!

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Dollhouse Chronicles

Posted on January 11, 2020 by katyquilts

I went to a sale last week that had dollhouse stuff advertised. I was not disappointed! There wasn’t a ton of stuff, but definitely some things I could use and the prices were great. My best find was a set of German Caco dolls. Here’s momma in the kitchen checking out her new stove.

And I finally have a maid! Of course, she snuck away to put a few stitches in the quilt on the frame.

Kitchen supplies.

I love a man with a dictionary!

Kids in the bedroom.

Big sister in the great room.

Baby in the basket.

A closer look at little brother.

I love how well little sister fits in the rocker!

I need a day just to play with my toys! Have a good one!

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Finish It Up Friday ~ The Library Quilt

Posted on January 10, 2020 by katyquilts

First finish of the decade! We’ve had so much rain that my back yard is too soggy for photos. So I ended up at a local park.

It’s a simple quilt, but I wanted the pieces big enough to show off the prints. The text is from Anne of Green Gables. Such great books and the movies are family favorites.

I used a pantograph called Calliope for the quilting.

I loved this border print!

Now I want to curl up and read a book….or watch a movie. 😊

Have a great day!

Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict , Alycia Quilts

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This and That Thursday

Posted on January 9, 2020 by katyquilts

….where I wax poetically on this and that…..or maybe just ramble a bit. Anyway, I completed six more leader/ender blocks. That was my goal for this month so it looks like I’m ahead in at least one area of life. Lol!

And my swap blocks.

E2 visited me. He likes his cake and ice cream!

We got snow and the puppies were thrilled!

And this little project is well in hand.

Have a great day!

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They belong to all of us…

Posted on January 8, 2020 by katyquilts

I rarely pass along or share memes that I see on Facebook. Most of the time I find them more annoying than anything.

But this hit very close to home. Daughter #2 served at one of the bases hit in Iraq this week back in 2016-17.

It should hit home, no matter which side of the great divide you find yourself on in our country today.

It is time for us to set aside our petty differences. It is time to seek out that which unites us. It is time to respect and honor those willing to make the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf by coming together and being a nation worth fighting for.

Our national security is threatened when our hatred towards one another is greater than our love for our country.

Our men and women in uniform belong to all of us. Let us support and pray for them.

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Baby Quilts 2019

Posted on January 8, 2020 by katyquilts

Today I’m looking back at the baby quilts I made last year. I love making baby quilts! They are the perfect size for trying out new ideas.

Most of these have been gifted. You can bet I will be making more this year!

Have a great day!

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Fixing a Quilt on the Longarm

Posted on January 7, 2020 by katyquilts

Every once in a while, I come across a spot on a quilt that needs to be fixed while it is on the long arm. I thought I’d show you how I do that. I had quilted over half of this quilt when I noticed a whole.

You can see that the border slipped while sewing and a hole was created.

I unpicked the seam on both ends back to where the seam allowance was correct. Then I realigned everything and pinned it in place. I used the long arm to resew the seam.

It isn’t perfectly straight, but much better than it was.

And it looks good from the front.

On the back, you see a straight line of stitching, but it isn’t noticeable from a distance.

I’m glad I found this when I did. If I hadn’t, it is possible that my longarm foot could have gotten caught and torn the fabric.

I hope this helps if you ever end up in this situation. Have a great day!

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Library Quilt

Posted on January 6, 2020 by katyquilts

I received this beautiful fabric as a gift from my sweet friend, Donna. I used to work as a reference librarian. I loved that job!

This matching yardage is from Daughter #3.

Inspiration hit and I pulled some more fabrics and got out this Accuquilt die.

It didn’t take long to cut over 200 rectangles. I then divided into two equal piles of roughly lights and darks.

Then I sewed into twosies.

A quick press and I’m ready for the next step.

This will be my first finish of 2020. Have a great day!

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Slow Stitching Sunday ~ Still Knitting

Posted on January 5, 2020 by katyquilts

I’m still bumbling my way through some knitting projects. This is a dishcloth I knit. It was very tiny after washing. 😂

I started another with smaller needles. I hope it won’t shrink as much.

And I made a very sad little kitty. I had planned for this to be a gift, but it’s just too sorry looking. I’d give him eyes, but I don’t want him to see himself.

I was asked about patterns for the cowls I knit for Christmas gifts.

The pattern for this scarf (I made mine into a cowl) can be found here.

The following cowl was knit using this pattern from a Noble Knits.

As far as dishcloths, I just find a knitting pattern I want to try and make it into a dish cloth. Real scientific! At some point, I hope to stumble across a pattern to use my “good yarn” on. Until then, I’ll just keep bumbling.

Have a great day!

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