KatyQuilts

Of course we are talking about applique here. I love the look of applique, but I’m not very good at it. I do like this attempt. The shapes are very simple.

But still far from perfect.

This was part of an applique border. Notice the overlapping leaves to avoid that inside V.

More very simple shapes.

This machine appliqué was all done on my embroidery machine. Perfect for a kid quilt, but I don’t care for the satin stitch look for traditional stuff.

Here is my non-applique applique. The leaves are fused, but not stitched. I just quilted over top.

Here is my most recent applique piece progress.

I stopped when I got to those leaves. Heaven help me!

I do want to finish this…… I really do…..but applique is hard. I don’t foresee anyBaltimore album quilts in my future.

Hav a great day!

I’ve been interested in the half hexie quilts I’ve seen floating around cyber land. I don’t have a half hexie die or template, but I got an idea. Dangerous, I know.

I’m using this layer cake and some off white yardage.

I grabbed my nested Accuquilt hexagon dies and made marks with a silver sharpie 4 inches from the top edge of one. I lined up ten layer cake squares on these marks and ran them through my die cutter.

I did the same with the background fabric.

Clearly I need a few more of those. I may hunt down a few more prints as well.

I won’t know until I get to piecing if this is a brilliant idea or a tragic disaster. Stay tuned.

Have a great day!

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Arizona is one of my most favorite places on earth! A large piece of my heart is there. And right now, the rest of me is too!

I’ve scheduled posts ahead for the blog and I’ll check in now and again while I’m here as well. But while I read and appreciate comments, they will likely go unanswered for the time being. I’ve got little boys to play with!

I also wanted to remind you that today is the last day for 25% off everything at Urban Elementz . I did finally finalize my order!

Have a great day. I’m off to snuggle my boys.

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…..about an app for your phone called ibotta?

My hubby has been using this for nearly the last year. I wasn’t interested. He is the shopper, not me, and this is an app that gives cash back on certain purchases. They have different offers from many different retailers such as Amazon, Kroger, Dollar Tree etc. I wasn’t interested, until he showed me this.

Hmmmm…..that could be interesting…. They have other offers too and they are stackable, meaning you can redeem other offers like those below and still get the 10% on top of that.

This is how it works. You download the app and register. Then open the app and search for offers. Click on the red plus sign to “claim” your offfers. You may have to watch a 15 second video to claim it. Then shop as you normally would. Then, go back into your app and click on the redeem button.

It will ask you to scan your receipt. Then money for the offers shows up in your account. Here’s a screen shot of mine from last week.

And what did I buy? I bought this bolt of sold gray wide backing fabric. There are 12 yards so the cost would have been $120. I used a 60% off JoAnns coupon which brought it down to $48. Then I got $7.08 back from ibotta bringing my total to just over $41 for 12 yards of 108 inch backing.

Reading over this, it sounds much more complicated than it is. Basically, it is a rebate app. You find offers, claim them, shop, and scan your receipt using your phone. When you accumulate $20 in your account, you can withdraw funds. Hubby has gotten $675 back so far. Some offers are for grocery items, like .50 back on bananas or bread. My plan is to let my earnings accumulate for a year and use it for my Black Friday shopping next year.

If you are interested, download the free app from the App Store and sign up with this referral code: FNWILQO. Or just click here. You will get a $10 bonus after claiming your first $10 in rewards and I get a small bonus for referring you.

But even if there weren’t a bonus, I’d still share with you, because I’m using it myself. I would have bought this bolt regardless, but getting money back made the deal a bit sweeter. I also got a reward for a large purchase of batting this month.

I hope this is helpful to some of you.

Have a great day!

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…..if you woke up one morning and all of your stash was gone…

…..all the yardage….

…..all the precuts……

….all the bundles….

That is exactly what has happened to hundreds of quilters as a result of the California fires. They lost much more than fabric, they lost homes, family members, and friends. But fabric and quilting supplies are ways we can help.

There is a quilt shop out there that is accepting donations. They are setting up a “store” with these donations where quilters who have lost everything can shop for free.

If you would like to thin out your stash, you can send any fabric, tools, books etc. to this address:

Please mark the box, Attention: Rhonda.

Have a wonderful day!