KatyQuilts

I feel as if I haven’t been in the sewing room for days and not much is likely to happen today. Laundry is piling up, the kitchen needs cleaning and I’m going to have a fun day with Daughter #1 and 3 working on the apartment. Such is life. But I do have a couple projects in the design stage. This is what is on the design wall at the moment. 

 
I didn’t get far on the wedding quilt for my nephew yesterday. I have gotten  the backing loaded and the batting cut and I do hope to start the quilting today. But there is another design project on the horizon. 

 
I picked this chair up while thrifting with my sister when I was in Wisconsin. I want to reupholster it in patchwork. I have no idea what I’m doing here. My sister is the upholstering queen and she gave me some tips. She assures me I can do this……

My dad not only saved the two sewing machines for me from the estate of my great aunt, but he grabbed a few boxes of fabric as well. In one, were these fabric samples.  

 
They might find their way into this project….. This is a job I’m going to have to really think about. The chair will live in my sewing room and I want it to be wild and funky. And I want to do some free motion quilting on it. I have redone a couple small rockers and this seems fairly simple, but it is still a bit (a lot) out of my comfort zone. 

Have a wonderful day!
   

Linking up with Em’s Scrap Bag ,  PatchworkTimes, Love Laugh Quilt, Cooking Up Quilts

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you moms out there! I hope you all have a lovely day ahead. I hope to get some slow stitching in after church today on this. 

 
I have gotten a bit farther since this photo was taken. Later on, we will be going over to Daughter #1’s house for a cook out. After that, I’m hoping to finish loading this quilt and get started quilting it.

 Yesterday, this happened: 

 
Beautiful Daughter #3 graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA in Communications. She already has her job lined up and will start after a well deserved week off. We spent Friday night and some time last night getting the last of her stuff moved to her new apartment. Monday Daughter #1 and I will go help finish unpacking and getting her settled. This girl is nothing short of amazing! She is a world changer!

This cute little guy came to graduation and was good as gold throughout! 

 Spring has finally, truly come to Michigan. Hubby’s flowers are looking gorgeous. 

 
And the cherry trees are blooming as well. 

 
Have a wonderful day!

Thanks to everyone for your comments on my new 301A machine! I am way behind on responding to comments since I made a trip home to see family last weekend. I got home just last night.

 I drove part way Thursday and stayed in a hotel that night. A bit of sewing was just the ticket after working and driving.  I took this well traveled machine with me. 

  
I watched a couple archived sessions of Bonnie Hunter’s Quilt Cam. I had precut my pieces before I left so I was all ready to sew. I brought my leader/ender twosies and sewed them into blocks. 

 
Then I started on my 30s repro hourglass blocks.   

  
These finish at 5 inches. I got 47 of them pieced and have quite a few more cut. 

  I will probably cut more from the fat quarters I picked up at the garage sale. But today, it is back to the day job. Have a good one!

Linking up with Sew Fresh Quilts, Quilt Fabrication

My dad was recently working on helping to clear out my great aunt’s house after her death at the ripe old age of 99. He came across a couple old sewing machines and set them aside for me. This Singer 301a looks like it has never been used! 

 
There is a mirror finishing this bed. 

 
  
  
And the case is pristine as well. 

 
I can’t wait to sew on this beauty! I will share the other machine soon.

Linking up with Mel’s Quilting Room