KatyQuilts

I can’t believe it has been ten years since I made this quilt! I hope you enjoy this look back. Have a great day!

Finish It Up Friday

Posted on June 19, 2015 by katyquilts

I started this Log Cabin quilt over two years ago and I am SO happy to say it is finally done!  

The blocks finish at 4 inches. I think I drafted the block in EQ but I don’t really remember anymore. The quilt finished at 42 inches square. And it really is square but the wind made it look like it wasn’t in these pics. 

 And the back. 

I used Warm and White batting, Glide thread, and Superior Mono-Poly. I used a template for the circles in the red border. It has 72,224 quilting stitches in the top and has 848 pieces. I did a lot of ripping on this one. It is one of the few quilts that I didn’t love working on. But now it’s done and I like it.

So I didn’t have enough of that blue. I figured I could find something close, but, no. So I decided to try red.

This is interesting.

Back to sewing.

Have a great day!

We have started our journey!

The pups are all doing well so far.

Gracie seems to prefer riding in her crate.

Winslow is always up for a road trip!

As usual, I have quite a few posts scheduled ahead. So it may look like I’m back in my sewing space for a while when we are actually traveling. I’ll share updates soon.

Have a great day!

Since I didn’t use all my 9 patches in this quilt, I decided to find a way to use the rest.

I had this blue on my cutting table and thought that would go.

Hmmmm….. might work.

Have a great day!

Finally, I’m starting to hand quilt this vintage top.

I’m using this stencil from Barb from Fun with Barb. . I’m going to stitch this with the perle cotton you see here.

I’d like to do traditional close hand quilting, but my hands just can’t take it anymore.

Even with this, I’m going to need to pace myself.

Have a great day!

It’s hard to believe that five years ago we were in the thick of the COVID mess. I sure don’t miss that. I hope you enjoy this look back at what I was working on then. I might have to make another little quilt like this! Enjoy!

Finish It Up Saturday ~ Madder 2

Posted on May 30, 2020 by katyquilts

I’m quite pleased with this little finish! It is a fraternal twin to the doll quilt I made for the Humble Quilts Doll Swap last month.

I used the same backing fabric too.

The crosshatch quilting seemed just the ticket.

This is how it looked after washing.

Jimmy seems to like it. 

Have a great day

Many people think there is a lot of fabric waste when using AccuQuilt dies. So I thought I’d share a bit about that with my current project. These are the dies I’m using from the 16” Qube.

I’m using a layer cake in this case and my blocks will finish at 8 inches. After cutting the main piece of the block, I end up with this.

I trim the reminder like this. The only bits that get thrown out are the slivers at the top left and bottom right corners.

I have all my main pieces and a pile of large triangles leftover for a second project. Because they are all close to the same size and shape, I’ll store them together. I should have enough for 84 4 inch finished HSTs. That’s perfect for a baby quilt once I cut some background triangles to go with.

I chose a darker teal color for the triangles needed for these blocks.

Easy peasy!

These go together in a snap and the dark triangles make for a strong design.

Have a great day!

I’ve been setting aside projects for the summer for sometime now. We will soon be heading out to spend the summer in Dora, our RV.

Here is my list of projects (so far):

1. Vintage 30s solids and prints. No plan exactly yet, maybe 4 or 9 patches?

2. I Spy quilt

3. My Tiny SMT blocks

4. I don’t know what to call this. 🤷🏻‍♀️ It should be a mini of this:

5. 36 Patch

6. Aunt Martha Star. I really just want to finish the diamonds on this.

7. I have an idea for a layer cake quilt. Have you seen the Sparkle Pop pattern by Emily Dennis?

8. Jelly Roll Chain Quilt. Again, I need to decide which to use.

9. Granny Square

10. Tumblers

11. Pandora’s Box

12. Vintage Bricks to hand quilt

13. This pile doesn’t have a set purpose yet. Last summer I got a bit bored with kits, so I decided to bring this small pile of fabrics to figure out later. I am bringing my 8 inch Qube and my regular GO! Cutter.

Everything on this list is subject to change! Lol!

Have a great day!