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2016 Wrap Up Part 3 ~ Everything In Between

Posted on January 12, 2017 by katyquilts

Here is my last wrap up post for 2016 (I think!). This post includes everything smaller than a bed quilt and bigger than a small quilt. How’s that for exact? Ha!

Have a great day!

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2016 Wrap Up Part 2 ~ Small Quilts

Posted on January 11, 2017 by katyquilts

Today I am showing my small quilt finishes for 2016. It is so nice to be able to look back and have a record of finishes for each year. Here are the littles:

Now I’ve shown my big quilts and small quilts, the next post will show everything in between! Have a great day!

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2016 Wrap Up Part 1 ~ Bed Quilts

Posted on January 10, 2017 by katyquilts

I like to do year end wrap up posts so I can have all my finishes logged in one place. Since I’m not home with my computer, it isn’t as easy to organize this year. Rather than not doing it at all, I’m just going to have one post of bed quilts, and one or two with everything else. These finishes are in no particular order and without commentary.
These are completely finished projects only. The tops I have made , but not quilted are not included. Here goes:

More to com. Have a great day!

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DWMonday ~ HSTs

Posted on January 9, 2017 by katyquilts

A while back, I started sewing these HST blocks together. They will finish at 4 inches.

They are all Denyse Schmidt prints and white fabric from Ikea. I finished making all the HSTs, but then I had to trim all the dog ears.

Finally, I could start playing. I like this simple layout.

I also tried this layout. It was trickier than you might think to get everything in the correct position. I’m still not sure everything is quite right. Nope, just noticed a few things out of place.

Not sure I like this with scraps. I’m going to leave it on the wall for a few days and see if it grows on me.

Have a great day!

Posted in Design Wall Monday | 10 Comments

Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on January 8, 2017 by katyquilts

My sister arrived yesterday. We will get lots of talking done over the next week or so! And today, I have a wee bit of hand stitching to work on while chatting and drinking coffee.

Have a wonderful day!

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Broken Dishes

Posted on January 6, 2017 by katyquilts

This past fall, Barb from Fun with Barb, held a block swap. The swappers all made broken dishes blocks. The group I was in all used red Civil War prints and muslin backgrounds. I am happy to say that my top is done!

I loved looking through all the beautiful blocks! Barb kindly readdressed my package and it arrived in AZ soon after I did. That was a happy mail day!

Quite some time ago, I saw a vintage quilt with this setting and I really wanted to do that with these blocks.

My plan began coming together when I found this Downton Abbey print on clearance while out shop hopping with Zenia and Kelly.

Then it was time to start cutting! I bought all they had left of the above print and used nearly every inch that I had.

I love how this turned out! I had a couple extra blocks and I plan to use them on the back.

Thanks to Barb and all the swappers for another great exchange!

Have a great day!

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

Posted in Civil War Repro Quilts, Finishes, Swaps, Uncategorized | 20 Comments

This and That Thursday

Posted on January 5, 2017 by katyquilts

It feels like a miscellaneous week. I’m trying to take care of a myriad of little things. I did spend some concentrated time finishing up a top secret quilt top that I won’t be able to share until spring. But I can show you this lovely little quilt.

Remember how I said I gave some blocks away that were on my UFO list? Karen made the lovely quilt shown above out of my leftovers and donated it to the Palliative Care unit at her local hospital. Great job, Karen!

I made a couple pillow cases for Big L and Little L out of this:

I will be taking them over to them today. I got these two cuties groomed this week.

Because, drum roll please, Daughter #2 is coming home in about one month! Woo hoo! A huge thanks to all who have prayed for her during her deployment! It isn’t over yet, but the end is in sight!

My sister will be arriving on Saturday so I am also getting ready for her visit. This will be the most time we have had together since high school! Shenanigans will ensue! Such as this:

Hubby is back home so I sent him the following picture text message this morning. You can see his response.

I guess I better behave then! Lol! Have a great day!

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Shopping!

Posted on January 4, 2017 by katyquilts

There is a huge sewing/Quilt shop here in Phoenix called 35th Ave Fabric World Sew and Vac. The building used to be a grocery store, so you know it is huge! They had an end of year clearance sale and everything in the store was at least 30% off. Not gonna lie, I splurged.

First off I got some of this Polka Dots and Paisleys fabric to go with the two jelly rolls I have.

I could not believe their sale included Handi Quilter accessories and I’ve been wanting these for a long time!

This ruler has also been on my wish list.

A few fat quarters found their way into my bag.

And two mini charm packs that were 45% off.

I better not go back there any time soon!

Have a great day!

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Scrappy Fence Rail Q&A

Posted on January 3, 2017 by katyquilts

I have had many questions regarding my Scrappy Fence Rail Quilt that I shared last Friday. So I thought I would take a post to share a bit more about it and hopefully answer your questions.

First of all, I was asked what I meant by leaders/enders. Bonnie Hunter has a great explanation on her site here. She has written a couple books on this topic as well. Basically, I would sew a pair of rectangles together at the beginning and end of each seam while working on a different project. I do this instead of leaving long thread tails that have to be trimmed later. I could sew on and off of the same scrap of fabric over and over, but then I just end up with something that gets thrown away. If I have a bunch of pieces cut, I am actually making progress on a project as well as saving thread and trimming.

For this project, I sewed pairs of rectangles together to get squares like this:

After I had a pile of these, I would take a break from the other project I was working on and made a block or two like this:

It was important to orient the lights and darks in the same way for each block. Each rectangle was cut at 2 by 3 1/2 inches. I used my die cutter for this. Here is the die I used:

I made 49 blocks and added a 6 inch border so that my quilt top ended up 96 inches square. The majority of the fabrics here are Civil War repros.
I used the same die for the scrappy rectangles quilt I finished last summer.

No Civil War fabrics there! In this case, I chose anything that was NOT Civil War repro fabric. This quilt was put together essentially the same way as the Fence Rail quilt. However, each block was pieced with all the rectangles in the same orientation.

Here is a picture of a single block:

I hope this helps! Have a great day!

Posted in Accuquilt Studio Cutter, Leader/Ender, Scraps | 6 Comments

December/January Goals

Posted on January 2, 2017 by katyquilts

December has flown by! Here are the goals I listed for this month:

1. I want to finish Daughter #2’s QOV top. Not done! I made significant progress, but this is going home with hubby. I decided to make it bigger and want to use my die cutter for the rest.
2. Finish my mini Dresden Fan. Done!

3. Finish the 30s Ohio Star top. Done! I will add borders when I get home.

4. Make something out of the Minnick and Simpson jelly rolls I brought with me. Not done!
And here are my other finishes for the month. My favorite is my Scrappy Fence Rail.

I made a mini quilt for a thank you gift.