KatyQuilts

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!

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!