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Finish It Up Friday ~ Stairway to Heaven

Posted on January 5, 2018 by katyquilts

I finished this quilt, made from my dad’s shirts in time to give it to my mom for Christmas.

I was a little surprised to realize most of his shirts were darker colors. Then my sister reminded that it was because he had a tendency to get food stains on his shirts. We had a good laugh about that!

I used a panto from Urban Elementz called Ground Cover. I love the texture!

So many memories here. He wore the olive green shirt when we took our trip to Arizona together.

It was terribly difficult to cut into his shirts. But I’m glad I did. I made this from the sleeves of his shirts. I told Mom that I hoped when she wrapped up in it that she would feel his arms around her.

Have a great day.

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

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Selfish Sewing

Posted on January 4, 2018 by katyquilts

Other than putting the granny square blocks up on the design wall, I haven’t been in the sewing room all week. I’ve been dealing with the aftermath of the holidays, cleaning and putting away decorations. We had guests for nearly three weeks. I don’t like doing a bunch of housework when guests are here, so it was pretty bad by the time they all left. Last night I decided enough was enough and headed downstairs. I should finish up the granny square top, but I wanted to work on something for me. So I pulled out these fat quarters.

And this die from Accuquilt (By the way, they have some GO! Dies for up to 40% off right now).

And I cut these.

I want to make a quilt to leave in Oscar, my Jeep, for picnics, camping, beach outings etc.

I like the large tumblers; I think they will show off the fabrics nicely.

I hope you all find some time to sew today!

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2017 Hand Quilted Quilts

Posted on January 3, 2018 by katyquilts

At the beginning of each year, I enjoy taking a look back at the quilts I have finished the year before. I’ve sorted them out into categories and will share these posts here and there during the month of January.

I decided that 2017 would be the year that I finally hand quilted this antique top that I purchased a number of years ago in a local thrift shop. In the process, I fell in love with hand quilting all over again.

I’m not very good at it. But I found that with lots of close quilting in al overall pattern, I could make up in quantity what I lacked in quality! Before I finished this top, I began looking for another to quilt, then another, and another….. I stuck to hand quilting vintage tops. Here are the others I finished this year.

Carpal tunnel is slowing me down, but I hope to do a couple more vintage tops this year.

Have a great day!

Posted in Finishes, Hand quilting, Uncategorized, Vintage Quilts | 14 Comments

French General Granny Squares

Posted on January 2, 2018 by katyquilts

I had absolutely nothing on the design wall, so I pulled these blocks out.

I found the perfect border fabric while shopping with Zenia last summer.

I have the sashing strips cut and keeping everything together in this tote meant I could actually find it all!

Time to decide on corner stones.

Have a great day!

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UFO Parade 2018

Posted on January 1, 2018 by katyquilts

It has been two years since I last compiled a list of my UFOs. While this list is plenty long, I was surprised to find that it wasn’t much longer! Taking a look at these projects seemed a good way to start the new year.

1. This is one row from the Row by Row patterns available last summer. By it self, it makes for an awkward size and not knowing what to do has kept me from finishing it. I hope to find a solution this year.

2. I started these blocks over a year ago. I love them and need to get back to them.

3. Here is another long term project, but I hope to really and truly finish this one by the end of the month. ETA: Finished it just before the new year! Will share soon.

4. I finished this set of leader/ender blocks last month. Time to get them into a quilt.

5. I love this set of blocks! I have the border fabric and sashing ready to go.

6. I would love to get this top handquilted this year.

7. My Denyse Schmidt coffin top is still not done.

8. My Broken Dishes top from a swap with Fun with Barb.

9. My 36 patch top.

10. My 4 patch diamonds

11. I think this handpieced hexie top has been on the list for at least 7 years!

12. I’ve known how I wanted to quilt a top made from these black cos ever since I got them. Time to get them into a top!

13. Another VERY long standing UFO.

I wouldn’t be surprised if I found more UFOs hidden here and there.

Happy New Year!

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Slow Stitching Sunday ~ Vintage Daisies

Posted on December 31, 2017 by katyquilts

I finished quilting this top one day last week and I’ve started work on the binding.

When my great Aunt Celia passed away at the age of 99, I got some of her fabric stash. In it was this piece of green that made a perfect binding.

Here is a peek at the quilting.

Now to finish that binding.

Have a great day.

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December/January Goals

Posted on December 30, 2017 by katyquilts

Here’s a look back at my December goals.

1. I must start and finish a top secret project. I’ll be working on that today.

Done!

2. Participate in the 52 Quilters project the week of December 11! Done!

3. Finish my leader/ender blocks. Done!

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4. Make one more baby quilt. Done! Even better, I actually made two.

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What else did I get done this month?

I made five more minis.

I finished this vintage quilt .

I also finished a quilt for my mom made out of my dad’s shirts. I’ll share that next Friday. And I have one more quilt I may have finished by midnight tomorrow!

Not bad! I haven’t set goals for January yet. I’ll work on that next week. I’m still recovering from Christmas!

Have a great day!

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Finish It Up Friday ~ T-Shirt Quilt

Posted on December 29, 2017 by katyquilts

I mentioned before that I had a secret project I was working on. Now that this quilt has been gifted, I can share it with you. My pastor’s wife asked me to make this for our pastor. Our church uses t shirts to identify our volunteers to our visitors. She brought over one of each T-shirt we have used over the last five years we’ve been in existence.

I decided to embroider some of our core values/beliefs on blocks cut from the backs of the shirts as well.

Here is a look at the back and binding.

This is the first T-shirt quilt I have quilted on my long arm. I’m quite pleased with how it turned out. And I think he liked it!

If you are interested, you can learn more about my church here.

Have a great day!

Linking up with Kathy’s Kwilts, Busy Hands Quilts , Crazy Mom Quilts , Confessions of a Fabric Addict

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Leader/Enders

Posted on December 28, 2017 by katyquilts

Do you use the leader/ender system? It was popularized by Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville fame. You can click here to read her explanation of it. Anyway, since I finished the Puss in the Corner blocks I had been using as leaders/enders, I decided to pull out this bin of 11/2 inch cut squares to use as while working on the baby quilt that I shared on Friday.

I pulled some squares out and matched them up to make four patches.

I sewed them at the beginning and end of the seams of the baby quilt.

Before I knew it, I had a pile of them done!

It remains to be seen what they will become, but doing them like this makes it feel like a free project.

Have a great day!

Posted in 52 Quilters, Civil War Repro Quilts, Leader/Ender, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Vintage Daisy Quilt

Posted on December 27, 2017 by katyquilts

Remember this? I think I’m finally ready to quilt it. I debated for a long time about adding borders, but in the end, I decided to leave it as is. I don’t think the fabric in the blocks was prewashed and I’m concerned about uneven shrinking.

Now, how to quilt it! I played around with an app called Doodle to get some ideas. My first thought was an all over random grid.