KatyQuilts

I’ve got the first Quilt if Valor for the year loaded up.

I hope to get this done today and the next one loaded up for tomorrow.

With my little boys here last week, I got behind on lots of things. Especially since they ended the week with the stomach flu. Now I’m playing catch up. Cleaning and disinfecting everything.

Speaking of cleaning, Willy got a bath yesterday. He went from this:

To this:

Hubby says he looks like a miniature lamb. 😄

I’ve made some headway on my hand appliqué, doing a few leaves here and there.

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It’s on the frame now!

I chose a light pink thread for the quilting and this panto from Urban Elementz .

I love how it looks so far!

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I decided to keep this quilt simple and let the fabric do the work.

This fabric is from the J is for Jeep line by Riley Blake. This baby girl’s daddy is a big Jeeper so I’m very excited to make this for her. I used this die to cut the white alternate squares. The prints were one fourth of a layer cake so they were already cut to size.

I am very methodical about how I lay out and then pick up my pieces. I do it the same way every time no matter how many pieces. This pan holds all the pieces and they are ready for the machine. I always use pins placed this way to keep rows together. The pin is always at the top. This keeps me from rotating things.

One afternoon last week while E3 was sleeping, I got my rows sewn together.

While I was doing that, E1 played with the dollhouse.

E2 loves to play with my little bear and his bed.

This guy also loves my toy sewing machines.

And my collection of toy Jeeps is always popular.

We spent about 45 minutes in there and all three of us had fun!

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Progress! I made and appliqued vines to my top. This is how I did it.

First I cut one inch strips at an angle. It isn’t a true 45 degree bias, but it works.

Then I folded the two edges in so they overlapped and sewed a basting stitch down the middle.

This is what it looked like.

Then I played around until I was happy with the placement and glue basted it in place with Elmers School glue.

I used this die to cut shapes for leaves from freezer paper.

I ironed these onto the back of my fabric and basted the edges to prepare my leaves for applique.

I tried to do a few leaves here and there while the little boys were here last week. I’m pleased with my progress!

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I decided to hand quilt my little vintage 4 patch.

As you can see, I have help!

I just used plain muslin on the back. I hope I can get most of this done today. I have my binding ready to go.

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Looking ahead to February projects, I decided to pull this UFO out next.

I’ve been debating for months on how to proceed with this. I finally decided to add more background to get it up to the finished size I wanted. Perhaps now I can better visualize how to fill the borders.

Yes, I’m aware that the borders do not match the center background. If you look closely, you can see that the center is composed of muslin scraps. It all feels in keeping with the message.

I’m thinking about doing a simple vine in the border. Maybe something like this.

We shall see.

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I decided to choose a sashing/border fabric before moving ahead on this. The blue is vintage, but it feels lackluster to me. The repro claret on the right is better….

But the red, oh, the red makes it sparkle!

I had pinned a vintage four patch quilt on Pinterest with this layout and decided to go with it.

I’m loving it so far!

These are the Accuquilt dies I used to cut my pieces.

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I decided this could be a quick project to cross off the UFO list.

I played around a bit with layouts.

I should have some progress to share on this soon. Have a great day!