KatyQuilts

My little top is done and I’ve decided to hand quilt it.

I’m hoping to finish the quilting today so I can bind it tomorrow and get it shipped off this week.

Have a lovely day!

I mentioned the other day that I didn’t have any measurements for this little vintage quilt, just a photo from the internet. I decided to make the small squares in the blocks to finish at one inch. I wanted to keep the sashing proportional. I thought you might be interested in how I figured out that measurement.

First I pulled up the photo of the original on my iPad. Then I zoomed in until the squares measured one inch on the screen. I used a tape measure to know how much to zoom in.

Then I used the tape measure to measure the width of the sashing. Easy!

I decided in the end to make my sashing to finish at 1 1/4 inch rather than an inch, but this was an easy way to figure it out without wasting fabric and ripping stitches.

Hope this helps someone. Have a great day!

I’ve been multitasking lately. I am participating in a small quilt swap again. I found this little quilt on Pinterest and was quite taken with it so I decided to recreate it for the swap.

Apparently this little quilt was sold on eBay. The listing is no longer available so I have no info on it. I started by making two inch four patches for the center of the blocks. I don’t know the size of the original blocks.

Then I made 2 1/2 inch unfinished HSTs.

I cut them in half, corner to corner.

I need two sets of these for each small block. They are arranged as follows.

I used these Accuquilt dues to cut my pieces.

After trimming dog ears, I ended up with this little block.

8 more to go!

Also, I wanted to let you know that the sale on Studio dies and die cutters has been extended!

I’m pretty excited as there are a couple dies on my wish list and got busy over the weekend and forgot to order.

Have a great day!

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I’ve been working on this baby quilt.

I used these Accuquilt dies.

I also used my 2 1/2 inch strip cutter to cut dashing strips.then I used the 5 inch square die to subcut my dashing strips.

I made my binding while I was at it.

This should be quick to piece now. Have a great day!

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My niece is having a baby girl! So this great aunt is making a Jeep quilt.

I cut my layer cake in half and then cut one half into 5 inch squares.

I wrapped up the leftover half layer cake for a future quilt.

Time to play! Have a good one!