KatyQuilts

Thank you to each and every person who left such sweet comments for my recent blogiversary! I have drawn a winner for the giveaway. But first I have an important announcement!

I’m taking part in a blog hop with 11 other bloggers starting Monday! This is the brain child of Lori at Humble Quilts . We will each be sharing a bit about using quilts in our holiday decorating as well as a favorite thing about Christmas for each of us. Here is the schedule:

Dec 9- Humble Quilts, Lori, https://humblequilts.blogspot.com/

Dec 10 KatyQuilts , https://katyquilts.net/

Dec 11 Beth https://lovelaughquilt.blogspot.com/

Dec 12 Diane- https://www.butterflythreadsquilting.com/

Dec 13 -Timeless Reflections. Kyle. https://kyleredente.blogspot.com

Dec 14 Kelly http://pinkadotquilts.blogspot.com/

Dec 15 Juliann – https://chasingstories.wordpress.com/

Dec 16 Knitty Quilter -https://suehoover.blogspot.com

Dec 17 Lizzy https://gone2thebeach.blogspot.com/

Dec 18 Barb, https://funwithbarbandmary.blogspot.com/

Dec 19 Judy https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/

Dec 20- Kevin, http://kevinthequilter.blogspot.com/

And now, drumroll please…….the winner of the giveaway is……

I’m very excited to have drawn Terri’s name! She left such a sweet comment, but most of all, she is a wonderful, giving person. Terri is one of the founders of the Stitching Sisters QOV group! She is also a Blue Star mom and was such an encouragement to me when my daughter was deployed. She is an amazing quilter and though I don’t see her often, I’m proud to call her my friend. Send me your mailing address, Terri!

Have a great day!

Okay, not this quilt. I finished this a couple years ago for Daughter #1. But that quilting? It’s a pantograph from Urban Elementz.

I buy all my pantographs from them. Their service and selection can’t be beat. And twice a year, they have a sale that can’t be beat! And it’s time!

Yes, I’ve been working on my wishlist for the last week, knowing this would be happening soon. I still have to narrow things down, I have 77 items on my list. Ummmmm….can’t afford all that! Not even on sale! 😂. I buy pantos twice a year during this sale.

One of the things I like about Urban Elementz is that for an additional $2 charge, you can order pantographs in a custom size. I love this! Here is an example:

This panto is called, Malachite. It is one of my favorites. The default size is 10.75 inches wide, shown on the left. I had it resized to 16 inches since I have a bigger longarm now. That is shown on the right. This quilts up very fast and it still looks great!

They now also carry fabric, including these Dream Big panels.

I also wanted to remind you that several of the Accuquilt sales end today. They’ve had such great sales, I was tempted to put in a second order!

And as always, Fat Quarter Shop has Flash sales every day.

Full disclosure, I am an affiliate for these three companies. So far, for only these three, although I have been asked by others. I will only act as an affiliate for companies I use and love myself. When you purchase through my links, I receive a small kickback from them. You do not pay any extra. It helps offset the costs of the blog.

And I do not usually have as many posts about them as I have had the last two weeks. This is just the time of year when they all have the best sales. So I feel obligated to help (enable) you all to find the best deals. 😂

Have a great day!

WordPress recently sent me this little reminder.

So I decided to do a little giveaway to celebrate. Leave a comment and I will draw a winner to receive this little kit of paper pieces and a couple Christmas charm packs to go with.

I truly appreciate each and every one of my readers. I’m not always great at responding to comments, but I read every one and enjoy them all. Thank you for joining me on this journey and all of your support along the way!

I will announce the winner of the giveaway on Saturday. So come back then!

Have a wonderful day!

Over a year ago, I cut a bunch of pieces out for a snowball quilt. I finally started sewing a few blocks.

I thought this would be a good piecing project to fiddle with over the holidays.. I have no deadline, I’ll just make a few blocks here and there. I used this die from Accuquilt .I love how accurately the pieces line up.

Half of the blocks are light in the middle with dark corners, and half are dark with light corners. This is how I am pressing.

I’m off to watch my boys now, but this is all waiting for me when I get back.

The Accuquilt sales continue through midnight tonight.

Have a great day!

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It’s Cyber Monday and The Fat Quarter Shop is doing it again!

This sale ends at midnight on Tuesday.

Accuquilt is extending several of their Black Friday Deals through December 6th and for today only, they are giving away die cutters!

Once again, these are affiliate links. I so appreciate all of you that have used my affiliate links to shop. Any money I earn goes to offset the cost of my blog.

Have a great day!

I finished the QOV I was working on late last night. This morning, I am stitching labels.

And not too soon, I’m presenting this one today after church!

I hope you all had a lovely weekend. We enjoyed good food and time with family. Daughter #1 brought her puppy over and the three musketeers had a great play.

Have a wonderful day!

I made a table this week to go with the chairs from Shasta.

The table top looks so thick! Oh, well!

I also made the shelves in the kitchen wider. I think it looks better this way.

And since I put up my Christmas tree, I decided to put one in here too.

I also sealed the floors using this:

I wish I had done that before I spilled paint on them. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Too late!

Have a great day!