Quilt Expo 3

Posted on October 6, 2018 by katyquilts

Today, I’m sharing with you the last of the photos I took at the recent Quilt Expo I attended. Info regarding each quilt is shown in the photo following the over all shot.

I hope you all have enjoyed seeing these quilts! Have a beautiful day!

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Finish It Up Friday ~ Arrow

Posted on October 5, 2018 by katyquilts

Since this has now been gifted, I can share it with you here.

I am delighted with how this turned out! The pantograph used is called Petal Flambé and it is available from Urban Elementz

And this flannel backing was perfect.

Every now and again, a project comes along where every little piece seems to fall into place. This was one of those

Last Monday night, our craft group had a baby shower at my house. I think momma liked the quilt. 🙂

If all goes well, Baby Girl should be coming home today.

Have a great day!

Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Sarah Goer Quilts

This post contains affiliate links.

Posted in Baby Quilts, Finishes, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

QOV #29

Posted on October 4, 2018 by katyquilts

Here is my last Quilt of Valor quilted for this month. This top was pieced by Kathy. I hadn’t done any custom quilting on a QOV in a while and this top seemed to call for it. I tried to still keep it simp,e as it does take a lot longer to do ruler work and such.

I love this backing fabric!

Have a great day everyone!

Posted in Finishes, Quilt of Valor, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

QOVs #25 and 26

Posted on October 3, 2018 by katyquilts

I have my QOV posts out of order! And I am so far behind on responding to comments that I may never catch up. I do read and appreciate each one. Life has just been busier than usual lately.

Also a reminder, I’m just quilting these, someone else did the piecing so I have no pattern info. This top was pieced by Edie from the Stitching Sisters group.

I used a panto from Urban Elementz called Malachite. I had them print this for me in a custom size. They will do that for any panto they sell for an additional $2. This is my current favorite pantograph! The back is a prettier blue than this photo shows.

This is also from the Stitching Sisters group, but there was no name attached.

This panto was given to me. It is by a designer named Dave Hunt. I don’t remember the name and do not know where it is from.

I’ll be sharing a few more QOVs later this week.

Have a great day!

This post contains affiliate links.

Posted in Finishes, Pantographs, Quilt of Valor, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

QOV #27 and 28

Posted on October 2, 2018 by katyquilts

Here are two more quilts I’ve recently quilted from my Stitching Sisters Quilts of Valor group. This first was pieced by Nadine.

And this one was pieced by Val.

Nice job, ladies! If you would like to know more about Quilts of Valor and how you can help, click here.

Have a great day!

Posted in Finishes, Quilt of Valor, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

September/October Goals

Posted on October 1, 2018 by katyquilts

I love September and here it is already over! Here are the goals I set myself for This month:

1. I want to get the blocks made for a Christmas quilt for Big L. Done! Not just the blocks, the whole quilt!

2. I want to have a plan for a Christmas quilt for Little L. Not done. I know it will be an I Spy quilt, but that’s as far as I’ve gotten.

3. I want to quilt QOVs for the Stitching Sisters group. Done! I quilted five this month.

4. I want to get started on the bed quilt for Daughter #3 and dear SIL. Done! Well, it is started anyway! img_0667

5. I want to get that tie done. Progress has been made!

What else did I do?

I made this small doll quilt.

I finished and gifted this UFO.

I picked up this top at Good Will and got it quilted and bound.

And I made a baby girl quilt that I will also share soon.

I’ll be traveling in October, so I need to be reasonable as far as goals go.

1. Quilt QOVs.

2. Start a quilt for my family room.

3. Get the top of the I Spy quilt done for Little E.

4. Finish the top for the quilt for Daughter #3.

Have a great day!

Posted in Finishes, Goals, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Mystery Quilt 4 Military ~ Mosaic Clue #3

Posted on September 30, 2018 by katyquilts

I’m still keeping up! No die cutting for this weeks Clue as it required 1 3/4 inch strips.

Apparently, I rely on my die cutter a bit too much….I cut some of my strips at 1 1/2 inch wide and didn’t notice until I had pieced them into my blocks and they didn’t measure up! Rip, rip, rip….

In the end, I got this clue wrapped up and I’m ready for the next one.

Have a great day!

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Little Boys PJs

Posted on September 29, 2018 by katyquilts

Two of my grandsons are obsessed with dinosaurs right now. I think all little boys go through this stage! So when I saw this flannel in JoAnn’s last week, I had to pick some up!

I seriously have not seen a garment in at least a decade. And that was probably a play costume! But I picked up this pattern and decided to make them pajama pants.

Mistakes were made. I should have taken photos! In the end, I got them done. One pair for E1 and another for E2.

And if you are wondering if they liked them….

E2 had to grab a couple Dino’s to pose with him. 😆

Here is E2 with the dinosaur quilt that I made for him before he was born. It’s nice that he still loves it. It makes this Nana’s heart swell!

I also picked up flannel for my Arizona boys. Hopefully, these will go a bit smoother.

Have a great day!

Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Finish It Up Friday ~ Minecraft!

Posted on September 28, 2018 by katyquilts

My first Christmas gift is done! This Minecraft quilt will be for Big L.

I used patterns from Seriously, I Think It Needs Stitches.

I modified it slightly. Mine is based on a 2 inch grid rather than 1 1/2 inches.

I added his name and the year in the quilting.

My machine binding improves little by little.

After washing the flannel backing fabric, I found it shrunk so much that I had to add to it.

I can’t wait to give this to my little guy! But I had better get going on his brother’s quilt.

Also, I wanted to say thank you for all the comments on yesterday’s post. If you are at all interested in the WordPress/Blogger/comments issues, go back and read the comments. Interesting stuff!

Have a great day!

Linking up with Busy Hands Quilts , Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Posted in Bed Quilts, Finishes, Uncategorized | 10 Comments

WordPress and Blogger

Posted on September 27, 2018 by katyquilts

WordPress and Blogger are both blog platforms. Competing platforms. For years, I’ve gotten reports that I am a “no reply” blogger and that I need to fix this. What that means is, being a WordPress user, I could comment on Blogger blogs, but my email was not linked so no one could reply to my comment. This isn’t a WordPress issue, it is a Blogger issue. They don’t play nice together.

The only way to fix that, was for me to create a blogger or Google profile. Yeah, not gonna do that. I don’t need another thing to sign in and out of every time I want to comment. At the end of the day, I don’t leave comments just to get a response. Having said that, I do like to reply to comments myself so I understand the frustration.

Recently, I’ve noticed that I am no longer able to even comment on many (most?) Blogger blogs. The only option for leaving a comment is to log into Google. Since I don’t have a Google account and have no plan to create one, I can’t even comment let alone expect a response. To make matters worse, most Blogger bloggers don’t even know this is an issue with their own blogs!

I decided to do a bit of investigation and I found this fix. I don’t mean to tell anyone what to do with their own blog, but if you have noticed a lack of comments, this may be why. If you have Google+ comments enabled, you only get comments from Google+ users.

Now, you may be wondering what these particular quilts have to do with this post……the answer is absolutely nothing. But a post without pictures just seems wrong. 😁

So I hope this is helpful information. Have a great day!

Posted in Uncategorized | 22 Comments